A year on from his maiden MotoGP podium at the Dutch venue, Bezzecchi kicked off the 2023 Assen weekend by leading the field by 0.314 seconds having taken control of FP1 early on. Bezzecchi went top with a 1m33.961s with around seven minutes of the session gone and began a succession of standings-topping laps, culminating […]
The ex-Renault, Ferrari and McLaren grand prix driver secured his sixth podium of the 2023 campaign last weekend in Canada. That haul after eight rounds is double the number of top-three results that the Spaniard achieved during his previous seven full-time seasons in F1. Alonso finished second in Montreal, crossing the line 9.57 seconds behind […]
Vinales joined Yamaha for the 2017 season and stayed there until midway through 2021, scoring eight of his nine MotoGP victories with the squad. As his results slumped following a round one win in Qatar in 2021, the relationship between Vinales and Yamaha had soured irreparably by the time of the Dutch GP – at […]
Leclerc initially hit out at Ferrari after getting knocked out of Q2 in Montreal when he and the team had failed to capitalise on improving track conditions. He had initially ventured out at the start of the session on intermediate tyres but, with a dry line emerging, he requested an immediate change to slicks. The […]
The Pramac rider scored his first grand prix victory in two years last weekend at the German Grand Prix, when he beat world champion Francesco Bagnaia by just 0.064 seconds. Martin is now just 16 points behind Bagnaia in the championship coming into this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen. Over the last few months, […]
A dominant win by 9.57 seconds for Verstappen in last weekend’s Canadian GP drew the two-time reigning champion level on 41 victories with Ayrton Senna, Hamilton’s racing hero. Coincidentally, the Montreal venue is also where Hamilton matched Senna’s qualifying tally of 65 pole positions in 2017. The Brit now holds 103 poles, equal to his score of GP […]
The 2023 MotoGP season ushered in one of the biggest format changes in the series’ history, as half-distance sprint races were added to the schedule at every round. As such, the entire makeup of a race weekend was altered to suit, with qualifying taking place on Saturday morning and deciding the grid for both the […]
Pirelli has been working to create tyres that do not need pre-heating, with teams and the FIA poised to vote next month on whether or not to go ahead with a tyre warmer ban for 2024. So far the issue has been mainly focused on the safety of the tyres, with a number of drivers […]
The KTM rider caused a storm last Sunday at the German Grand Prix when he called on rivals complaining about the problems they have been having with their bikes to “shut the fuck up and get on with the job”. Miller didn’t name anyone in his comments, but it was thought it was in part […]
Perez has now failed to make Q3 at three consecutive events, the streak having started with a qualifying crash at Monaco that led to a scrappy race and no points in the principality. In Spain, he recovered well from 11th on the grid to fourth after a solid race, and while in Canada his run from […]