Month: May 2022

30 May 2022

Huge Monaco GP crash felt “super weird”

Schumacher lost control of his Haas F1 car while coming through the Swimming Pool chicane on Lap 26 of the race, snapping to the right-hand side of the track. His car glanced the armco before then going into the tecpro barrier at the exit of the corner. The accident saw the rear-end and gearbox of […]

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30 May 2022

Quartararo “had nothing to lose” for “precious” Mugello MotoGP podium

Quartararo qualified sixth but was expected to struggle in the race on his underpowered Yamaha having been flanked by five Ducatis. But the Yamaha rider made decisive moves before the main straight to overtake the early-leading VR46 Ducatis of Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi, and poleman Fabio Di Giannantonio on his Gresini Ducati and utilise […]

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29 May 2022

FIA stewards dismiss Ferrari protests against Red Bulls in Monaco GP

Perez scored his third F1 victory on Sunday in Monaco ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, while Verstappen completed the podium in third place after rain and two red flags shook up proceedings in Monaco. But Ferrari lodged a post-race protest against both Red Bull cars for allegedly crossing the yellow line at pit exit, resulting […]

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29 May 2022
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Perez wins chaotic wet-dry race after two red flags

Max Verstappen extended his championship lead over Leclerc with third place ahead of the home hero, who had dominated the early stages that followed a long delay due to a rain storm soaking the Principality. Rain began to fall just before the scheduled start time, which was pushed back initially by nine minutes before this […]

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29 May 2022

Bagnaia takes home win as Marquez makes last start before surgery

Having started fifth on the grid, Bagnaia dropped to ninth on the opening lap, but rebounded to take the lead on the ninth tour and pull away by over a second to score his second win of the 2022 campaign. Shock poleman Fabio Di Giannantonio took the holeshot on his year-old Gresini Ducati from VR46 […]

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29 May 2022

Yamaha “surprised” by RNF’s Aprilia MotoGP announcement timing

On Friday at the Italian Grand Prix, RNF announced it had reached a two-year deal with Aprilia to become its satellite squad from 2023. This brings an end to a four-year relationship between RNF – and formerly Petronas SRT – and Yamaha, which yielded six victories and a runner-up spot in the championship for Franco […]

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