Espargaro launched from 13th on the grid but was unable to make much progress into the top 10, ultimately ending the race 11.7 seconds from the victory in 10th and trailing his Honda team-mate Marc Marquez. The Spaniard says he was “just feeling really bad” in the 25-lap Jerez race and was unhappy with the […]
Having seen the win taken away from the Dutchman at the Bahrain GP when he ran wide while overtaking Lewis Hamilton for the lead, and a lap good enough for pole position in Portimao deleted for going off circuit, Verstappen’s final fastest lap effort was also scrubbed after he ran off the track at the […]
Miller last won a MotoGP race in a wet 2016 Dutch TT and has endured a wretched start to life as a factory Ducati rider so far in 2021, but profited from late issues for Quartararo to lead a Ducati 1-2 at Jerez. Miller used the power of the Ducati to jump Quartararo off the […]
Hamilton was following his team-mate ahead of the race resuming after an early safety car period had been called so the Portimao track could be cleared of the debris thrown up by Alfa Romeo team-mates Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi colliding on the pit straight at the start of lap two, a clash that put […]
The erstwhile championship leader took the lead at the end of the fourth lap having dropped to fourth from pole, before building up an advantage of well over a second. On course for a third win of the season, Quartararo began to experience arm-pump at around mid-distance and plummeted down the order to 13th. “Quite […]
Bottas led the opening stages of the race after qualifying on pole position, but was overtaken by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton during the first stint. The Finn slipped to third after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was able to get the undercut and make a pass, only for the Mercedes driver to catch back up towards […]
The Honda rider had a big tumble at the Turn 7 left-hander in FP3 on Saturday, which required a visit to the hospital after he had a brief memory problem. Marquez was cleared to race – though crashed again in warm-up on Sunday – and managed to finish the second grand prix of his comeback […]
During the Portuguese GP weekend, the Swiss squad won the right to review the penalty handed to Raikkonen at the last race at Imola, when the FIA handed Raikkonen a 30-second post-race penalty for breaking rules under the red flag restart. On the lap prior to the restart, Raikkonen spun his Alfa Romeo at Turn […]
The 2020 championship runner-up endured a torrid start to the year in Qatar, but was a factor in the Portimao podium battle in fourth two weeks ago. At Jerez, having qualified second, Morbidelli struggled to run the pace of Yamaha stablemate Fabio Quartararo and eventual winner Jack Miller early on. But an arm-pump issue for […]
Verstappen finished second for Red Bull in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday, losing ground on race winner and Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship. Late pitstops for Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez and Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas gave Verstappen a window to take a free stop and go for the fastest time with […]