Vinales was suspended by Yamaha and withdrawn from this weekend’s Red Bull Ring event after he was found to deliberately try to blow up his bike’s engine in last weekend’s Styrian GP. The nine-time MotoGP race winner publicly apologised to Yamaha for his actions on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring in his first media […]
Month: August 2021
Wet final Austria MotoGP lap on slicks “a disaster”
Sunday’s Austrian GP was run under largely dry conditions, but the rain intensified with seven of the 28 laps remaining. This slowed up the lead group headed by Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia, Fabio Quartararo and Jorge Martin, with Joan Mir and Binder able to close right in. On lap 25, all of that group except […]
Wet Austrian GP first time I thought about 2021 MotoGP title
Quartararo joined the lead group consisting of Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia and Joan Mir, who pitted at the end of lap 25 of 28 for their wet bikes when rainfall at the Red Bull Ring intensified. Up to that point, Quartararo had been fighting for the podium and was still pushing hard when […]
Alpine has lost too much ground to McLaren in F1
Alpine, then called Renault, and McLaren were embroiled in a tense three-way fight for third in the 2020 constructors’ championship, a battle which also included Racing Point, now Aston Martin. While McLaren continued its upward trajectory in 2021 and now has to contend with a resurgent Ferrari for third place, Alpine and Aston Martin have… […]
Marquez had to take painkiller injections ahead of Austria MotoGP race
Marquez was involved in the battle for victory in much of Sunday’s 28-lap Red Bull Ring race, ultimately finishing 15th after a late crash following his switch to his wet bike on lap 25 when he was leading. Though he won at the Sachsenring in June, Sunday’s Austrian GP was the first time in 2021 […]
Spa-Francorchamps CEO Maillet killed in murder-suicide
Maillet’s body was found by the local police in her Luxembourg home, alongside the bodies of her husband and another woman, all three showing gunshot wounds. According to a statement issued by the public prosecutor, Maillet’s husband is believed to have shot and killed both women before committing suicide. “At 00:10, the bodies of two… […]
Binder takes shock win with slick tyre gamble after late rain
Spots of rain started to fall on the Red Bull Ring as the race got underway having been declared dry, which influenced Marc Marquez’s decision to make a late switch to the soft rear slick in anticipation of a flag-to-flag scenario. Styrian GP winner Jorge Martin converted pole to the holeshot, while Fabio Quartararo almost […]
McLaren’s F1 team boss approach important in my development
Norris joined the Woking squad ahead of the 2019 F1 season and has since grown into one of the sport’s most reliable performers, taking four podiums over the past 18 months while currently holding third in the 2021 driver standings ahead of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. The 21-year-old has particularly… […]
Vinales apologises to Yamaha following MotoGP suspension
Vinales was suspended by Yamaha following last weekend’s Styrian GP for allegedly trying to deliberately blow up his bike’s engine. Since the announcement of his suspension and withdrawal from this weekend’s Austrian GP, both Yamaha and Vinales have remained tight-lipped on the matter. Speaking to Sky Italy on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring in […]
Vinales is not a “dangerous” MotoGP rider
This comes in the wake of Yamaha suspending Vinales and withdrawing him from this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix for deliberately trying to blow up his engine in last week’s Styrian GP. In a press release Yamaha said Vinales had endangered himself and those around with his actions, in which he was caught on camera – […]