The former British Superbike star and Moto2 racer was called up by Petronas SRT to take Cal Crutchlow’s place as Franco Morbidelli’s stand-in at Silverstone, after the factory Yamaha squad needed Crutchlow to replace the ousted Maverick Vinales. Dixon found over three seconds in lap time from FP1 to qualifying – in which he was […]
The Swiss outfit was one of the big losers after half points were awarded for the small number of laps that were completed behind the safety car as rain hit Spa-Francorchamps. Its main rival in the constructors’ championship, Williams, managed to take away 10 points from proceedings, with George Russell being classified second and Nicholas… […]
The Yamaha rider, despite hurting his ankle in a heavy crash during practice, romped to his fifth win of the 2021 campaign to edge ever closer to that first world title. Now 65 points clear of his nearest rival Joan Mir, the reigning world champion admits his title defence is now virtually over after he […]
The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps is typically one of the highlights of the season following the traditional summer break. But torrential rain and severe delays reduced this year’s race to a two-lap procession behind the safety car, thus satisfying the requirement to award half points and declare a result for an affair one would… […]
Vierge competes for SRT in the Moto2 class and was offered the chance to replace the injured Franco Morbidelli on the 2019-spec M1 at Aragon. The Spaniard’s team-mate Jake Dixon did so last weekend at the British Grand Prix, after SRT’s original stand-in Cal Crutchlow was drafted into the factory Yamaha squad to replace the […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was declared the winner of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix despite completing just two official laps behind the safety car, meeting the minimum requirement for points to be awarded. Verstappen scored 12.5 points for the win, taking five points out of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton’s lead at the top of the drivers’… […]
The Honda rider opted for the soft rear tyre, with only the four Honda runners choosing that option for Sunday’s 20-lap Silverstone race. Espargaro converted his maiden Honda pole to the holeshot at the start and ran early on in the podium fight, but was shuffled back to fifth by the chequered flag – a […]
Conditions were better earlier in the day, when both the FIA F3 and Porsche Supercup races were successfully completed, albeit on a wet track.However after stopping and starting the rain then set in without a break from lunchtime onwards, leading to the delay of the scheduled 3pm start of the Grand Prix.It eventually officially got […]
The Petronas SRT rider enjoyed one of strongest weekends of the year through practice and qualifying on his Yamaha, putting his M1 eighth on the grid. But the cooler temperatures experienced of race day compared to the rest of the weekend forced Rossi into running the medium rear tyre instead of his preferred hard option. […]
With heavy rain leaving F1 unable to run the Belgian Grand Prix properly, there has been some debate about whether changes to the cars should be considered to prevent repeat problems in the future. There has long been intrigue about whether there are car tweaks – such as higher ride heights, different tyres or wheel […]