The nine-time MotoGP race winner announced in June that he would be quitting Yamaha a year earlier than planned as the relationship between both parties deteriorated dramatically across 2021. At the time it was thought Vinales was heading to Aprilia for 2022, with the marque announcing as such earlier in August. PLUS: Why Aprilia move […]
After a false-start from the summer break with the Belgian GP called off after two laps behind the safety car and half points awarded, following severe delays due to torrential rain, F1’s middle leg of its latest triple-header sees the paddock head to Zandvoort for the first time since 1985. Max Verstappen, who was declared […]
Ahead of the session, Aprilia announced Lorenzo Savadori has been withdrawn from the remainder of the British GP as he continues to struggle with the broken ankle he suffered in a fiery Styrian GP crash. The cooler conditions for FP3 at Silverstone meant the combined timesheets went largely unchanged for the first half of the […]
The Spaniard recently confirmed that he would remain with the French car manufacturer next year, having originally signed a one-year contract with an option for a second season. Although Alonso will be 41 when his current deal ends, he thinks that age is no hindrance to speed in F1. He believes that if he can maintain the […]
Yamaha has faced a rider shortage in recent weeks as Franco Morbidelli continues to recover from knee surgery in June, while Maverick Vinales has been cut from the factory squad with immediate effect following his post-Styrian GP suspension. With test rider Cal Crutchlow moved out of his stand-in duties at SRT for this weekend’s British […]
The controversial decision to award points for last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix washout after two safety car laps drew inevitable comparisons with Formula 1’s infamous visit to Spa in 1985. As in 2021, the cars did at least take to the track, and a qualifying session took place. But whereas F1 last weekend tied itself […]
Espargaro has enjoyed a strong weekend at Silverstone as the nature of the circuit and the generally cool conditions have masked the Honda’s grip problems. The Spaniard snatched pole position 0.022 seconds in the dying stages of Q2 on Saturday afternoon to score the Repsol Honda team’s first MotoGP pole since the 2019 Japanese GP. […]
Amid wide-scale unease about the way that F1’s rules meant that championship points were handed out after drivers completed just three behind a safety car in Belgium last weekend, Todt has confirmed that the regulations will be looked at. In a statement issued on Twitter, Todt that he will table talks regarding the situation at […]