Month: October 2023

13 Oct 2023

Martin heads Aprilia duo in first practice

Martin set a time of 1m31.811s on his Pramac Ducati with just 40 seconds left on the clock, taking the top spot by 0.102s from long-time pacesetter Vinales. Vinales held the top spot for almost the entire 45-minute session at the Mandalika circuit and managed to find over a tenth on his final effort, but […]

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13 Oct 2023

Ex-Haas F1 sponsor Rich Energy boss Storey trying to buy Reading FC

The Daily Telegraph reports that Storey must now pass the English Football League’s ‘fit and proper persons test’ before he can complete on Reading, who were relegated to League One (the third tier) for this season. Reading, in the relegation zone after 11 games, were the subject of a winding-up petition from HM Revenue & […]

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13 Oct 2023

Gresini announces Marquez’s MotoGP deal for 2024

Last week Honda announced that it had agreed to part ways with the eight-time world champion mutually at the end of the season, despite Marquez being contracted for next year. Marquez, who won all six of his premier class titles with Honda having spent the last 11 years with the Japanese marque, has been heavily […]

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13 Oct 2023

F1 champion Mika Hakkinen to mentor rising F2 star Maini

The Finn is throwing his weight behind Maini, and says the target is very clear: “F1 is our objective”. Hakkinen’s track record in this department is strong, having played a significant role in the development of former Mercedes F1 race winner and current Alfa Romeo Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas. In the current F1 field Mark […]

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12 Oct 2023

McLaren to trial recycle carbon fibre at F1’s US GP

McLaren has teamed up with the specialised company V Carbon to pioneer the use of recycled carbon on its MCL60. The recycled material will first be used on the cockpit branding panels of the cars driven by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. McLaren intends to keep the material on its cars for the remainder of […]

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12 Oct 2023

Marquez ‘wishes to cross paths’ with Honda again in MotoGP

After 11 years together and six world titles, Marquez and Honda will part ways at the end of the current campaign after both parties mutually agreed to do so. This follows an immensely difficult season for Marquez on the RC213V, which has yielded just one grand prix podium in 15 rounds so far. He will […]

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12 Oct 2023

Staying with Honda in MotoGP was “the easy solution” – Marquez

After Honda announced it would be parting ways with Marquez by mutual agreement at the end of 2023 last week, Gresini confirmed on Thursday morning that it had signed the eight-time world champion. While it was a move rumoured for some time, Marquez revealed ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix that he only made his […]

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12 Oct 2023

Burning F1 seat that hurt Alonso a work in progress

Around the halfway mark of a sweltering Losail race, Alonso urged the team to come up with a solution after feeling a burning pain in his seat. “The seat is burning, mate,” he said on the team radio. “Anything we can do at the pit stop? Throw me water or something!” The team couldn’t do much to provide some […]

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