#honda japanese grand prix 2022

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2023 ONE PIECE ON ICE: THE CAST (SO FAR) - ALABASTA KINGDOM ARC

SHOMA UNO as MONKEY D. LUFFY 2018 Olympic Silver Medalist, 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalist 2022, 2023 World Champion 2019 Four Continents Champion, 2022 Grand Prix Final Champion Japanese National Champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) NOBUNARI ODA as USOPP 2006 Four Continents Champion, 2008 Japanese National Champion Grand Prix Final Silver Medalist (2009, 2010), Grand Prix Final Bronze Medalist (2006, 2013) RINKA WATANABE as TONY TONY CHOPPER 2022 Skate Canada Gold Medalist, 2022 CS Lombardia Trophy Gold Medalist 2022 Grand Prix Final 4th Place, 2023 Worlds 10th Place MARIN HONDA as PRINCESS NEFELTARI VIVI 2016 World Junior Champion, 2017 World Junior Silver Medalist KAZUKI TOMONO as KOZA 2022 Four Continents Silver Medalist, 2018 Worlds 5th Place 2022, 2023 Worlds 6th Place 2022 Japanese National Bronze Medalist TAKAHITO MURA as SIR CROCODILE 2014 Four Continents Champion, 2011 Asian Winter Games Silver Medalist Japanese National Bronze Medalist (2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017) RIKA HONGO as MR. 2 BON CLAY 2015, 2016 Four Continents Bronze Medalist, 2014 Rostelecom Cup Gold Medalist 2014 Japanese National Silver Medalist PRINCE ICE WORLD TEAM

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Hamilton Backs Marquez's "Awesome" Ducati MotoGP Move

Lewis Hamilton has backed Marc Marquez's decision to join Ducati as the former Formula 1 and MotoGP world champions eye their respective returns to glory.

Like Hamilton, who has signed for Ferrari next season for a fresh challenge after twelve seasons at Mercedes, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez has also joined an Italian team in Ducati. The 31-year-old severed his ties with Honda at the end of 2023, one year before his contract was to expire, following a slump in the Japanese manufacturer's performance. Marquez's career stalled following a number of injuries. He suffered a shoulder injury in 2018 that required surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation process. That was followed by an arm injury following a crash at Jerez in 2020 that threatened to put an end to his career, and he had a further setback when he was diagnosed with double vision following a crash at the end of 2021. He was diagnosed with diplopia again in 2022 after suffering a huge high-side in the warm-up ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika. However, this season he joined the satellite Ducati team Gresini Racing, where he has impressed and remained in good health to earn a move back to a factory team for 2025. The tantalising prospect will see him go up against two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia at Ducati in a bid to add to his world crowns. Hamilton, who himself is eyeing a final roll of the dice in his quest to move clear on eight F1 world titles, is a huge MotoGP fan and says he cannot wait to see the Spanish rider get back to his best riding for such an iconic team. He said: "That's awesome, he's incredible. I love MotoGP, and really excited for the future of the sport as well. I think that they'll be learning a lot from what has happened with Liberty and Formula 1 over the past years, and there's a lot of growth that will happen. But the racing is amazing. And then to see Marquez on that Ducati, it's gonna be cool. I mean, Ducati has always been such a cool bike. I think from an athlete's perspective, and from a rider or driver's perspective… It's maybe some of you, maybe in a job for a long, long time. It's great to have something new, a new environment, new desk, new people to work with, and new challenges. And there's nerves. There's all these things that you are unsure of, in the sense that you don't know how you're going to blend in the environment, for example. But that's exciting, and it's great when you're welcomed into a new space. So yeah, I think it's really cool. I can't wait to see him now on that bike."

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aleix espargaro had the chance to do the funniest thing in motorsport history

september 3rd, 2023. motogp grand prix of catalunya. aleix espargaro is approaching the timing line to finish his penultimate lap, leading his aprilia teammate maverick vinales by a second and a change; a gulf in motogp terms. the aprilia has been good all weekend, and aleix especially has been on top of the bike and the track. the perfect marriage; which is funny because the _other_ perfect marriage, dominant defending champion pecco bagnaia of ducati, was taken out of the race in a lap 1 highside. there are virtually no probable roadblocks that can get in the way of aleix winning this race and aprilia making history. what history? and wait did you say "funny"? what's so funny about this situation in particular? to understand, we need to rewind

