Ferrari swept the board in practice for Formula 1’s 2022 US Grand Prix on Friday, but unusual circumstances for both sessions meant they provided little insight for form prediction regarding Sunday’s race. They did, however, give F1 a glimpse of the young talent competing in other categories and also offer the teams a chance to […]
Year: 2022
Martin tops FP3 as crash drops Bagnaia into Q1
Late spots of rain transformed the critical final timed practice ahead of qualifying into a tense shootout in the latter stages as the field made their bids to grab direct spots into the Q2 session later this afternoon. Having taken over top spot early on with a 1m59.167s on the combined order to lift himself […]
Ferrari’s Leclerc tops FP2 in 2023 tyre test
Leclerc was one of three drivers to run two of the 2022 Pirelli compounds – along with Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo – because he sat out FP1 with Robert Shwartzman driving his F1-75 as part of the rookie practice running mandated in the 2022 rules. As the rest of the field completed set run […]
Topping Malaysia MotoGP FP2 “a reward” for RNF’s “difficult year”
The Malaysian-owned squad morphed out of the defunct Petronas Sepang Racing Team for 2022 and carried on as Yamaha’s satellite outfit with Darryn Binder and Andrea Dovizioso. But Dovizioso elected to retire after the San Marino GP as he couldn’t adapt to the Yamaha, while Binder will move to Moto2 in 2023 as RNF switched […]
F1 to launch female-only series for younger drivers
Instead it will be pitched to younger drivers of around 16 and older, and it will be seen a direct feeder series to F3 and subsequently to F2. Although nothing has been confirmed it is likely that F4 machinery will be used, and the series will be run under the umbrella of the existing F2/F3 […]
Marquez “having a hard time” with Honda MotoGP bike in Malaysia
The six-time premier class world champion scored his first podium of the season last time out at the Australian Grand Prix, after narrowly missing out on victory. Marquez urged caution on the result, however, as he noted Phillip Island’s fast and flowing nature – combined with its anticlockwise layout – masked the main issues of […]
Mercedes reveals final 2022 F1 car updates ahead of US Grand Prix
Mercedes confirmed heading to Austin that it would be bringing the final updates of the year for the W13 car to the Circuit of The Americas this weekend. The glimpse details of the update package emerged on Thursday, when a revised front wing design for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell’s cars was spotted in the […]
Bagnaia ‘pissed off’ after jeopardising his Q2 hopes in Malaysia MotoGP practice
The Ducati rider has his first match point in the 2022 championship battle this weekend at Sepang, as he leads by 14 points and only needs to outscore Fabio Quartararo by 11 to win the title. But Bagnaia risks having to go through Q1 in qualifying on Saturday after a sudden heavy downpour on Friday […]
Mission 44 plans to expand to the USA and Africa
The Mercedes driver established Mission 44 in 2021 in the aftermath of the recent Black Lives Matter protests – a stand Hamilton brought to F1 to highlight its importance via the championship’s media platforms and event ceremonies. Mission 44 is aimed at improving education and opportunities overall for black students, as well as improving diversity […]
Espargaro feels “there’s not enough” in Aprilia to fight for MotoGP title
Espargaro trails championship leader Francesco Bagnaia by 27 points coming into the penultimate round of the year and needs to be at least fourth to keep his hopes alive if the Ducati rider is not on the podium. But the one-time race winner’s Friday at Sepang got off to a miserable start, as a clutch […]