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The Algarve International Circuit proved to be one of Yamaha’s weakest last season, with only Rossi’s new team-mate Franco Morbidelli on the ‘A-spec’ M1 having any decent form. After registering his worst-ever qualifying result last time out in Qatar, Rossi’s form has failed to rebound much in Portugal after qualifying 1.1 seconds slower than poleman […]
Verstappen was preparing to take the pack back up to racing speed after the Emilia Romagna event had been suspended to clear up the wreckage from George Russell and Valtteri Bottas crashing heavily, when the Red Bull driver lost control at the final corners. He speared left over the kerbs of the first Rivazza turn, […]
Suzuki’s history in grand prix motorcycle racing dates back to 1960 when it made its debut at the Isle of Man TT when the event held world championship status. Over the next 40 years Suzuki won six premier class titles with Barry Sheene (1976-1977), Marco Lucchinelli (1981), Franco Uncini (1982), Kevin Schwantz (1993) and Kenny […]
Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez have found the process of adaptation to be perhaps even harder than they expected, and thus far all five men have struggled to match the form of their teammates. That was made more complicated by the presence of Imola as the second venue on […]
After a nine-month injury layoff, six-time world champion Marc Marquez returned to action in Portugal last weekend and finished a heroic seventh, having qualified sixth. During the race the Marquez brothers ran close to each other for the first time in MotoGP, with Marc leading Alex by several seconds in seventh spot all the way […]
Following months of negotiations aimed at selling the 840,000 square foot facility, a deal was announced on Tuesday for the factory to be bought by American company Global Net Lease (GNL). The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of this year and will include a 20-year lease for McLaren. James Nelson, […]
The erstwhile championship leader led the early stages of Sunday’s Algarve race, before falling behind race winner Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha and Suzuki’s Alex Rins. Zarco was promoted to second when Rins crashed on lap 19, but the Frenchman would suffer the same fate a tour later. He admits he initially thought he had […]
Mercedes escaped from Imola with its lead of both Formula 1 world championships still intact, but the team is under no illusions of the gap to Red Bull that remains. Lewis Hamilton scraped pole position for Mercedes on Saturday, aided by mistakes from both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez behind. A rocket start by Verstappen […]
The reigning world champion made slight contact with the returning Marquez at the Turn 11 Portimao right-hander on the opening lap of Sunday’s race as he made a move for third. The pair came to blows again a lap later at Turn 3 when Marquez clipped the rear of Mir, though both stayed mounted. This […]
Formula 1’s second race at Imola in the space of six months offered a vastly different affair to the inaugural Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in November. A pre-race rain shower left some drivers and teams battling to make it to the grid at all, while the greasy track made mistakes all the most costly once […]