Year: 2021

15 Nov 2021

Bagnaia wins finale as Valentino Rossi brings career to a close

After 432 grand prix starts spanning 26 seasons, nine-time world champion Rossi has brought the curtain down on his career in an emotional final ride to 10th having qualified there. The Petronas SRT rider made up one spot to ninth on the opening lap, though was demoted to 11th when Enea Bastianini blasted past early […]

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14 Nov 2021

Valencia MotoGP win “best way possible” to celebrate Rossi

The Ducati rider chased down Pramac rookie Jorge Martin in the first half of Sunday’s 27-lap finale at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit before making a decisive move on lap 15, which ultimately took Bagnaia to his fourth win of 2021. Bagnaia – along with all VR46 Academy riders – ran a special Rossi tribute helmet, […]

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14 Nov 2021

Hamilton fined for undoing seatbelts on cool-down lap in Brazilian GP

Hamilton fought from 10th place on the grid to win ahead of championship rival Max Verstappen, but was placed under investigation for a seatbelt infringement after taking the chequered flag. Hamilton stopped by a marshal to take a Brazilian flag which he held aloft from the cockpit and then took with him onto the podium […]

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14 Nov 2021

Rossi was “worried” ahead of his “special” final MotoGP race

After 26 seasons, 432 grands prix, nine world titles and 115 victories, Rossi’s glittering MotoGP career came to an end on Sunday at the final round of the 2021 season. The Petronas SRT rider qualified 10th and held onto that position in what he described as “the best race” of his campaign, before enjoying rapturous […]

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14 Nov 2021

Alfa: Raikkonen/Giovinazzi crash a "misunderstanding"

Raikkonen was knocked into a spin by his teammate Giovinazzi early in the event while the two cars were battling with Fernando Alonso’s Alpine.However, the incident was not pursued by the FIA stewards, but Vasseur confirmed that his drivers had talked it through after the flag and agreed it was a racing incident.Giovinazzi finished the… […]

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14 Nov 2021

Honda withdraws Espargaro from Valencia MotoGP finale

Espargaro suffered a violent highside in FP3 on Saturday morning when the rear end of his Honda let go as he rounded the long left-hander at Turn 13. The Spaniard landed heavily on his back and needed to be stretchered off track by marshals before he was taken to the medical centre for checks. Initial […]

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14 Nov 2021

Aston Martin to run F1 sim driver Yelloly in Abu Dhabi rookie test

The single day for rookies in standard 2021 cars will be run in parallel with a two-day 18-inch tyre test for race drivers. Aston Martin doesn’t have a young driver programme and, while it potentially has access to Mercedes protege Nyck de Vries, the Formula E champion is likely to be used by the works […]

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