After Friday’s practices, many expressed concern about the pace of the Ducatis over a single lap around the Circuit of the Americas. After the opening flurry of laps, it was the Italian manufacturer who annexed the provisional front row of the grid. Miller shot to the top of the order with a 2m03.327s, 0.008s clear […]
The Pramac ace – who same through Q1 – snatched the front spot from fellow Ducati rider Jack Miller, with Francesco Bagnaia in third. The Italian manufacturer secured the top five spots in Q2, with Martin’s team-mate Johann Zarco in fourth and Gresini Racing’s Enea Bastianini in fifth. Martin’s pole time of 2m02.039s was enough […]
With cooler conditions greeting the riders for the start of Saturday’s action, lap time improvements on the combined order pivotal to deciding who goes straight into the pole shootout in qualifying later were few and far between. After 15 minutes of the 45-minute session, only three riders had gone quicker than their Friday bests – […]
Last year’s Americas Grand Prix was overshadowed by the track surface being dangerously bumpy, with riders raising safety concerns about returning to COTA if the problems were not addressed. A partial resurfacing from Turns 2-10 and Turns 12-16 was carried out over the winter ahead of this weekend’s race. Suzuki rider and 2020 world champion […]
On Friday at the Americas Grand Prix, Quartararo’s manager Eric Mahe confirmed on the MotoGP world feed that he is in talks with teams outside of Yamaha for 2023. Quartararo – who was third overall after Friday’s Americas GP running – has made no secret of his unhappiness at a lack of progress made by […]
Quartararo is out of contract with Yamaha at the end of this season, having signed with the Japanese marque to join its factory squad for 2021 – replacing MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. The Frenchman went on to win the 2021 title, ending a six-year drought for Yamaha dating back to Jorge Lorenzo in 2015, with […]
The second 45-minute session of the weekend took place under perfect conditions at the Circuit of the Americas, with lap times instantly surmounting the best from FP1. Ducati’s Jack Miller was the first to break Alex Rins’ benchmark from this morning with a 2m03.567s, having set the early pace with a 2m04.121s. It wouldn’t be […]
The Frenchman set a 2m02.542s to beat Ducati’s Jack Miller to the top spot by over 0.2s in FP2, with reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo leaping up to third late on with a 2m02.837s. The second 45-minute session of the weekend took place under perfect conditions at the Circuit of the Americas, with lap times […]
Following a violent crash during warm-up for the Indonesian GP, Marquez suffered a new episode of the diplopia – or double vision – which sidelined him for three months late last year. Missing the Argentina GP while he recovered, the Honda rider was given the all-clear to continue racing this weekend at his beloved Circuit […]
The 15-time race winner was approached by Aprilia to race for it in 2021 after losing his ride with Ducati at the end of the 2020 season. Dovizioso declined, but would carry out a brief testing programme with the marque in the first half of 2021 before signing for Yamaha to race with Petronas SRT […]