Bagnaia trailed Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo by 52 points coming into this weekend’s Misano race and only needed to be outscored by three for the championship to go to Quartararo. The Ducati rider led for the first 22 of 27 laps on Sunday from pole and was on course to keep the championship rolling to Portugal, […]
All three drivers took new power units over the weekend and received automatic back of the grid penalties. However, the order in which they would line up on Sunday’s United States Grand Prix grid was determined by how they fared in qualifying. Usually drivers who have such penalties spend the weekend focusing on work for […]
Suffering his worst MotoGP qualifying in tricky conditions on Saturday at Misano, Quartararo fought his way through from 15th on the grid to run fifth in the latter stages of Sunday’s race. With title rival Francesco Bagnaia leading the race and on course to win, Quartararo was not set to wrap up the championship on […]
This year’s two title rivals are starting on the front row for Sunday’s US Grand Prix – the first time they have lined up alongside each other at the head of the pack since the Zandvoort race in early September and three events on from their Monza crash. That was the second collision between the […]
Title rivals Bagnaia and Quartararo both had to go through Q1 at Misano, but while the former eased through and went on to take the top spot for the fifth time in 2021, late yellow flags meant Quartararo will start a season-worst 15th. The Misano track dried sufficiently enough for the field to run slicks […]
The world champion outfit is facing a difficult end to the 2021 campaign as it juggles concerns about the durability of its internal combustion engines (ICE). Valtteri Bottas is already on to his sixth ICE of the season and will serve another five-place grid penalty for today’s United States Grand Prix. Mercedes says there are […]
Should Quartararo outscore Bagnaia by at least three points on Sunday at Misano, the Yamaha rider will be crowned the 2021 MotoGP world champion. But he registered his worst-ever qualifying result in MotoGP, 15th, following a lap cancellation in Q1 for a yellow flag infringement, while Bagnaia sailed through Q1 before snatching a fourth-successive pole. […]
After Verstappen had produced a strong lap in final practice before it was deleted for track limits, Red Bull discovered there was a visible crack in his rear wing. The team elected to make repairs to it to beef it up before qualifying, as well as strengthening the wing on team-mate Sergio Perez’s car as […]
The Honda rider was one of seven riders to crash during the FP4 session ahead of qualifying, which was run on slick tyres on a Misano track that was still damp in places and incredibly cold. As he pushed for his first time attack lap in Q2, Marquez was almost thrown from his bike at […]
The Red Bull driver beat F1 title rival Lewis Hamilton to pole with his final lap in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.209s to secure his ninth pole of the season. It marked a strong turnaround by Red Bull after Mercedes looked to have the stronger package after the opening practice session, while Verstappen also […]