From 11th on the grid the Italian had a great first lap, avoiding incidents ahead to jump up to sixth place. He lost a spot to Carlos Sainz Jr after the restart, but he was still running a strong seventh ahead of Sebastian Vettel when he was called in for an early pit stop on lap […]
The Honda rider crashed during an off-road training session last Saturday and suffered what HRC described as a mild concussion. Having still been experiencing symptoms when he went for a check-up ahead of the Algarve Grand Prix, the decision was made to bench Marquez for MotoGP’s return to Portugal for a second time this season […]
Verstappen and Red Bull utterly dominated last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, the Dutchman taking his eighth win of the campaign ahead of Hamilton and teammate Sergio Perez. That moved Verstappen 19 points clear of Hamilton in the drivers’ championship, with Red Bull closing the gap to Mercedes in the constructors’ standings to a single… Continue […]
Max Verstappen took another step towards winning his first championship with a dominant victory on Sunday as Formula 1 made a vibrant return to Mexico. While the on-track event lacked the excitement of some recent races, it nevertheless saw the momentum swing back and forth between Red Bull and Mercedes across the course of the […]
The outgoing world champion endured a torrid couple of races at Misano and COTA last month, and admitted he was “mentally collapsed” after the Emilia Romagna GP – which forced him to take a full week off from training. In Portugal last weekend Mir enjoyed his strongest weekend of the season, qualifying on the front […]
Bottas has already visited the Hinwil factory and had a seat fitting in anticipation of a deal being reached. Usually in such situations, complex commercial arrangements have to be addressed. However, the date of the 18-inch tyre test – on 14-15 December – is so late in the calendar year that it falls close to […]
Bagnaia made these comments in response to the incident involving Darryn Binder in Sunday’s Moto3 Algarve Grand Prix, in which the MotoGP-bound South African controversially wiped out title hopeful Dennis Foggia on the last lap while trying to overtake another rider. Binder – younger brother of double MotoGP race winner Brad – will make his […]
The Monegasque and his team-mate were locked in a tight fight with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly throughout the Mexico City race as they battled for fourth spot. A strategy offset between the two Ferrari drivers, with Sainz having extended his opening stint to have fresher hards at the end, had brought him on to the back […]
Miller was overtaken by the charging LCR Honda of Marquez on lap 12 of 23 in Sunday’s red-flagged Algarve race, but finally found a way through again on lap 21 when Marquez ran wide. The Ducati rider suffered several moments in the latter stages when he reclaimed third from Marquez, with the Spaniard right on […]
With the world championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton so close, their team-mates have been used at races this year to try to take away fastest lap points. In Mexico, with Valtteri Bottas outside of the points following his Turn 1 incident, Mercedes made a late switch to softs for the Finn to […]