AlphaTauri sits seventh in the constructors’ championship after the opening four races of the year, trailing McLaren, Alfa Romeo and Alpine in the midfield tussle. While it has scored points in each grand prix with one car, AlphaTauri has struggled to match many of its midfield rivals for outright pace at times. At Imola last […]
MotoGP is living through its most competitive era ever, with all six manufacturers on the grid now race winner and all six scoring podiums in the first five races of 2022. From the first five races, four riders on four different bikes have won, while 10 different riders taking to the other steps of the […]
F1 switched to all-new technical regulations for 2022, with cars designed to be both safer and easier to follow by others. In order to accommodate the increased weight from the change to 18-inch wheels, the added safety features and some heavier standard parts, the minimum weight limit of a car plus driver was increased from […]
On Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, MotoGP governing body the FIM announced testing for the 2023 season would be reduced to just eight official days across the year. Five days of running will be had in the pre-season spread across a two- and three-day test – as was the case […]
After an awful weekend in Australia that saw four crashes, the Silverstone-based team bounced back at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to earn eighth place with Sebastian Vettel and 10th with Lance Stroll. After the race, Vettel said his result was like a victory given the team’s struggles so far in 2022. Krack says the […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion was the first Honda across the line last week at Portimao, but was 16 seconds off the win down in sixth spot having been expected to fight for the podium. All Honda riders have made complaints about the marque’s radically overhauled challenger for 2022 in recent rounds despite the bike […]
Included as part of this was a new floor and beam wing, as the Enstone-based team continues to optimise its aerodynamic package over the first phase of the championship. Most interestingly, one of the floor’s new features is the addition of a metal stay, something Alpine had previously not needed like other teams. While its […]
Just one week on from MotoGP’s return to Europe in Portugal, the series has headed across the border to Spain and to the Andalusian region of the country to Jerez. The traditional Spanish GP venue, it is the first of four races to be held in Spain in 2022 along with Barcelona, Aragon and Valencia. […]
The Maranello-based team has had a strong start to the 2022 campaign, winning two of the first four races as it knuckles down for an intense fight with Red Bull. But the scale of the challenge it faces was made clear at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when an upgraded Red Bull helped the […]
F1 staged its first sprint race of the season at Imola last weekend after introducing the new format at three events in 2021. The sprint race takes place on a Saturday, running to one-third of the grand prix distance, and sets the grid for Sunday as well as offering points to the top eight finishers. […]