Martin ran wide into the Vale section of the Silverstone track on the opening lap of 20 in Sunday’s British GP, allowing Marquez to come back up the inside at the next corner. But Marquez clattered into Martin and took both of them out of the race. Marquez admits his move was “too optimistic”, and […]
Heavy rain in the hours leading up to lights out at Spa resulted in the start being delayed by 25 minutes, after which a handful of formation laps were completed behind the safety car before the race was red flagged. A wait of almost three hours followed, with little change in the levels of rain […]
The Suzuki rider recovered from 11th on the grid to run strongly inside the top six early in the race and was running a pace that threatened a podium charge. But while team-mate Alex Rins went on to secure second, Mir faded to ninth at the chequered flag as he encountered an issue with his soft […]
With it having long been known that F1 drivers need to finish at least two laps for half points to be handed out, the fact the Belgian GP result was classified after just one lap left some wondering if the Spa race had actually fallen short. F1’s points system in the event of a shortened […]
Espargaro ran in the podium places from the start in Sunday’s 20-lap Silverstone race and fended off Ducati’s Jack Miller on the final lap to secure his first MotoGP podium since 2014 in third. It also significantly marked Aprilia’s first podium of the modern MotoGP era and it’s first since the 500cc premier class era […]
After a long delay due to the wet conditions the event eventually started behind the safety car, but it was then stopped after just three laps. That was enough to ensure that half World Championship points could be awarded to the top 10. Some observers have suggested that F1 wanted the race to officially start […]
Quartararo cruised to his fifth win of the 2021 season in the 20-lap British GP to extend his championship advantage to well over two victories with (provisionally) six rounds left of the campaign. Nearest title rival and the defending champion Joan Mir also admitted after a disappointing ninth at Silverstone following front tyre issues that […]
Following a rain-affected qualifying on Saturday, showers continued to hit the Spa region throughout Sunday in the build-up to the start of the race. Race control announced shortly before the planned race start at 1500 local time that formation laps would be completed behind the safety car, and pushed the start of the formation laps […]
Dovizioso has been linked with a return to MotoGP in recent weeks with SRT in the wake of Maverick Vinales’ ousting from the factory Yamaha squad. As expected, Morbidelli – who currently races for SRT – will be promoted to the factory team this year ahead of a full-time campaign in 2022. Speaking to BT […]
Red Bull driver Perez had been due to start from seventh on the grid, but lost control of his car while going through Les Combes during his reconnaissance laps ahead of the race. Perez crashed front-first into the barrier on the right-hand side of the circuit, leaving the car with significant damage to the front […]