Race Direction has had to strengthen its penalties for Moto3 riders to try and dissuade what they deem as irresponsible riding in qualifying practice sessions, whereby a rider is deliberately riding slow and backing out of laps in order to look for a tow. However, this has been an issue which has affected the MotoGP […]
Hamilton entered the race weekend looking to bounce back from a late defeat to Verstappen in France last Sunday, but struggled to match his pace through practice on Friday. Hamilton managed to top FP3 for Mercedes, only for Verstappen to hit back in qualifying as he produced two laps good enough for pole position, ultimately […]
Fernandez stepped up to the intermediate class with Aki Ajo’s squad for 2021 and has taken the Moto2 championship by storm, winning twice in the first eight races of the campaign. His current Ajo Moto2 team-mate Remy Gardner was announced as a Tech3 MotoGP rider for 2022 earlier this month, with Fernandez linked to the […]
Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin have been involved in several incidents while battling this year, including in Monaco, Baku and France. After Schumacher was forced wide by Mazepin in a move at Paul Ricard last weekend, the German said that it might be time for him to get his elbows out and be more forceful […]
MotoGP’s current track limits rules state in races a rider can run onto the green run-off area outside of the kerbs three times before receiving a warning. A rider is then permitted to one more breach of track limits before a fifth violation nets them a long lap penalty – or a time penalty, should […]
The teams will be asked to test the new construction on the Friday of next weekend’s Austrian GP, before final approval is given. Pirelli’s tyres suffered two high-profile failures during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen both retired from the race after high-speed crashes on the main straight. In response,… Continue […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner aggravated a pre-existing injury in his knee during a training incident on Tuesday. The injury proved severe enough this time to rule him out of this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, marking his first race absence since the 2018 German GP. Morbidelli underwent a one-hour operation on his meniscus […]
Bottas spun his Mercedes W12 car while pulling away from the pitbox, causing him to come to a stop in the fast lane. He avoided hitting the McLaren mechanics standing outside the garage nearby, who then helped turn the car around so the Mercedes driver could go out on-track as planned. But McLaren was quick […]
Espargaro has had a difficult maiden season on the Honda in 2021, not helped by having just five days of pre-season testing before the campaign go underway to try to adapt to the bike from the KTM he rode from 2017-2020. All Honda riders have been battling with a lack of rear grip on the […]
Schumacher revealed ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix that he has been sitting slightly offset this season during his debut campaign in F1. The situation was revealed after Schumacher was filmed deep in conversation with Sebastian Vettel as they inspected his Haas seat after the French Grand Prix. The problem is not serious enough to […]