I am old enough to remember the 1989 Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams, in which Costner plays an Iowa farmer who builds a baseball pitch in his cornfield that attracts the ghosts of legendary baseball players from the past. It’s a hokey but fun movie – most memorably, however, it introduced the phrase, ‘If […]
A sudden downpour just ahead of the second 45-minute practice for the MotoGP class on Friday left the Misano circuit saturated and would ensure Maverick Vinales would end the day fastest of all courtesy of his FP1 time. With the weather forecast unsettled for the whole weekend, the track was quickly populated when pitlane opened […]
Before Gasly’s retirement and Yuki Tsunoda’s failure to start the race at Monza, AlphaTauri had been the only team to score points in every race this season, putting it in the hunt for fifth place in the constructors’ championship. A large part of that contribution has come courtesy of Gasly, who had failed to score […]
The miserably wet conditions from Friday gave way to gloriously hot sunshine for the final 45-minute practice session of the Misano weekend. As a result, improvements on the combined times started to come in almost immediately, with Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro the first significant improver to fourth. As the session ticked off its first 10 minutes, […]
Last month’s wet race at Spa-Francorchamps had to be abandoned after three laps behind a safety car because conditions were not good enough to allow the current generation of cars to race. The high levels of downforce produced by the latest grand prix machinery, plus wider tyres, means more spray is thrown into the air […]
The paddock has stayed behind at Misano for two days of official in-season testing following the San Marino Grand Prix, with 2022 developments and set-up work for October’s Emilia Romagna GP at the same venue the primary focus for teams. Rain in the morning left the circuit saturated for the first three-and-a-half-hour session to begin […]
Following the reaction to the controversial crash between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Italian GP last time out, with both F1 world title contenders taken out of the race in the incident, the Red Bull driver heads into this weekend with a three-place grid penalty after being judged as predominately at fault for […]
Rossi has been instrumental in boosting the profile of MotoGP in his native Italy during his 26-season career, and in recent years has helped to build a renaissance in Italian talent in grand prix racing through his VR46 Riders Academy. The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion’s efforts in this area have been on full […]
The Briton was most famous for a lengthy spell he had at McLaren from 1989 to 2014, which included him being the team’s CEO as well as team boss from 2008 until his departure. Since leaving F1 he has been involved in various projects, including being chairman of technology start-up business BAR Technologies, and fulfilling […]
Dovizioso made his MotoGP return in last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano at Petronas SRT replacing Franco Morbidelli, and will remain with the team as a factory Yamaha rider in 2022 when it rebrands as RNF Racing. The three-time championship runner-up qualified last and finished a distant 19th in his first MotoGP race […]