(how about that secret base impression. (pls hire me))

the modern aprilia rs-gp lineage started from 2015, with aprilia partnering with gresini to create aprilia racing team gresini. it was dogshit. it was a motogp career end bike. through the revolving doors include alvaro bautista (now sbk rider, heyy he won the 2022 championship with ducati; more on ducati later), stefan bradl (now honda test rider), marco melandri (now retired), and michael laverty (now commentator). it was a bike competing for the low teens places in the championship, year after year. but then, in the covid-riddled 2021 season, aprilia decided that, you know what, we're done fucking around. they got a podium in silverstone (inadvertently becoming a part of history where six different factories occupied the top six finish; last time that happened was yugoslavia 1972), the bike looked like it finally had an upside, and they took over operations, leaving gresini and becoming aprilia racing. gresini, now without factory support, became once again an independent team, using the previous spec ducati for their 2022 season, in effect pretty much replacing esponsorama racing's entry, even taking on one of their riders to boot. how did they do? eh. they just. won 4 races and took 3rd place in the riders' championship with enea bastianini. it's alright.

the ducati is fast. ludicrously fast. it's the fastest motogp bike in a straight line; has been for a decade plus now. and yet, for the longest time only casey stoner was successful in taming the bike convincingly: you see, _it didn't turn_. which is a bad thing. because motogp races on tracks that. have turns. motogp legend valentino rossi couldn't even get on terms with the bike in his disastrous spell with the team, turning the italian dream team into italian nightmare (that doesn't involve putting fries and tuna on pizza). the situation had been improving year after year, with the andrea duet of iannone (later in his career also an aprilia Victim) and dovisiozo regularly competing for podiums, but it's the sport-wide switch to aero-focused concepts in the late 2010s that finally opened the door for ducati: the bike _turns_ now. meanwhile, japanese factories yamaha and honda, stuck in their old ways, ignored the aero development and are currently Eating shit. their last gasp came in 2022, where reigning champion fabio quartararo ran out of cinderella magic midway through the season, and his yamaha bike with basic aero and currently-inferior inline 4 engine concept crumbled from underneath him; the championship battle from that point on becoming a comical battle between ducati's pecco bagnaia and... himself, suffocatingly fast but prone to crashing. but in the end, pecco managed to upend fabio's 91-point lead, taking the 2022 world championship. italian dream team is back on the menu.

it's 2023 and ducati's obviously the best bike on the field. in the sachsenring race, the top 9 included _all_ of the ducati riders, with ktm's jack miller in 6th the odd man out. it was so good that there are rumours going around about 8-time champion and motogp alien marc marquez angling to leave his honda, a bike that has claimed a few prime years of his life, 2020 world champion joan mir's entire confidence, and alex rins' "that boy nice" 2022-2023 stretch; leaving _the slow bike that crashes_ for a _gresini seat_. with the previous spec ducati. alongside his younger brother alex. buying out his massive, massive honda contract. it's a baseless rumour (marc's now. pretty much resigned to becoming a development driver for the last years of his honda contract, switching up his riding style so that he stops crashing; being sad and fighting for 15th with fabio on the yamaha), but you get the idea. the domination was so bad that after the austria race where pecco put 5 whole damn seconds on 2nd place man ktm's brad binder, fabio quartararo dropped the V-word (...verstappen), drawing a parallel between this and red bull f1's invincible combination with max verstappen. although, unlike f1, it's not _all_ ducati. the aforementioned brad binder Passed some Fucking Bikes on his way to a sprint victory in argentina. and, recently, aprilia showed massive signs of life, making a big "we're here." statement with a win in silverstone (they love this track, huh), in typical british summer weather (torrential rain on quali day, cold and damp on race day); aleix espargaro making a gutsy pass on pecco bagnaia after copse on the final lap.

and there's our other side of the harmonious marriage, the talismanic constant presence during the tumultuous years, having been on the team since 2016: aleix espargaro. for the longest time he compared unfavourably with his younger brother pol: the latter a moto2 world champion, and was lucky enough to land on faster bikes. rather than rue his luck, aleix kept his head down and was/is lauded for his chops in developing a bike. his luck finally turned in the 2021 season (funnily enough simultaneous with pol's luck turning for the _worse_; he landed on... honda), getting the aforementioned silverstone podium. now in his 30s, taking on a leadership role, finally in a competitive bike, he finally started to get his flowers. and he gets a cute nickname of "the captain" to boot.

