Year: 2022

21 Oct 2022

F1 drivers to discuss Suzuka crane incident with FIA in Austin

The appearance of a crane on the circuit after Carlos Sainz’s first lap crash in the Japanese GP led to immediate calls from drivers to avoid a repeat in the future, with many of them citing Jules Bianchi’s awful crash in the 2014 event that tragically led to his death in July 2015. Since this […]

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21 Oct 2022

Binder tops FP1, disruption blights Aleix Espargaro

This weekend’s return to Sepang marks the first match point in the championship battle, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia able to wrap up the title as he comes to Malaysia 14 points clear in the standings. Bagnaia needs to outscore reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 11 points and ensure he only loses two points to […]

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21 Oct 2022

Mercedes to debut new F1 front wing at US Grand Prix

A new front wing will feature in Austin that not only has a revised design in the outboard section, where the flaps meet with the endplate, it also has some interesting flow diverters mounted between the two upper flaps. This appears to be an interesting take on the slot gap separators that the teams are […]

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21 Oct 2022

Binder tops FP1 as Espargaro has a nightmare

This weekend’s return to Sepang marks the first match point in the championship battle, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia able to wrap up the title as he comes to Malaysia 14 points clear in the standings. Bagnaia needs to outscore reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 11 points and ensure he only loses two points to […]

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21 Oct 2022

Quartararo has “nothing to lose” in face of MotoGP title defeat

The reigning world champion trails Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points coming to Sepang this weekend, with the latter needing to outscore Quartararo by 11 points to wrap up the title with one round to spare. Quartararo comes off the back of three non-scores in four races having crashed out of last weekend’s Australian GP, […]

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20 Oct 2022

Rins still unable to understand Suzuki MotoGP exit decision

Having returned to MotoGP in 2015 after quitting due to financial pressures at the end of 2011, Suzuki will quit the series again at the end of the current season. Announcing this shock move back in May, the Japanese company – who will also end its factory involvement in endurance motorcycle racing – cited financial […]

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