Vinales scored his first pole as an Aprilia rider and first since Assen 2021 on Saturday at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit with a new lap record. The Aprilia rider rued his medium rear tyre choice, however, and dropped to fourth having led briefly during the 13-lap race. In the 10-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning, […]
In a tight Q2 session, Hamilton could only muster 11th and reported on the radio afterwards that “there’s something not right with this car”. Meanwhile, team-mate George Russell went on to qualify fourth in Q3. Hamilton and Russell have been plagued all year by a capricious Mercedes W14 that is hard to trust. Hamilton felt […]
This weekend is the factory HRC rider’s last with the team after 11 years and six premier class titles before he moves to the Gresini Ducati team for 2024. He qualified ninth on Saturday morning before finishing third in the sprint race behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin and factory KTM rider Brad Binder. It was his […]
The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen’s main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel complex at the Yas Marina circuit ruined his chances. Norris reckoned the moment had cost him four tenths, and meant that rather than lining up alongside […]
The RNF team came into existence at the end of 2021 following Petronas and the Sepang Racing Team’s decision to quit MotoGP at the conclusion of that season. Former SRT team boss Razlan Razali became the owner of RNF, which fielded Yamaha bikes in 2022 before linking up with Aprilia for this season. For 2023, […]
Russell believed he had a realistic shot at pole position at Yas Marina after topping the final practice session on Saturday afternoon, but he wound up fourth in the evening shootout – lapping 0.343 seconds shy of Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen. While Russell reckoned that, in isolation, fourth place was no mean feat, the […]
Martin came from sixth on the grid to score his ninth sprint win of the 2023 season. With title rival Francesco Bagnaia only fifth after struggling on his medium rear tyre, Martin has cut the championship deficit down from 21 points to 14 ahead of Sunday’s grand prix finale. When asked by Autosport if this […]
Sainz made the comment after he found himself stranded in 16th place on the grid for the Abu Dhabi GP after hitting traffic in his last run in Q1. The Spaniard’s weekend had already been made difficult by a crash in FP1 after he bottomed out on a bump in Turn 3. Sainz suggested that […]
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points. But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth as Martin stormed through to win and trimmed his points […]
The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s. Oscar Piastri claimed third place for McLaren while George Russell made it four different teams on the front two rows for Mercedes. Lando Norris was left to rue […]