Quartararo’s title defence began in difficult fashion in Qatar, where a lack of rear grip and horsepower meant he qualified 11th and could only finish the race ninth. Despite a tricky FP1 session and several technical issues, the Yamaha rider has been much stronger in Indonesia, storming to pole on Saturday by over two tenths […]
Latifi and team-mate Alex Albon propped up the timesheets on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit, finishing half a second off Aston Martin, which was the next-slowest team. Latifi’s best lap time was 2.5 seconds off pace-setter Max Verstappen’s effort, while Albon was a further two-tenths of a second behind. Williams finished eighth in last […]
After a miserable start to his title defence in Qatar, in which he qualified 11th and finished the race ninth, Quartararo stormed to his first pole since the 2021 Catalan GP by 0.213 seconds from Pramac’s Jorge Martin. Qualifying was delayed by 20 minutes after the preceding FP4 session was red-flagged for Alex Rins’ Suzuki […]
The Finn progressed into Q3 in all 101 of his starts for Mercedes, notching 20 poles during that time, in a streak that stretches back to his Williams farewell in the 2016 Abu Dhabi GP. On Friday, Bottas notched the sixth fastest time in second practice at Sakhir with his qualifying simulation resulting in a […]
Heavy rain ahead of Saturday’s track action beginning left the Mandalika circuit damp for the start of the third MotoGP session of the weekend. As a result, there would be no overall lap time improvements on the combined order and a volatile group will face Q1 in qualifying later today. That group features six-time world […]
Haywood will take up the deputy race director role in Bahrain and at four other races this year, having previously held the position in 2019 and 2020. A key member of the FIA race control team for many years, Haywood worked closely with the late race director Charlie Whiting and latterly with the recently-axed Michael […]
With two further sessions of running in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes ahead of MotoGP FP2, the track was a bit cleaner than it was this morning and lap time gains were instant. Pramac’s Johann Zarco set the early pace with a 1m33.310s, which was just over a tenth quicker than Pol Espargaro’s FP1 best. […]
Just one week on from Haas announcing him as replacement for the ousted Nikita Mazepin, Magnussen proved the potential of his team’s VF-22 by setting the tenth fastest time in FP2 on Friday. With team-mate Mick Schumacher clocking the eighth fastest time, Haas looks poised to deliver a dramatic step forward in form considering it […]
The 2021 runner-up endured a torrid start to the new season in Qatar as he lacked pace on the GP22 and crashed out of the race in a collision with Pramac’s Jorge Martin. After that race Bagnaia said he wouldn’t touch his bike’s set-up again as he felt he was trying too many things and […]
The new era of F1 with ground effects car has arrived, which looks set to tighten up the competitive order and provide plenty of surprises up and down the grid. Defending F1 world champion Verstappen went fastest in FP2 with a 1m31.936s for Red Bull, beating Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by just 0.087s, with his team-mate […]