George Russell says his first-hand experience of Lewis Hamilton being a role model will be the overriding memory of his partnership with the Formula 1 great, right down to Hamilton picking up the team after a disappointing Abu Dhabi qualifying session. Mercedes was keen to give Hamilton a fitting send-off as the seven-time world champion departs the team he represented for 12 years … Read more
Marco Bezzecchi has been declared fit to race in the Australian Grand Prix, but also issued with a long lap penalty following his high-speed MotoGP crash with Maverick Vinales in Saturday’s sprint. The VR46 Ducati rider was taken to hospital for additional checks following the late-race incident at Doohan, for which Vinales laid the blame … Read more
Marc Marquez has admitted that circumstances at Phillip Island played into his hands perfectly as he went fastest on a curtailed first day of the MotoGP Australian Grand Prix. Marquez led his brother and Gresini Ducati team-mate Alex in a 1-2 in second practice after the morning FP1 session was abandoned due to heavy rain. … Read more
Alonso was handed a post-event drive-through, which became a 20-second time penalty, for the way he slowed up Russell as they battled for sixth place. The FIA race stewards deemed that Alonso had driven in a “potentially” dangerous manner by slowing 100-metres earlier than normal, which they think contributed to Russell losing control behind him … Read more
A new front wing contributed to a good performance from Valtteri Bottas in the Melbourne race, although a pit stop delay meant that it wasn’t converted into points as he slipped back to 13th. At the next event in Suzuka, the team will have another upgrade package – which will be its third in four races – … Read more
The Melbourne race turned out to a huge chance for F1’s bottom five teams, who would normally be finishing 11th at best on pace. Between the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia only Haas had managed to score a single point in Jeddah. But after the retirements for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and both Mercedes … Read more
The championship leader bagged his third pole of the season, denying Ferrari and Carlos Sainz a chance to lead the field away on Sunday despite the Spaniard heading both Q1 and Q2. Verstappen had struggled with the balance of his RB20 throughout the weekend so far, but incrementally drew closer to the front as Red … Read more
