November 3, 2024

Bike legend Valentino Rossi was a tenth from the fastest time by a Hypercar newcomer on his participation with BMW in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain. The seven-time MotoGP champion posted a 1m50.577s aboard the #20 WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh late in the afternoon session of the test on Sunday, the day after the WEC championship finale in Bahrain. That compared with Arthur …Keep reading

The FIA has explained the 40-second red flag delay after Lance Stroll’s crash in Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix qualifying that Red Bull feels cost Max Verstappen a shot at avoiding Q2 elimination.Stroll tagged the barriers after spinning off at Turn 3 in the second qualifying segment, bringing out the yellow flag with 1m37s left on the clock.Verstappen was one of the first cars on the scene of …Keep reading

Alex Albon says he will not start the Brazilian Grand Prix after a heavy crash during an accident-filled qualifying session.With heavy rain leading to Saturday’s qualifying being rescheduled for 0730 local time on Sunday morning, the conditions had only slightly improved by the time cars took to the track.Albon’s Williams team-mate Franco Colapinto was the first to bring out one of four red …Keep reading

Pirelli has seen no evidence of anything unusual in how teams are running their tyres amid the latest tech intrigue in F1 over a potential water cooling trick.Suspicions about several teams potentially having found a way to help cool their tyres in races, by injecting water in to them through the valves, are understood to have erupted after the Singapore Grand Prix.Read Also:Formula …Keep reading

Jack Miller, Brad Binder and Fabio Quartararo all emerged from the second-corner incident at Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix without serious injury.The race was red-flagged following the multi-rider crash, with Miller receiving attention on the circuit after his head appeared to hit the back of Quartararo’s Yamaha as he fell from his factory KTM. Honda’s Joan Mir also ran over the …Keep reading

The Williams Formula 1 team is facing a race against time to get both cars onto the Brazilian Grand Prix grid after crashes for both Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto in qualifying.In a wet qualifying session Colapinto slid off into the tyre barriers at Turn 3 in Q1, a corner that also claimed Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz, with the Argentinian qualifying down in 18th.In Q3 Albon also suffered a …Keep reading