Marquez “likes” Martin’s mind games with Bagnaia in Valencia MotoGP practice
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, Friday’s second practice proved crucial in the title battle. Martin was second, while Bagnaia struggled to 15th as he battled braking issues, while a late yellow flag scuppered his final flying lap. Prior to this, Martin shadowed Bagnaia at […]
F1 tech images from the pitlane explained
Photo by: Giorgio Piola Ferrari SF-23 technical detail The Ferrari SF-23 being prepared with a kiel probe rake ahead of the rear wheel on the right-hand side of the car to capture data during practice. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Red Bull Racing RB19 technical detail This image of the front brake assembly on the Red […]
Bagnaia accepts «we have problems» after Valencia MotoGP practice
The factory Ducati rider leads Pramac’s Jorge Martin by 21 points in the championship coming into the finale in Valencia. But his weekend got off to the worst possible start, as Bagnaia struggled to 15th in practice and missed the Q2 cut while Martin sailed through in second. Bagnaia says he was losing half a […]
Ricciardo wants F1 practice red flag rules rethink after Abu Dhabi delays
FP2 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale was halted for a total of 37 minutes due to two crashes. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz lost the rear through Turn 3 and he speared into the outside barriers to create a 27-minute red flag period. Three minutes after the track went green again, Nico Hulkenberg spun […]
Vinales tops second practice, Bagnaia in Q1 for finale
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, Friday’s second practice was a crucial session. Martin won this particular battle by ending up second behind Aprilia’s Vinales, who posted a new lap record of 1m29.142s to end the day fastest of all. Bagnaia could only manage 15th after […]
The State of RF — 5 Years of Lenses
Part of me was thinking to myself that Canon’s lens releases have been very sluggish, or at least they just “felt” that way. So I decided to take a look at just how Canon did in their history from the EF mount onwards. So armed with Excel and Canon Camera Museum (honestly, if you haven’t […]
The State of RF — 5 Years of Lenses
Part of me was thinking to myself that Canon’s lens releases have been very sluggish, or at least they just “felt” that way. So I decided to take a look at just how Canon did in their history from the EF mount onwards. So armed with Excel and Canon Camera Museum (honestly, if you haven’t […]
More Quad Pixel Applications Emerge
Today, two more patent applications discussing quad-pixel auto-focus sensors have been published by the Japan Patent Office. The first patent application 2023-167634 deals with the fact that scan times will vary between row and column scanning, which could lead to inaccurate auto-focus performance. Many conventional image sensors give priority to reading out signals in either […]
Martin Qatar MotoGP tyre issue wasn’t a manufacturing problem
The Pramac Ducati rider struggled to a season-worst 10th in last week’s Qatar GP having battled with a lack of rear grip from the off. After title rival Francesco Bagnaia finished second to take a 21-point lead into this weekend’s Valencia finale, Martin said Michelin had ‘stolen’ his championship with its problematic rear tyre. On […]