The Ducati rider claimed his fourth consecutive pole position by progressing through Q1 and storming the pole shootout in tricky conditions to take top spot by 0.025s from team-mate Jack Miller. It was a nightmare qualifying for MotoGP world championship leader Fabio Quartararo as he failed to progress from Q1 and then had his best […]
In Saturday’s FP3 session title rivals Hamilton and Verstappen both showed they still had plenty of pace in hand for qualifying but track limits excursions on their final timed lap meant that pace didn’t translate into a valid laptime. Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was the first driver to take to a sunny Circuit of the […]
Avintia rookie Marini has endured a largely difficult rookie campaign in MotoGP aboard the VR46-backed two-year-old Ducati, but in recent rounds has started to show flashes of speed. Marini took advantage of the cold and tricky conditions in qualifying at Misano to put his GP19 third on the grid, missing pole by just 0.085 seconds […]
There has been increasing speculation that F1 could add a third American race to its schedule in the coming years – joining the existing Circuit of the Americas event and the upcoming first race in Miami. Las Vegas has been touted as a possible third venue, while famous American racing marque Andretti is currently in […]
Quartararo had to go through Q1 for just the second time in his MotoGP career on Saturday at Misano after failing to get into the top 10 at the end of a damp FP3. Beginning his final flying lap in Q1 13th, Quartararo could do no better than that position – but was demoted to […]
Giovinazzi was given the call to let Raikkonen pass him in the closing stages of the race two weeks ago at Istanbul Park after being quickly caught by his Alfa Romeo team-mate. But Giovinazzi did not move aside for Raikkonen as he pushed to catch Esteban Ocon for the final point in P10, falling 0.8 […]
The wet weather that affected Friday remained for the start of Saturday’s running at Misano, but it didn’t take long in FP3 for riders to begin finding good lap times to make significant improvements on the combined timesheets. After 10 minutes Marc Marquez had made the biggest jump up to fourth overall with a 1m42.305s, […]
Last week the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council rubber-stamped F1’s longest-ever season with a 2022 calendar comprising 23 grands prix. The Miami Grand Prix will make its first appearance, while the Australian, Canadian, Japanese and Singapore Grands Prix are all returning after an enforced two-year absence due to COVID-19. Two-time F1 world… Continue Reading on […]
Three teenagers have died in FIM-sanctioned competition at international and European level in 2021. In May 19-year-old Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier died in an incident in qualifying at Mugello, while in July 14-year-old Hugo Milan was killed in a European Talent Cup race at Aragon. And last month 15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales – cousin of […]
Hamilton’s 1m34.842s would have edged him ahead of Perez by 0.104s, but going beyond the accepted track limits at the penultimate corner on a qualifying simulation run mid-way through the second 60-minute session cost the world champion the top spot and left the Red Bull heading the times with a 1m34.946s. In sweltering conditions at […]