In a qualifying session stalled by five separate red flags, Verstappen grabbed his first pole of the 2022 season, beating F1 world championship leader Charles Leclerc by 0.779s despite having to ease off under yellow flags caused by Valtteri Bottas stopping on the edge of the circuit with exhaust failure. With Leclerc unable to fight […]
The Ducati rider was one of several caught out by the wet conditions on Friday at the Algarve International Circuit, with Bagnaia falling from his bike at Turn 3 early on in FP2. The Italian was seen scooping up some of the gravel into his hands and delivered it to Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi […]
Norris, whose McLaren team had struggled for pace in the opening rounds of 2022, grabbed the opportunity Imola’s capricious weather conditions provided with both hands. After advancing to Q3 in a stop-start Q2, in which the rain that plagued practice returned, Norris found himself third on the provisional grid for Saturday’s sprint at the Emilia […]
The reigning world champion ended Friday’s running 20th on the combined standings and 1.395 seconds off pacesetter Marc Marquez on the Honda. The Yamaha has typically struggled in wet conditions in previous years, though the high-grip nature of the Mandalika circuit helped Quartararo to second in the wet Indonesian GP. Despite his lowly position after […]
Ferrari driver Sainz crashed out early in the second stage of qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Friday, losing control at the exit of Rivazza after running over the kerb on the outside of the corner. Sainz had been trying to improve his initial lap time before the incoming rain arrived and while […]
A damp FP1 session was topped by six-time world champion Marc Marquez, who led Suzuki’s Joan Mir by almost four tenths of a second. Lap times improved across the opening 45-minute session as riders grew more confident in the damp conditions, with Marquez leading the way on a 1m50.666s. Honda stablemate Takaaki Nakagami was caught […]
While Ferrari and Red Bull are in a class of their own in front, the fight behind is much closer as a host of teams bid to threaten Mercedes. Alpine floor and beam wing changes Alpine has perhaps had the potential to be the biggest threat so far, and has introduced a package of changes […]
Dovizioso made his full-time MotoGP return with Yamaha towards the end of 2021 with Petronas SRT (before it was rebranded as RNF Racing for 2022) having lost his ride with Ducati at the end of 2020, upon which he elected to take a sabbatical. But the 15-time race winner and three-time championship runner-up has found […]
The Spanish driver endured a tough Australian GP due to a series of problems, the culmination and frustration of which resulted in him spinning off while trying to attack Haas driver Mick Schumacher, having made a poor start to the race due to his replacement steering wheel not being set with the correct torque map. […]
After the first three sprint events were staged in 2021 at Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos, this year they will take place at Imola this weekend, the Red Bull Ring and in Brazil again. Tweaks have been made for 2022 – dropping ‘qualifying’ from the name, no longer conflating the sprint victor with winning pole position, […]