Vinales joined Aprilia from last year’s Aragon Grand Prix after parting ways with Yamaha in August, after an incident in Austria where he was found to have deliberately tried to damage his M1’s engine in the Styrian GP. Embarking on his first full campaign on the RS-GP in 2022, Aprilia is working hard to extract […]
Verstappen ended Lewis Hamilton’s domination of F1 by snatching the crown in the dramatic Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale. The Red Bull star took 10 wins and 10 pole positions on his way to his first F1 title. Autosport readers have voted Verstappen the best racing driver of 2021, ahead of main rival Hamilton, IndyCar […]
The Frenchman was seventh-fastest overall at the end of the two-day test at the Sepang International Circuit, with Quartararo just under two tenths off the pace set by Gresini’s Enea Bastianini on Sunday. Quartararo conceded on Saturday that Yamaha hadn’t taken much of a step forward with its bike from November’s Jerez test and had […]
The four F1 manufacturers have been hard at work developing new fuels with their suppliers since the rule was announced, while also optimising their power units to work more effectively with the higher bio content. Combustion has been one of the main areas of focus. The change to E10 fuel was one of the key […]
The double MotoGP podium finisher has moved from the now-defunct Avintia squad to Gresini Racing, and has had a machinery upgrade from Ducati – taking over the GP21 Francesco Bagnaia, Jack Miller and Jorge Martin took to seven race wins last year. The impressive sophomore ended the Sepang test fastest of all after posting a […]
Horner agreed to participate in the event as part of his sentence after he made controversial comments to the media following Max Verstappen’s grid penalty at last November’s Qatar GP. Verstappen received a five-place grid penalty and two superlicence penalty points for failing to respect double yellow flags in qualifying after Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri stopped […]
The 2022 Honda is a radical evolution from its predecessor as it seeks to create a bike with better rear traction. This has seemingly made the bike more rear-biased, with Marquez admitting on Saturday after two crashes that he doesn’t understand the front end of the new bike right now and is having to “sacrifice” […]
Manufacturers have had to adjust their PUs to suit the different cornering characteristics of the 2022 cars, as well as having to deal with the change from E5 to E10 fuel. In essence, the 2022 aerodynamic package means that this season drivers will be tackling corners in a different manner to previous years, and the […]
MotoGP pre-season testing ahead of the 2022 campaign continued on Sunday in Malaysia, with lap times fast and furious from the off. During the first hour of the eight-hour session, MotoGP sophomore and double podium finisher Bastianini went top with an outright lap record of 1m58.131s, heading Saturday pacesetter Aleix Espargaro on the Aprilia by […]
Verstappen ended Mercedes’ title dominance of F1’s turbo hybrid era last year, when he clinched the drivers’ title after a last-lap overtaking move on Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It marked the culmination of many years of conviction from Red Bull about Verstappen’s talent, as it was convinced from early on that he had the […]