The Mexican had qualified on the front row at Imola, but his hopes of a good finish were wrecked by a spate of incidents in the tricky conditions. He spun early on behind the safety car, and was then handed a 10-second stop/go penalty for overtaking rivals as he regained his original position. Later on in the […]
The rookie crashed at Turn 7 in the latter stages of Saturday’s FP3 session at the Algarve track, the Spaniard needing to be stretchered off track and taken to hospital for checks. Martin was found to have suffered fractures to his right hand and ankle and was ruled out of the rest of the Portimao […]
Bottas collided with Williams driver Russell while battling for ninth place in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, resulting in a big crash that caused the race to be red flagged. Bottas and Russell were quick to blame each other for causing the crash on the approach to Turn 2, but the stewards deemed it to […]
Bagnaia had set a new lap record on his Ducati to provisionally take pole position at Portimao, only to see his time deleted for a yellow flag infringement which landed Yamaha’s Quartararo his first pole of the 2021 MotoGP season. The late lap time deletion for Bagnaia, triggered by last year’s Portuguese GP winner Miguel […]
The Aston Martin driver endured an eventful race at Imola while making the most of favourable damp conditions to finish seventh at the chequered flag. However, Stroll was judged to have breached regulations when overtaking AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly following a post-race investigation, resulting in a five-second penalty. It was deemed… Continue Reading on Autosport
Quartararo repeated his Doha race-winning route to victory at the Algarve, recovering from sixth at the end of the first lap to lead early on and go on to dominate to take a 15-point lead in the championship. Johann Zacro powered his Pramac Ducati into the lead at the start as poleman Quartararo dropped back, […]
Stewards determined the Alfa Romeo driver breached regulations having failed to enter the pitlane for the restart of the race after the red-flag period caused by the clash between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell. On the lap prior to the restart following the race suspension, Raikkonen spun his Alfa Romeo at Turn 3. Sporting regulations… […]
Nine months since he suffered the arm break that would rule him out of the 2020 season, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez made his return to action at Portimao this weekend. After qualifying sixth, Marquez ran as high as third on the opening lap, before eventually being shuffled back to ninth as he tried to […]
Norris had been in third place for the restart on lap 35, after the race was red-flagged following a clash between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas, tucked in behind leader Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. After Verstappen had nearly spun at the restart, it meant Leclerc didn’t find a useful tow behind the Red […]
Quartararo stormed to his second-successive race win in 2021 by 4.8 seconds at the Algarve International Circuit to open up a 15-point lead in the championship after three rounds. Quartararo made a similarly strong start to his 2020 campaign, but was a lowly 14th at the Algarve track last season after the Portuguese venue proved […]