On lap three of the race, Norris lost control of his McLaren through the flat-out left-hander of Turn 11 on a bump in the middle of the road. The Briton spun and went backwards into the outside wall, coming to a stop in the run-off area for Turn 12. After passing through the medical centre, […]
Having taken a maiden pole last month in Indonesia, Marini added a second to his career tally when he fired in a 1m51.762s at the end of Q2 on his VR46 Ducati. He denied Gresini’s Fabio Di Giannantonio, who Marini is now also likely to beat to the vacant factory Honda seat for 2024, a […]
At new venues, the teams with the most advanced simulators often get the job done best – and Red Bull often come out on top. Max Verstappen has dominated this season, and the odds of another win for the Red Bull driver are 1/4 while conversely the odds of him failing to be a classified […]
Coming into Saturday’s sprint at Losail trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points, the latter could have won the 2023 title this weekend. However, Martin’s charge to victory in the sprint and Bagnaia struggling to fifth means the gap between them shrinks to seven, ensuring the title battle will go to the final round of the […]
1. It’s going to be cold Las Vegas was baking in 40+ degree heat back in the middle of summer, but it is very different on late nights in November. Temperatures plummet when the sun goes down and the low grip levels will suit those who can warm their tyres up quickest. McLaren is one […]
The reigning world champion came to Qatar with a chance of wrapping up the 2023 crown in the grand prix, if he was able to outscore Pramac rival Martin by 23 points across both races. However, after Martin won the sprint and Bagnaia could only manage fifth as he battled a lack of rear grip, […]
It is asking for payments of “in excess” of $30,000 per spectator, split equally between “general” and “special” damages. After Thursday’s incident involving Carlos Sainz led to first practice being stopped, there was a lengthy delay while water valve covers were checked. FP2 was supposed to start at midnight, and it finally got underway at […]
The pair came together on track at Turn 6 in the early stages of the Qatar weekend’s third practice session on Saturday morning, as Espargaro tried to overtake. Aprilia rider Espargaro gesticulated furiously at Morbidelli and later slapped him on his crash helmet when the latter motioned to him to calm down. Espargaro was given […]
McLaren went into the inaugural race weekend around the streets of Vegas with muted expectations but, while similar pessimism proved unwarranted in Austin, Mexico or Brazil, it did turn out to be justified on the low-downforce street circuit. Lando Norris was knocked out by former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by a mere 0.020 seconds in Q1 […]
In the early stages of Saturday morning’s third practice of the weekend (officially designated as FP2), Espargaro and Morbidelli came together on track. Morbidelli had just passed the Aprilia at Turn 5 before Espargaro tried to do the same at Turn 6, with the pair connecting as they tried to turn in. Both ran wide […]