so, the ducati is the best because it's fast and it turns now. but you see, the aprilia turns better. it turns so good, it turns by itself. hyperbole aside, it _is_ very good at corner-heavy tracks like silverstone and barcelona, and it does require an idiosyncratic riding style by current motogp standards. a style mastered by the man who has been there all this time. spending years, years, and years patiently working and developing. it was paid by the silverstone win, and it looks to pay more in catalunya too: taking the sprint win from second on the grid, overtaking pecco bagnaia into turn 1, and in the race... there's not even a pecco bagnaia to overtake.

let's go back to 2022 for a bit. the aprilia were good at catalunya in 2022 too. taka nakagami of honda went bowling into turn 1 at the start, taking out alex rins and damaging pecco's bike in the process, taking him out of the race. it was a horrific crash which saw nakagami's head getting run over by pecco's bike, crushing his visor. thankfully, nakagami didn't suffer any serious injury and was back racing for the next round at germany. but, with pecco out of the race, quartararo, still with that magic supply at that time, dominated the race. a frustrated aleix espargaro banged his bike with his hand, unable to mount a challenge from second, on the last lap. he went to the outside of turn 1 to celebrate because, well, a second place is still a good haul of points.

on the last lap.

he saw people behind him still hauling ass and going past him, and the horror on his face was palpable even from behind the visor.

aleix "salvaged" a 5th place finish in the end. he sat on his bike motionless on the outside of turn 1. the exact place where he celebrated a lap ago. absolutely broken.

in the 2023 edition of the race, pecco bagnaia is out of the race due to a horror highside, which saw him ending up lying sideways in the middle of the track and getting his legs run over by brad binder. the race was red flagged due to the combination of that and an unrelated turn 1 crash involving his teammate, now-ducati factory rider enea bastianini and four other bikes. on the restart, the aprilias of aleix and maverick vinales now lock out the front row, and after fending off a jorge martin spurt, top gun maverick and captain espargaro were line astern in p1 and p2. after hanging back for a bit, aleix finally made a move with 5 laps to go into turn 1, taking a deserved p1.

no matter the combination of drivers, aprilia were on the verge of an entry on the record books: it's gonna be their first double podium, let alone a p1 and p2. but, isn't it much sweeter that it's aleix? the man who stuck with the team during the bad times. a true heartwarming story where devotion does pay off. and a chance for redemption for the previous year to boot. with the dominating reigning world champion gone, clear track ahead of him, only one obstacle is left.

will aleix remember that it's the final lap

welcome to a moment in history.

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Indycar Driver Lore

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Takuma Sato

Birthdate: Jan. 28, 1977 Hometown: Tokyo, Japan Residence: Indianapolis/Tokyo Height/Weight: 5’4”/117lbs

Rookie Year: 2010

Team: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Indy 500)

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Career Stats

2010: KV Racing Technology - 21st Overall 2011: KV Racing Technology – Lotus - 13th Overall 2012: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 14th Overall 2013: A. J. Foyt Enterprises - 17th Overall 2014: A. J. Foyt Enterprises - 18th Overall 2015: A. J. Foyt Enterprises - 14th Overall 2016: A. J. Foyt Enterprises - 17th Overall 2017: Andretti Autosport - 8th Overall 2018: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 12th Overall 2019: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 9th Overall 2020: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 7th Overall 2021: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - 11th Overall 2022: Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing - 19th Overall 2022: Chip Ganassi Racing (ovals only) - 29th Overall

Formula One 2002: DHL Jordan Honda - 15th Overall 2003: Lucky Strike BAR Honda - 18th Overall 2004: Lucky Strike BAR Honda - 8th Overall 2005: Lucky Strike BAR Honda - 23rd Overall 2006: Super Aguri F1 Team - 23rd Overall 2007: Super Aguri F1 Team - 17th Overall 2008: Super Aguri F1 Team - 21st Overall

-A two-time Indianapolis 500 winner. -Sato was the first Japanese driver to win an INDYCAR SERIES race and the first to win the Indianapolis 500. -Sato previously raced in Formula One. -Outside of racing, Sato was a national high school cycling champion and still uses cycling as part of his training regimen. -The Japanese edition of Esquire magazine named Sato one of The Mavericks of 2019 and the Japanese edition of GQ magazine named him one of the nine “2017 Men of the Year.” -He was also awarded “Goodwill Ambassador” for the British Embassy in Tokyo. -nicknamed "Taku" -Sato has become known among fans and media for his motto "no attack, no chance" with regards to his racing style

