The American badly damaged his car during a high-speed crash in qualifying on Saturday, which has forced a change of chassis. The FIA discovered, however, that the team had assembled its spare car far more than was normally allowed according to the rules – so it was in effect judged to be a third car. […]
Following a long delay to help dry up the starting grid, the 11-lap sprint – shortened due to extreme heat and originally scheduled to start at 3:30pm local time – got under way just after 5pm at the Buddh International Circuit, with VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi starting from pole ahead of Pramac’s Martin and world champion […]
Verstappen took pole at Suzuka by roughly six tenths ahead of McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Having both drivers in the top three was a huge result for McLaren, but at the same time Stella felt it was humbling to see how much faster Verstappen was on the challenging layout, having hoped that […]
At the start of Saturday’s delayed 11-lap sprint at the Buddh International Circuit, five riders ended up tangling into Turn 1. VR46 Ducati duo Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini collided into Turn 1, with the latter suffering a broken collarbone while his polesitting team-mate was forced to recover to fifth. At the same time as […]
After a “nightmare” Friday, Hamilton was much happier with his W14 thanks to overnight changes, but he still faced a tricky balance come qualifying. As high as fourth in Q2, Hamilton took seventh place in Q3, immediately ahead of team-mate George Russell. The outcome clearly benchmarked the Mercedes as the fourth-best car at Suzuka after […]
Marquez’s existing deal with Honda covers the 2024 season, but in recent weeks has become heavily linked to a shock switch to Gresini to ride a year-old Ducati amid ongoing difficulties with the RC213V in 2023. Following a difficult test at Misano earlier this month where the 2024 Honda prototype failed to perform as per […]
The iconic figure-of-eight track has always been punishing on its rubber, but things could well be a bit more extreme this time around. Race day is expected to be another scorcher, and complaints that George Russell mentioned on Friday about a “strange” sliding have been caused by a track surface that has had a 15% […]
After a delay of almost two hours due to rain, the very first MotoGP race on Indian soil got under way on Saturday with the shortened sprint contest. Run in dry conditions over 11 laps, Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin dominated the race by 1.389 seconds over championship leader Francesco Bagnaia. It has cut the […]
A one-second deficit to pole position man Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix has exposed the major downforce deficit and balance struggles that Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have been battling with all season. With it clear that both men want big changes for next year, Mercedes trackside engineering director […]
Marquez suffered a highside at the Turn 5 left-hander at the end of the first qualifying segment. The 27-year-old immediately threw off his right glove and took some time to get to his feet, before needing to be helped away by the marshals. Despite progressing into Q2, Marquez was unable to compete in the session […]