Following an extraordinary meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday, it announced a raft of measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While there had been calls from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar all Russian competitors from events, the FIA elected not to go that far. In a […]
The start of a new MotoGP season is always an exciting affair and 2022 is no different, as a stacked grid gets set to do battle for the world championship. Six manufacturers, 12 teams and 24 riders will contest the 2022 season. Two new teams joins the fray in the form of nine-time grand prix […]
Alfa Romeo’s new C42 car struggled with mileage through the three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last week, completing 175 laps in total. Only Haas (160) managed fewer laps during the test. It left new signing Valtteri Bottas saying the team had “work to do” in the second test after the Finn failed to […]
The Barcelona test was the first time teams and drivers were able to experience the definitive 18-inch race tyres mated to the 2022 cars that they were designed for, having tested them on converted mule cars last year. Given that so much else was new in the 2022 package, tyres were not a major topic […]
The Spaniard made his MotoGP debut with Suzuki in 2019 and delivered the Japanese manufacturer its first world title in 20 years when he stormed to the 2020 championship. But the 2021 season proved to be difficult for Mir, as a lack of development for the GSX-RR meant he could only finish third in the […]
The Jeddah Corniche Circuit hosted its first race last December, but drew criticism from drivers over its safety due to the number of blind corners on a high-speed street track. Last year’s race was interrupted by two red flags and a number of crashes, prompting GPDA director George Russell to tell Autosport that the track […]
F1 teams were caught by surprise at last week’s pre-season Barcelona test by the way that their cars suffered some extreme bouncing down the straights, thanks to the aero properties of the 2022 challengers. The phenomenon, which also occurred the last time ground effect was in F1 in the early 1980’s, is trigged by downforce […]
It was a fascinating session, not least because of the unexpected emergence of the porpoising phenomenon, something that despite all the modelling work that they had undertaken, the teams had seemingly not anticipated. The issue was a major topic of conversation through the week, and it is likely to remain so as F1 heads into […]