Bastianini won Sunday’s French GP at Le Mans after a brief dice with Bagnaia that ended up with the factory Ducati rider making a mistake while leading on lap 21 of 27 and crashing out a few corners later. It marked the third win of the season for Bastianini aboard his Gresini-run 2021-spec Ducati and […]
It might not have been a perfectly smooth weekend, but the Miami Grand Prix was a huge success for Formula 1. The crowds came, the place was thronged with more A-listers than we’ve ever seen at one event, and in the end it produced a decent race, helped by a late safety car that livened […]
The Yamaha rider was expected to fight for victory on Sunday at Le Mans having shown the strongest race pace all weekend throughout the practice sessions. But he got a poor launch from fourth on the grid and struggled to overtake, dropping to eighth at one point and eventually recovered to sixth – before several […]
The FIA restructured its F1 operations for this year following the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi that saw race director Michael Masi fail to implement the regulations. It led to Masi being replaced by two race directors, Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas, and major changes to the support they have in […]
The early stages of the Q2 qualifying session teed up a pole battle between Bagnaia and Quartararo, but the former would streak clear of the Yamaha rider to claim back-to-back poles in 2022. Ducati’s Bagnaia set the initial benchmark at 1m30.910s, leading Quartararo by 0.300 seconds, before the Italian improved that to a 1m30.699s. Quartararo […]
F1 staged its inaugural Miami Grand Prix last weekend, attracting a sell-out crowd and a host of big name celebrities in a vibrant new event for the series. It was the latest sign of F1’s growth in the United States, which looks set to only continue next year with the addition of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The race […]
On Friday at the French Grand Prix, MotoGP riders expressed concerns to Dorna Sports’ CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta during the safety commission about the precarious nature of contracts nowadays. This was in response to Speed Up ousting Romano Fenati from his Moto2 contract just six races into the 2022 season. Due to the economic effects of […]
Alonso lost his ninth-place finish in Miami last weekend after the race stewards handed down a five-second penalty for him gaining a lasting advantage after he accidentally cut the chicane near the end of the race. Running ahead of a train of cars that included Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, Alonso made an error at […]
Italian rider Bagnaia blitzed the Circuit Bugatti lap record in the pole shootout on Saturday, lapping the track in 1m30.450s to secure the fifth pole for a Ducati rider in seven qualifying sessions in 2022. Jack Miller backed up the performance of Bagnaia to grab second spot on the grid, setting a time that was […]
Russell and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished fifth and sixth in Miami last weekend, although they were well off the pace of the Red Bulls and Ferraris ahead. They had looked much more competitive in Friday practice, but that form faded as the weekend went on. Nevertheless, Russell remains convinced that the performance is in the car. […]