The nine-time MotoGP race winner joined Aprilia from last year’s Aragon Grand Prix after losing his ride with Yamaha following a controversial Styrian GP, in which he was found to have deliberately tried to damage his bike. Using those final rounds of 2021 as a test ahead of his full-time Aprilia debut this year, Vinales […]
The Grove-based outfit is coming off the back of a more encouraging 2021 campaign, where it moved off the bottom of the constructors’ championship and finished eighth thanks to points-scoring finishes from both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. As it continues to undergo a rebuilding under new owners Dorilton Capital, it hopes to make further […]
The iconic Repsol Honda partnership dates back to 1995 and has been associated with world championship wins for Mick Doohan, Alex Criville, Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez. The 2022 season is the last of Honda’s current deal with Repsol as title sponsor, after penning a two-year deal back in 2020. Six-time […]
Following the introduction of F1’s budget cap last year, Ferrari opted to redeploy a number of staff members to work with its customer Haas squad as it looks to divert resources. This included the opening of a ‘Haas hub’ in Maranello, out of which the new Haas VF-22 car was designed by a team led […]
Red Bull became the eighth team to confirm when it would unveil its new model ahead of the new season by posting a teaser on Twitter on Thursday. In a short video featuring defending world champion Max Verstappen, and including prominent coverage for sponsor TAG Heuer, Red Bull announced its new car would be unveiled […]
The team tweeted a picture of Ricciardo stood atop the front-left wheel of the McLaren MCL35M at its Woking factory, noting he was “already up to mischief in the office” ahead of his second season in papaya. Ricciardo will be spending time getting up to speed ahead of the team’s car launch for 2022 next […]
Ducati comes into 2022 as the hot favourite to take the battle to Fabio Quartararo and Yamaha in the championship after a strong end to 2021, in which it arguably emerged with the best bike on the grid having won seven races to Yamaha’s six. Championship runner-up Francesco Bagnaia called the 2021 Ducati “perfect” at […]
The FIA is currently undertaking a full investigation into the decisions made at the end of the season finale in Abu Dhabi, where the last-lap restart ended up deciding the world championship as Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton. Race director Michael Masi failed to implement at least two articles of the sporting regulations, sparking an […]
Bagnaia has been a Ducati rider for his entire MotoGP career, making his debut with the marque at the Pramac squad in 2019 and remaining there for 2020, before being promoted to the factory squad last season. After two difficult years with Pramac, in which he scored just one podium, 2021 proved to be a […]
Although the VF-22 may be different when it appears at the first test, the early snapshot was enough to provide some insight into how teams have approached things in a different way to the FOM show cars we saw last year. As F1 now builds up for a run of launches this week, including Red […]