The 23-year-old Briton, who will start 12th on the grid at Imola, was switching to his Mercedes power unit’s push mode in Q1 when he got sideways and ran across the gravel. He was trying to leave the change to the last possible moment in order to gain the maximum benefit over his flying lap. […]
Bagnaia went four tenths clear of the field with his final Q2 lap of 1m38.494s, which smashed the existing Algarve International Circuit lap record and would have secured him his second pole in three rounds. However, Bagnaia – who took his first MotoGP pole at the 2021 season-opening Qatar GP – set this lap having […]
After finishing ninth in final practice on Saturday morning at Imola, Alonso struggled throughout qualifying, scraping through Q1 before propping up the timesheets in Q2. In his second qualifying session since returning to F1 after a two-year absence, Alonso finished four-tenths off a Q3 berth, setting an identical lap time to Williams’… Continue Reading on […]
Martin came off his Ducati at the Turn 7 right-hander while he was on an out lap in the closing stages of this morning’s practice. Though it’s still unclear how the crash happened, Martin was heavily knocked around when he hit the gravel trap and required medical assistance. The session was red-flagged while medics attended […]
The French car manufacturer has slipped back against its main rivals this year, and it left the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix without scoring any points. While the team is hopeful that an aggressive upgrade push can lift it up the grid, its executive director Marcin Budkowski says its difficulties can be traced back to […]
Martin came off his Ducati at the Turn 7 right-hander while he was on an out lap in the closing stages of this morning’s practice. Though it’s still unclear how the crash happened, Martin was heavily knocked around when he hit the gravel trap and required medical assistance. The session was red-flagged while medics attended […]
Indeed on Friday the quickest lap of the day, logged by Charles Leclerc in second practice, was deleted by the stewards. There’s a reasonable chance that Saturday’s qualifying session could be impacted by similar penalties. In Bahrain Turn 4 was one of the main talking points of the race, with Lewis Hamilton warned for routinely […]
The Spaniard stunned the paddock last time out when he stormed to pole before finishing the Doha GP third having led it for the first 17 laps. But Martin was 3.055 seconds of the best pace in last on the timesheets after Friday’s practice, which was topped by fellow Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia. Though the […]
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas spent much of pre-season testing and the opening race weekend in Bahrain battling to get to grips with the new Mercedes W12, which struggled with an unstable rear-end after changes to the car floor design regulations. Hamilton narrowly beat Red Bull rival Max Verstappen to victory in Bahrain, but was… […]
Marquez made his long-awaited comeback on Friday at the Algarve International Circuit, having sat out the 2020 season after breaking his right arm badly in the season-opening Spanish GP at Jerez. Third-fastest on a drying track in FP1, Marquez bagged himself a provisional Q2 place after ending FP2 sixth quickest with a lap just 0.473s […]