Krack: Aston Martin needs to “give our drivers a better car”

The team struggled for performance with its low downforce package over the Italian GP weekend, with Fernando Alonso qualifying 10th and finishing ninth, and Lance Stroll out of the points in 16th from 20th on the grid.With Ferrari logging third and fourth the Maranello team moved ahead of Aston into third place in the constructors’ championship.The race provided the team with a painful reminder of …Keep reading

F1 owner admits Verstappen’s current domination “a challenge”

In Monza last weekend, Verstappen set a new record with his 10th consecutive grand prix win, while between them, the Dutchman and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez have won every race held so far in 2023.Maffei said that F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is trying to focus on the fact that Verstappen is making history as he extends his record run, and that in itself is worth watching.”The midfield is …Keep reading

Flat Chat Podcast: Why Verstappen’s rise shows no signs of slowing down

The Dutch driver added the record for the most consecutive F1 victories to his growing collection last weekend at Monza, with the youngest winner of a world championship race set to continue racking up success for many years to come.GP Racing editor Stuart Codling is joined by Mark Gallagher and Matt Kew to discuss the matter-of-fact 25-year-old’s pursuit of continued success, and the question …Keep reading

Liberty Media moves into MotoGP with Quint Events purchase

The deal also gives Liberty a foothold in other sports and major events on the hospitality and entertainment side, including NASCAR’s Chicago street race, the NBA, Australian Open tennis and the Kentucky Derby.The deal to buy “greater than 90%” of Quint, which is expected to be completed before the end of the year, values it at $313million. The two organisations will continue to be run as …Keep reading

Vowles: Albon’s Monza F1 drive even better than Montreal performance

After the flag in Italy, Vowles came on to the radio to tell Albon that he “made it look easy” while his engineer acknowledged that it was the Thai/British driver’s best race yet with the team.In achieving both of his 2023 seventh-place finishes, Albon made good use of the strong straightline performance of the FW45 to conduct a stout defence.However, Vowles stressed that it was easier to do …Keep reading

How Ferrari’s Monza special shows there’s still room for sentiment in F1

In a sport where numbers are everything, there has been ever less room for sentiment. But when Ferrari headed to Monza, it couldn’t help but pull out all the stops.Over 304,000 disciples headed to the temple of speed across the Italian Grand Prix weekend. While the wait for a first constructors’ title in 15 years goes on, Ferrari fandom remains religion in Italy, with the pressure of expectation …Keep reading