Marquez fought to the final lap with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia in last Sunday’s Aragon GP, but ultimately came up second-best to the Italian in a thrilling scrap. The anticlockwise nature of Aragon negated the limitations Marquez still currently has with the right side of his body, while also allowing him to ride around the 2021 […]
Month: September 2021
Monza style crash “will not happen again anytime soon”
In the Italian Grand Prix’s FP2, Sainz lost control of his Ferrari in the middle of the fast Variante Ascari combination, spinning off the track on the inside and making hard head-on contact with the wall. It was Sainz’ third crash in four race weekends after going off in qualifying in Budapest before the summer […]
Espargaro says Honda Aragon MotoGP woes “painful”
The Honda rider enjoyed his best weekend of his 2021 campaign at Silverstone two weeks ago, when he took profit of the cooler conditions and increased track grip to secure pole and finish the race fifth. After a solid qualifying to eighth at Aragon, Espargaro slumped to 13th in the 23-lap grand prix as he […]
How F1 teams adapted to Monza’s low-drag characteristics
The usual approach with front wing design when it comes to tackling Monza is to reduce the frontal area and trimming off the upper wing flap. McLaren enjoyed its best F1 weekend in over a decade, helped by its latent straightline speed, and its own development of the front wing featured a reconfigured upper flap […]
Zarco “the loser of the day” after Aragon MotoGP
The satellite Ducati rider has all but given up on fighting for the 2021 title since the summer break, but believes finishing runner-up is an achievable goal. However, a victory for Francesco Bagnaia on the Ducati and a third for Joan Mir on the Suzuki has put Zarco down to fourth in the standings and […]
FIA sees no need to change Monza kerbs after Verstappen/Hamilton clash
Hamilton and Verstappen collided halfway through Sunday’s race, with Verstappen running out of room to pass Hamilton into the first chicane and running over the sausage kerbs. That impact launched the Red Bull driver into the air as he landed on top of Hamilton, his rear wheel hitting the Mercedes driver’s helmet. While Hamilton praised… […]
KTM MotoGP outcast Lecuona set for 2022 Honda WSBK switch
Along with current Tech3 stablemate Danilo Petrucci, Lecuona was left in the cold by KTM following the Austrian marque’s decision to promote current Moto2 riders Raul Fernandez and Remy Gardner next season. The Spaniard has been linked to one of the vacant rides at what is currently known as Petronas SRT, which will quit MotoGP […]
Verstappen/Hamilton clash put me off fighting Ricciardo
Norris followed Ricciardo home in a sensational 1-2 win for McLaren, its first victory since 2012. After the race, Norris said being part of that historic feat for the Woking team was “incredible” but also admitted he was thinking about how he could snatch the win himself. But Norris said the high-profile clash between Lewis […]
Vinales stepped out of “my comfort zone” in Aprilia MotoGP debut
The nine-time MotoGP race winner made his first official appearance with Aprilia at Aragon having been dropped by Yamaha with immediate effect following his Austrian GP suspension. Vinales completed two days of testing on the RS-GP at Misano ahead of his grand prix debut with Aprilia, and across practice and qualifying at Aragon he made […]
Autosport Podcast: Italian GP review
Ricciardo dominated the race after taking the lead from Verstappen at the first corner to secure his first F1 win since the 2018 Monaco GP and McLaren’s first win since the 2012 Brazilian GP. With Lando Norris claiming second, it also marked McLaren’s first 1-2 finish since the 2010 Canadian GP. But the biggest talking […]