Championship leader Quartararo secured his place in Q2 for qualifying this afternoon after firing in a late 1m46.926s, which was strong enough to just withstand an attack from Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro with a 1m46.949s. After 10 minutes of running, only reigning world champion Joan Mir had made an improvement on the combined order. The Suzuki […]
Bottas turned the tables on his world champion team-mate Hamilton with a brilliant lap to grab the top spot in Friday’s qualifying session at Monza. And, with Hamilton locked in a close title fight with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Mercedes may need to lean on Bottas to move aside in Saturday’s sprint race to maximise […]
The ex-Yamaha rider made his official MotoGP debut in Aprilia colours on Friday at Aragon having completed a two-day test on the RS-GP at Misano two weeks ago. Vinales may have ended Friday at Aragon 20th overall, but was just 1.142 seconds off the best pace of Ducati’s Jack Miller and made a lap time […]
In the deciding Q3 shootout at Monza, Perez left the pitlane ahead of Verstappen to provide the Dutchman with a crucial tow that compromised his own result in the process. The assistance from Perez helped Verstappen qualify third for Saturday’s sprint, crucially just ahead of both McLarens, as Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis… Continue […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion was following his LCR Honda-mounted brother Alex Marquez in the opening stages of FP2 when he was forced to run wide to avoid hitting him at the Turn 16 left-hander. The elder Marquez brother then tucked the front when he hit the dirty outside line of the circuit and wrecked […]
With the slipstream so important for a quick lap around Monza, teams were eager in Friday evening’s session to try to stay close together to maximise the tow. It meant that at the end of Q2, there was a rush for the pit exit as teams released their cars together in the final shootout spot […]
Miller’s late lap of 1m47.613s gave him top spot at the end of FP2 to beat Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro, while Yamaha test rider and stand-in Cal Crutchlow claimed an impressive third place despite saying he is “not bothered” about results over this weekend. Marc Marquez, who dominated FP1 for Honda, failed to put in a […]
The entire race weekend schedule has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first having taken place at the British GP in July. Valtteri Bottas has taken top spot in qualifying for the sprint race ahead of Mercedes […]
Crutchlow is competing in what is scheduled to be his last race as a stand-in this season, having replaced Franco Morbidelli at Petronas SRT in the Austria double-header before taking over Maverick Vinales’ seat at the factory Yamaha squad for Silverstone and Aragon. The British rider was third fastest at the end of practice and […]
Monza will host F1’s second sprint race on Saturday after the format debuted at Silverstone, with qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix taking place on Friday evening. F1 motorsport chief Ross Brawn revealed to Autosport this week that changes to the sprint race weekend format are being evaluated. One move could be that F1 makes […]