The Japanese rider is out of contract at the end of 2022 and his place is currently under threat from young Moto2 star Ai Ogura. Ogura has scored three podiums since stepping up to Moto2 in 2021 with Honda Team Asia and is currently second in the standings. Nakagami’s Idemitsu-backed side of the LCR garage […]
After struggling through 2020 and 2021, Ferrari has bounced back under the new regulations this year by winning two of the opening three races courtesy of Leclerc. It has allowed Leclerc to forge a 34-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship after just three races, while teammate Carlos Sainz Jr’s brace of podiums […]
Rins was plucked from Moto2 in 2017 to join Suzuki as its latest hotshot rookie, with the marque having found success with Maverick Vinales when it brought him out of Moto2 two years prior. The Spaniard has since won three times with Suzuki, the latest coming at the 2020 Aragon Grand Prix. Rins is the […]
Autosport revealed last week that Haas had rejected a request from its former title sponsor, Uralkali, for repayment of funds after its contract was terminated in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Uralkali was seeking repayment of $13 million from Haas, but the team is now itself chasing more than $8 million as compensation […]
The Italian manufacturer is one of only two brands on the current grid without a satellite structure, with Suzuki also only fielding its two factory bikes. Currently, Honda fields four bikes across its factory squad and LCR; Yamaha fields four M1s across its factory team and RNF Racing; KTM has its own factory squad and […]
A difficult start to the 2022 season has left the British sportscar manufacturer as the only squad not to have scored points, with Stroll and team-mate Sebastian Vettel struggling to tame the AMR22. The ongoing problems the team is facing with porpoising and an overweight car means it is realistic there will be no quick […]
The nine-time MotoGP race winner will contest his 10th race as an Aprilia rider in this weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix, having joined the marque midway through a tumultuous 2021 campaign after his relationship with Yamaha spectacularly soured. Vinales is currently 14th in the standings having scored 19 points with a best result of seventh in […]
After his successful first season with the Scuderia in 2021 – where he edged teammate Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ standings and took four podiums – a quick extension to his initial two-year deal with the Italian team was expected. Team boss Mattia Binotto said at the end of the 2021 campaign that discussions between […]
After the first four races of a hectic 2022 season, Quartararo has scored just one podium so far. A lack of progress in the Yamaha package has meant either side of his Indonesia second place, Quartararo has finished ninth in Qatar, eighth in Argentina and then seventh last time out in America. He […]
Worldwide logistics complications triggered by the Ukraine war and the COVID-19 pandemic have led to global supply chain issues and widespread freight delays. MotoGP has already fallen foul of problems when it had to cancel the first day of action at the Argentine Grand Prix after freight was late, while F1 itself has also had […]