Ducati has not been dethroned throughout the five days of official testing this winter, with its riders taking top honours in Malaysia and Portugal. Bagnaia was first out on track on Sunday on his factory team Ducati and would end the day 0.296s clear of the field with a new unofficial lap record of 1m37.968s. […]
The Italian squad had hoped to be able to lead the challenge against Red Bull in F1’s season opener last weekend. But despite pushing its rival hard in qualifying, worse tyre degradation in the race left it well adrift before Charles Leclerc suffered an engine problem while running third. PLUS: The critical Red Bull tyre […]
The 2021 world champion issued a stark warning after Saturday’s session at the Algarve track, claiming his Yamaha team “will not be ready” for the opening round of the campaign on 26 March. But the Frenchman was a much happier figure at the end of his programme on Sunday, as Yamaha worked with 2022 set-up […]
At the sharp end of the Formula 1 grid, it is crystal clear that Red Bull has stolen an early march at the start of the new season. Delivering on the immense promise shown by the RB19 in testing, Max Verstappen opened the campaign in Bahrain with pole position and an utterly controlled victory. Thanks […]
MotoGP sophomore Di Giannantonio has been declared unfit for Sunday’s final day of pre-season testing at the Algarve circuit after suffering a concussion in a crash at the end of Saturday’s session. The Italian slid off his satellite Ducati at Turn 7 and said he “completely disconnected” as soon as his head hit the gravel […]
Schumacher’s struggle with Haas during 2022 received its own episode in season five of the popular series, zooming in on the German’s frequent crashes in the first half of the season and his lack of pace compared to experienced team-mate Kevin Magnussen. The show particularly focused on Schumacher’s qualifying crash in Saudi Arabia and his […]
Aerodynamics has been an area where MotoGP manufacturers have been looking to make gains since Ducati turned up to the 2015 season with front fairing-mounted winglets. Over the ensuing years, aerodynamics has become an arms race, with Aprilia revealing its radical new F1-inspired concept in Portugal on the opening day of the final pre-season test. […]
After a bad first lap at the season-opener in Bahrain, Alonso – who had been strong throughout the weekend – recovered to third having been helped by the retirement of Charles Leclerc. However, he still finished 38 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, who was not stretched in the latter part of the race. PLUS: How […]
On Saturday at the Algarve International Circuit, Aprilia rolled out an RS-GP fitted with new wings on the front of the bike, as well as a downward wing on the swingarm and a t-wing on the rear of the seat unit. One of the Noale-based company’s top engineering managers Marco de Luca, who is head […]
The Williams rookie set the same time as Lando Norris in Q1, but because the McLaren driver logged it first he progressed through, while Sargeant was left in 16th and eliminated. However, in the race the American put in a solid drive to 12th at the flag, and he was one of several drivers to benefit […]