The three-time championship runner-up makes his full-time return to MotoGP in 2022 with the rebranded RNF Racing Yamaha team, having sat out most of 2021 after losing his Ducati ride and contesting the final five races of the campaign with RNF’s predecessor Petronas SRT. Dovizioso has signed directly with Yamaha for 2022 and will ride […]
While that run of eight successive crowns is remarkable in itself, what is especially impressive is that it has been done under different eras of technical director. With James Allison having taken up the reins from Paddy Lowe in 2017, last year he stepped into a new senior group role with his place as F1 […]
After a short winter break, attention has turned from a controversial title-decider to how teams will have interpreted a new rule book. This year we’ll be talking about the Venturi effect, listed parts and wheel covers. The rule-makers have even mandated some open source parts which will force teams to upload their designs for anyone […]
The Enstone-based team’s fortunes ebbed and flowed dramatically in the former Renault squad’s first season following its Alpine rebrand, with the returning Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon qualifying between fifth and 17th place in the first half of the year. Their points finishes proved equally irregular, but the team enjoyed a breakthrough Hungarian Grand Prix before […]
While work is continuing on its 2022 challenger, which has a codename of 674 and is being launched on 17 February, the Maranello outfit wants to ensure its drivers and team personnel are back up to speed after the winter break. It has therefore slated in a four-day run with last year’s SF21 at its […]
Binder becomes the first rider since Jack Miller in 2015 to come directly to MotoGP from Moto3 this season when he makes his debut with the rebranded RNF Racing Yamaha team in 2022. The one-time Moto3 race winner’s promotion has come in for criticism owing to his aggressive nature in the lightweight class – which […]
F1 teams are currently putting the finishing touches to their 2022 car designs ahead of the first pre-season test that will take place at Barcelona in Spain from 23-25 February. The new designs are a complete overhaul of the regulations, with the ground effect challengers aimed at making the racing better and closing up the […]
The RNF squad has been rebranded from Petronas Sepang Racing Team for 2022, after title sponsor Petronas elected to quit SRT at the end of 2021. The Sepang-run team also ultimately elected to quit MotoGP for 2022, leaving current team boss Razlan Razali to take over the outfit and rebrand it as RNF Racing. Gaining […]
Formula 1’s new era begins in 2022 with new technical regulations set to see the return of ground effect cars aimed at making racing closer. After a year delay to F1’s all-new aerodynamics package due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-awaited technical overhaul is set to arrive this season. The changes have a lot to […]
However, there remains a firm conviction that, when the new F1 cars are unleashed in battle for the first time in Bahrain, the new regulations will hit the target of allowing the racing to be better. And, while it is inevitable that some details will have to be cleaned up over the long haul, there […]