Year: 2024

13 Feb 2024

Honda revamps MotoGP livery for first time in three decades

Repsol first joined forces with Honda in 1995, with its famous orange colours going on to become one of the most recognisable in the history of motorcycle racing. Repsol and Honda are entering the 30th year of their long-standing partnership, but the Spanish oil giant has scaled down its involvement in the wake of Marc […]

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13 Feb 2024

Aston Martin first option on F1 future amid Mercedes links

The F1 driver market has been turned upside down after Lewis Hamilton’s surprise move to Ferrari opened up a seat at Mercedes, and Alonso has inevitably been linked with the vacancy. The Spaniard insists Aston Martin will have priority when he thinks about his future, but first he has to decide whether he wants to […]

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13 Feb 2024

Aston Martin signs ex-Red Bull junior Crawford on F1 development deal

The 18-year-old American will have his first taste of F1 power in private testing with the 2022 AMR22, the car that will be also used regularly this year by reserve driver Felipe Drugovich. The team says that he “the programme includes a range of activities including fitness work, media training and simulator work alongside joining […]

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13 Feb 2024

How Aston Martin plans to rebound after F1 20

Aston Martin’s immense early-season form in 2023 tailed off dramatically, so a lot depends on whether it has been able to understand, recover and build on the performance that was lost throughout the course of last season. As has become the norm with these launches, let’s start by looking at the sidepods: Aston, just as […]

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12 Feb 2024

Red Bull is “absolutely beatable” in F1, says Aston Martin

As the Silverstone-based squad revealed its new AMR24 car on Monday morning, it suggested that the closing up of the F1 grid provided a golden opportunity for someone to knock the world champions off the top step. While Aston Martin’s technical director Dan Fallows suggested that success was now down to details, he reckoned there […]

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12 Feb 2024

Doohan says high testing mileage makes him most attractive non-F1 driver

As well as FP1 rookie sessions, the Australian is undertaking 10 days of private F1 testing in older cars throughout the season, while also doing extensive simulator work at the factory, where the facilities are being upgraded this year. Should either Esteban Ocon or Pierre Gasly move elsewhere as the silly season ramps up, Doohan […]

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12 Feb 2024

KTM unveils RC16 MotoGP bikes for 2024

Brad Binder and Jack Miller helped officially launch the Austrian manufacturer’s updated RC16 which debuted in Malaysia last week during the three-day pre-season test. On the final day of running, South African Binder took seventh and Australian team-mate Miller was 14th, while GasGas Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta caught attention throughout the test as he… Continue […]

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