Schumacher lost control of his Haas F1 car while coming through the Swimming Pool chicane on Lap 26 of the race, snapping to the right-hand side of the track. His car glanced the armco before then going into the tecpro barrier at the exit of the corner. The accident saw the rear-end and gearbox of […]
Month: May 2022
Quartararo “had nothing to lose” for “precious” Mugello MotoGP podium
Quartararo qualified sixth but was expected to struggle in the race on his underpowered Yamaha having been flanked by five Ducatis. But the Yamaha rider made decisive moves before the main straight to overtake the early-leading VR46 Ducatis of Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi, and poleman Fabio Di Giannantonio on his Gresini Ducati and utilise […]
Power outage on F1 grid contributed to Monaco GP delays, prevented standing restarts
Rain in the build-up to the planned start time of 3pm for the Monaco Grand Prix led to the start procedure being suspended just minutes away from the intended start of the formation lap. The formation lap was initially rescheduled for 3:09pm local time in Monaco, but the start was then delayed again by the […]
Bagnaia “has to be a machine” to get MotoGP title challenge back on track
Bagnaia has tallied up two DNFs in 2022 so far after crashing out of the Qatar GP in March and at the French GP two weeks ago while fighting for victory with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini. This left him 46 points adrift in the championship standings coming to his home round at Mugello this weekend, […]
FIA stewards dismiss Ferrari protests against Red Bulls in Monaco GP
Perez scored his third F1 victory on Sunday in Monaco ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, while Verstappen completed the podium in third place after rain and two red flags shook up proceedings in Monaco. But Ferrari lodged a post-race protest against both Red Bull cars for allegedly crossing the yellow line at pit exit, resulting […]
Marquez wouldn’t have raced Mugello MotoGP had surgery news come earlier
The six-time MotoGP world champion announced on Saturday at Mugello that he will sit out racing for the foreseeable future – possibly for the rest of 2022 – to have a fourth operation in America on the right arm he badly broke in 2020. Marquez had confirmation of the surgery on Friday between practice sessions […]
Perez wins chaotic wet-dry race after two red flags
Max Verstappen extended his championship lead over Leclerc with third place ahead of the home hero, who had dominated the early stages that followed a long delay due to a rain storm soaking the Principality. Rain began to fall just before the scheduled start time, which was pushed back initially by nine minutes before this […]
Bagnaia takes home win as Marquez makes last start before surgery
Having started fifth on the grid, Bagnaia dropped to ninth on the opening lap, but rebounded to take the lead on the ninth tour and pull away by over a second to score his second win of the 2022 campaign. Shock poleman Fabio Di Giannantonio took the holeshot on his year-old Gresini Ducati from VR46 […]
Ferrari changes Sainz’s gearbox after Monaco F1 qualifying crash
Sainz collided with Sergio Perez’s Red Bull car at Portier in the closing stages of Q3 in Monaco after the Mexican had hit the wall on the outside of the corner. Sainz came around the corner unsighted of Perez, causing him to crash into the stricken Red Bull and sustain damage to his Ferrari F1-75. […]
Yamaha “surprised” by RNF’s Aprilia MotoGP announcement timing
On Friday at the Italian Grand Prix, RNF announced it had reached a two-year deal with Aprilia to become its satellite squad from 2023. This brings an end to a four-year relationship between RNF – and formerly Petronas SRT – and Yamaha, which yielded six victories and a runner-up spot in the championship for Franco […]