KTM has currently found no solution to its rider logjam for the 2024 MotoGP season, with five riders contracted for four bikes. At the centre of this is Moto2 championship leader and potential generational talent Acosta, who will be coming to MotoGP next season after KTM activated his contract for 2024. Insight: Why the hype around […]
Month: September 2023
Flat Chat Podcast: Why Verstappen's rise shows no signs of slowing down
The Dutch driver added the record for the most consecutive F1 victories to his growing collection last weekend at Monza, with the youngest winner of a world championship race set to continue racking up success for many years to come.GP Racing editor Stuart Codling is joined by Mark Gallagher and Matt Kew to discuss the […]
Espargaro “pissed off” at “super bad” Bagnaia MotoGP crash coverage
Championship leader Bagnaia had his leg run over by KTM’s Brad Binder in a nasty accident on the opening lap of last week’s Catalan Grand Prix, having highsided out of Turn 2. Bagnaia escaped without serious injury and has been cleared to race in this weekend’s San Marino GP, despite suffering extensive bruising to his […]
F1 owner admits Verstappen's current domination "a challenge"
In Monza last weekend, Verstappen set a new record with his 10th consecutive grand prix win, while between them, the Dutchman and his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez have won every race held so far in 2023.Maffei said that F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is trying to focus on the fact that Verstappen is making history […]
Quartararo “hurts” returning to scene of MotoGP title amid current woes
The Frenchman claimed his maiden world championship at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Misano two years ago after a crash from rival Francesco Bagnaia handed him the championship with two rounds remaining. But Yamaha has struggled since, and though Quartararo finished second in last year’s standings, he is currently 11th, 178 points behind Ducati […]
Lack of F1 guarantee at my age played part in McLaren IndyCar U-turn
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou, who won his second IndyCar title for the team at Portland last weekend, had been driving TPC (testing previous cars) machinery as reserve driver for McLaren’s F1 team ahead of his expected switch to Arrow McLaren’s IndyCar squad next year. This was understood to be part of an evaluation phase of […]
Marquez flirts with a possible Gresini Ducati MotoGP switch for 2024
The speculation, which in recent weeks was labelled as a rumour, has kicked up a gear on Thursday at the San Marino Grand Prix, with some media outlets even writing that Marquez has already decided to quit his Honda contract a year early. Speedweek, a Red Bull-owned publication, claimed that Marquez will join Gresini with […]
High-downforce F1 Singapore GP offers hope after “worst race” at Monza
Hamilton, who has won in Singapore four times, believes that his team’s high-downforce package will work well at the Marina Bay street track. In July, he took pole position at the Hungaroring, another venue that played to the strengths of the Mercedes. “I feel like this [Monza] might be the worst one for us,” Hamilton […]
VR46 completes 2024 MotoGP line-up
Ahead of this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix – both Marini and the team’s home race – it was confirmed he would stay with his half brother Valentino Rossi’s team for another year. “Remaining in the Mooney VR46 Racing Team also in 2024 is for me a question of trust in a very close-knit working […]
Aston Martin needs to “give our drivers a better car”
The team struggled for performance with its low downforce package over the Italian GP weekend, with Fernando Alonso qualifying 10th and finishing ninth, and Lance Stroll out of the points in 16th from 20th on the grid. With Ferrari logging third and fourth the Maranello team moved ahead of Aston into third place in the […]