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At the Turkish Grand Prix last time out, Lewis Hamilton took a new ICE (internal combustion engine) as Mercedes was fearful that he wouldn’t make the end of the season without a DNF, while Red Bull has already taken entirely new power units with both of its drivers. Just six points separate Max Verstappen and […]
Aston Martin announced Whitmarsh as Group Chief Executive Officer of its new performance technologies division in September. He will be responsible for “encompassing the brand’s F1 activities and will also develop, apply and take to market the Group’s technical capabilities and intellectual property, with the aim of providing best-in-class innovation, engineering, testing and manufacturing services […]
The MotoGP™ World Championship paddock is sad to learn of the passing of multiple GP race winner Reinhold Roth, aged 68. The German rider was twice runner-up in the 250cc Grand Prix World Championship and won three Grands Prix in the class: his first win came at Le Mans in 1987 before he won two […]
– According to Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward, Alpine is considering bringing a B-team to the grid in the future for its junior drivers. The French outfit has a hot of promising young drivers, including current F2 championship Oscar Piastri. With Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon locked down for next year, the likes of Piastri […]
It’s a record calendar in terms of length, consisting of 23 races starting with Bahrain on March 20 and finishing at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on November 20. The season is finishing earlier than in 2021 due to the FIFA World Cup which will be taking place in the winter of 2022 […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that the national flags of Indonesia and Thailand cannot be ‘officially’ displayed at MotoGP, WorldSBK, F1 or other major motor racing events until ‘non-compliance’ has been lifted. Crash MotoGP Podcast – Click here to listen to Keith Huewen, Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP WADA […]
In terms of world titles, two riders stand head-and-shoulders above the rest during the last two decades of premier-class 500cc/MotoGP racing; Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. Crash MotoGP Podcast – Click here to listen to Keith Huewen, Harry Benjamin and our own Pete McLaren talk MotoGP Between them the pair have won 13 of 20 world […]
Kenny Roberts Jr and his father Kenny Roberts are two other MotoGP™ Legends in that club, as are fellow Legends Mick Doohan, Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Freddie Spencer, Uncini, Marco Lucchinelli, and Barry Sheene. 1957 500cc World Champion Libero Liberati and double World Champion Umberto Masetti (1950 & 1952) are the […]