The double MotoGP race winner came out of the blocks swinging on Friday at the Losail International Circuit by topping FP1. But he slumped to 15th on the combined order come the end of FP2 later that day and will likely face Q1 in qualifying on Saturday as FP3 conditions will make lap time improvements […]
On 24 February, Russian forces ordered by president Vladimir Putin began an invasion on neighbouring Ukraine, which has so far spanned a week . The invasion has been condemned by Western nations, with sanctions being imposed from countries worldwide on Russia. Sporting authorities have also moved in recent days to ban Russian athletes and sporting […]
Rins ended the opening day of practice at the Qatar GP fastest of all after topping a tight FP2 with a 1m53.432s, with team-mate Joan Mir in third. After a tough 2021 campaign blighted by a lack of development on the bike, Rins only managed one podium in a crash-strewn year while Mir couldn’t defend […]
Ferrari enjoyed a solid start to F1’s pre-season running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last week, completing more laps than any other team. Drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr both featured towards the top of the timesheets throughout the test, prompting Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to talk up Ferrari’s performance and […]
On Thursday night ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, Autosport reported that Ducati would not run its full 2022 engine for the season and instead use an updated 2021-spec unit. This was reportedly a decision made by Bagnaia, which has forced Miller into running the same engine as per the technical regulations in MotoGP. Ducati […]
Ahead of the 2022 season, Renault has completely reworked its F1 engine – which has included adopting the split turbo solution that was pioneered by Mercedes all the way back in 2014. As well as delivering progress on the power front, Alpine is hoping that the improved packaging will hand it benefits in terms of […]
Quartararo has spent the winter complaining about the lack of development Yamaha has made with its engine, with its top speed deficit from last year remaining. On Friday in Qatar, Quartararo was last on the speed traps and is over 10km/h slower than practice pacesetter Alex Rins on the Suzuki (which has an inline four-cylinder […]
That year’s Chinese Grand Prix marked his 91st career Formula 1 victory and surely firmly cemented the seven-time world champion as the de-facto greatest of all time. Except it didn’t. Schumacher retired at the end of that season – although he would return with Mercedes for three further (rather fruitless) campaigns – having laid down […]
The six-time world champion ended Friday’s running for the first grand prix of the 2022 season second overall behind the Suzuki of Alex Rins. Honda has radically overhauled its RC213V for the new season after several years of problems with rear traction, with Marquez admitting on Thursday that the changes are so drastic that it […]
The reintroduction of ground effect-style aerodynamics for the 2022 season has resulted in the return of a phenomenon known as porpoising, at which the heave movement of the car is excited by the oncoming airflow and causes up-and-down oscillations in the car. This was a problem for F1 cars back in the early 1980s when […]