It’s been a tricky off-season for the six-time MotoGP world champion, who missed the final two rounds of 2021 and spent three months off of a motorcycle as he recovered from a double vision issue which re-appeared after a crash during training last November. But Marquez has fully recovered and will be back on his […]
Vowles will take the wheel of the squad’s #59 McLaren for the two-round, four-race championship that will take place on back-to-back weekends in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in February. Garage 59 said the winter schedule of the Asian LMS provides Vowles with the perfect opportunity to enjoy racing from the driving seat before returning to […]
Both Gardner and Fernandez partnered each other at Aki Ajo’s KTM squad in Moto2 last year, and fought each other all the way to the death for the title. PLUS: Why KTM’s latest young outcast is a cautionary tale for MotoGP Despite winning eight races in his rookie year to comparative Moto2 veteran Gardner’s five, Fernandez […]
As we await the outcome of the FIA’s enquiry into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix debacle, what are the practical steps the governing body needs to take to restore respect and confidence in its people and procedures? And should race director Michael Masi stay or go? In the latest edition of the Flat Chat podcast, […]
The 2021 season proved to be on of Ducati’s strongest after it tallied up seven victories courtesy of Francesco Bagnaia (4), Jack Miller (2) and Pramac rookie Jorge Martin. This secured Ducati top spot in the constructors’ standings, while Bagnaia ended the year runner-up to Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo in the riders’ championship. Ducati was due […]
On the one hand, it prompted some questions about the fairness of race drivers working in the sim at such a time, and giving their teams that extra edge just hours before the cars hit the track. But it also provided the latest proof that even for those drivers who have long been sceptical about the value […]
According to rumours filtering in from Maranello, the team could return to a triangular shaped airbox, without the two horns that set the SF21 apart from the rest last season. It’s understood that the team wants to move away from the oval airbox design it appropriated last season in order to provide less obstruction to […]
As part of the rules overhaul for this year, F1 is demanding that cars use E10 fuel – which is a mixture of 90 percent fossil fuel and 10 percent ethanol. The change has been widely expected to trigger a drop in power, but there have been suggestions from manufacturers that they have managed to recover all of those […]
A showcar created by FOM last year provided some insight into the basic form that the new designs will take, but teams have been busy developing their own ideas based on what they think can give them the edge over their rivals. PLUS: Will 2022’s all-new cars look like F1’s concept model? F1’s designers have been more constrained in some areas, because […]
With rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda learning the ropes in his maiden campaign, Gasly had to do the heavy lifting at AlphaTauri to keep it in the fight for fifth in the constructors’ championship, a battle the team eventually lost to Alpine. PLUS: How Alpine conquered F1 2021’s battle of the ‘A-team’ midfielders Gasly has been […]