The Frenchman was worried about the overtaking potential of the 2021 Yamaha after pre-season testing, but carved his way through from ninth after the early laps to claim victory by 1.4 seconds and end a podium drought dating back to last September’s Catalan GP. Quartararo headed an historic French 1-2 in Doha, with Pramac’s Johann […]
Aided by a more powerful Honda engine, AlphaTauri came out of the blocks strong in the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix last month. Pierre Gasly showed the potential of the car by qualifying fifth but didn’t manage to achieve a good result due to sustaining front wing damage at the start. Rookie Yuki Tsunoda impressed […]
Petronas SRT rider Franco Morbidelli will have to unseal a third engine from his allocation for the 2021 MotoGP season after encountering issues in FP1 for the Doha Grand Prix. Morbidelli was shown the black flag with the orange circle, denoting a technical issue, after his SRT ‘A-spec’ Yamaha was caught smoking at Turn 1. […]
Horner admitted to some frustration after the Bahrain race at the way he felt there was a lack of consistency and clear guidance over the policing of track limits at Turn 4. While drivers had been told that anyone abusing the limits in qualifying would have their lap times deleted, for the race there was […]
With conditions in FP3 set to be too hot for the Losail circuit to allow for improvements in lap time, Mir is resigned to facing the first qualifying shootout session on Saturday just as he did last weekend. The Suzuki rider could only manage 13th at the end of Friday’s action, missing a place inside […]
The Spaniard was in the mix for a top ten finish at the F1 season opener as he battled with McLaren, Aston Martin and Ferrari rivals over the early stages of the Sakhir race. But just when it looked like he was on course to deliver points in his first race for Alpine, despite some […]
Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini tragically died after losing his battle with COVID-19 in February. Martin raced for Gresini’s Moto3 squad from 2017-2018, the Spaniard winning eight grands prix in that time and securing the world title in 2018. Stepping up to Pramac Ducati in 2021 in MotoGP, Martin stunned with […]
Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull for the F1 season-opener and led the opening stages of the race, but frequently reported problems and was unable to pull more than two seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. This allowed Hamilton to pit early and get the undercut on Verstappen, laying the foundations for the Mercedes driver […]
Zarco was signed to KTM from Tech3 in 2019 in a move that was expected to see him fight for race wins and the title with the Austrian marque. But he endured a miserable part-campaign with the marque, terminating his two-year contract following the Austrian GP before KTM dropped him with immediate effect following the […]
The team previously known as Renault endured a tough season-opening Bahrain GP, with Fernando Alonso retiring and team-mate Ocon finishing down in a disappointing 13th position. It was the first time since last year’s Spanish GP that neither of the Enstone team’s cars finished in the points. Ocon’s race chances at Sakhir were compromised… Continue […]