The four-time Formula 1 World Champion, driving for Aston Martin, remarked in an interview during last weekend’s F1 Miami Grand Prix that he prefers “proper” US tracks such as Road America to the street course in Miami Gardens. Respected IndyCar blogger Matt Archuleta quoted the German ace’s comment on Twitter which drew a response from […]
The Gresini Ducati rider looked poised to duke it out for victory at Le Mans with factory counterpart Bagnaia as the pair emerged with the strongest pace late on. But a crash for Bagnaia with seven laps remaining gifted Bastianini a win that has thrust him back into championship contention after a tough recent run […]
In FP2 George Russell was fastest and Lewis Hamilton was fourth, suggesting that the team had found something that worked at the Miami track. However, neither driver was able to repeat that sort of form from Saturday onwards, as other teams were able to extract more pace from their cars. They eventually finished Sunday’s race […]
Jack Miller got the holeshot from second on the grid at the start of the race, but soon dropped behind polesitter Bagnaia on the sister factory Ducati and the fast-starting Gresini bike of Bastianini in third, paving the way for a two-horse race for victory. Bastianini started piling pressure on the Spanish GP winner in […]
The 2022 Bahrain and Australian GP winner was on his third lap aboard the 1972 Ferrari 312B3 as part of a parade alongside ex-Ferrari driver and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky Ickx. Leclerc headed out for a slow sighter lap but soon picked up the pace and on his third lap, lost the rear of […]
Bastianini won Sunday’s French GP at Le Mans after a brief dice with Bagnaia that ended up with the factory Ducati rider making a mistake while leading on lap 21 of 27 and crashing out a few corners later. It marked the third win of the season for Bastianini aboard his Gresini-run 2021-spec Ducati and […]
It might not have been a perfectly smooth weekend, but the Miami Grand Prix was a huge success for Formula 1. The crowds came, the place was thronged with more A-listers than we’ve ever seen at one event, and in the end it produced a decent race, helped by a late safety car that livened […]
The Yamaha rider was expected to fight for victory on Sunday at Le Mans having shown the strongest race pace all weekend throughout the practice sessions. But he got a poor launch from fourth on the grid and struggled to overtake, dropping to eighth at one point and eventually recovered to sixth – before several […]
The FIA restructured its F1 operations for this year following the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi that saw race director Michael Masi fail to implement the regulations. It led to Masi being replaced by two race directors, Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas, and major changes to the support they have in […]
The early stages of the Q2 qualifying session teed up a pole battle between Bagnaia and Quartararo, but the former would streak clear of the Yamaha rider to claim back-to-back poles in 2022. Ducati’s Bagnaia set the initial benchmark at 1m30.910s, leading Quartararo by 0.300 seconds, before the Italian improved that to a 1m30.699s. Quartararo […]