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21 Apr 2021

Miller won’t know if arm surgery total success till Jerez MotoGP

The Australian went under the knife in Barcelona last week, following the Doha GP, to have surgery on an arm pump issue which flared up during the second Qatar race. Miller’s issue meant he emerged from the second round of the 2021 season in ninth, having finished in the same position in the Qatar GP […]

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21 Apr 2021

No gentleman’s agreement broken in Russell Imola F1 crash

Bottas and Russell collided while battling for ninth place in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with the severity of their crash resulting in a red flag. Both drivers were quick to blame each other for causing the crash that left Bottas’ Mercedes car with a significant amount of damage that could limit the team’s upgrade […]

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21 Apr 2021

Rossi “more confident” after Portugal MotoGP race

The nine-time grand prix world champion qualified a lowly 17th at the Algarve track and admitted he was “worried” about his pace having failed to make any step forward from his difficult Doha GP weekend. However, Rossi managed to take a step forward with bike set-up to improve braking and acceleration for the race and […]

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21 Apr 2021

Imola display on merit proves there will be more “opportunities”

Williams endured a disastrous Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with both its drivers suffering sizeable accidents in a chaotic wet-dry race. On the opening lap Nicholas Latifi thumped the wall after colliding with Haas driver Nikita Mazepin. Halfway through the race George Russell crashed into Valtteri Bottas after attempting to overtake the… Continue Reading on Autosport

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21 Apr 2021

Injured MotoGP rider Jorge Martin to be replaced by Rabat at Jerez

Martin crashed heavily in the latter stages of FP3 last Saturday and suffered multiple fractures, with the Pramac rookie taken to hospital in Faro and ruled out of the Portuguese GP weekend. The Spaniard was transferred to hospital in Barcelona on Monday for surgery, though an operation on a fractured right hand and ankle had […]

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21 Apr 2021

Sainz thinks Ferrari can be ahead of McLaren at other tracks

Ferrari worked hard over the winter to make amends for its troubled 2020 campaign, where a down on power engine and a too draggy car left it struggling for form. It finished last year down in sixth in the constructors’ championship, which was its worst result since 1980. Having addressed its deficiencies with the new […]

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21 Apr 2021

Quartararo tops red-flagged FP3 after Jorge Martin crash

It’s unclear what happened in the crash, but Martin was on an out-lap when he went down at Turn 7 and was violently thrown through the gravel. He has been taken to the medical centre for checks and was declared conscious, though had to be stretchered off the track. Despite most heading out on medium […]

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21 Apr 2021

Playing catch up in F1 is no excuse for current form

The Spaniard is returning to F1 after two seasons away, and has faced a battle to get fully comfortable with Alpine as he gets back into the swing of things. But despite an encouraging run in the Bahrain GP opener, he had a more difficult time at Imola last weekend. The two-time F1 world champion […]

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21 Apr 2021

Bagnaia lap cancellation gifts Quartararo pole

The Ducati rider blasted the old Algarve lap record with a 1m38.494s on his final lap, but a crash for 2020 Portugal poleman Miguel Oliveira brought out the yellow flags and cost Bagnaia his lap. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro set the early benchmark at a solid 1m39.452s, but this was blasted by Quartararo, who fired in […]

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21 Apr 2021

Knife-edge F1 battle risks Red Bull/Mercedes development war

The two teams have taken a victory apiece so far this year, with Lewis Hamilton winning the season opener in Bahrain and Max Verstappen triumphing at Imola last weekend. With very little to choose in performance terms between the two cars, both teams are continuing to push hard to improve their packages as much as […]

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