Fernando Alonso says he’s helping McLaren-Honda team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne by towing him down the long straights in order to maximise his opportunity in qualifying, after the Belgian driver produced a similar feat for him at Spa.
Fernando Alonso has denied he retired from the Belgian Grand Prix prematurely as a move to throw his weight around at McLaren-Honda as its future hangs in the balance.
Despite stepping down as Formula 1 deputy race director at the end of 2016, Herbie Blash has turned away a quieter life having taken an advisory role as part of Yamaha’s World Superbike project as the team continues to gain further support from Japan.
MotoGP champion and 2017 Czech Republic Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez spent Monday's Brno test trying to adapt his Honda for the hard acceleration areas at this weekend's Austrian round.
Dani Pedrosa admits he was ‘one lap too late’ when it came to switching bikes in the flag-to-flag race at Brno, but the Repsol Honda rider otherwise had few complaints after finishing as the runner-up.