The championship leader set a first lap in the final stage of qualifying that was more than good enough for pole, but proved his quality further by beating his own benchmark by over a tenth to beat second-placed Oscar Piastri by 0.581s. Red Bull’s renewed vigour followed a disappointing Singapore weekend in which the team […]
Sunday’s grand prix will now feature three fewer laps than planned, while the sprint race that is set to take place this afternoon has been cut by a lap. MotoGP riders got to sample the Hermann Tilke-designed Buddh circuit for the first time Friday, with two extended 70-minute practice sessions helping them get accustomed to […]
A slow-burning session, which featured no track action for the opening five minutes, ended with a series of qualifying simulations in which Verstappen set a 1m30.267s lap to eclipse the two McLarens – which had found performance relative to the Red Bull driver overnight. Verstappen had headed the field after the first set of soft-tyre […]
The YZR-M1 has regularly occupied the bottom part of the MotoGP speed traps in recent years, with its lack of grunt contributing to its slide down the order. Having won the title in 2021 with Fabio Quartararo and finished runner-up in the standings in 2022 with the Frenchman having scored three victories, it has scored […]
Tsunoda will be handed a fourth season at the Faenza outfit, while the currently injured Ricciardo will get a full season with the team after his mid-season comeback this summer. AlphaTauri’s driver decision had been made more complicated in recent weeks thanks to reserve driver Lawson’s impressive performances as Ricciardo’s replacement. While the Australian recovers […]
Honda has endured a miserable 2023 season, with Mir yet to score any more points since the opening grand prix of the season in Portugal back in March. As MotoGP made its debut on the Buddh International Circuit on Friday, the RC213V proved to be competitive in the hands of Marc Marquez and Mir, who […]
F1’s two main tyre warmer suppliers, Germany’s KLS and long-established British company MA Horne, are known to be exploring ways of reducing power consumption. Removing that requirement completely is one of the main reasons behind F1’s drive for a blanket ban, along with a reduction in the amount of freight that is shipped around the […]
This weekend marks the first ever MotoGP event in India, with VR46 Ducati topping both practice sessions on Friday with Marco Bezzecchi in FP1 and Luca Marini in FP2. The track was officially homologated on Thursday after the riders gave their approval, having come into the event carrying safety concerns about the recent circuit updates. […]
With Max Verstappen set to land his third consecutive F1 drivers’ crown this year, as well as a constructors’ title double for Red Bull, there is no hint yet of the partnership’s stunning form hitting the buffers. But there is a certain irony to the fact that Honda’s latest golden era in F1 has only come […]
Friday’s second 70-minute session at the Buddh International Circuit was delayed by around 45 minutes due to some logistical issues affecting the beginning of the earlier Moto3 FP2. Once action got underway, Marini guided his year-old Ducati to a 1m44.782s to lead Pramac’s Jorge Martin by 0.008 seconds. In a first for the 2023 season, […]