Month: February 2022

06 Feb 2022

Horner fulfils Qatar F1 GP “rogue marshal” offence obligation

Horner agreed to participate in the event as part of his sentence after he made controversial comments to the media following Max Verstappen’s grid penalty at last November’s Qatar GP. Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty and two superlicence penalty points for failing to respect double yellow flags in qualifying after Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri stopped […]

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06 Feb 2022

Marquez rode in “easy mode” after Sepang MotoGP test crashes

The 2022 Honda is a radical evolution from its predecessor as it seeks to create a bike with better rear traction. This has seemingly made the bike more rear-biased, with Marquez admitting on Saturday after two crashes that he doesn’t understand the front end of the new bike right now and is having to “sacrifice” […]

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06 Feb 2022

Mercedes “absolutely desperate” to see 2022 F1 power unit run

Manufacturers have had to adjust their PUs to suit the different cornering characteristics of the 2022 cars, as well as having to deal with the change from E5 to E10 fuel. In essence, the 2022 aerodynamic package means that this season drivers will be tackling corners in a different manner to previous years, and the […]

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06 Feb 2022

Bastianini smashes lap record on rain-hit final day

MotoGP pre-season testing ahead of the 2022 campaign continued on Sunday in Malaysia, with lap times fast and furious from the off. During the first hour of the eight-hour session, MotoGP sophomore and double podium finisher Bastianini went top with an outright lap record of 1m58.131s, heading Saturday pacesetter Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia by […]

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06 Feb 2022

“No risk, no fun” attitude foundation for Verstappen F1 success

Verstappen ended Mercedes’ title dominance of F1’s turbo hybrid era last year, when he clinched the drivers’ title after a last-lap overtaking move on Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It marked the culmination of many years of conviction from Red Bull about Verstappen’s talent, as it was convinced from early on that he had the […]

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06 Feb 2022

Yamaha can’t “think too much” about MotoGP power deficit

A top speed deficit has been Yamaha’s Achilles heel for some time in MotoGP, with that problem persisting with the first prototype of the 2022 M1 at the two-day Jerez test in November. Back then, Quartararo said the bike hadn’t evolved much from its 2021 counterpart – and once again said after ending the first […]

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06 Feb 2022

Haas explains development stages of 2022 F1 car

The American outfit was the first to reveal visuals of its 2022 car, with the team using the opportunity to show off its latest livery on the VF-22. Speaking after the reveal, team principal Gunther Steiner said that the car design had moved on since the images were made, but explained the next main step […]

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06 Feb 2022

Marquez has to “sacrifice” key strength on new Honda MotoGP bike

Marquez returned to action on Saturday at the opening day of the Sepang pre-season test in Malaysia, following three months on the sidelines while he recovered from vision problems. While the other Honda riders had tested the 2022 RC213V prototype last November at Jerez, Saturday at Sepang was Marquez’s first time on the bike – […]

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06 Feb 2022

GB3 champion Zak O’Sullivan joins Williams F1 academy

O’Sullivan, 16, won last year’s GB3 title in his first season in the category, scoring seven wins and 14 podiums en route to a dominant title win, resulting in a prize F3 test with Carlin in Valencia at the end of the year. Williams announced on Friday that O’Sullivan would be joining its young driver […]

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