Could Netflix’s involvement in F1 change how it is broadcast?
News that Netflix could be entering the race to bid for Formula 1 rights in the US is not unexpected, however, it could have massive repercussions on how the series is broadcast in the UK and elsewhere. The current platform sees F1’s rights holder, Liberty Media, sell TV contracts across the globe. It was a […]
Morbidelli leads Quartararo on Day 2 of Sepang MotoGP test
VR46’s new recruit Franco Morbidelli set the pace on the second day of the Sepang MotoGP test, leading Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. Riding last year’s Ducati GP24, Morbidelli posted a best time of 1m57.210s just an hour into the day’s running to climb to the top spot in the rankings. His lap was three tenths quicker than […]
Michelin identifies cause of Martin’s Sepang crash
Michelin’s MotoGP chief Piero Taramasso says Jorge Martin’s crash at the start of the Sepang test was due to a 15C drop in the inside temperature of the rear tyre. On the opening day of pre-season testing in Malaysia, reigning MotoGP champion Martin was thrown off his Aprilia at Turn 2 as he began an […]
Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now?
While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport. To assemble an exhaustive where-are-they now on paper of everyone who has been through the system would require something […]
Yamaha made bigger gains over the winter than in previous five years
Fabio Quartararo believes Yamaha’s MotoGP squad delivered a bigger step in performance over the winter break than it did in the five previous seasons combined. Quartararo has been lapping among the quickest riders in the field since the first official MotoGP pre-season test began at Sepang on Wednesday. While initially this speed was put down […]
He doesn’t have to apologise for a wheelie
VR46 says Fabio Di Giannantonio doesn’t need to apologise for performing a wheelie despite getting injured on the opening day of MotoGP testing at Sepang. Di Giannantonio got to try out the new Ducati GP25 for the first time on Wednesday, having missed November’s test at Barcelona to complete his post-injury rehabilitation. It was a […]
The F1 and sportscar highlights of the Retromobile historic extravaganza
France, birthplace of motor racing 130 years ago and a patriotic bastion of style, elegance and avant garde design, is the perfect home of Retromobile, arguably the world’s greatest car show. Staged in Paris since 1976 and with Europe’s best museums, motor manufacturers selling historical soul, leading collectors of reassuringly priceless automotive jewels, specialist craft […]