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Thomas ten Brinkle, ART

‘No joy’ forces young racer Thomas ten Brinkle to quit racing

Thomas ten Brinkle has announced a departure from racing after he did not feel any joy in competing following his latest weekend at Zandvoort. In a surprise announcement from ART Grand Prix, it revealed that...
Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Mattia Binotto, Ferrari

Sainz saw tyre-related issues in Bahrain as they look for long-term solution

Carlos Sainz reveals that the tyre issues they faced in F1 French GP was something he saw already in Bahrain when he came into the team as they look for answers now. Having looked good...
Aus GP, F1, Yas Marina

Photo: Aus GP completes circuit work; Yas Marina’s track change emerge

Aus GP has completed its F1 track evolution work on various corners, as all eyes is on the November date for its return, while Yas Marina's change emerge. After the 2020 F1 race was cancelled...
Maverick Vinales, MotoGP, Yamaha

Vinales opens up on struggles, lack of respect, Quartararo data & more

Maverick Vinales was seen as a dejected MotoGP rider after the German GP, where the Spaniard was unable to even to finish in the Top 15. Already Saturday was a disaster for Yamaha's Vinales in...
Esteban Ocon, Alpine, Laurent Rossi, F1

Rossi sees Prost-like features in Ocon as he explains the three-year deal

Laurent Rossi sees Alain Prost-like features in Esteban Ocon as he praises the Frenchman after signing a long-term F1 deal with him. Just at the onset of the French GP, Alpine announced a contract extension...
Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, George Russell

Bottas, Russell admit reading speculations of F1 future but put them down

Valtteri Bottas and George Russell know the speculations are doing rounds but both stay away from those, where the Finn talks about blocking talks around F1 future. The rumours surrounding Bottas leaving Mercedes never goes...
Sauber, F1, Juan Manuel Correa

Correa rejoins Sauber F1 academy after competitive F3 return from injury

Juan Manuel Correa has rejoined the Sauber F1 Academy after his competitive return to racing in F3 from the horrific accident at Spa. Before his crash, Correa was already part of the Sauber Academy and...
F1, Pirelli, Mario Isola

F1 drivers discuss tyre investigations as Pirelli elaborates on it more

F1 drivers - including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel - spoke about the findings of Baku as Pirelli's Mario Isola adds more on the investigations. Starting with Red Bull's Verstappen, the...
Gresini Racing, MotoGP, Ducati

Gresini partners with Ducati, Bastianini & di Giannantonio named riders

Gresini Racing has partnered with Ducati for 2022 MotoGP season and further as Enea Bastianini and Fabio di Giannantonio named riders. Having announced its end of the partnership with Aprilia after the 2021 MotoGP season...
Esteban Ocon, F1, Alpine, Laurent Rossi

Alpine retains Ocon in a long-term F1 deal of three years

Alpine has retained Esteban Ocon after the two signed a long-term deal of three years to be together in F1, thereby extending it to a total of five seasons. The talks between Ocon and Alpine...
Pirelli, F1, Red Bull, Aston Martin

Pirelli identifies Baku tyre failure reasons, new directive in place for teams

Pirelli Motorsport has identified the reasons for tyre failure in F1 Azerbaijan GP, as a new directive is in place for teams from the FIA. With few days to go for the F1 French GP,...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, Simone Resta

Steiner talks of Resta’s impact on 2022 car, building a solid technical team

Guenther Steiner opened up on the impact of Simone Resta on Haas' 2022 F1 car, with a solidified technical team, working out at Maranello.  The relationship between Haas and Scuderia Ferrari started when Gene Haas...
Alpine, F1, Marcin Budkowski

Alpine has made changes to rear wing for French GP as per FIA’s directive

Marcin Budkowski noted that Alpine will have a modified rear wing in F1 French GP to fulfill the new FIA technical directive, which was issued after complaints. After the FIA introduced a new test to...
Pirelli, F1, Mario Isola

Pirelli relays 2022 target letter as ongoing tyre tests looks ‘promising’

Pirelli Motorsport chief Mario Isola noted that they have already had a target letter from F1 teams and FIA about the tyres for 2022, when they switch to 18-inches. The 2022 F1 season will not...

