Vinales won the Qatar GP in 2021 when he rode for Yamaha and is twice a winner at the event. After a strong pre-season on the 2022 Aprilia, Vinales has been off-colour all weekend at Losail and could do no better than 19th on the grid while team-mate Aleix Espargaro was fifth – with almost […]
All teams experienced the effect on the Spanish track’s main straight to a greater or lesser degree and a lot of focus centred on Leclerc after a video clip posted by F1 caught his Ferrari F1-75 suffering extreme levels of porpoising. In Barcelona teams were able to dial it out with rideheight and aero adjustments but […]
Announced last year, MotoGP Unlimited is the two-wheeled World Championship’s hopes at snaring a new audience and repositioning itself in the mainstream having seen the success Formula 1 has had with Netflix’s Drive to Survive. Until very recently, little was known about MotoGP Unlimited – its name only revealed to the press in an invite […]
Albon lost his Red Bull drive at the end of the 2020 F1 season and rather than being picked up by sister team AlphaTauri, the Anglo-Thai driver instead spent a year outside the category, racing an AF Corse Ferrari in the DTM. This year Albon makes his F1 comeback with Williams, which drafted him in to […]
One-lap pace has been a key problem for the Suzuki duo in the past, with Mir and team-mate Alex Rins only scoring two front row starts in 2021. Suzuki ended Friday in Qatar fastest of all, with Rins first and Mir third, and looked to have made a step in time attack mode. But in […]
The F1 field got a first chance to properly sample the new cars over three days in Barcelona last week following the overhaul of the technical regulations. The revised aerodynamic designs are set to make it easier for cars to follow each other closely, leading to more on-track action and overtaking. Initial feedback from drivers […]
The Spaniard scored his fifth career MotoGP pole on Saturday when he stormed to a 1m53.011s lap in qualifying at the Losail International Circuit. It marked Martin’s second pole in Qatar, having taken a maiden qualifying success in last year’s Doha GP when he was a rookie before converting that into a first podium. The […]
The Formula 1: Drive to Survive docu-series has proven to be one of Netflix’s biggest hits in recent years, taking fans behind-the-scenes and revealing the personalities behind one of the fastest and most political sports in the world. Season 4 of Drive to Survive is set for release later this month, just before the start […]
Almost four months after the last MotoGP race, the new season gets underway in Qatar on Sunday with the first of a record 21 rounds. Having scored pole in last year’s Doha GP in Qatar, Pramac’s Martin stormed to his fifth career MotoGP pole on Saturday evening at Losail – though believes he needs to […]
Hamilton took a break from any public appearances or duties over the winter after his controversial F1 title defeat to Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi. The Mercedes driver was left disillusioned by F1 due to the fashion of his loss after former race director Michael Masi failed to implement two articles of the sporting regulations. But Hamilton said […]