But their ability to be flexible at the front of the car – especially amid the restrictions of the cost cap – will be helped by clever nose solutions. The make-up of the nose structure up and down the grid has changed for 2022, with many of the teams taking the opportunity to use a […]
Rins hadn’t finished on the podium since last August’s British GP before the Termas race, but carved his way through from seventh to third in the early stages. He steadily chipped away at the leading duo of Jorge Martin and eventual winner Aleix Espargaro, but couldn’t quite bridge the gap – taking the chequered […]
F1’s move to ground effect designs this season triggered headaches in early testing with most outfits suffering from their cars bouncing down the straights. Several teams found that the problems were exacerbated at high speed by their floors flexing down at the edges – which better sealed air flow under the car but led to […]
On his 200th MotoGP start, Espargaro made history by claiming the first win for Aprilia in the modern era of the premier class at the Argentina Grand Prix – while also ending a drought for himself dating 283 races back to his 125cc debut in 2004. Espargaro joined Aprilia from Suzuki in 2017 and has been […]
After several tough seasons, Ferrari gradually fought its way back to the top and is now enjoying its most competitive season in years. It took a 1-2 win with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in Bahrain, followed by another podium for both drivers in Saudi Arabia. The Scuderia has produced what is clearly the team’s best […]
The rescheduled second practice session on Saturday was extended from 45 minutes to an hour to make up for Friday’s running being cancelled due to freight delays. With no FP3 taking place this weekend due to the revised schedule, the qualifying groups were decided on the combined order at the end of FP2. Most of […]
Mercedes continued its difficult start to the new season as George Russell finished fifth at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton recovered from his first Q1 knockout in over four years to score a point for P10. After crossing the line for 10th, Hamilton asked Mercedes engineer Pete Bonnington if there was “even […]
MotoGP was forced to condense this weekend’s Argentina GP to two days when freight delays meant Friday’s running had to be cancelled and a revised schedule put in place. As the calendar expands to 21 races this season, the discussion this weekend in light of the freight problems has revolved around whether MotoGP should use […]
As the American-owned outfit bids to build on its strong start to the season, it knows that rivals will be working hard to bring developments to their own cars. But team boss Gunther Steiner thinks that there is a lot more scope to extract speed out of the current package, and says it is important […]
The Spaniard – who will start his 200th premier class race on Sunday – was in strong form across the condensed Saturday schedule at Termas de Rio Hondo, leading an Aprilia 1-2 in FP2 before taking pole by 0.151 seconds in qualifying. This is Espargaro’s third pole in MotoGP and makes him the first […]