Month: May 2021

20 May 2021

MotoGP British GP to be shown live on ITV in August

MotoGP coverage has been behind a paywall in the UK since BT Sports took over exclusive broadcasting rights in 2014 from the BBC, which aired MotoGP from 2003-2013 across its main channels and Red Button service. The world championship has had various homes on terrestrial television in the UK since airing hourly highlight programmes on […]

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20 May 2021

Vettel explains ‘eye bleeding’ comment during Monaco F1 practice

Vettel was heard on team radio during second practice for the Monaco Grand Prix reporting that he was struggling to see out of one of his eyes. “It feels like my eye is bleeding,” Vettel told his engineer before being instructed to pit, only for him to opt to continue. “It’s alright, I’ll carry on,” […]

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20 May 2021

Vinales outlines key area of improvement for Yamaha in MotoGP

The Qatar Grand Prix winner struggled to seventh in the Spanish GP last time out having been hindered by a lack of strength under braking despite feeling generally happy with the Yamaha. Topping the post-race test at Jerez, Vinales says his team was able to make a step forward from the race but with a […]

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20 May 2021

Alpine already in talks with Ocon over new F1 contract

Ocon has made an impressive start to the season with Alpine, qualifying on the third row of the grid for the past two races and outscoring two-time world champion team-mate Fernando Alonso. Ocon signed a two-year deal when he returned to F1 in 2020 with the since-rebranded Renault team, leaving him out of contract at […]

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20 May 2021

KTM’s MotoGP results “not reflecting our true pace”

KTM has scored just two top five results in 2021 courtesy of Brad Binder in Portugal and Tech3’s Danilo Petrucci in last weekend’s flag-to-flag French GP, while Oliveira is yet to crack the top 10. This is in stark contrast to KTM’s form at the beginning of last season, with Binder winning the third round […]

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20 May 2021

Pressure to perform “coming from myself” and not Red Bull

The Mexican has had a mixed start to his Red Bull career, having claimed a front row start for the team at Imola, but he has struggled to match team-mate Max Verstappen in the races. But after a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix outing, where Perez’s form was hit by a shoulder problem in qualifying, team […]

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20 May 2021

MotoGP tyre warm-up “total disaster” at Le Mans

On his first outing since the arm-pump issues that robbed him of a comfortable victory in the Spanish GP at Jerez, the factory Yamaha rider was responsible for one of the nine crashes during Friday’s mixed-weather practice sessions, when he slid off his M1 at the Dunlop chicane in FP2. Everyone walked away from their […]

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20 May 2021

Russell wants next Formula 1 contract to be a multi-year deal

Russell – whose contract with Williams expires at the end of the 2021 season – has been linked with a possible move to Mercedes for 2022 following his impressive displays while part of its junior roster. Mercedes has ruled out rushing into any decisions about its line-up for next year, but is set to be […]

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20 May 2021

Mir doubtful he can win MotoGP French GP amid Suzuki struggles

The track proved to be Mir’s worst venue of his title-winning 2020 season, as the first wet race of his MotoGP career left him in 11th at the chequered flag. Mir ended Friday’s practices 13th overall after a late crash in FP2 and admits he doesn’t know to what extent he can improve his situation […]

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20 May 2021

Verstappen has “nothing to prove” in F1 battle with Hamilton

Verstappen and Hamilton have gone wheel-to-wheel in all four races so far this year, including two close battles heading into the opening corner at Imola and Barcelona. On both occasions, Verstappen made a lunge on Hamilton and aggressively took the position, with Hamilton saying after the race in Barcelona that he “made sure” to leave… […]

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