In a tense race Bagnaia did enough to seal the title, marking Ducati’s first riders’ world championship since Casey Stoner’s triumph 15 years ago. The Italian rider also made history by overcoming a 91-point deficit, to ultimately take the title by 17 points. The 2022 season finale also saw Rins deliver Suzuki the perfect leaving […]
The German manufacturer has endured a tricky season with the W13, which suffered a lot early on from excessive bouncing. It took several months for Mercedes to understand the factors that were at play and implement car tweaks that have helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell make progress over the second half of the campaign. […]
The Honda rider crashed out of the title decider on lap 10 of 27, having been running in fourth before sliding off at Turn 8. Marquez said he was losing time at Turn 1 throughout the weekend, with the RC213V difficult to stop in a straight line, before finding the torque was “not the same […]
Vettel is set to retire from F1 at the end of the current campaign, which concludes after this month’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. There, should he take part in this weekend’s main race at Interlagos after its sprint event, Vettel will make his 299th and last F1 grand prix start. After his decision to retire […]
The Aprilia rider came into the 27-lap race at Ricardo Tormo equal on points with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini and had qualified three places ahead of the Italian in 10th. But an engine issue from the off dropped Espargaro to last and forced him to pull out of the race at the end of the fourth […]
These were fitted to test driver Nyck de Vries’ W13 as he completed duties in FP1 as part of each teams’ requirement to run a young driver. With Mercedes now having got on top of understanding the key weaknesses of the W13, it is using this stage of the season to conduct some experiments that […]
Finishing last Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix in ninth while title rival Fabio Quartararo was fourth, Bagnaia ended a 15-year wait for Ducati to become just its second world champion in MotoGP. Bagnaia made history also by becoming the first rider to win a title in MotoGP having registered five DNFs across the season, and overturned […]
Speculation about a move to sort an extension was prompted recently when Hamilton made it clear that he would soon sign again with Mercedes for beyond the end of 2023. Speaking to selected media, including Autosport, Hamilton said: “We are going to do another deal. “We’re going to sit down and we’re going to discuss […]
Bagnaia came into the 2022 season as one of the favourites to fight for the championship, having ended up just 26 points behind 2021 title winner Fabio Quartararo at the conclusion of a breakout campaign for the Ducati rider. But a troubled pre-season on the GP22 put Bagnaia onto the back foot, with the Italian […]
Bottas managed to pick up his first point since the Canadian Grand Prix in June by finishing 10th at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on Sunday, but had looked set for a bigger haul after lining up sixth on the grid. Bottas dropped to eighth at the start, but managed to keep Alpine’s Esteban Ocon at […]