In a sprint to the end of the 2022 F1 season, the first Singapore GP in three years starts a run of six races in eight weeks. Verstappen can clinch the drivers’ world title at the Marina Bay Circuit through a few permutations, but realistically looks set to wrap up the championship at the following […]
Month: September 2022
Petrucci set for surprise MotoGP comeback with Suzuki in Thailand
Mir, the 2020 MotoGP world champion, has been out of action since breaking his ankle in an opening-lap crash at the Austrian Grand Prix in August. Sitting out the Misano round, Mir attempted to ride at Aragon but withdrew after Saturday and sat out last weekend’s Japanese GP too. It was thought he would return […]
McLaren chases “big step” for F1 2023 car to avoid recovery repeat
The Woking-based outfit has been left on the back foot through much of 2022 after brake problems wrecked its final test and left it near the tail end for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The team has recovered quite well but has admitted that getting on top of those problems diverted resources away from other […]
Miller ‘didn’t know I had dominant Motegi MotoGP win in me’
The Australian started from seventh on the grid, but immediately leapt up to third on the opening lap before taking the lead on the third tour of 24. Miller then romped away to a lead of over five seconds at one stage to tally up his first win of the 2022 season and the fourth […]
Only Hamilton has done a better job as Alonso’s F1 team-mate
The Frenchman looks set to lead the Alpine team in 2023, following the departure of Alonso to Aston Martin. But while Ocon is raved about by his team, which has committed to him until the end of 2024, he is aware that those outside the squad sometimes fail to recognise the job he is doing. For he reckons […]
Quartararo thinks tight 2022 MotoGP title battle is “nice”
The Yamaha rider had a 30-point advantage in the championship whittled down to just 10 to Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia after Quartararo retired on lap one of the Aragon Grand Prix due to a collision with Marc Marquez. With Bagnaia second behind Enea Bastianini at Aragon and Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro completing the podium, the top three […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
The 20-lap Moto3 race kicked off proceedings on grand prix Sunday at Motegi, with the stormy conditions seen on Saturday giving way to beaming sunshine. Aspar’s Guevara, Leopard Honda’s Dennis Foggia, Max Racing Husqvarna rider Ayumu Sasaki and Ajo KTM’s Jaume Masia ran line astern for much of the race as the breakaway leading quartet. […]
Miller dominates, Bagnaia crashes as title rivals struggle
Going without a win since last year’s wet French GP, Miller grabbed the lead on lap three and streaked away to his first victory of the season. It was a nightmare race for the three main championship contenders, as Fabio Quartararo and Bagnaia struggled for form while Aleix Espargaro was forced to change to his […]
Espargaro explains ‘eco map’ issue that forced pre-race bike swap in Japan MotoGP
Espargaro came into Sunday’s Motegi race third in the standings and just 17 points from championship leader Fabio Quartararo. The Aprilia rider qualified ahead of Quartararo and Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia in sixth, but was forced to start the race from pitlane when an issue developed on the sighting lap to the grid which meant he […]
Maintaining record of win in every F1 season has “zero importance to me”
Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton has won at least once per season since making his F1 debut with McLaren back in 2007. But amid Mercedes’ struggles to compete with Red Bull and Ferrari at the very front this year, Hamilton finds himself in the longest winless run of his F1 career, dating back to last […]