Nakagami suffered lacerations to his fourth and fifth fingers on his right hand in his race-ending collision with Marc Marquez in last weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix. Having had treatment on the Monday before coming to his home round at Motegi to ride, Nakagami was just under four tenths off the best pace in FP1 in […]
Ricciardo will leave McLaren at the end of the season after agreeing a mutual split with one year remaining on his contract following a difficult stint at Woking. Ricciardo has been clear he is not looking to rush into any decision about his future, but remains keen to keep racing in F1 if the right […]
The Yamaha test rider and three-time MotoGP race winner is standing in for the retired Andrea Dovizioso at RNF for the final rounds of the 2022 season, having made his comeback at Aragon last week. Crutchlow has recent track experience at Motegi from his tests on the 2023 Yamaha, and spent much of Friday’s FP1 […]
As far back as late spring, when the first rumblings of Alpine’s plan to place Oscar Piastri at Williams for next year were starting to emerge, the writing seemed to be on the wall for Latifi. His on-track struggles meant there was not a huge amount to strengthen his case for keeping his drive at […]
MotoGP hasn’t been to Japan since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, but made a welcome return to Motegi on Friday morning. The sole practice session on Friday was an extended 75-minute affair after the day’s schedule had to be altered owing to the logistical difficulties in getting the paddock from Aragon last Sunday to Japan. […]
The new generation of 2022 machinery has produced a number of surprises this year, and teams have sometimes found themselves on the backfoot at race weekends where they expected to do much better. But there has also been a flipside to that too, with teams sometimes finding their performance far exceeds what they anticipated. Ferrari […]
The Italian is now just 10 points away from reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo in the standings, having overturn a 91-point deficit following June’s German GP. But Bagnaia’s deficit to Quartararo could have been just five points had it not been for Enea Bastianini beating him to victory last weekend at Aragon, raising more questions […]
Tsunoda, 22, made his F1 debut with AlphaTauri in 2021, and was widely expected to be retained by the team for a third season heading into next year. The Japanese driver said at the end of last month that his future was dependent on “things in the background”, but any doubt over his seat with […]
The 32-year-old won his first MotoGP race this season in Argentina having raced full-time in the class since 2012, after making his debut back in 2010. Since that Argentina win, Espargaro has scored five further podiums and is just 17 points from championship leader Fabio Quartararo after finishing third last weekend at Aragon. With just […]
F1 is currently enjoying a boom in popularity in the United States, with three American races announced on the calendar for 2023 as Las Vegas joins Austin and Miami. But it has been over 15 years since an American last raced full-time in F1. A recent push by Red Bull to secure IndyCar driver Colton […]