The 2023 MotoGP season continues just five days after the dramatic opening round of the season in Portugal, with the opening 45-minute session of the Argentina weekend taking place in dry conditions under threateningly grey clouds. Having broken its MotoGP victory duck one year ago at the Rio Honda circuit, Aprilia set the early pace as Vinales ended FP1, 0.284 seconds clear of 2022 Argentina ... Keep reading
Sergio Perez has a session to forget during P3 of the Australian GP.
Rio Hondo was the scene of Aprilias and Espargaros 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 is so good around Rio Honda, however, Espargaro couldnt explain it as he doesnt feel ... Keep reading
Colapinto took control of the race after executing a brilliant pass on poleman Sebastian Montoya through the Turns 9-10 complex after the first of three safety car restarts. The MP Motorsport driver then survived two subsequent restarts and was over three seconds clear of the field when the safety car was called for the fourth and final time, with the first-ever F3 race at Albert Park ending ... Keep reading
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 of writing, just ahead of this weekends second round of the ... Keep reading
The 2021 world champion said on Thursday ahead of the Rio Hondo event that he is battling rear grip issues on the 2023 Yamaha, which led to his comments after the Portuguese GP that he is currently unable to properly race his rivals. Throughout Fridays two practice sessions in Argentina, Quartararo was constantly spinning his rear tyre as he accelerated and could only go 14th quickest on the ... Keep reading
The MP Motorsport driver led from lights-to-flag to secure his third series victory and his first since moving to the reigning champions for 2023. Despite a mid-race safety car and further rainfall, Hauger held off Jak Crawford and Kush Maini asthe two rookies completed the podium for Hitech and Campos Racing respectively. A wet-to-dry track and intermittent showers ended several ... Keep reading
Threats of rain stayed away as the hour-long second practice at Rio Honda got underway, with 2022 Argentina GP winner Aleix Espargaro taking over from team-mate Maverick Vinales to head the field. A late surge of time attack laps as the field tried to bag a place in the top 10 to get directly into Saturdays Q2 qualifying session led to Espargaro producing a 1m38.518s to end Friday fastest of ... Keep reading
Verstappen will start ahead of the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Australian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from ... Keep reading
After Friday's rain-affected FP2, Saturday's final practice session predominantly took place on a dry Albert Park circuit despite the threatening Melbourne clouds, although a morning drizzle had further washed away the rubber that had been built up over the weekend. Due to the Friday disruptions, most teams wasted little time taking to the track to get both their high fuel and qualifying runs ... Keep reading
Sergio Perez brings out the red flag in Qualifying as he beaches his Red Bull at the Australian GP.
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Russell pinched second on the grid in the dying moments of qualifying in Melbourne as he ran 0.236s adrift of pacesetter Max Verstappen, who led the way for Red Bull courtesy of a 1m16.732s lap. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, will head the second row in third place after running 0.372s behind. That result marked Mercedes best Saturday of its trying season, as it awaits significant ... Keep reading
Sky F1's Ted Kravitz looks back at all the big talking points from qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
The former F1 race director has been on the ground at the Australian Grand Prix throughout the week, primarily in his new role as the Chairman of the Supercars Commission. However his time has been split between the Supercars and the F1 paddock, marking his return to the latter for the first time since the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi parted ways with the FIA amid the fallout from that ... Keep reading
Formula 1 is heading Down Under to Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen aiming to hold off the resurgent Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.
After a light rain shower had hit the Albert Park track just ahead of the one-hour session getting underway, and with the C4 softs holding on for multiple laps but requiring multiple warm-ups to be at their best, the Melbourne crowd was treated to an action-packed session. Having fuelled to run for huge chunks of laps at a time in Q1 and Q3, most of the Q3 runners opted for two new tyre runs of ... Keep reading
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The Williams driver proved to be one of the major surprises of a close fight for positions in Melbourne as he secured eighth place on the grid, just one spot behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. With him readily admitting his team does not have one of the fastest cars in F1 right now, Albon says that the performance owed almost everything to the way that he and his engineers got on top of tyre ... Keep reading
This imposing wooden structure was the visible symbol of a new global partnership that MotoGP rights holder Dorna has struck with fast-growing Spanish beer brand Estrella Galicia. Becoming one of the official beer partners of the world championship, Estrella Galicia's new hospitality unit is designed as a networking hub as well as to increase brand awareness. With this agreement, Estrella ... Keep reading
The dominant winner in Melbourne last season, Leclerc will line up for the race in seventh after lapping 0.637s off the pace of polesitter Max Verstappen, while Sainz will start from fifth. While Ferrari has opted against introducing upgraded aero parts for this weekend, unlike Mercedes and Red Bull, Leclerc still shouldered responsibility for the lacklustre result, saying he wasnt ... Keep reading
Kostecki, who broke through for his maiden Supercars win on Friday, took the flag ahead of Shane van Gisbergen but may face sanction after the Erebus Camaro appeared to baulk Declan Fraser upon its release from the pits. At the very front it was a mostly straightforward start to the race as Kostecki charged into the lead from pole, followed by his team-mateWill Brown and Bryce Fullwood's ... Keep reading
Williams Academy member Colapinto scored his first win of the season in an incident-packed sprint race at Melbourne, taking the lead after the first safety car restart before enduring two more. He was over three seconds clear of the field when the safety car was called for the fourth and final time, with the first-ever F3 race at Albert Park ending under caution. But Colapinto, Mari Boya ... Keep reading
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The issues have occurred on Ford Mustangs from different teams, with flames engulfingJames Courtney's Tickford machine in Race 3 afterNick Percat's Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford was also caught fire early in yesterday's second race of the Albert Park weekend. The source of the fires is yet to be determined, with WAU left convinced the problem on Percat's car was electrical in ... Keep reading