Formula 1

What we learned from Bahrain Grand Prix Friday practice

From the scale of Mercedes’ problems to the size of Haas’s recovery and the identity of the very clear last-placed team, Bahrain Grand Prix Friday practice brought a lot of clarity to the 2022 Formula 1 picture

Formula 1

Mercedes resigned to ‘damage limitation’ focus at Bahrain GP

The Mercedes Formula 1 team is braced for a “tough couple of days” at the 2022 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix where it will focus on “damage limitation”

Formula 1

F1 2022’s first pacesetter quickly went off the rails

Pierre Gasly was the fastest driver in the first practice session of the 2022 F1 season but his and the team’s day quickly soured thereafter. Edd Straw, who was trackside during FP2, gives his verdict on their struggles

Formula 1

Alfa Romeo is as quick as ‘struggling’ Mercedes – Russell

Mercedes is one second off the pace of its main Formula 1 rivals on the long-run pace at the Bahrain Grand Prix and in the same territory as Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri, reckons George Russell

Formula 1

Szafnauer had ‘responsibilities taken away from me’ at Aston

New Alpine Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer said he wanted to leave Aston Martin because he had lost “the responsibilities that I used to have”

Formula 1

Verstappen pips Leclerc while Hamilton struggles in practice

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen topped the second practice session ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1

Sidepod loss leaves Ocon without upgrade + Gary Anderson’s view

Esteban Ocon has to make do without Alpine’s major sidepod upgrade at the Bahrain Grand Prix for now after it fell apart on his car in practice one. Plus Gary Anderson’s analysis of the sidepod change and what we learned from what we saw under the skin

MotoGP

Why Suzuki’s in trouble again at a circuit expected to help it

Illness and a change of tyre specification have put Suzuki on the back foot again so far at MotoGP’s Indonesian Grand Prix

MotoGP

Are hints of a Yamaha MotoGP recovery real?

Yamaha’s Indonesian Grand Prix Friday 1-2: A sign of hope for MotoGP’s struggling giant, or an anomaly that’ll be exposed when it matters?

Formula 1

What happened in first Bahrain Grand Prix F1 practice

AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly sets the outright pace in Formula 1’s first 2022 practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was interrupted by Alpine’s new sidepod flying off

Formula 1

Brown’s take on ‘unfounded noise’ over O’Ward’s McLaren deal

Is Pato O’Ward set to split with McLaren’s IndyCar team? Has its Formula 1 team lost interest in him? Is McLaren F1 trying out Colton Herta to help Andretti or for its own reasons? Here’s Zak Brown’s take on it all

MotoGP

MotoGP riders’ verdict on temporary Mandalika track fixes

Last time MotoGP riders were on track at Mandalika Bay, they were being pelted with stones ripped out of the circuit’s surface. Has the hurried partial resurfacing solved the problems?