The Honda rider missed the final two rounds of the 2021 MotoGP season after a concussion he suffered in a training accident damaged a nerve in his eye and led to a return of the double vision – or diplopia – problems he experienced back in 2011. Marquez’s racing career was threatened at the end […]
Year: 2022
Alfa Romeo still open to fielding Ferrari F1 young drivers in the future
Alfa Romeo announced in November that it would race with an all-new driver pairing in 2022 after signing Formula 2 graduate Guanyu Zhou to partner Valtteri Bottas, who joins from Mercedes. It will be the first time since the start of the team’s existing engine deal and agreement with Ferrari in 2018 that it has […]
Removing Masi won’t solve F1 credibility concerns
Masi was roundly criticised for his handling of the late safety car restart in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which resulted in Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton losing the race lead and the world championship to Red Bull rival Max Verstappen on the final lap. Masi permitted the lapped cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to […]
Doctors didn’t know how long eye injury would take to recover
Marquez was forced to miss the final two rounds of the 2021 season when a concussion suffered in a motocross training incident in November led to a return of the double vision issues he previously had in 2011 after a Moto2 crash. Honda confirmed on Thursday that Marquez’s recovery had progressed sufficiently enough for him […]
Aston Martin reveals launch date for 2022 Formula 1 car
In an email sent to fans on Friday morning, Aston Martin confirmed that the AMR22 car will be unveiled on 10 February from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Gaydon. It marks a first date in the diary for F1 launch season in 2022, when all 10 teams will unveil significantly revised designs under the overhauled technical […]
Why Masi’s F1 future is the next big decision facing the FIA
Newly-elected FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been handed a difficult task in reviewing what happened in the closing stages of the title decider between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, and taking action to restore trust among F1 drivers, teams and fans in the governing body. The hints of change within the update from the […]
2021 a “very successful year” despite McLaren’s drop to fourth
McLaren continued its resurgence in 2020 by claiming third in the championship and scoring two podiums with Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz Jr but couldn’t hang onto that position in 2021 as Ferrari swung back after several lean years of its own. But despite dropping a position in the championship, Brown thinks 2021 was still […]
The ‘single bullet’ mentality behind Pourchaire’s F1 hopes
As Formula 1’s driver market ‘silly season’ wound down in 2021 and this year’s grid fell into place, Alfa Romeo left it late to finalise its line-up. Talks with Andretti over a possible takeover of the Sauber Group postponed a final decision on who would partner the incoming Valtteri Bottas in 2022. But the eventual […]
Aston Martin appoints Mike Krack as F1 team principal
Krack has followed a similar career path to McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl, having worked with BMW in F1 early in his career before gaining experience in other categories. He joined Sauber in 2001 and rose to the position of chief engineer in the works BMW era, and spent some time working with current Aston […]
Senna, Prost, Hamilton and more
Bruce McLaren’s firm made its F1 world championship debut in 1966 and the New Zealander scored its maiden victory in the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. Since then, 19 other drivers have taken wins for McLaren and seven have won drivers’ titles. PLUS: The numbers that reveal McLaren’s revival For the selection of the top 10 […]