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The Dutchman had headed into the race as favourite for the victory after sweeping all three practice sessions and qualifying on pole by nearly 0.4 seconds, but lost out to rival Lewis Hamilton after the world champion’s Mercedes team went aggressive with its strategy. But Red Bull’s ability to respond was hampered by it not […]
Mir endured a tough weekend up to the race as the feeling he had on the GSX-RR last year had disappeared, saying he was “missing a lot” in qualifying. But the Suzuki rider was able to make a breakthrough with set-up ahead of the race and ghosted his way from 10th on the grid to […]
From 19th place on the grid Mazepin tussled with teammate Mick Schumacher going through Sakhir’s first corner combination, but then lost control over his car on the Turn 2 exit kerbs. The Russian rookie tried to catch his car but veered off to the left and hit the wall, ending his F1 debut after less […]
The M1 for years was branded a rider-friendly motorcycle, with the likes of Johann Zarco, Jonas Folger and Fabio Quartararo over the past few seasons able to jump on the bike and score podiums in their debut seasons. The 2020 M1 proved to be a harder bike to manage, with the older frame losing cornering […]
With four laps to go in F1 2021’s season opener, Verstappen went off track in Turn 4 in an attempt to snatch the victory away from leader Lewis Hamilton, forcing him to hand the position back to Mercedes driver. Verstappen questioned Red Bull’s call to give the position back, claiming he would have preferred to […]
Ducati has won the previous two Qatar GPs courtesy of Andrea Dovizioso, but Vinales ended that run after battling his way through the Desmosedicis after a slow start. Poleman Francesco Bagnaia led a Ducati charge off the line, as team-mate Jack Miller, Pramac’s Johann Zarco and his rookie team-mate Jorge Martin from 14th on the […]
Verstappen had closed in on Hamilton during his 17-lap third and final stint – during which he enjoyed an 11-lap tyre-life advantage over his rival – in what was a thrilling conclusion to F1’s 2021 season-opener after leading the early stages from pole and falling behind thanks to Mercedes’ aggressive strategy calls. The Red Bull… […]
Miller, team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac duo Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin monstered the field off the line to occupy the top four places on the opening lap. But all of them hit trouble as the race wore on, with Miller suffering with a loss of grip late on despite making a gentle start to […]
Track limits played a pivotal role in the outcome of Formula 1’s entertaining 2021 season opener, as with four laps to go Red Bull’s Max Verstappen overtook erstwhile leader Lewis Hamilton at Turn 4 but had to hand the position back to the defending world champion after leaving the track. In qualifying track limit transgressions […]
Despite dropping to sixth as a quartet of Ducatis rocketed to the front at the start of the 22-lap race, Vinales rallied to fight his way through to the front of the pack by the 15th tour. From there, he opened up a gap of over a second to come under no threat through to […]