Ride height – or holeshot – devices have been common place in MotoGP since the back-end of 2018, when Ducati first introduced a system that could lower the rear of its bike to help with acceleration off the line at race starts. Ducati moved the game on in 2019 when it introduced a device that […]
Magnussen qualified seventh for Haas on Saturday, and ran as high as fifth in the opening stages before slipping behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Mercedes’ George Russell. But when Perez and team-mate Max Verstappen both retired in the closing stages due to a fuel pump issue, Magnussen rose to fifth place once again, giving […]
The four-time MotoGP race winner qualified sixth having come through the Q1 session, which he admitted afterwards that he “would have signed for” after yellow flags in Friday’s FP2 session stopped him from progressing straight into Q2. With the rain conditions that hit the shortened 20-lap Mandalika race being typically good for Ducati, Bagnaia was […]
Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo could qualify only 13th and 18th respectively, and on Sunday the team rolled the dice and took a gamble – surprisingly perhaps with both cars – to start on medium tyres. Lacking grip off the grid and around the opening lap, Norris and Ricciardo were fighting with one hand tied […]
Pedrosa called time on his storied MotoGP career at the end of the 2018 season, having made his debut in the premier class in 2006. A Honda rider for all of his grand prix career, winning a 125cc title and two 250cc titles from 2003-2005, Pedrosa was three-times a championship runner-up in MotoGP and […]
The German manufacturer endured a challenging season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with its W13 no match for Ferrari and Red Bull around the Sakhir track. But as well as struggling to match its rivals in the high-speed corners, the Mercedes was well down in the speed traps too. And, with Mercedes’ customer teams all battling towards […]
MotoGP has returned to Indonesia for the first time since 1997 this weekend at the new Mandalika International Street Circuit on the island of Lombok. Despite tricky conditions and a new track surface following problems with the asphalt in February’s pre-season test, there have been few incidents in the MotoGP sessions so far this weekend. […]
McLaren entered the 2022 season looking to build on a strong campaign last year, highlighted by its first win for almost nine years at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. But the team endured a difficult race in Bahrain as its cars finished 14th and 15th, with Daniel Ricciardo leading home Norris. After qualifying 13th, […]
MotoGP’s first visit to the Mandalika International Street Circuit on the island of Lombok has so far not disappointed, as the first Indonesian qualifying session since 1997 was full of drama. Top honours went to reigning world champion Quartararo, who guided his Yamaha to a 1m31.067s in a Q2 session in which he looked more […]
The dawn of a second ground-effect era for Formula 1 only heightened the anticipation around the first race of a new season, as a fresh competitive order was revealed in Bahrain. Those lofty expectations were largely met as Charles Leclerc and defending champion Max Verstappen battled hard for victory over three critical laps before the […]