The Dutchman had opened up a solid lead towards the end of the Monza race, after biding his time early in the grand prix as he battled Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for the win before he moved to the front. But his hopes of an easy cruise to the flag suffered a late blow when his […]
The 24-lap race on Sunday in Barcelona was halted after two major incidents in the first two corners, one of which involved Bagnaia. The reigning champion got the holeshot from pole position and crashed on his own as he came around Turn 2. Bagnaia was then sickeningly struck by KTM’s Brad Binder, who could do […]
Although Ferrari threw everything it had at securing victory in its home Formula 1 race at Monza, Red Bull proved too strong over the Italian Grand Prix weekend. It seemed inevitable that Max Verstappen would break the record for most consecutive wins in Ferrari’s backyard, but that didn’t stop the Scuderia – willed on by […]
The Italian crashed braking for Turn 1 on the opening lap of last Sunday’s Catalan GP having started from 14th following a grid penalty. Bastianini collected Pramac’s Johann Zarco, who in turn was forced into a collision with fellow Ducati riders Fabio Di Giannantonio, Alex Marquez and Marco Bezzecchi. The four-time grand prix winner was […]
After taking an emotional pole on Saturday, Sainz produced a combative display at Monza in front of Ferrari’s tifosi, putting on a strong defence in the first stint of a one-stopper in an attempt to keep Verstappen’s quicker Red Bull at bay. Sainz used his Ferrari’s excellent top speed to successfully defend his position several […]
The Spaniard elected to quit Yamaha a year early midway through 2021 having struggled for form on the M1 before he was ousted with immediate effect following the Styrian GP having been found to have deliberately tried to break his engine. Vinales subsequently signed for Aprilia and made his debut with the team later that year. […]
Sainz and Leclerc were running third and fourth after Red Bull’s Sergio Perez had passed both drivers and moved into second. Vasseur opted not to tell the drivers to hold station and bring home the points and instead, the message was passed on that they could continue to race each other to the flag, but […]
A dramatic and historic Catalan Grand Prix is in the books as Aleix Espargaro led a first-ever Aprilia 1-2 in MotoGP. After taking victory in the sprint, Espargaro led team-mate Maverick Vinales in Sunday’s main race to score his second grand prix win of the season on home soil after April’s Spanish GP at Jerez, capping a remarkable weekend […]
The Mercedes driver went across the escape road twice during the Italian Grand Prix, once in tandem with Sergio Perez during their battle for position, and then later on his own when he emerged from the pits alongside Esteban Ocon. On the latter occasion Russell was deemed to have gained an advantage, and having not given […]
Having won the sprint race on Saturday, Espargaro looked set to be beaten on Sunday by Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales after a mistake mid-race cost him a lot of time. As Vinales’ gap grew to over 1.3 seconds on lap 11 of 23, Espargaro only marginally chipped into this over the next few tours. But, […]