Iconic/memorable moments INSIDE THE RACE // TAKUMA SATO AT GALLAGHER GRAND PRIX No Attack, No Chance: Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Captures His Second Indianapolis 500 Victory // Behind The Visor Honda Pace Car Lap with Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato // Mid-Ohio Bourdais, Sato fight after IndyCar practice in Toronto The Hayai Man from Japan: Takuma Sato 2022 PACE CAR LAPS // TAKUMA SATO AND DAVID MALUKAS AT BARBER Tom Griswold Interviews Takuma Sato (2022 Indy 500) Dave Calabro shares sushi with Takuma Sato 11 in '11 with Takuma Sato 2017 Indianapolis 500 - Last 5 laps + Interviews JAVA WITH JAMES // TAKUMA SATO AND JAMES HINCHCLIFFE The Fast Four: Takuma Sato, The Fighter Sato Talks Japan, Part 1 Sato Talks Japan, Part 2 Sato Talks Japan, Part 3

One of the most liked guys in the paddock, Takuma is also, not exactly feared on track, but other drivers are wary. His ‘No attack, no chance’ philosophy leads to him making high risk moves, often successfully. But then they’re not, and another driver has paid the price, it’s referred to as being ‘Sato-ed.” Moderately well-known in the states, he is a very big deal in Japan, a national hero, welcomed home with a massive celebration after his 2017 Indy 500 win.

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FIRST LOOK: AlphaTauri reveal livery for 2023 AT04 at glitzy New York F1 season launch

AlphaTauri have become the latest F1 team to launch their 2023 season, showing off the livery that will adorn the yet-to-be-presented AT04 challenger during a special event in New York. Long-time team boss Franz Tost, continuing driver Yuki Tsunoda and new arrival Nyck de Vries were all on hand for Saturday’s reveal, which followed Red Bull’s own season launch in the Big Apple a week ago. WATCH: AlphaTauri’s new F1 car roars into life with pre-season fire up Coinciding with New York’s famous Fashion Week, the launch represented a perfect fit for the AlphaTauri fashion brand, who are owned by Red Bull and replaced Toro Rosso as the Faenza squad’s official name in 2020. In a suitably stylish unveiling, AlphaTauri presented a now traditional deep blue and white colour scheme for their new car, which will be powered by Honda engines running under the Red Bull Powertrains moniker. However, red highlights now complement the palette courtesy of Polish oil refiner and petrol retailer ORLEN linking up with the team as a ‘Principal Partner’ for 2023, having moved across from rivals Alfa Romeo. A dash of red has made its way onto the AlphaTauri livery AlphaTauri head into the new season looking to turn their recent F1 fortunes around, having slipped from sixth in the 2021 constructors’ standings to ninth in 2022, when all-new technical regulations came into play. Japanese racer Tsunoda keeps his place at the team for a third successive season, with De Vries arriving in place of Alpine-bound Pierre Gasly after the Dutchman’s impressive stand-in performance for Williams at last year’s Italian Grand Prix. BARRETTO: Why AlphaTauri’s newest recruit Nyck de Vries could be 2023’s dark horse Speaking at the launch of AlphaTauri’s new livery, and looking at the year ahead, Tost said: “I think that the whole field will be much closer together. Of course, the big three teams still have an advantage from their infrastructure, from the personnel side, but I’m quite convinced that in 2023 the cars will be much more evenly matched. “In addition, while [Max] Verstappen won the championship quite early on in the season last year, I don’t expect that one driver will have such a big advantage this year and win so early. “I think it will become a fight that goes on until the end of the season. That’s what the fans, spectactors, and we all want to see.” With the AT04’s livery out in the open, it means half of F1’s 10 teams have revealed their colours ahead of the new season – Aston Martin being the next outfit due for launch on February 13. TEAM GUIDE: The essential lowdown on Italian team AlphaTauri as Tsunoda and De Vries prepare for 2023 AlphaTauri and the rest of the F1 grid will gather at the Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing from February 23-25, with the opening round of the campaign following a week later at the same Sakhir venue. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Alvaro Bautista secures 2022 WorldSBK crown