Tost shares Tsunoda’s schedule, push to convert speed into performance

Weeks after Yuki Tsunoda emerged as a breakout star in the Bahrain GP, the Japanese F1 racer is now working to regain confidence under the watchful eyes of Franz Tost. Tsunoda caused a stir in...
Otmar Szafnauer, Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin

Szafnauer discusses importance of Vettel, Aston’s 2021 aim & future work

Otmar Szafnauer talks about the important of Sebastian Vettel for the growth of Aston Martin, as he adds on what can they achieve in F1 2021. After six mix-fortuned seasons at Ferrari, Vettel is trying...
Sergio Perez, F1, Christian Horner

Perez says confidence growing as more to be done; Horner adds on

Sergio Perez says F1 win is fine but he is still getting on top of the car, with the help of Red Bull as he praises Alexander Albon's work, while Christian Horner adds on...
Pierre Gasly, Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez, F1, Michael Masi, FIA

Gasly was not surprised by “American” decision to red flag Azerbaijan GP

AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly says he was not surprised by F1's decision to red flag the Azerbaijan GP in the interest of getting a green flag finish. After Max Verstappen's crash from the lead of the...
Williams, Dave Robson, Nicholas Latifi

Williams says lack of confidence and erratic luck hurting Latifi

Williams Racing's head of vehicle performance Dave Robson thinks that Nicholas Latifi is suffering from lack of confidence, and that this is penalising him on track. The Canadian driver's performances do not compare to the...
Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren

Ricciardo, McLaren respond to a kid getting bullied, extend their support

Daniel Ricciardo responded and extended his support towards a kid, who got bullied, and had his McLaren F1 goodies destroyed. In a fine gesture from Ricciardo and also McLaren, the Australian responded to a tweet...
Nikita Mazepin, Haas, F1

Mazepin talks spending time with engineers to build trust & confidence

Nikita Mazepin is spending more time with his side of the Haas F1 garage, along with his engineers, to build on trust and confidence for the future. Mazepin was embroiled in controversies even before reaching...
Frederic Vasseur, Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo,

Vasseur praises step up from Giovinazzi and Alfa Romeo’s progress

Frederic Vasseur praises the step up from Antonio Giovinazzi in F1 race management, along with the overall progress from Alfa Romeo. With Stellantis and Sauber looking to renew their partnership along with the Ferrari's support,...
Toto Wolff, Christian Horner

Wolff talks of ’22 plans, tough two races as Horner adds on his comments

Toto Wolff says the plans for F1 2022 has already been readjusted and that the tough two races won't change things, as Christian Horner adds on his comments. Mercedes expected low-key run in Monaco and...
Fernando Alonso, Alpine, Esteban Ocon

Alonso: Alpine tried ‘creative strategy’ which didn’t work, luck helped then

Esteban Ocon faced engine troubles in F1 Azerbaijan GP, as Fernando Alonso made the most of re-start to gain places in the end. The F1 Azerbaijan GP was a two faced Grand Prix for Alpine....
Sebastian Vettel, F1, Aston Martin

Vettel was surprised he could push as much in Baku, adds on race fights

Sebastian Vettel discuss the fights he had in F1 Azerbaijan GP with Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly, as he adds on getting comfortable with the car and podium return. After his performance in Monaco, Aston...
Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes elaborates on the troubles for Hamilton and Bottas in Baku

Mercedes technology director Mark Elliott dwells into the troubles faced by both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas in F1 Azerbaijan GP. It was not a smooth sailing for Mercedes eventually in F1 Azerbaijan GP, where...
Lando Norris, Micheal Masi

Norris relieved with P5 finish; Masi disagrees with post-quali comments

Lando Norris feels fifth was the best he could have done in F1 Azerbaijan GP under the circumstances, as Michael Masi responded to the Brit's comments. It was a positive F1 Azerbaijan GP for McLaren's...
Alpinestars, Fabio Quartararo

Alpinestars releases statement on Quartararo incident from Catalan GP

Alpinestars released a statement with regards to the incident from Catalan MotoGP, involving the race suit of Fabio Quartararo. Following the trouble with the race suit of Yamaha's Quartararo during the Catalan MotoGP race, Alpinestars...
Simon Roberts, Jost Capito, Williams

Capito takes over team principal role as Roberts leaves Williams

Williams announced a surprise departure of Simon Roberts from the F1 outfit, with Jost Capito taking over the team principal responsibilities. Having only joined Williams in June 2020 under the previous ownership of the Williams...
Valtteri Bottas, F1, Mercedes

Bottas has lots to learn and forget from ‘weird’ Baku weekend

Valtteri Bottas says there's a lot to learn and also forget from F1 Azerbaijan GP weekend, as the Finn chases answers after a lean period. It hasn't been the 2021 season which Mercedes' Bottas was...