August 31, 2024

MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez takes dominant sprint win, disaster for Bagnaia

Marc Marquez broke his 1000-day victory drought with top spot in Saturday’s sprint race at the Aragon Grand Prix.The 31-year-old Catalan, who had topped every single session at MotoLand, controlled the race from the opening corners to convert pole position into a dominant 2.9s win.It was the former Honda rider’s first chequered flag in more than 1000 days, stretching back to Misano in 2021, and …Keep reading

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F2 Italy: Bearman blasts to sprint race victory

Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman drove a controlled race in the F2 Monza sprint race to back up his earlier success in the Austrian sprint outing and top the podium for the second time this year.Having started from eighth, this following a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision last time out at Spa-Francorchamps, Bearman swiftly climbed the order, going wheel to wheel with ART driver Victor …Keep reading

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F1 Italian GP: Hamilton leads Russell in final practice

Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard’s zenith in their final fresh soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying.Amid …Keep reading

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Overtaking and safety – why F3’s new car has a sense of the familiar

F3 has raced with the Dallara F3 2019 since its formation in that year, bringing together GP3 and the Formula 3 European Championship.With racing that continues to enthrall with plenty of overtaking, it was somewhat peculiar that a large focus of the press release was on improving the raceability of the machinery.But this has been an area of study across the F1 pyramid, with the top-tier getting …Keep reading

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Rosberg: Antonelli can become “best of next generation”, but F1 preparation not ideal

Former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes that Andrea Kimi Antonelli has the talent to star in Formula 1, but notes his preparation in his 2024 Formula 2 season “is anything but ideal”.Antonelli was announced on Saturday as a Mercedes driver for 2025 to partner George Russell at the team, a day after his brief showing in FP1 for the team – where he crashed at Parabolica after overdoing it on …Keep reading

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Antonelli beats Doohan in chase for same F1 race number

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has beaten Jack Doohan in taking race car number #12 next season, after both set their sights on it.Under Formula 1’s current sporting regulations, drivers have to choose a permanent number that they keep for their entire F1 career.Numbers only become available if a driver’s F1 career is deemed to have ended after two full seasons out of grand prix racing.The number 12 has …Keep reading

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Indian Racing Festival: F4 Championship at Chennai Formula Racing street circuit delayed due technical issues with track

The Indian Racing Festival (IRF) 2024 was marred by controversy after the debut F4 India Championship on a brand-new Chennai Formula Racing street circuit was delayed due to technical issues on Friday. ​The Indian Racing Festival (IRF) 2024 was marred by controversy after the debut F4 India Championship on a brand-new Chennai Formula Racing street

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