The 37 year-old rider secured the 2022 WorldSBK Riders’ Championship at Mandalika. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) fought hard during the 2022 season, resisting the charge of 2021 WorldSBK Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK) and six-time Champion Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK). He became WorldSBK’s 19th Champion, and the second Spanish rider to be crowned WorldSBK Champion after Carlos Checa in 2011; Checa was also Ducati’s last WorldSBK Champion. Bautista returned to Ducati for the 2022 season after two seasons away and did so in perfect fashion, taking his first win of the season in the Tissot Superpole Race at the season-opening Aragon Round. He also left MotorLand Aragon as the title leader following his Race 2 victory. Rea was able to fight back at Assen but that lasted for just one day as Bautista extended his lead again in Race 2, with the newly-crowned Champion leading the way from Assen’s Race 2 onwards. A Race 1 crash at Donington Park dented Bautista’s lead but he bounced back in style; taking 15 podiums in the 18 races that followed including a hat-trick at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A crucial part of Bautista’s title-winning campaign was his fights with both Razgatlioglu and Rea, particularly with the 2021 Champion throughout the Estoril, Portuguese and Argentinean Rounds. Bautista began his career in the Spanish Championship from 1995 to 2002. In 2002, he was fighting for the title until the final race. In the same year, he made his first appearance in the FIM 125cc World Championship as a wildcard. He became a 125cc Grand Prix winner in 2006 at the Spanish GP. With eighth victories claimed that season, he secured his first World Championship title. The Spanish rider then moved up to the 250cc class, claiming 28 podium places including eight victories. Bautista stepped up to the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship in 2010. During his eighth seasons in MotoGP™, he claimed three podium places and one pole position, with a fifth place as his best classification in the Championship standings in 2012. In 2019, Bautista made his WorldSBK debut with Ducati, finishing his rookie season with 16 wins, 24 podium places, 4 pole positions and 15 fastest laps as he secured second place in the Championship standings. In 2020, he switched to Honda, racing for the Team HRC squad. Over the 2020 and 2021 seasons, he claimed three podium places for the Japanese manufacturer before returning to Ducati and the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team for the 2022 season. With 14 wins and 29 podium places, Alvaro Bautista became the 2022 WorldSBK Champion at Mandalika. Bautista becomes the ninth different rider to take a Riders’ Championship for Ducati with the Italian manufacturer securing their 15th Riders’ Championship overall. He’s the third different rider in three years to take the crown, as well as being from a third different country and on a third different bike, emphasising the competitive parity in WorldSBK. The newly crowned WorldSBK Champion will remain with Ducati in 2023 and both will aim to continue challenging many records.

Alvaro Bautista, Aruba.It Racing - Ducati: “It’s incredible, I’m so happy. It’s a dream come true, especially after the last two years and all the difficulties. I want to say thanks to everyone who trusted me, to give me this chance to fight for good places and we got the Championship at the first time of trying. Today was the first time I felt a bit nervous or stressed, but it was in Race 2 on the grid before the start. I tried to manage the emotions and when I was in first, I was making a lot of mistakes because I had too many thoughts in my head! I just preferred to stay second behind Toprak, but he was very strong, so I could just follow him. So happy. It’s difficult to know what to say. I’m just so happy. During the whole season, I was so happy because I had a lot of experience from the past. I tried to be the best possible rider, not make mistakes. I think our performance has been really, really high. I think I had the best performance level ever from Toprak and Jonathan. They performed at a really high level in all races. I was lucky that I made fewer mistakes than them. What’s important is also consistency. I could beat Jonathan, a six-time World Champion and Toprak, a one-time Champion, breaking all the records at all the tracks which means the level is so high. We can win with this amazing level.” Giulio Nava, Bautista's Crew Chief: “We worked really hard for this; this team and Ducati. I’ve been working with Alvaro for many years and I’m super happy to be here with him, seeing him achieving these results. It means a lot. I’m very lucky to work with him. You create very a strong relationship together. We joke together. Alvaro is like my brother. It’s difficult for me to explain what it means, but it means the world to see him winning.” Luigi Dall’Igna, Ducati Corse General Manager: “It is a wonderful day for us. We worked a lot with Alvaro in the past and in 2019 we did a fantastic job until the middle of the season. In the end, we could not win the crown. Today, in the end, and it was a fantastic emotion. It was a special day. This is probably one of the best seasons of his life. This year, and 2006, were two really amazing seasons for him. He won the 2006 125cc World Championship and today he won WorldSBK. He’s a real fantastic rider and I’m really, really happy he could get the title today.”

