Month: March 2022

01 Mar 2022

FIA allows Russian drivers to continue racing, F1 Russian GP cancelled

Following an extraordinary meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday, it announced a raft of measures in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While there had been calls from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to bar all Russian competitors from events, the FIA elected not to go that far. In a […]

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01 Mar 2022

What is MotoGP, who is racing and more

The start of a new MotoGP season is always an exciting affair and 2022 is no different, as a stacked grid gets set to do battle for the world championship. Six manufacturers, 12 teams and 24 riders will contest the 2022 season. Two new teams joins the fray in the form of nine-time grand prix […]

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01 Mar 2022

Alfa Romeo “taken aback” by porpoising issue in F1 testing

Alfa Romeo’s new C42 car struggled with mileage through the three-day test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last week, completing 175 laps in total. Only Haas (160) managed fewer laps during the test. It left new signing Valtteri Bottas saying the team had “work to do” in the second test after the Finn failed to […]

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01 Mar 2022

We can push harder with new 18-inch F1 tyres

The Barcelona test was the first time teams and drivers were able to experience the definitive 18-inch race tyres mated to the 2022 cars that they were designed for, having tested them on converted mule cars last year. Given that so much else was new in the 2022 package, tyres were not a major topic […]

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01 Mar 2022

Saudi Arabia outlines Jeddah F1 track changes for 2022 race

The Jeddah Corniche Circuit hosted its first race last December, but drew criticism from drivers over its safety due to the number of blind corners on a high-speed street track. Last year’s race was interrupted by two red flags and a number of crashes, prompting GPDA director George Russell to tell Autosport that the track […]

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01 Mar 2022

Russell suggests active suspension as solution to F1 porpoising issue

F1 teams were caught by surprise at last week’s pre-season Barcelona test by the way that their cars suffered some extreme bouncing down the straights, thanks to the aero properties of the 2022 challengers. The phenomenon, which also occurred the last time ground effect was in F1 in the early 1980’s, is trigged by downforce […]

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01 Mar 2022

What we learned about 2022 F1 cars in Barcelona test

It was a fascinating session, not least because of the unexpected emergence of the porpoising phenomenon, something that despite all the modelling work that they had undertaken, the teams had seemingly not anticipated. The issue was a major topic of conversation through the week, and it is likely to remain so as F1 heads into […]

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