On Friday at the Valencia Grand Prix, MotoGP held a press conference to announce that 1982 500c world champion Uncini would be retiring from his role as official safety officer at the end of this season. His place will be taken by Bartolome Alfonso Ezpeleta, nephew to Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and formerly head […]
Mark Webber was one of Formula 1’s frontrunners during Red Bull’s purple patch, having impressed at Minardi, Jaguar and Williams. The Australian, who started 215 world championship grands prix, scored nine victories, 13 poles and 19 fastest laps before retiring from F1 at the end of 2013. He then went on to score success with […]
On Friday at the Valencia Grand Prix, MotoGP held a press conference to announce that 1982 500c world champion Uncini would be retiring from his role as official safety officer at the end of this season. His place will be taken by Bartolome Alfonso Ezpeleta, nephew to Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and formerly head […]
Red Bull’s breach of the cost cap limit in 2021 triggered a major controversy within F1 recently, with opinions divided in the paddock about how extreme the sanctions taken again it should be. In the end, the Milton Keynes-based outfit was handed a $7 million fine and had its aero development allowance cut back by […]
Quartararo comes into this weekend’s title decider in Valencia 23 points down on Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and must win on Sunday to have any hope of retaining his world championship. The Frenchman has been lavished in praise by some of his rivals – including Bagnaia – for the job he has done in keeping the […]
The team has suffered more reliability problems than most rivals, costing valuable ground in the battle with McLaren for fourth in the constructors’ world championship. Alpine is currently in front by just seven points. In Mexico, Fernando Alonso lost seventh place in the closing laps after suffering a cylinder issue that obliged him to stop. […]
The Awards, which date back to 1982, celebrate the top drivers and competition machines each year. The nominees in the eight categories open to public vote in 2022 have now been revealed (below). Autosport.com subscribers and magazine readers are able to vote for the nominee they think performed best in each category. The categories open […]
Since the modern four-stroke era of MotoGP was introduced in 2022, four championship battles have been fought to the wire. For the first time since 2017, this year’s championship fight has been kept alive through to the Valencia decider, with Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo squaring up against each other for glory. The scales are […]
Last weekend’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City attracted a sell-out crowd of 397,000 fans over three days, once again making it one of the best-attended races of the season. The continued strong fan presence in Mexico comes amid F1’s current boom in the neighbouring United States, which will host three races […]
The Ducati rider says there is “still a possibility” that Quartararo could clinch the title at this weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix, despite the Yamaha rider needing to win to have a chance of retaining his crown. Bagnaia won last time out at the Malaysian Grand Prix, but Quartararo recovered from 12th to third to keep […]