Mir put an aggressive overtake on Miller at Turn 10 on lap 13 of Sunday’s MotoGP race, which resulted in the pair touching as they debated fifth spot. The pair made contact again on the main straight moments later, which was investigated by Race Direction but deemed a racing incident. Mir feels Miller intentionally clattered […]
Honda-backed Tsunoda ended the seven-year wait for a full-time Japanese grand prix driver by securing a seat at AlphaTauri alongside Pierre Gasly for 2021, earning plaudits for his performances in pre-season testing and the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The 20-year-old finished ninth in Bahrain to become the first Japanese driver ever… Continue Reading on Autosport
The Spaniard will start Sunday’s second round of the 2021 MotoGP season at the head of the pack after beating Pramac team-mate Johann Zarco to pole in Qatar with a 1m53.106s. Martin is the first rookie MotoGP pole winner to do so on a Ducati and the first debutant to take top honours in qualifying […]
The American outfit had revealed ahead of the first race that it wouldn’t develop its VF-21 car following the pre-season test in Bahrain, focusing all its resources on its 2022 challenger instead. Haas will have some minor updates for the second race of the season at Imola because they weren’t ready in time for testing […]
Morbidelli had endured a tricky week in Qatar, after a holeshot device issue meant he finished the first round of 2021 without points in 18th, while on Friday he was forced to unseal a third engine from his allocation following several issues in FP1. Even without his issues in the first Qatar race, Morbidelli hasn’t […]
The two-time world champion took his first grand prix start since 2018 at Sakhir following two years competing in the World Endurance Championship and the Dakar rally among others. Despite the long absence, Alonso made it into the top 10 in qualifying and was fighting for a point-scoring finish before a sandwich wrapper lodged into […]
The Petronas SRT Yamaha rider had to go through this evening’s Q1 session and was unable to make any impression, having admitted after Friday he wasn’t “strong enough” to fight for a top result. In the end Rossi only managed a 1m54.881s, some 1.7 seconds slower than his Qatar GP lap which put him fourth […]
In the Bahrain Grand Prix he struggled on the medium tyre in Q2 and started 11th, and then in the race he charged up to fifth after an engine issue on the formation lap obliged him to start from the pitlane. Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko suggested the Mexican was losing out to team-mate […]
The Moto2 graduate set the early pace in Saturday’s pole shootout session, before stunning everyone with his final effort of 1m53.106s to claim his first MotoGP pole in only his second start. Martin is the first rookie rider to score a pole position since Fabio Quartararo in 2019, and heads Ducati’s first 1-2 since Aragon […]
Norris was narrowly outqualified by Ricciardo on Saturday, before passing the Australian on his way from seventh to fourth during one of his strongest races so far. Norris’ performance drew praise from McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl, who saw evidence across the Bahrain weekend that Norris “made the next step” as a driver. “It’s… Continue […]