The fast Turn 7 left-hander was a particular point of concern following a fast crash for Marc Marquez in FP3, where the Honda rider went straight to the air fence and was subsequently taken to hospital for checks. Marquez’s Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro had a similar crash at the same corner in FP4 and says […]
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko spoke out after qualifying at Portimao suggesting that there could have been an ulterior motive to Norris being told on team radio not to do Verstappen any favours. Speaking to Austrian channel Servus TV, Marko said Red Bull had noted the radio message – and hinted at it being […]
Many riders were critical of having to use pre-heated tyres during the Doha GP round, with a number of runners getting caught out in crucial moments with the lack of grip from these options. Pre-heated tyres are unused tyres from an allocation for a grand prix weekend that have been returned to Michelin to be […]
The Australian had had an encouraging first day of practice in Portugal, but could not pull a lap together in Q1 on Saturday to get himself through to the second part of qualifying. It means he will line up 16th on the grid, which is his worst start since the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix. Reflecting […]
Quartararo has been on pole at Jerez for the last three races at the circuit and continued that run on Saturday, edging ahead of Yamaha stablemate Morbidelli by 0.057 seconds. Ducati’s Jack Miller found himself promoted into a Q2 slot despite ending FP3 11th, as Morbidelli has a lap cancelled after the session and dropping […]
The latest changes to the 2021 FIA Financial Regulations include official confirmation of the numbers that were finally agreed after months of debate between the teams, the FIA and F1, which delayed the official announcement of the sprint qualifying format. Teams were concerned that a sprint race and thus an extra start and first lap… […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion tumbled off his RC213V at Jerez’s Turn 7 left-hander in the latter stages of this morning’s session. Marquez was able to walk away from the accident but went to the circuit’s medical centre for further checks, which revealed he’s escaped serious injury and suffered just a cervical contusion. As a […]
Ferrari youngster and 2020 F2 runner-up Ilott made his grand prix weekend debut on Friday at Portimao, deputising for Antonio Giovinazzi at Alfa Romeo. The appearance came as part of Ilott’s new role as Alfa Romeo’s second reserve driver, being on standby for the team when first back-up Robert Kubica is unavailable. Ilott finished 17th… […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion broke his right humerus in a nasty crash at the Turn 3 left-hander in the 2020 season-opener, which began an injury layoff that would continue until the Portuguese GP a fortnight ago. Marquez elected against a time attack run in FP2 and ended Friday 16th overall, but admitted he had […]
Alpine struggled to compete with midfield leaders McLaren, Ferrari and AlphaTauri through the first two race weekends of the year, scoring just three points across both Bahrain and Imola. But the French team appeared to make a big step forward on Friday in Portugal as Fernando Alonso and Ocon finished fifth and sixth in second […]