Overall lap time improvements were few and far between for much of the first half hour of FP3, with Honda’s Marc Marquez the most significant mover in the early stages. Marquez elected against a soft tyre time attack at the end of FP2 having not felt strong enough to take profit of the added grip, […]
PMI famously enjoyed title sponsorship with Ferrari through its Marlboro brand from 1997 until a clampdown on tobacco sponsorship in the late 2000s. But after PMI launched its Mission Winnow initiative with a view to a non-tobacco future in 2018, Ferrari ran with Mission Winnow sponsorship on its cars, as well as becoming the title […]
MotoGP’s 2020 visit to Motegi had to be scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with all of its Pacific flyaways and races in the Americas also cancelled because of the virus situation. The 2021 calendar initially postponed the US and Argentine races to the final part of the year on unspecified dates, while it was […]
Like other top drivers who joined new teams for 2021 Alonso has acknowledged that he needed time to get up to speed, with his absence from F1 making his task even more difficult. At Paul Ricard last weekend the Spaniard had a feisty race to eighth, crossing the line less than two seconds shy of […]
Suzuki has only scored two podiums from the first eight races of its title defence season, Mir taking both of them with thirds in Portugal and Italy. The world champion is currently 46 points adrift of standings leader Fabio Quartararo, while team-mate Alex Rins is 103 down having crashed out of four races in 2021 […]
Williams announced earlier this month that Roberts would be leaving after less than a year in the role of team principal, with CEO Capito set to take on his duties. The statement from Williams said the move would help “streamline operations as part of the long-term objectives to return Williams to the front of the […]
Morbidelli aggravated a pre-existing left knee injury on Tuesday in a training accident and has been ruled out of this weekend’s Assen round. In his place comes American Gerloff, who was drafted in to replace Valentino Rossi in Valencia last year at the factory Yamaha star – only to ride on just the Friday as […]
Verstappen caught Hamilton on the penultimate lap of last weekend’s race at Paul Ricard, which the Mercedes driver had been leading for the previous 20 laps after Red Bull switched Verstappen to a two-stop strategy once he had regained the lead unexpectedly at the first round of pitstops. After being waved past team-mate Sergio Perez,… […]
Espargaro gave Aprilia its first front row in the modern MotoGP era when he qualified third at the Sachsenring and led briefly on the opening two laps. When spots of rain started to fall in the early stages Espargaro admits he wasn’t “as brave” as eventual winner Marc Marquez, who was able to lap one […]
Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the F1 drivers’ championship by charging to victory at Paul Ricard on Sunday, passing Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton for the lead on the penultimate lap. Verstappen was joined on the podium by team-mate Sergio Perez, whose third-place finish helped Red Bull also pull further clear of Mercedes […]