The Brackley-based squad has had a disappointing start to the new season, with its W13 unable to fight on equal terms with the race-winning Ferrari and Red Bull teams. Its progress has been hampered by the porpoising issue that all teams have encountered to a greater or lesser extent in early running of the new ground effect […]
Month: April 2022
Nakagami to miss Argentina MotoGP round due to COVID
MotoGP returns to Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina for the first time since 2019 this weekend, after the last two events were scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the entire MotoGP field has been vaccinated against COVID-19, the emergence of numerous variants worldwide has still led to people still testing positive for the […]
Saudi promises F1 all assurances it needs for 2023 return
A missile strike on an oil facility less than 10 miles from the Jeddah circuit on Friday cast doubts over whether or not the Saudi Arabian GP would go ahead. While team bosses were satisfied with the security information given to them by authorities, drivers needed more convincing before they too agreed to carry on […]
What is the new schedule after Friday cancellation?
MotoGP is making its first visit to Argentina since 2019, after the last two years’ events were forced to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Five cargo flights were sent from Lombok in Indonesia to take freight from the country following the second round of the 2022 campaign to Tucuman in Argentina, where it […]
Saudi F1 safety car block on Sainz “done in all fairness”
Perez was leading the Jeddah race comfortably when he became the first of the frontrunners to make a pitstop. However, shortly after he emerged, a safety car period enabled other drivers to pit with a minimal loss of time. Charles Leclerc and eventual winner Max Verstappen easily jumped him, and as Perez entered the first […]