Sergio Perez has joined the list of drivers who have spoken out about the issues that the new 2022 cars will present, owing to their radically different construction. The new Formula 1 cars will look different due to wholesale regulation changes, but the change in aerodynamic construction, along with new tyres and a raft of…
Davide Brivio, the Alpine Formula 1 racing director, has ruled out a return to MotoGP team management this year. Brivio led Team Suzuki Ecstar from its comeback to MotoGP in 2014 through the end of the team’s championship-winning 2020 season, after which he joined Alpine. He was a part of a convoluted management structure there,…
By winning his first world championship, Max Verstappen prevented Lewis Hamilton from breaking Michael Schumacher’s record of most championships. The Red Bull driver passed Lewis on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, denying him a record seventh Formula One world title. Max and Michael, on the other hand, have a bond that…
Following the controversy surrounding the two F1 world championship candidates for 2021, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, Mohammed ben Sulayem, Jean Todt’s replacement as FIA president, already has his hands full. The 2021 Formula One season finale in Abu Dhabi sparked outrage across the racing world. Michael Masi, the racing director, was also on the…
After his own car caught fire during shakedown on Wednesday, Rebellion President Alexandre Pesci will compete in the 2022 Dakar Rally aboard his teammate Romain Dumas’ DXX prototype. Pesci was scheduled to compete in his third consecutive Dakar with Rebellion, a former LMP1 race winner, as part of a two-car lineup for the Saudi Arabian…
Nasser Al-Attiyah of Toyota won Saturday’s Prologue for the 2022 Dakar Rally in the cars category, while GasGas rider Daniel Sanders set the pace in the bikes class in only his second outing. Al-Attiyah completed the 19km Prologue segment between Jeddah and Ha’il in 10m56s, kicking off his campaign to win the Dakar for a…
Mooney, an Italian banking and payments company, will be the new MotoGP and Moto2 title sponsor. VR46 has announced that Italian ‘Proximity Banking & Payments business’ Mooney will be its new headline sponsor, seemingly abandoning the long-delayed Aramco deal. Mooney will support both Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi’s new MotoGP project as well as Celestino…
Lewis Hamilton’s former Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg was devastated to miss the championship title in 2021 after his old teammate missed out. Despite Lewis Hamilton missing out on the Formula One world title in Abu Dhabi last month, Nico Rosberg said he suffered ‘incredible pain’ after his former teammate was unable to take the crown….
Mercedes has revealed their new car design for the 2022 Formula 1 season. In a social media post, the team used the slogan “new year, new Mercedes”, showing what appears to be an early prototype of the W13 – the car the team will enter for this year’s championship. Various new technical regulations have been…
