Quartararo has been vocal in his unhappiness at a lack of progress made by Yamaha with the engine for its 2022 bike and its continuing top speed deficit. During the Mandalika pre-season test, Quartararo said his future beyond this season remained “open” as his frustrations at Yamaha grow. Yamaha maintains Quartararo is its main priority […]
The new car will not be properly seen in public until next week’s first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain, with the team only offering a concept version in a promotional video that was closely tied-in with the AlphaTauri fashion brand. While the details of the car shown in the video were limited, they did […]
Having ended Friday’s session fastest on the new Honda, Espargaro shot to the top of the timesheets in the opening hour of Sunday’s final running in Indonesia with a 1m31.060s. As much of the grid focused on race running, Espargaro’s lap would stand for the remaining seven hours of the test and ensure Honda […]
On the face of it, the AMR22 looks dissimilar in all the right places from last year’s FOM show car to give us a feel that it is a big departure in concept. However, what’s more fascinating are the small details that could easily be missed without close scrutiny. There’s plenty of detail to take […]
Espargaro topped Friday’s first session at the new Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia, and shot to the top of the order again on Sunday with a 1m31.060s. Set inside the first hour of running, Espargaro’s time went unchallenged through to the chequered flag. Read more from the Mandalika test: He headed reigning world champion […]
Since making his F1 debut in 2007, Vettel has maintained a tradition of giving his car a woman’s name ahead of the new season, spanning spells with Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin. Names have included Julie, Kate, Kate’s Dirty Sister, Hungry Heidi, Gina and Lina. Upon joining Aston Martin for 2021, Vettel […]
I was recently asked to list riders that could win races in the upcoming MotoGP season and soon found myself rhyming off more than half of the grid. Yes, Ducati appears to be in the best shape at the moment. But it doesn’t take a massive stretch of the imagination when making a case for […]
With the controversy over the FIA’s handling of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix safety car restart showing no signs of calming down, there is an intense focus on the outcome of a meeting of the F1 Commission on Monday. There, the FIA is due to present to teams its findings from its investigation into the […]
The Australian was a low-key 15th on the timesheets at the end of Sunday in Indonesia having focused his efforts on race running. His day was almost compromised by a crash early into his first race simulation, however, when the balance of his Ducati GP22 was thrown off when he took onboard a full fuel […]
Travel restrictions due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic meant Ricciardo had not been able to return home and see family since June 2020. The McLaren driver explained at the end of last year how an element of homesickness had not helped him in the difficult moments, particularly as he struggled through the early part of […]