Three-time championship runner-up Dovizioso embarks on his first full campaign as a Yamaha rider since 2012, after signing with RNF Racing late last year to contest the final five rounds in place of Franco Morbidelli at the formerly known Petronas SRT. Having ridden a Ducati for eight years between 2013 and 2020, Dovizioso found transitioning […]
McLaren says the model, which features the team’s 2021 papaya orange and blue livery but also shows off some 2022 styling cues, was “designed by LEGO Group design experts with support from the McLaren F1 race team.” The 65cm long model includes a modelled V6 cylinder engine with moving pistons, steering activated from the cockpit, […]
Marquez spent much of his return to MotoGP last year struggling for power in his right shoulder after badly breaking his right arm in the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, which ruled him out of the rest of that campaign. PLUS: The Marquez risk Honda has taken with its 2022 MotoGP bike Despite his issues, Marquez still […]
In the last few days, Ferrari declared in an earnings call that it is keeping an eye on the opportunities that could be open to it in the NFT marketplace. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said: “For sure, the digital technologies, the Web 3.0 technologies that are using the blockchain and the NFT is an area […]
The nine-time MotoGP race winner joined Aprilia from last year’s Aragon Grand Prix after losing his ride with Yamaha following a controversial Styrian GP, in which he was found to have deliberately tried to damage his bike. Using those final rounds of 2021 as a test ahead of his full-time Aprilia debut this year, Vinales […]
The Grove-based outfit is coming off the back of a more encouraging 2021 campaign, where it moved off the bottom of the constructors’ championship and finished eighth thanks to points-scoring finishes from both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi. As it continues to undergo a rebuilding under new owners Dorilton Capital, it hopes to make further […]
The iconic Repsol Honda partnership dates back to 1995 and has been associated with world championship wins for Mick Doohan, Alex Criville, Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez. The 2022 season is the last of Honda’s current deal with Repsol as title sponsor, after penning a two-year deal back in 2020. Six-time […]
Following the introduction of F1’s budget cap last year, Ferrari opted to redeploy a number of staff members to work with its customer Haas squad as it looks to divert resources. This included the opening of a ‘Haas hub’ in Maranello, out of which the new Haas VF-22 car was designed by a team led […]
Red Bull became the eighth team to confirm when it would unveil its new model ahead of the new season by posting a teaser on Twitter on Thursday. In a short video featuring defending world champion Max Verstappen, and including prominent coverage for sponsor TAG Heuer, Red Bull announced its new car would be unveiled […]
The team tweeted a picture of Ricciardo stood atop the front-left wheel of the McLaren MCL35M at its Woking factory, noting he was “already up to mischief in the office” ahead of his second season in papaya. Ricciardo will be spending time getting up to speed ahead of the team’s car launch for 2022 next […]