Month: August 2022

30 Aug 2022

Honda signs 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir for 2023

Mir had been linked to a move to Honda for much of this season, but that became a much greater probability when Suzuki announced it would be quitting MotoGP at the end of the 2022 campaign.   The 2020 world champion said during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend that he was “very close” to agreeing a […]

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30 Aug 2022

Albon buoyed by train of cars fighting him for 10th in Spa F1 race

Albon started sixth after reaching Q3 and benefitting from other drivers getting penalties, and found himself clinging to the points-paying positions during the race. Albon came under pressure from Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll at the start of the final stint, but the impressive top speed of the Williams meant he could keep the Canadian at […]

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30 Aug 2022

2022 F1 Dutch GP – How to watch, session timings and more

The Zandvoort race is the middle leg of an intense F1 triple-header, with Max Verstappen returning to his home event fresh from a dominant victory at the Belgian GP.  The reigning F1 world champion’s ninth win of the season puts him 93 points clear at the top of the standings from nearest rival and Red […]

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30 Aug 2022

Hamilton facing F1 power unit grid penalty after Spa collision

If it has been damaged too much to be used again, the seven-time world champion will have to take a grid penalty in the near future. Hamilton’s W13 landed heavily after he was launched when he made contact with Alonso on the first lap. Onboard footage from Alonso and other following cars showed fluid emerging […]

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29 Aug 2022

How Verstappen won the F1 Belgian GP from 14th on the grid

Even from 14th on the grid, Verstappen was always tipped to get in the fight for victory such was his pace through the weekend. But it was a fight he won with relative ease, crossing the line 17 seconds clear of the field to extend his championship advantage to 93 points. It marked a significant […]

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29 Aug 2022

10 things we learned from the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix

Formula 1 reconvened after its 2022 summer break with the annual late-August trip to Spa-Francorchamps. As we’ll cover later on, this event may well be hosted at a different time of the season for its one-year extension on the F1 calendar in 2023. But at the head of the grid it was business as usual. […]

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29 Aug 2022

Jack Miller to make one-off Australian Superbike return

For the second year running the MotoGP star will make a one-off start in the domestic series. He will once again do so at The Bend for the ASBK season finale on 25-27 November riding a Thriller Racing-run Ducati. “I am looking forward to heading back to Adelaide to race in the Australian Superbike Championship […]

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29 Aug 2022

F1 race control changes for 2022 a bandage, not a cure

Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas were drafted in after erstwhile race director Michael Masi was ousted in February in the wake of the Abu Dhabi controversy, and they have been alternating the role through the season. Masi had in turn replaced long-time race director Charlie Whiting after the latter passed away just before the start […]

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29 Aug 2022

KTM to incorporate Red Bull F1 engineers to its 2023 MotoGP team

KTM made its debut in MotoGP in 2017 with a factory entry before expanding to a satellite structure in partnership with Tech3 from the 2019 campaign. In its six seasons in the premier class, KTM has scored six victories between Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder. But KTM still languishes behind its European rivals in Ducati […]

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29 Aug 2022

F1 Belgian Grand Prix Review

The reigning F1 world champion started 14th on the grid but carved his way to a dominant victory in a Red Bull 1-2 with Sergio Perez as the runner-up. Leclerc, who also started at the back end of the grid due to an engine penalty, endured a tough start when one of Verstappen’s visor tear offs […]

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