Yamaha still has only one podium to its credit in 2023 courtesy of a third for Quartararo in the Americas Grand Prix in April, while the Frenchman is its top runner in the standings in ninth – 86 points off the lead. Quartararo has previously complained this year about Yamaha making little progress with its […]
Gasly received three places apiece for holding up Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen in separate incidents in Barcelona. He matched team-mate Esteban Ocon’s Monaco performance in qualifying fourth, but his six-place cumulative penalty dropped him down to 10th. He then lost more places with a scrappy first lap before eventually recovering to score a point […]
Everyone has their breaking point. And everyone reacts in a different way when frustrations boil over, generally doing so in a way that is out of character. This is very much what we are seeing unfold in front of us with Marc Marquez. It’s no secret he is losing patience with Honda. Having gone through […]
On-track action during FP1 only lasted three minutes after a stoppage by Alpine’s Pierre Gasly caused an early red flag. Even after the Frenchman’s stricken car was removed from the racetrack, the session remained on halt because of a synchronisation issue with the local CCTV camera circuit, which for safety reasons is required to be […]
The second practice session was extended by half an hour following the opening session’s curtailment as technical issues emerged with the circuit’s CCTV system. This left the teams, who had managed only the most cursory of laps in FP1, with the bulk of the data to gather ahead of Saturday’s preparations for qualifying. Charles Leclerc […]
MotoGP’s return to German comes as part two of a triple-header prior to the summer shutdown, which began last week with the Italian GP at Mugello. Unsettled weather forecasts for the Sachsenring weekend proved correct on Friday morning as light rain midway through FP1 interrupted proceedings. While it called a brief pause to the action, […]
The duo led the way in the extended second free practice session in Montreal which took place after first free practice had to be abandoned because of CCTV problems. But in the wake of the performance boost delivered by upgrades at the Spanish GP, the team’s form around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has raised hopes […]
While the afternoon running for the lower classes was affected by wet weather, it had cleared in time for the hour-long second practice for the MotoGP field. Bezzecchi led the way with a 1m20.271s after snatching the top spot by 0.040 seconds on his final lap. The session was twice hit by red flags, with […]
After a delayed and curtailed opening practice due to CCTV system issues at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, practice properly got under way in the second session which was extended to 90 minutes to make up for the lost running. Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 from team-mate George Russell, profiting from a later soft tyre run […]
Honda rider Marquez was beginning a flying lap in the closing stages of FP2 when he lost the front-end of his bike braking into Turn 1. At the same time, Zarco was exiting pitlane and was wiped out by the errant Honda, which ripped the front wheel of the Ducati off. Both riders were unscathed […]