The first pre-season test of the 2022 season got underway on Thursday at Jerez, with Quartararo ending up ninth fastest and 0.707 seconds off the pace. The world champion tested Yamaha’s 2022 bike, but sounded flat when he said the motorcycle was basically the same as the prototype he tested at Misano in September having […]
Following the submission of fresh video evidence by Mercedes, the team had requested that the FIA look again at whether or not Verstappen broke the rules in his defence against Lewis Hamilton at last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The matter revolves around Verstappen’s defensive driving at Turn 4 on lap 48, when the Red Bull […]
Fernandez stunned in his rookie Moto2 season this year, winning eight races – surpassing Marc Marquez’s haul of seven from his debut Moto2 campaign in 2011 – and narrowly missed out on the championship by four points to Ajo team-mate Remy Gardner, who won five times. Both riders will step up to MotoGP in 2022 […]
The Red Bull driver’s behaviour is under the spotlight in Qatar this weekend with Mercedes asking the FIA for a right to review its decision not to investigate the incident with Hamilton on lap 48 at Interlagos. Mercedes’ request has been prompted by the emergence earlier this week of the front-facing onboard footage from Verstappen’s… […]
Of those on the current grid, only Sergio Perez and Nikita Mazepin have previously raced at the track, in GP2 Asia and the MRF Challenge respectively. Others have had to fit visits to factories and sim running around the current busy race schedule, and have only recently had the opportunity to sample Losail. A high […]
Their efforts will be projected onto a world stage in December as the F1 season reaches a thrilling climax and one of the venues playing host is a new street circuit in Jeddah. F1 has signed a long-term contract with Saudi Arabia to host F1 and ultimately the race will run on a new purpose-built […]
Alpine and AlphaTauri arrived in Interlagos equal on points in the constructors’ championship, both having scored 106 points in their fight for fifth place. The French squad appeared to focus on controlling Gasly during the race, and Ocon asked on the radio to get Alonso to help him keep Gasly behind by staying within DRS distance. […]
This weekend marks the final outing of nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi, who will retire from MotoGP at the end of his 26th season on Sunday. Tributes from within the paddock and around the motorsport world, including Formula 1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris, have been pouring in ahead of Rossi’s MotoGP […]
Mercedes suffered back-to-back defeats to Red Bull in the United States and Mexico, allowing Max Verstappen to open up a 19-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings. Hamilton feared he would lose yet more ground on Verstappen in Brazil, only to fight back from being excluded from qualifying on Friday to win the […]
Petrucci will make his final MotoGP start as a full-time rider this weekend in the Valencia Grand Prix before switching to an off-road career beginning with a Dakar Rally assault with Tech3 KTM in 2022. The Italian made his MotoGP debut in 2012 with the Ioda CRT squad on the slowest bike on the grid, […]