The six-time MotoGP world champion made his Ducati race debut on Saturday in Qatar in the first sprint of the year, finishing fifth after qualifying sixth for Gresini Racing. Marquez was a factor in the podium battle before a late mistake cut him adrift, but he still said he achieved the goal he set out […]
After taking part in practice, regular Ferrari racer Carlos Sainz was forced to undergo surgery for appendicitis to leave the team to call on the services of Prema Racing FIA F2 driver Bearman. He had narrowly missed out on a Q3 appearance in qualifying so lined up 11th on the grid before launching well to […]
Just over 100 days after the 2023 championship – in which Martin finished runner-up – concluded, the 2024 campaign began under the Losail lights on Saturday with the 11-lap sprint. Starting from pole, Martin – last year’s most successful rider in the sprints – led all 11 laps of the half-distance race to win from […]
Ricciardo qualified half a second off his RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in Q2 after he failed to find more lap time on his final run whereas most drivers around him did. Tsunoda went on to qualify ninth, while Ricciardo will have a mountain to climb to score points in Saturday night’s race. “Very frustrating,” the […]
Pramac rider Martin posted a sensational 1m50.789s flying lap on his first run in Saturday’s afternoon qualifying session to take the spot by 0.083 seconds over the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro. The Spanish rider, runner-up in the championship to Francesco Bagnaia last year, was on course to better his time on his final effort but […]
But beyond the impact of what could be a significant change at the top, the development has shone a spotlight on what now appears to be a war for control of the squad. What originally started as the story of an isolated complaint by a female employee against the behaviour of Red Bull boss Christian […]
Rain hit the track at around 7pm local time in Losail, an hour before the scheduled start of the session and while the final Moto3 practice session of the day was running. Although the rain lasted for a brief period, it left the circuit too wet to allow any MotoGP running on slick tyres, prompting […]
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The 19-year-old reigning Moto2 champion made his official MotoGP debut on Friday at the Losail International Circuit with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad. Leading both sessions at various stages, Acosta was third overall in the dry FP1 and third in the rain-hit second outing to cap off a first day that has generated more hype […]
Hamilton wasn’t happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights. He progressed through the first two qualifying sessions in 11th and 10th positions, and then took eighth when it mattered in Q3, a place behind team-mate George Russell. Max Verstappen […]