F1’s current owner Liberty Media has followed a route of chasing new additions to the calendar in large population areas, rather than permanent venues in the middle of nowhere. With Miami and Jeddah having recently hosted races on city tracks, a new grand prix is set to take place in Las Vegas next year. While […]
KTM made a strong start to the 2022 season with its new RC16 after an initially difficult testing phase. Brad Binder took second in the Qatar Grand Prix and Miguel Oliveira won in a wet Indonesia, but results have been far more inconsistent since then. Oliveira was 12th last time out in Spain having been fifth […]
Record TV figures, a sell-out crowd and an influx of star power helped make it one of F1’s biggest events to date, further laying the foundations for the expansion to three American races next year once Las Vegas joins the calendar. But for Michael Andretti, more needs to be done to grow American interest in F1 […]
This weekend’s race at Le Mans marks the first round since last week’s shock reveal that Suzuki will leave MotoGP at the end of the campaign, with the Japanese marque officially confirming its intentions on Thursday at Le Mans. Despite the uncertainty this has caused both riders, Friday at Le Mans proved strong for the […]
The characteristics and set-up of the Ferrari and Red Bull cars have been markedly different through the opening phase of the campaign. Red Bull has opted for a lower downforce/drag configuration for its RB18, which has given it an advantage with top speeds and in flat-out corners. The Ferrari F1-75 has run with more downforce […]
The six-time world champion as expected to be a contender for the 2022 title having almost fully-recovered from the badly broken right arm which ruled him out of the 2020 season and conditions his 2021. But Honda’s radical overhaul of the RC213V coupled with an eye injury which forced him to miss the Argentina round […]
But, as Hamilton has himself pointed out, that rather overlooks McLaren’s MP4-24 of 2009. PLUS: Why Hamilton’s 2022 struggles shouldn’t define his career In the latest of Autosport’s “Short View Back to the Past” series, Chief Editor Kevin Turner recalls the problems McLaren and Hamilton faced in 2009 – and how they went from qualifying near […]
The Italian, twice a winner in the 2022 season on his year-old GP21 bike, lapped 0.202s faster than Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro in a soft rubber time attack late in the second free practice session. Bastianini had already seen a lap quicker than Espargaro’s benchmark scrubbed, having set the time under yellow flags caused by a […]
In a largely unprecedented move for the Maranello squad, whose every step is followed closely by the tifosi, its hiring of Monza for a promotional event resulted in beefed up security to prevent onlookers getting in. Access to the track was strictly prohibited for fans, with barriers set up on access roads, and only one spy shot has emerged – […]
Friday’s running at Le Mans was held in bright and warm conditions across both sessions, with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini beating the outright lap record in FP2 to end the day fastest. But across both sessions there were 14 crashes at various points of the track. Le Mans is known for being the circuit with the […]