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Alonso: Conditions will make F1 Canada weekend one big “gamble”

Friday's first practice session effectively only lasted 39 minutes as track workers needed to drain the circuit of standing water following an intense hailstorm.

Autosport · Jun 8, 2024

What we learned in Friday practice at the F1 Canadian GP

Heavy rainfall punctuated Friday's Formula 1 free practice sessions at the Canadian Grand Prix, yielding a little over half an hour of dry running across the day.

Autosport · Jun 8, 2024

The bigger danger of F1’s 2026 rules revamp

"Max Verstappen won the 2026 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix after using his +0.5 MJs on his final lap and deploying his MOM [manual override mode]."

Autosport · Jun 8, 2024

Ocon denies Doohan's FP1 outing is a punishment for Monaco F1 incident

The Frenchman is leaving Alpine at the end of this year after he and the team announced this week that their futures were better set apart.

Motorsport · Jun 6, 2024

Will the new F1 2026 cars really deliver better racing?

Formula 1 has had its fair share of scare stories about the new 2026 car rules. From concerns about 'Frankenstein' machines, to drivers needing to change down gears on the straights, and then alarm at some simulator tests where cars were spinning out on the straights, it has not been…

Autosport · Jun 6, 2024

Why letting Marquez walk away would have been Ducati's greatest MotoGP blunder

Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta described the situation as a “soap opera”. Autosport’s revelation on Monday 3 June that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team in favour of Marc Marquez wasn’t followed by an Eastenders-style cliffhanger outro.

Autosport · Jun 6, 2024

How Formula E’s open-door approach to manufacturers is paying off

The news earlier this week that the iconic British brand would commit to Gen4 was something expected by many.

Motorsport · Jun 5, 2024

How Red Bull creates the perfect strategy for Verstappen and Perez

Devising and implementing the perfect race strategy is a real ‘team effort’ in Formula 1. However, every team has a couple of people who are particularly tasked with determining the right plan of attack. Red Bull Racing has three: Head of race strategy Will Courtenay, principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz…

Autosport · Jun 5, 2024

Timeline: Marc Marquez’s path to becoming a factory Ducati MotoGP rider

The eight-time world champion, for the first time in his MotoGP career, is not racing within a factory team after electing to quit Honda to join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati.

Motorsport · Jun 5, 2024

The dangers of Red Bull re-signing Perez

Somehow, the news that Red Bull has re-signed Sergio Perez for another two seasons, taking his tenure at the team to six years, is not a surprise. But perhaps it should be, given the Mexican’s performances alongside Max Verstappen.

Autosport · Jun 4, 2024