Новости за 01.04.2023

Watching these two dorky-hip 20-somethings banter around South London may make you wonder why we’re so worried about the fate of the rom-com.

A review conducted by team principal Andrea Stella at the request of CEO Zak Brown has led to the departure of erstwhile McLaren technical director James Key. The team is introducing a new structure headed by three technical directors, namely Peter Prodromou (aerodynamics), Davide Sanchez (car concept and performance), and Neil Houldey (engineering and design). Norris says he has complete ... Keep reading

The question of a potential night race around the Albert Park circuit was posed to Westacott during an appearance in the Sky Sports commentary booth during second free practice on Friday. While not championing the idea, Westacott urged the AGPC to keep an open mind when it comes to innovation for the event. The key, according to Westacott, is the long-term deal in place between the Victorian ... Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda was fortunate not to crash his AlphaTauri into the wall after spinning off during opening practice around Albert Park Circuit.

After drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton scored sixth and seventh in qualifying for 2023 opener in Bahrain, Wolff declared that the team would change its car concept. While trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has since revealed Mercedes realised the limits of the W14 in the wind tunnel even before hitting the ground in testing, a major car redesign is a months-long ... Keep reading

Craig Slater reviews all the talking points from an eventful Friday ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

The DAMS driver was quick from the off, tackling torrential downpours before setting a 1m45.118s to top the timesheets for his first pole position since Abu Dhabi last season. He went quickest at the halfway mark and despite being briefly demoted by ART driver Theo Pourchaire, reclaimed the top spot before a crash from third-placed Martins saw the session end three minutes early. Home ... Keep reading

The basic idea is for the sprint event and the grand prix to have their own qualifying sessions, and for the result of the sprint not to impact the grid positions for the main event. The plan was announced by F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali at the last F1 Commission meeting, where it received widespread support from team bosses. It was then presented to the teams' sporting directors at a recent ... Keep reading

The reigning world champions 1m18.790s to top first practice was the fastest overall lap time on the opening day of F1 track action at Albert Park, after second practice was hit by rain, leaving Fernando Alonsos 1m18.887s in FP2 fractionally off the outright best time. In an eventful opening day at the Australian GP, FP1 was halted by two red flags; the first for a GPS data loss which ... Keep reading

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 apparent that the lack of live GPS tracking was creating the main ... Keep reading

Mixed Melbourne weather and Formula 1 data systems trouble resulted in frustratingly truncated first practice running for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, where Red Bull led the way but faced rare issues. Max Verstappen topped the times in FP1, the only fully dry session on Friday at Albert Park, but had off-track moments and a dramatic spin late in the session, while team-mate Sergio Perez also ... Keep reading

After 40 minutes the opening practice session at Melbourne's Albert Park was red-flagged due to a loss of GPS data, which meant teams could no longer track each other on around the circuit. That problem, which was triggered by a glitch in the distribution of live tyre information, caused several near-misses on track as drivers no longer received traffic advisory calls from their team. Before ... Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has insisted he gives his drivers "equal opportunity" after Sergio Perez claimed the team had previously only focused on Max Verstappen.

The F1 Academy series will be held exclusively at Formula 1 race weekends in 2024, F1 president Stefano Domenicali has confirmed.

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Many countries around the globe have a rich motorsport landscape that is little-known beyond their borders. The well-established domestic touring car championships of Brazil and Argentina, for example, visit some truly superb tracks anyone remember the Potrero de los Funes Circuit around a reservoir that briefly appeared as part of the FIA GT1 world championship? that capture the ... Keep reading

Nowadays, the notion seems difficult to imagine. The idea of Formula 1 stars Lando Norris or George Russell taking part in a British Endurance sportscar race at Snetterton, while champion Lewis Hamilton competes in a single-seater contest on the support bill, seems somewhat far-fetched not least because of the ever-expanding F1 schedule. But, in decades gone by and during a time when ... Keep reading

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 was that his immediate predecessors, Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon, did not enjoy the same level ... Keep reading

Folgers only MotoGP campaign was back in 2017, competing for Tech3 on Yamaha machinery, and highlighted by a second-place finish at his home round at the Sachsenring. But the Germans rookie premier class campaign was cut short by illness which was later diagnosed as Gilberts syndrome. Since then Folger has made sporadic outings in Moto2 and the World Superbike championship at ... Keep reading

Karun Chandhok and Jenson Button analyse Lewis Hamilton's seat position in his Mercedes.

Fulham chiefs fear manager Marco Silva will be hit with an extended ban by the FA after his dismissal at Manchester United.

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 bet for him. Red Bull plans to make use of Ricciardo for both reserve and ... Keep reading

The Spaniard was flicked from his Tech3 GASGAS in the closing stages of FP2 at the Algarve International Circuits 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 to hospital in Faro that Friday before being transferred to Barcelona, where he ... Keep reading

Chief of which are flag-to-flag races thanks to dynamic weather, ranked online events and a social media feed within the career mode. Flag to flag races debut A much-requested feature, dynamic weather makes its first appearance within MotoGP video games. UnlikeMotoGP 22, for example, in MotoGP 23 you will see races start dry before it then rains, forcing a pitstop and a ... Keep reading