Charles Leclerc has hailed the culture change at Ferarri under Formula 1 team principal Frederic Vasseur and says the team is in a better place as a result. Vasseur has helmed the Italian outfit since January 2023, having been brought in to replace Mattia Binotto following a season of missed opportunities in 2022. Vasseur is […]
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not discounting the chance that a midfield Formula 1 team could repeat the turnaround it has made and become a title contender in 2025. The Woking-based squad has emerged as a genuine championship candidate with 10 consecutive podiums and two wins seeing it close to 42 points behind Red Bull. […]
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Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia ran unopposed to victory in the Austrian MotoGP Sprint at the Red Bull Ring as his title rival Jorge Martin succumbed to a long-lap penalty and Marc Marquez crashed out late on. A third Sprint win of the season saw Bagnaia reclaim his title lead on a countback of wins, as Martin […]
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Haas’ Team Principal Ayao Komatsu has revealed that owner Gene Haas became increasingly irked by condonations of the poor results the team suffered during Günther Steiner’s tenure. The Japanese replaced Steiner as Team Principal ahead of this season, having previously been Trackside Engineering Director since the team’s debut season in 2016, thus was often at […]
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Like McLaren last year, Mercedes has pulled off a remarkable mid-season turnaround in 2024 to vault itself back into winning contention in Formula 1’s pecking order. 2024 couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start for Mercedes, the team’s talisman Lewis Hamilton announced he was set to depart at the end of the year for […]
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Daniel Ricciardo has implied that Red Bull has continued to overlook RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda due to doubts over how he could handle the sharp end in Formula 1. Tsunoda has produced an impressive campaign this term to spearhead RB’s rise to sixth place in the Constructors’ Championship with 10 points more than Ricciardo. But […]
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Trackhouse Racing finally announced the long-rumoured signing of Japanese Moto2 sensation Ai Ogura for its 2025 campaign on Friday with a two-year contract. The decisions by the American outfit to overlook Joe Roberts and for Ogura to part ways with Honda are in equal parts intriguing for all parties involved. Starting with Ogura, who becomes […]
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Jorge Martin snatches pole position from Francesco Bagnaia’s grasp and will start from the front of the grid for both the Austrian MotoGP Sprint and Grand Prix. Martin formulated an unbeatable 1.27.748s lap time, with championship protagonist Bagnaia only able to finish 0.141s adrift. With the GP24 rider Ducati duo again showing their unmatched ability […]
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Lance Stroll has been the better Aston Martin driver since Fernando Alonso’s renewal and deserves his spot in Formula 1, 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve claims. Stroll has been unable to beat a team-mate since he moved over to the Silverstone-based squad in 2019, including a substantial 132-point defeat to Alonso last term. The Canadian’s troubles, […]
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Francesco Bagnaia maintained his strong showing in Friday’s practice to lead the final Austrian practice session heading into MotoGP qualifying. His laptime of 1.29.243s placed him 0.052s ahead of KTM wildcard rider Pol Espargaro, with him separating the Ducati riders of Bagnaia and Marc Marquez. Marquez, having struggled in the opening practice session on Friday, […]
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