World Championship Career: 2002-2006: 125cc - First Race: Spanish GP 2002 | Best result: P1 2007-2009: 250cc - First Race: Qatar GP 2007 | Best result: P1 2010-2018: MotoGP™ - First Race: Qatar GP 2010 | Best result: P3 2019-2022: WorldSBK – First Race: Australian Round 2019 | Best result: P1 2022: World Superbike Champion Rider Statistics First round: Phillip Island 2019 Race starts: 130 Wins: 30 Podium places: 56 Pole positions: 5 Fastest laps: 27 Title: 1

For more info checkout our dedicated World Superbike News page World Superbike News Or visit the official World Superbike website WorldSBK.com Read the full article

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bro they are couple goals. 💓

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WOW JUST WOW

Congratulations to max 👏 🙌 and the team 👏🧡

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Are you telling me that if they have to penalize someone for the Gasly-truck thing Gasly is the one who I going to be penalize? For not following the delta time? Shouldn’t it be the other way arounfd?

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Aston Martin tire engineer Jun Matsuzaki and race engineer Chris Cronin visit the Honda Welcome Plaza Aoyama in Tokyo on Tuesday October 4 ahead of the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix. (via Mamoru Atsuta on Twitter)

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Formule 1 - Honda Japanese GRAND PRIX 7. - 9.10. 2022

Formule 1 – Honda Japanese GRAND PRIX 7. – 9.10. 2022

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Taka Nakagami claims points finish with 15th in #SanMarinoGP

Taka Nakagami claims points finish with 15th in #SanMarinoGP

Takaaki Nakagami fought his way to a points finish at the San Marino Grand Prix after a tough 27-lap MotoGP race at Misano. The LCR Honda IDEMITSU rider showed trademark determination throughout as he ensured he took something from round 14 of the 2022 World Championship on the Rimini Riviera. Starting from the eighth row, the Japanese star got away well, but had to dodge an incident at the first…

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TEAM GUIDE: The essential lowdown on Italian team AlphaTauri as Tsunoda and De Vries prepare for 2023

AlphaTauri have a new driver for 2023, but how did Red Bull’s sister team begin life in F1? Here’s a brief guide on the Italian squad and their hopes for the season ahead. Drivers for 2023 Nyck de Vries #21: 2 points, 1 Grand Prix start Yuki Tsunoda #22: 44 points, 44 Grands Prix starts Yuki Tsunoda jumped from Japanese F4 to Formula 1 with AlphaTauri within four years as the youngster managed three wins and P3 in his debut Formula 2 campaign. The Honda-backed driver boasts a best race finish of fourth in his two seasons with the squad, and will be joined by a near-rookie, as Nyck de Vries has left the Mercedes family – for whom he was an F1 reserve and Formula E driver – for the Red Bull-powered team. The 27-year-old Dutchman (28 as of February 6) won the 2020-21 Formula E Championship after taking the 2019 F2 title, and he made his F1 debut for Williams last year in place of Alex Albon. De Vries ran for AlphaTauri in the end-of-season young driver test Last season AlphaTauri started 2022 as consistent points scorers when Tsunoda managed P8 in the season opener before Pierre Gasly – now at Alpine – took points at Jeddah and Melbourne, and Tsunoda backed that up with P7 at Imola. From then on, the team struggled to hit the top 10 – their best result delivered by Gasly as he scored P5 at Baku – and they scored just five times in the second half of the season. Tsunoda scored just once from Rounds 7-22, and the team finished ninth in the standings with 35 points to their tally, with the Japanese racer retained for 2023. De Vries (L) joins Tsunoda (R) at AlphaTauri in 2023 History AlphaTauri’s roots lie in the Minardi team, who were formed at Faenza, Italy, in 1979 and made their F1 debut in 1985. In 1988 they scored their first F1 points thanks to Pierluigi Martini and thus began a promising period for the Italian minnows, who fielded the likes of Alex Zanardi, Michele Alboreto, Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella through the ‘90s. Fernando Alonso made his F1 debut with the team in 2001, the year that Paul Stoddart took over the team, and at the end of 2005 the squad was sold to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz and renamed Toro Rosso. Fernando Alonso made his debut with Minardi in 2001 They would serve as a Red Bull feeder squad, the likes of Sebastian Vettel – who took a famous Toro Rosso win at Monza in 2008 – Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen all graduating to the senior outfit. In 2020, they re-branded as AlphaTauri, Red Bull’s fashion label. Still based at Faenza, they are currently the only ‘customer’ team of Red Bull Powertrains – but carry Honda branding, just as Red Bull do. Greatest achievement Pierre Gasly’s victory in the 2020 Italian Grand Prix marked the fashion brand’s debut F1 season in style. Vettel took a stunning win for Toro Rosso in 2008 This season AlphaTauri’s 35-point haul in 2022 was their lowest in three years, and the team will be looking to get back to the points. De Vries is proven in junior series and Formula E, and there’s little doubt that he’s a solid hire for the team headed by Franz Tost – but De Vries’s appointment will only pile more pressure on Tsunoda. READ MORE: AlphaTauri announce 2023 livery launch date – and confirm name of new car The Japanese driver scored just 12 points last season, and with Gasly gone, Tsunoda will need to step up and show he’s ready to lead the team. They do have a class-leading power unit with Red Bull, but with the likes of Aston Martin, Haas and Alfa Romeo around them, AlphaTauri might be facing an uphill battle to place better than ninth in 2023. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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Why MotoGP doesn’t follow F1’s engine frost path

