Year: 2021

16 Nov 2021

MotoGP unveils 2022 entry list, VR46 still without title sponsor

Rossi has now retired from MotoGP following his 432nd grand prix at the Valencia GP last weekend, bringing an illustrious 26-season career to a close. But the Italian legend will still have a presence in the MotoGP paddock in 2022 as he brings his VR46 squad up from Moto2 into the premier class with Ducati […]

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16 Nov 2021

F1 helmet and racewear company to become publicly owned

The Racing Force Group, which owns brands including Bell helmets, OMP, Zeronoise and Racing Spirit have filed an IPO (Initial Public Offering) on the stock exchange to help raise investment for future growth and diversification. For nearly 70 years Bell have been at the forefront of professional motorsport in both four and two-wheel… Continue Reading […]

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16 Nov 2021

Why Alfa Romeo chose Zhou for its F1 team

In so doing the 22-year-old becomes China’s first driver at the top level of motor racing, providing the championship with a boost the ultimate scale of which we can only guess at. It’s no coincidence that the announcement came a few weeks after F1 confirmed that the Chinese GP will return in 2023 after a […]

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16 Nov 2021

Miller leads Pol Espargaro by 0.012s to top FP2

The rain that had affected this morning’s 45-minute session had completely cleared by the time FP2 got underway, with Honda’s Espargaro setting the early pace with a 1m34.510s. Top spot changed hands constantly over the opening 15 minutes, with LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami, Yamaha duo Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo and Ducati’s Bagnaia all taking turns […]

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16 Nov 2021

Mercedes unsure ‘oddball’ one-stop F1 strategy would have worked

Lewis Hamilton fought from 10th place on the grid to win Sunday’s grand prix, reducing Red Bull rival Max Verstappen’s lead at the top of the drivers’ championship to 14 points. Verstappen made an early second stop after just 13 laps on a set of hard tyres to try and prevent Hamilton from undercutting him, […]

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16 Nov 2021

Espargaro escapes serious injury after violent MotoGP FP3 crash

The factory Honda rider was fired from his RC213V through the Ricardo Tormo Circuit’s long Turn 13 left-hander in the latter stages of this morning’s FP3 session. Espargaro did a full turn in the air and landed down hard, with the Spaniard needing to be stretchered off track before being taken to the medical centre […]

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