Reigning Moto2 world champion Gardner battled hard with RNF Racing Yamaha rider Binder, who steps up to MotoGP directly from Moto3 in 2022. Gardner got the better of the South African, beating him to the final point in 15th by just 0.012 seconds. However, the Australian was unhappy with Binder’s riding style, which he […]
Lawyer Alunni Bravi has been involved with the team as its general counsel and as a board member since 2017. The Italian is also well known in the F1 paddock as the manager of former McLaren driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who is currently racing for Mercedes in Formula E, while he has also worked with current […]
Suzuki has made big strides with its 2022 MotoGP bike over the winter and showed strong race pace across practice in Qatar, as well as topping the official speed charts with its more powerful engine. Despite qualifying down in eighth, Mir was expected to rise to the front of the field and battle for victory […]
And while much of the attention of the public’s first look at the team’s true 2022 car revolved around the very aggressive sidepods, there are actually some other equally significant areas of innovation that stand out. Some of the solutions may not be as obvious to the naked eye as the sidepods in how much […]
Honda has totally overhauled its RC213V for 2022 after several difficult seasons and has appeared to make the bike more user-friendly, with Pol Espargaro leading for 18 of Sunday’s 22 laps before finishing third. The new Honda is more rear-biased to cure traction issues it suffered before, but this has meant the front-end feels different […]
F1 teams found their first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain last month over shadowed by their cars suffering from excessive bouncing on the straights. The issue, which is a legacy of the switch to more ground effect aerodynamics for 2022, affected all teams to some extent but a few were able to get a […]
Having put plans in place to return to being a true independent team again in MotoGP for 2022 after partnering with Aprilia’s factory effort since 2015, double 125cc world champion Fausto Gresini died in February last year after a lengthy battle with COVID-19. With his widow Nadia Padovani taking over as team owner and team […]
The Netflix series has been a resounding success for F1, helping it reach an enormous new audience and broaden the spectrum of its fanbase, from fair-weather followers to diehard ‘stans’. Season 3 marked a new peak for Drive to Survive, hitting #1 worldwide on Netflix and outperforming the first season, which is unheard of in […]
Honda has completely revised its RC213V for 2022 after several difficult seasons on the bike, with Marquez’s 2020 injury layoff and physical problems in 2021 prompting HRC into a rethink. The new RC213V had proven to be a strong package throughout testing and into the Qatar weekend, with Marquez third on the grid and Espargaro […]
It is not really a surprise though, because teams do not forget the concepts that worked in the past and that may be relevant for the revamped rules package. Here, we take a look at the key areas of the 2022 cars where some old ideas have been given a modern touch. At the front […]