As the field changed to slicks in a wet-to-dry race, Hamilton was stuck behind Alonso in the battle for seventh, and the Briton remained on Alonso’s gearbox right until the race was called early after 64 laps as the clock ran out. To Hamilton’s great frustration, Alonso trundled around so slowly that McLaren’s Lando Norris […]
First reported by Autosport ahead of Aprilia’s official confirmation on Thursday afternoon at Mugello on the eve of the Italian Grand Prix, Aprilia has renewed both riders for two more years. Aprilia and Espargaro have been locked in talks for some time over a renewal, with the Spaniard admitting following his historic maiden win at […]
After running well during practice, Gasly qualified a lowly 17th after a strategy mix-up by AlphaTauri prevented him from setting a time at the end of Q1. The Frenchman told his team to “be prepared” to take risks on strategy in the race, prompting him to be the first driver in the field to switch […]
The 2020 teams’ world champions and riders’ world champions with Mir have endured a torrid season since Suzuki made its decision to quit MotoGP at the end of 2022 following the Spanish Grand Prix. At the French GP, both riders crashed out of strong positions, while last weekend at Mugello Alex Rins was taken […]
Perez was drafted in by Red Bull for the 2021 season to replace Alex Albon and while he struggled to match teammate Max Verstappen and only took five podiums to Verstappen’s 18 – with one win – the Mexican did enough to trigger a one-year contract extension. In 2022 Perez confirmed that Red Bull’s confidence […]
The eighth round of the 2022 season sees MotoGP head to Italy for the first of two races in the country this year, with the series returning in September to Misano. It also marks the first race at Mugello to be held with a full attendance allowed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reigning […]
Alfa Romeo driver Zhou started his first Monaco Grand Prix from last place on the grid after failing to get a lap in after the red flag in Q1, but rose to as high as 14th in the opening stages. Zhou dropped back to 16th after the red flag stoppage for Mick Schumacher’s crash, and […]
As first reported by Autosport, Aprilia has signed a two-year deal with an option for a further two seasons that will see RNF become its first satellite team in MotoGP. This means the team helmed by Razlan Razali and born out of the now defunct Petronas Sepang Racing Team will part ways with Yamaha, having […]
The Red Bull driver profited from key tyre strategy calls to leapfrog both Ferrari drivers, before defending his lead from Carlos Sainz after a red flag stoppage for Mick Schumacher’s heavy crash. Charles Leclerc was left to rue “too many mistakes” by Ferrari as he slipped to fourth place, while F1 world title rival Max […]
MotoGP will lose a manufacturer at the end of the 2022 season after Suzuki made the shock announcement it would be quitting the series. In the day after Autosport first broke the story, MotoGP owners Dorna Sports issued a statement saying it had high levels of interest from independent teams and factories about coming to […]