The Williams driver was running in an impressive sixth place in Melbourne in the early stages, and looked comfortably on course for a top ten finish. However, on lap seven, he slid wide running through Turn 6 and then crashed into the barriers at Turn 7, before spinning back on to the track. As well […]
Year: 2023
How Estrella Galicia is building a brand through F1 and MotoGP
This imposing wooden structure was the visible symbol of a new global partnership that MotoGP rights holder Dorna has struck with fast-growing Spanish beer brand Estrella Galicia. Becoming one of the official beer partners of the world championship, Estrella Galicia’s new hospitality unit is designed as a networking hub as well as to increase brand […]
Sainz’s F1 Australian GP penalty “too harsh”
Following the second red flag period initiated by the right-rear tyre breaking free from the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, Sainz clipped Alonso during the race restart on the exit of the Turn 1 right-hander. Two-time F1 world champion Alonso had lined up third for the third standing start of the heavily disrupted Melbourne race with […]
Morbidelli needed Argentina MotoGP sprint result “a lot” after 2022 struggles
The 2020 championship runner-up endured a torrid 2022 campaign with the factory Yamaha squad as he failed to get anywhere near the podium and was outclassed emphatically by team-mate Fabio Quartararo. After a tough start to the 2023 season in Portugal, in which he was 14th in both the sprint race and the grand prix, […]
Albon’s F1 Australian GP crash a “code brown” moment
Albon was running in sixth place when he had a high-speed spin into a barrier and his damaged car rolled back towards the edge of the track. The first drivers on the scene, Pierre Gasly and Hulkenberg, had virtually no warning – and only just missed the stricken Williams as they passed it at full […]
Bezzecchi takes maiden win for Valentino Rossi’s team
VR46 Ducati rider Bezzecchi made an immediate impression on the MotoGP paddock in his debut season in 2022 when he scored a podium at Assen. Riding the championship-winning 2022-spec Ducati for his sophomore campaign with Valentino Rossi’s team, Bezzecchi eased to a maiden grand prix victory at a wet Rio Hondo to add to the […]
10 things we learned from the 2023 Australian Grand Prix
An incident-packed Australian Grand Prix was, for those encumbered by a European time zone, certainly worth getting up for. Although another Max Verstappen victory was unsurprising given his and Red Bull’s advantage in the early part of the 2023 Formula 1 season, late chaos threatened to derail the otherwise settled pecking order. In F1’s first […]
Zarco “expected to have a chance to win” wet MotoGP Argentina race
Zarco came from sixth on the grid to finish runner-up to Marco Bezzecchi in the rain-hit 25-lap grand prix at Rio Hondo, after passing poleman Alex Marquez for second on the last tour. The Pramac Ducati rider had immense pace in the second half of the race to get himself into podium contention, but at […]
Final Australian GP red flag was “right thing to do”
The Dutchman had a comfortable lead when Kevin Magnussen crashed and the debris trail he left led race director Niels Wittich to call for a red flag with three laps to go. Verstappen was thus left on pole for a potential two-lap sprint to the flag but with a strong risk of losing the lead […]
10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix
MotoGP celebrated its newest winner at the Argentina Grand Prix as the series’ new era continued to divide reaction. A depleted 17-rider grid took part in Sunday’s wet contest at Rio Hondo, which was dominated by sophomore Marco Bezzecchi to claim his first win and Valentino Rossi’s first as a team owner. Listening to several […]