The holeshot device has been a feature of the MotoGP grid since Ducati first started testing the device on Jack Miller’s Pramac bike in the back half of the 2018 campaign. The first evolution of the device was purely a start tool: a rider would engage a switch to hydraulically lower the rear of […]
Motor racing’s governing body announced earlier this week that, while it was cancelling all sanctioned competitions in Russia and Belarus, it would allow the country’s drivers to continue if they did so in a neutral capacity. In a document sent out on Friday, the FIA outlined exactly what drivers from those two countries would and […]
The six-time world champion comes into 2022 having full recovered from the vision problems which ruled him out of the end of the 2021 campaign. However, the true physical state of the right arm he broke in 2020 and the resulting shoulder issues he suffered in 2021 remains unknown – with Honda boss Alberto Puig […]
The fourth season of the popular series, covering the epic battle for the 2021 World Championship between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, is set to debut on the streaming service on March 11. Domenicali acknowledged that the series has had a positive impact on F1, but cautioned that it would have to continue to do […]
Ducati confirmed last week that it had re-signed Bagnaia to a new two-year contract, taking the four-time MotoGP race winner through to the end of 2024 at its factory squad. By the end of his new contract, Bagnaia will have been tied to Ducati for six years having first signed an agreement with the […]
The former BMW motorsport boss officially started work this week, following the official announcement of his hiring on January 14. He also admitted that the scale of the Aston Martin facility is “overwhelming”, with a larger staff than he was used to in his previous roles at BMW and Porsche. A huge new campus is […]
One-time Moto3 race winner Binder – younger brother of MotoGP race winner Brad Binder – will make his MotoGP debut this weekend in the 2022 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. The younger Binder brother is the first rider since Miller in 2015 to come straight from Moto3 and skip Moto2, with the South African jumping onto […]
For this list, Autosport assessed the amount of success the drivers scored with Ferrari, the impact they had on the team and the circumstances of their time there. We didn’t consider their achievements at other teams. While the full top 10 list can be found here, it is time to discuss how the order was […]
The new campaign begins this weekend in Qatar with the first of a record 21 races, with most of the riders having had just five days of pre-season testing this year. Ducati is expected to be one of the main players in the championship battle in 2022, with Bagnaia coming into the year having finished […]
The chassis, which also set pole position and finished second in the Luxembourg Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in Schumacher’s hands, went into the Suzuka finale four points behind Hakkinen. The car is available for sale via duPont Registry. Although Schumacher qualified on pole, his race went wrong before the start when he stalled on […]