F1 staged its inaugural Miami Grand Prix last weekend, attracting a sell-out crowd and a host of big name celebrities in a vibrant new event for the series. It was the latest sign of F1’s growth in the United States, which looks set to only continue next year with the addition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race […]
On Friday at the French Grand Prix, MotoGP riders expressed concerns to Dorna Sports’ CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta during the safety commission about the precarious nature of contracts nowadays. This was in response to Speed Up ousting Romano Fenati from his Moto2 contract just six races into the 2022 season. Due to the economic effects of […]
Alonso lost his ninth-place finish in Miami last weekend after the race stewards handed down a five-second penalty for him gaining a lasting advantage after he accidentally cut the chicane near the end of the race. Running ahead of a train of cars that included Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, Alonso made an error at […]
Italian rider Bagnaia blitzed the Circuit Bugatti lap record in the pole shootout on Saturday, lapping the track in 1m30.450s to secure the fifth pole for a Ducati rider in seven qualifying sessions in 2022. Jack Miller backed up the performance of Bagnaia to grab second spot on the grid, setting a time that was […]
Russell and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth in Miami last weekend, although they were well off the pace of the Red Bulls and Ferraris ahead. They had looked much more competitive in Friday practice, but that form faded as the weekend went on. Nevertheless, Russell remains convinced that the performance is in the car. […]
Bagnaia led a Ducati 1-2 ahead of team-mate Jack Miller on Saturday at Le Mans, setting a new lap record of 1m30.450s to claim his second pole of the 2022 campaign. Quartararo was involved in the pole battle through to the chequered flag, but had to concede defeat and settle for fourth on his […]
Last season, the fight between Horner and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff became personal at times as the pair sometimes engaged in a war of words. PLUS: How diplomacy between F1’s heavyweights died in 2021 But despite things being very close between Red Bull and Ferrari this season, so far there has not been any public […]
The Italian set a new lap record on Saturday in France to claim his second-successive pole position and Ducati’s first at Le Mans. Bagnaia led Ducati team-mate Jack Miller by 0.069 seconds in the end, but was not confident of being able to fight for pole during the preceding 30-minute FP4 session because he […]
That’s because the placement of the chicane, and the tight sequence of corners around it, was effectively forced on organisers because of its geographical location under the Turnpike road bridges. As the project’s lead design engineer Andrew Wallis put it, the layout had to “thread the needle” to satisfy FIA track safety regulations. UK-based track […]
The six-time world champion struggled with a lack of rear grip with the hotter temperatures experienced this afternoon at the French Grand Prix in qualifying and could only manage 10th on the grid. Marquez says his feeling was strong in the cooler conditions on Saturday morning, but got worse over the rest of the day […]