Rio Hondo was the scene of Aprilia’s and Espargaro’s maiden MotoGP win 12 months ago, with both picking up where they left off on Friday this year. After Maverick Vinales was fastest in FP1 ahead of Espargaro, the latter led the second Aprilia 1-2 of the day in FP2 by 0.162s. Asked why the RS-GP
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On Thursday, Perez stressed that he now feels he has an equal opportunity to succeed at Red Bull and is supported by the team. However, the Saudi Arabian GP winner added that before he arrived at Red Bull in 2021 “they were just going racing with two cars because they had to”. The clear implication
Autosport understands the 2014 and 2022 champion, whose current contract finishes at the end of this current season, is signed up for 2024 and ’25 with both parties considering ’26 as an option. Power was unwilling to comment on the subject while team president Tim Cindric had not yet responded to Autosport’s inquiry at time
Ricciardo had stepped away from a full-time race seat following the 2022 season, after he and McLaren agreed to part company in the wake of a frustrating two years. While the Australian had initially considered moving to another team, he ultimately felt a year helping out as Red Bull’s third driver would be a better
The Spaniard was flicked from his Tech3 GASGAS in the closing stages of FP2 at the Algarve International Circuit’s Turn 10 last Friday. He sickeningly hit a tyre barrier that was not protected by an air fence and suffered fractures to his jaw and back, as well as trauma to his lungs. Espargaro was airlifted
Gasly departed the Red Bull stable, swapping AlphaTauri for Alpine, to replace Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso as part of the 2022 driver market ‘silly season’. The 2021 Italian Grand Prix victor kicked off his Alpine tenure by qualifying last for the Bahrain opener after exceeding track limits but recovered to ninth in the race. He
4:28 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Just three months in to his first year away from the Formula One grid, Daniel Ricciardo is already eyeing a return to a race drive next season. When McLaren decided to replace Ricciardo with Oscar Piastri at the end of the 2022 season, the 33-year-old Australian was left with
The opening one-hour practice session at Albert Park was stopped after 40 minutes when it became clear that teams were unable to track cars on the circuit and as a result, there were several crash near-misses. The FIA, therefore, opted to stop the session for nine minutes while the problem was investigated. It quickly became
Relive an action-packed opening practice session at the Albert Park Street Circuit for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix! For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: https://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #AusGP
Before heading back to Barcelona for the third and final pre-season test at the end of this week, Jenson Button stopped by at the MTC. We spent a few minutes with him to find out how the pre-season preparations have been going so far and what the start of the 2013 season in Melbourne has
Watch all the action from a dry/wet FP2 session in Melbourne. For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: https://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #AusGP
The Australian made a strong start to life with KTM last weekend in Portugal with fourth in the sprint and seventh in the grand prix, brushing aside what appeared like a difficult winter for the Austrian manufacturer. Miller is looking to become the first rider since Loris Capirossi to have won races for three different
Verstappen was fastest in FP1 for Red Bull, despite a spin, and Alonso was quickest for Aston Martin in a rain-impacted FP2. Australian Grand Prix FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from Hamilton What happened in Australian GP Free Practice 1? Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early pace on medium tyres at 1m20.267s, until Verstappen beat
9:20 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The FIA has clarified the rules around penalties being served at pit stops so as to avoid a repeat of the confusion over Fernando Alonso’s podium finish in Saudi Arabia. Alonso finished third on track in Saudi Arabia, but received a 10-second penalty after the podium ceremony — demoting
Triple Eight has been at odds with Supercars and Burgess since the Saturday evening of the season-opening Newcastle 500 earlier this month. It was at that point the two T8 Camaros were stripped of their one-two finish in Race 1 thanks to the placement of a dry ice radiator on the driver’s side of the
Marciello and Gounon claimed the Endurance Cup crown last year together with fellow AMG factory driver Daniel Juncadella after following podiums at Imola and Paul Ricard by winning the Spa 24 Hours, while Marciello also earned the overall GTWCE crown after finishing second in the Sprint Cup with Boguslavskiy. The Russian 22-year-old has driven for
MotoGP stewarding has been under the spotlight this week following the crash between Marc Marquez and Miguel Oliveira in the Portuguese GP, and the resulting fallout over the penalty applied. Marquez was given a double long lap penalty for the incident, that initially looked like it would never be served as he was ruled out
Gonzalez won the British F3 National class title with T-Sport in 2006, then raced in GP2 and tested for the Lotus/Caterham and Marussia F1 teams before a six-race IndyCar spell for Dale Coyne Racing in 2015. Subsequent health issues then sidelined the British-educated Venezuelan. “I stopped because, for some time, I became slightly ill,” said the
12:06 PM ET In his 17th full-time season in the Cup Series, Denny Hamlin is still searching for that elusive first championship. Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images You can hate Denny Hamlin all you want. If you are a NASCAR fan, you can boo him. If you are a fellow NASCAR competitor, you can feud
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Yamaha developed a new, more powerful engine for the 2023 season after several years of languishing at the bottom of the MotoGP speed traps. While it has been a step forward, Quartararo still struggled to overtake during the Portugal Grand Prix weekend, as he finished 10th in the sprint and eighth in the grand prix.
Eight months have passed since the announcement of the introduction of sprint races for the 2023 MotoGP season. That time frame has given rise to countless debates and disagreements between some about the suitability of the formula that finally made its debut last weekend in Portugal. The evaluation of this first experience was most positive
Erstwhile technical director James Key has departed McLaren, leaving a three-pronged new arrangement headed by three technical directors, namely Peter Prodromou (aerodynamics), Davide Sanchez (car concept and performance) and Neil Houldey (engineering and design). Stella suggested that under the previous structure the contribution of Prodromou in particular had been restricted. “I think there were some
3:56 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will only leave Mercedes if he feels he has nothing left to give them but would rather see out his “last days” with the Formula One team, the seven-time world champion said on Thursday. Hamilton is out of contract at the end of the year and speculation about his future
While the team has solved the porpoising and bouncing that underlined its 2022 fall to third, the fixes have exposed an underlying ground-effects concept that fundamentally lacks performance. As a result, Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff announced after only qualifying in the Bahrain season-opener that the team would change its design philosophy. Hamilton has now
We look back at some great battles that have taken place around the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne! For more F1® videos, visit https://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: https://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #AusGP
The TC America powered by Skip Barber championship continues to be a destination for professional touring car racing and will now enjoy the benefits of a multi-year partnership with Skip Barber Racing Schools as a presenting partner. Comprised of three competition classes – TCX, TC, and TCA – all TC America powered by Skip Barber
Following a frantic start to the new MotoGP season and the debut of the sprint race, the series doesn’t miss a beat as it moves straight to Argentina for the second round this weekend. The MotoGP grid will be without four regular riders due to injuries from Portugal; with Pol Espargaro ruled out after his
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