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Confidential Box: From Red Ducati to Black Aprilia
Kill Joy. From red Ducati to black Aprilia.
World Cup events at Mugello have always been understood as the Ducati GP. Due to its proximity to Bologna’s headquarters (about 70 km), it has traditionally been a test circuit and has had a brilliant day in Italian motorcycling. Ducati won with Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Mugello. However, at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend, the protagonist was mercilessly robbed by Aprilia. With the “Chibirin” communication program, other World Cup trans-alpine brands (apparently strong rivals) have removed Ducati’s name from the media headlines. If we announced the renewal of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales at a special press conference yesterday, today the creation of the satellite team in 2023 was announced as soon as the morning began. At the same time, test driver Lorenzo Savadori came into the limelight when the RS-GP’s rear wing hit the track on an impressive bike. And in the afternoon FP2, Aleix Espargaro ended the day at the top of the standings ahead of the nine Ducati cars running in the GP, ruining the Ducati party. Yes, yesterday was only Friday and points are distributed on Sunday, but so far the red Ducati is always black and very black Aprilia.
EFFECT 2020: Implosion of MotoGP.
Did you notice that the announcement of the creation of the future Aprilia satellite team is hidden? Let’s take a step back from the popular word that trees do not show the forest. And suddenly we faced many unimaginable situations a few seasons ago. Yes, in 2020, the worst year of a pandemic outbreak, MotoGP went into a beast-like conversion process as much as turning a worm into a butterfly. Just a few weeks ago, who said that next year there will be two Yamahas and no Suzukis on the grid, that is, only six of the 22 bikes on the grid will be Japanese. In addition, for decades, the Premier Class has been dueling between Honda and Yamaha, but is now Ducati or Aprilia. Until 2020, there was an elite among the MotoGP riders who shared the victory. They had one hand: Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez. Victory by anyone other than this quartet was “rare.” As of 2020, virtually everyone continues to win. That said, in just two seasons MotoGP has undergone an unimaginable transformation. The question is, what emerges from this change is better than what was there.
100 M x 2nd: I like Mugello!
After removing the legendary Suzuka from the calendar, Mugello is arguably the most difficult circuit on the calendar. A series of chicane of various shapes, downhill braking, dazzling Arrabiata 2, a finish line very far from the exit of the last corner … The two most victorious drivers in Mugello were shining 2 It’s not surprising to be a human driver, their exquisite technique, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Mugello has also recently spread so much ink as the whole story of this wing has begun, as some accessories have been tested to maintain to prevent the bike from taking off at the end of the straight change in elevation. The front wheel stuck to the asphalt. Very cruel fact: MotoGP arrives straight at almost 360 km / h. That is, it covers 100 meters in 1 second. Doubting three-tenths of a second, with or without braking, means traveling 30 meters. It’s no wonder that so many drivers braked straight yesterday. However, due to the continuity of chicane, despite having one of the most radical braking of the entire championship, Mugello spins better and tractions more efficiently than a very efficient bike when braking. It’s important to have a bike that works. That’s why Fabio Quartararo and his Yamaha, the second slowest bike of the 26 starting on Sunday, prevented them from burning on the first day of practice.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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One of the two new teams on the Formula 1 grid is preparing to introduce its car for the 2026 season. The Audi team will officially reveal the new car at a special event in Berlin on Tuesday, January 20.
Audi has fully taken over Sauber’s project ahead of the 2026 season and will start its first Formula 1 championship as a factory team and power unit manufacturer. The team has also retained a significant portion of its 2025 Sauber structure, including team boss Jonathan Whitley and drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg.
This will make Audi the fourth team to submit designs for its 2026 car, after Red Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas. The presentation will take place in the German capital in the format of a full-fledged seasonal launch.
Following the main event, a separate event will be held in Berlin on Wednesday, January 21 for selected fans and media to take a closer look at the new car and its livery.
The presentation will start on January 20 at 20:00 Kyiv time. During the event, the team will reveal the car’s full design for the 2026 season.
Let’s remember that Audi had previously put the 2026 car on the track during promotional races at the Barcelona-Catalonia circuit in early January, but only a limited number of images were released at that time.
Formula 1. Presentation of the first Audi car. Watch LIVE online
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Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg can count on a multimillion-dollar bonus in his first season with Audi if he can repeat the results in the 2025 season.
Last season, the German pilot reached the Formula 1 podium after 250 races for the first time in his career and finished the British Grand Prix in third place. At Silverstone, Hulkenberg was ahead of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and scored 15 points in one go.
Hulkenberg scored 51 points at the end of the 2025 season.
On the eve of Audi’s first season, specialized media reported that the 38-year-old pilot signed a contract providing a bonus of 50 thousand euros for each point earned in the 2026 season.
Given the large-scale changes in Formula 1, even the pilots themselves cannot yet predict the balance of power in the peloton. However, if Hulkenberg scores 51 points again, the bonus can reach 2 million 550 thousand euros in addition to his base salary at Audi.
If Nico manages to win the race and score the maximum 25 points, this will immediately earn him a bonus of 1,250,000 euros.
The team will present the appearance of its first car today at 20:00 Kyiv time.
Source: Sport UA
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Thomas Berman, the younger brother of Haas Formula 1 team driver Oliver Berman, will officially take part in Italian Formula 4 and Euro 4 in the 2026 season.
Thomas will represent the VAR team colours.
The 16-year-old Briton spent last year in British Formula 4, where he scored one win and finished eighth in the final season standings.
But the ones that are considered the most prestigious and promising are the Italian and European Formula 4 championships. They are often chosen by young pilots for further career advancement. In addition, Thomas’ older brother Oliver Berman also competed in these series and became the Italian Formula 4 champion in 2021 with 11 wins.
Let us also remind you that Ukrainian Alexander Bondarev will compete in the same championships with the Prima Racing team in the 2026 season. The Ukrainian pilot does not hide his ambitions and has repeatedly expressed his intention to fight for the championship title.
Bondarev now participates in Middle East Formula 4 in preparation for the European leg of the season. After the first stage, he took first place in the general rankings and became the leader in the rankings.
Thomas Berman will compete in the Formula Winter Series as part of his preparations.
The competition between the current “four” promises to be extremely high, and the appearance of the younger brother of the Formula 1 pilot will only increase interest in the series.
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