Carlos Sainz led a Ferrari 1-2 in opening practice at the Belgian Grand Prix as F1 returned to action at Spa-Francorchamps following the summer break.
F1 title rivals Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc will start the Belgian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after taking on new power unit components.
Marc Marquez’s two-year battle against arm and eye injuries were enough to prompt his grandfather to implore the six-time MotoGP champion to call it a day.
Next weekend’s home Misano round should see Ducati announce whether Enea Bastianini or Jorge Martin will join the factory team alongside Francesco Bagnaia for the 2023 MotoGP season.
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton believes that Daniel Ricciardo still deserves a seat on the grid after being dropped by McLaren for the 2023 F1 season.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has revealed that the F1 team has been forced to “write a big cheque” in order to get Daniel Ricciardo to leave the team at the end of the season.
Wednesday’s news that Marc Marquez has been cleared to ‘intensify his training and assess the condition of his arm on a motorcycle’ suggests a MotoGP return is not far away.
Daniel Ricciardo has underperformed since joining McLaren at the start of the 2021 F1 season. How bad has it been for the Australian statistically-speaking?