After Charles Leclerc and Ferrari utterly dominated the Australian Grand Prix to grab an early advantage in the 2022 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen and Red Bull repaid the favour at Imola – profiting from both the sprint race format and Leclerc’s late error at the Variante Alta. F1 returned to Europe for the first […]
A strategy blunder in the wet-to-dry Q1 qualifying session at Portimao last weekend left Rins at the back of the grid in 23rd, but a stunning start in Sunday’s race led to him jumping up to 10th on the opening lap. Rins march continued in emphatic fashion as he carved through to fourth by the […]
From 13th on the grid he jumped up to ninth on the first lap, later gaining a spot when Fernando Alonso retired. He moved up another place when he jumped Kevin Magnussen in the pits after being among the first to switch to slicks, leaving him in seventh for much of the race. He gained […]
Honda overhauled its RC213V for the 2022 season after several lean seasons prompted by Marc Marquez’s serious arm injury in 2020 and a lack of results for HRC’s other riders. The new bike was met with glowing praise by most Honda riders in the pre-season, as the more rear-biased motorcycle delivered the rear grip it […]
Leclerc had looked on course for a guaranteed third place towards the end of Sunday’s race at Imola, with Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez in front. However, on lap 50, Ferrari elected to pit Leclerc for soft tyres in a bid to try to get the Monegasque at least one more position. […]
Quartararo hadn’t won a race since Silverstone 2021 last August, but surmounted early leader Joan Mir on the fourth lap and romped to a crucial first win of a so far difficult season. Mir streaked away off the line from second on the grid to lead a race for the first time since his title-winning […]
The Red Bull driver dominated the Imola weekend, taking pole position, the sprint race win and victory in the grand prix plus the bonus point for fastest lap, to take maximum points from the Emilia Romagna GP weekend. Verstappen’s title hopes were given a boost when championship leader Leclerc, who had been hunting down Sergio […]
The reigning world champion stormed to his first win since the 2021 British GP on Sunday at Portimao, having taken the lead from Suzuki’s Joan Mir on the fourth lap of 25. Quartararo proceeded to streak clear of the field to a winning margin of 5.4 seconds to take the lead in the championship for […]
The bouncing phenomenon has returned to F1 as a consequence of the new ground effect cars that have been designed to try to help improve the racing. While some teams have managed to get a better handle on the matter, Mercedes is one of the teams that has suffered the most from it. And beyond […]
The six-time world champion was expected to be one of the main combatants in Sunday’s race at Portimao despite qualifying down in ninth. But Marquez failed to make inroads at the start and could only manage sixth, some 16 seconds from race winner Fabio Quartararo, after battling with Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro and his LCR […]