Year: 2022

03 Nov 2022

Bastianini ‘has to think about my MotoGP future’ when racing Bagnaia

This weekend’s finale at Ricardo Tormo sees Ducati’s Bagnaia 23 points ahead of reigning champion Fabio Quartararo, and only has to score two points to secure the title. Ducati has issued instructions to its riders from mid-season to be careful when racing against Bagnaia, but has not interfered with any victory battles. Bastianini fought hard […]

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03 Nov 2022

Valtteri Bottas set for belated Race of Champions debut in 2023

The 10-time Formula 1 race winner, who missed the 2022 event due to a late commitments clash, will team up with two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen to form Team Finland in the ROC Nations Cup, while also competing in the individual contest at Sweden’s Pite Havsbad on the 28-29 January next year. The Finnish […]

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03 Nov 2022

Alonso F1 engine failures are “luck of the draw”

The Spaniard was forced to retire from last weekend’s race on the 64th lap with a cylinder issue while running in seventh place. The retirement cost Alpine priceless points in its battle with McLaren for fourth in the F1 world championship. After the race, Alonso reflected on how many engine problems he has had in […]

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03 Nov 2022

F1 set to abandon plan to lower tyre blanket temperatures for 2023

The move has been planned as part of an additional change for 2024, where tyre blanket use is set to be totally abandoned within the championship’s sustainability drive. But lowering tyre blanket temperature alone has proved to be unpopular with the drivers and has been in the headlines in particular since the recent United States […]

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02 Nov 2022

Legendary Ferrari F1 designer dies at 87

During a lengthy career as the technical chief at Ferrari, from 1962 to 1984, he helped guide Ferrari to four drivers’ titles, seven constructors’ crowns and 54 grand prix victories. He originally joined Ferrari as an apprentice in 1960, having graduated from the University of Bologna with a mechanical engineering degree. Having made a good […]

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02 Nov 2022

Verstappen “incredibly proud” of F1 season win record despite lack of stat interest

Having clinched his second F1 world title at Suzuka earlier this month, Verstappen continued his dominant campaign by scoring his 14th win of the year in Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix. It meant Verstappen surpassed the existing record jointly held by Michael Schumacher from 2004 and Sebastian Vettel from 2013, as well as claiming the record […]

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02 Nov 2022

Alonso’s comments about F1 titles “make me giggle a little bit”

In an interview with Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that was published last Saturday, Alonso discussed the value of F1 titles won against drivers from other teams compared to those fought only against a team-mate. Alonso took to Twitter after the quotes began to circulate to say that “all titles are amazing” and he was “tired […]

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