In a precarious economic climate in which the control of rising costs is of the utmost importance, the main stakeholders of Formula 1 approved a development stop for aggregates from 2022 back in February. But it’s a move MotoGP factories don’t even think about, and for a variety of reasons.

Pressure from F1 promoters and rule-makers – Liberty Media and the FIA ​​- to limit costs for teams was intensified with an ultimatum from Red Bull after it became known that Honda (engine supplier to its factory team and AlphaTauri) was closing in on the end of the The 2021 season would retire. Red Bull publicly made the idea of ​​taking on the Japanese engines if the rest of the grid agreed to the freeze.

The details for the new proposal were duly set at the beginning of the season when the FIA ​​approved new regulations for engines between 2022 and 2024 – when the next review is due to take place – and Red Bull immediately announced the creation of a new powertrain division, who has aggressively tried to poach talent from Mercedes.

In MotoGP, a decision as big as an engine stop would have to be approved by the Motorcycle Sport Manufacturers Association (MSMA) and then ratified by the Grand Prix Commission, the representatives of the organizer (Dorna) and the umbrella organization FIM. belong.

Right now, and despite the difficulties manufacturers are facing due to the effects of COVID-19, there is not enough pull to start the debate in the first place. In fact, during a recent meeting of the Grand Prix Commission, it was officially announced – unconditionally – that the current engine shutdown, due to be completed by the end of this year, will not be extended.

“This proposal was never on the MSMA table,” one of the regular participants at the meeting, who preferred to remain anonymous, told Motorsport.com. “In any case, it is common knowledge that some manufacturers would never accept that, and to move something like this forward, it would need unanimity on the board of directors.”

MotoGP package at the start of the 2021 Portuguese GP

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It is clear that the factories that are least willing to accept a hypothetical engine stall are the ones with the most power.

Suzuki is a gigantic company, even if the resources it invests in the MotoGP project cannot be compared to, for example, Honda. Former team manager Davide Brivio, who joined the Alpine F1 team as the new race director ahead of the 2021 season, spotted some of the main differences in dynamics between the two championships.

“The key word in Formula 1 at the moment is sustainability,” Brivio told Motorsport.com. “There are decisions made for the common good and accepted by everyone. The teams here make money direct from the organizer, which is an important point to keep in mind.

“You just have to look at the amount of restrictions that have been placed on F1 over the past few years that have been difficult to accept for the bigger teams. What happened is that they realized that it would be impossible for the smaller teams to survive without a drastic slowdown in costs. “

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Let’s imagine for a moment that the six factories currently involved in MotoGP would start a dialogue about the possibility of stopping engine development. It’s not something that could be rolled out before 2023 as Suzuki and Ducati have already launched the base of the new engines they plan to use next season.

“That wouldn’t be fair because it would be against the spirit of the rule itself by wasting the investment made in those components,” our source at MSMA said.

However, one way to enable this in the future would be to only allow engine development every two or three years, a small change that could have a big impact on budgets. It is clear that in the event of an agreement there would be technical backing to support the change.

“Of course it would be possible if the mandate came from the MSMA,” says MotoGP Technical Director Danny Aldridge. “From our side, that wouldn’t be a problem. In fact, it would be easy because we’ve done it before. “

Joan Mir, Team Suzuki MotoGP

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