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Bagnaia had set a new lap record on his Ducati to provisionally take pole position at Portimao, only to see his time deleted for a yellow flag infringement which landed Yamaha’s Quartararo his first pole of the 2021 MotoGP season. The late lap time deletion for Bagnaia, triggered by last year’s Portuguese GP winner Miguel […]
The Aston Martin driver endured an eventful race at Imola while making the most of favourable damp conditions to finish seventh at the chequered flag. However, Stroll was judged to have breached regulations when overtaking AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly following a post-race investigation, resulting in a five-second penalty. It was deemed… Continue Reading on Autosport
Quartararo repeated his Doha race-winning route to victory at the Algarve, recovering from sixth at the end of the first lap to lead early on and go on to dominate to take a 15-point lead in the championship. Johann Zacro powered his Pramac Ducati into the lead at the start as poleman Quartararo dropped back, […]
Stewards determined the Alfa Romeo driver breached regulations having failed to enter the pitlane for the restart of the race after the red-flag period caused by the clash between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell. On the lap prior to the restart following the race suspension, Raikkonen spun his Alfa Romeo at Turn 3. Sporting regulations… […]
Nine months since he suffered the arm break that would rule him out of the 2020 season, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez made his return to action at Portimao this weekend. After qualifying sixth, Marquez ran as high as third on the opening lap, before eventually being shuffled back to ninth as he tried to […]
Norris had been in third place for the restart on lap 35, after the race was red-flagged following a clash between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas, tucked in behind leader Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. After Verstappen had nearly spun at the restart, it meant Leclerc didn’t find a useful tow behind the Red […]
Quartararo stormed to his second-successive race win in 2021 by 4.8 seconds at the Algarve International Circuit to open up a 15-point lead in the championship after three rounds. Quartararo made a similarly strong start to his 2020 campaign, but was a lowly 14th at the Algarve track last season after the Portuguese venue proved […]
Williams driver Russell collided with Bottas when trying to overtake for ninth place at high-speed during Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, resulting in a sizeable crash. The incident left debris strewn across the track and caused the race to be red-flagged, and sparked angry reactions from both Russell and Bottas, who blamed each… Continue Reading […]
Vinales plummeted from 12th on the grid to 20th on the opening lap and struggled lapping in the 1m41s bracket, before eventually dropping into more competitive mid-low 1m40s on – though this was still some way off the 1m39s race-winning team-mate Fabio Quartararo managed. The Qatar GP winner crossed the line 23.7s off the win […]
Following years of discussions about getting a race in Miami, F1 chiefs announced on Sunday that a 10-year deal had been signed for a grand prix to be held around the city’s famous Hard Rock Stadium. While no firm date has yet been set for the inaugural event in 2022, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has […]