Espargaro made his MotoGP debut in 2009 and has been riding in the class full-time since 2010 (though spent a year in Moto2 in 2011), racing on Ducati, CRT, Open class, Suzuki and Aprilia machinery in his tenure. Despite his vast experience, Espargaro’s general lack of frontrunning machinery in MotoGP means he has just one […]
That’s certainly the hope after the Italian company recently signed off on the specification of its new rubber, pending official homologation by the FIA. The switch from the current 13-inch size to 18 inches would be a major challenge for a tyre supplier in any circumstances, but it comes in parallel with a huge change […]
The championship leader suffered an off-throttle rear-end crash at the Vale left-hander in the opening stages of FP2 while he evaluating the hard rear tyre, which he says was “a total disaster” for the conditions. He took a hefty whack from his Yamaha and hurt his ankle, initially needing help from a marshal to walk […]
Leclerc spun out during second practice at Spa on Friday afternoon, losing control of his car at Les Combes and hitting the barrier on the left-hand side of the track. It left the Ferrari with damage to its front and left-hand side of the car that the team worked to repair overnight, only to find […]
Dixon has been drafted in at SRT for the Silverstone weekend to stand in for the injured Franco Morbidelli, whose spot was originally meant to be taken over by Cal Crutchlow before he was moved to the factory Yamaha squad to replace the ousted Maverick Vinales. Former British Superbike Championship star Dixon finished second-to-last in […]
F1 title contender Verstappen finished P2 in the first session of the day at Spa before taking top spot in second practice, edging out Mercedes rival Valtteri Bottas by 0.041 seconds. But a mistake from Verstappen led to the session being brought to an early end after losing the rear of his Red Bull RB16B […]
The MotoGP world championship leader’s 1m59.317s gave him top spot by 0.512 seconds from Ducati’s Jack Miller in FP2, having bounced back from a nasty crash at the start of the session in which he suffered a twisted ankle. Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin continued to impress with third place in FP2, ahead of a resurgent […]
After Valtteri Bottas topped the opening free practice session for Mercedes at Spa-Francorchamps, Verstappen fought back in the second session with a 1m44.472s to take top spot by 0.041s from the Finn. But Verstappen’s day ended early when he crashed in the final minutes of FP2 exiting Les Combes, hitting the outside barrier, which… Continue […]
MotoGP’s last visit to Silverstone was in 2019, with the 2020 British GP scrubbed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The top Ducati in the last British GP was Danilo Petrucci in seventh, some 19.6 seconds off race-winner Alex Rins on the Suzuki. Miller ended Friday’s running at Silverstone second overall, albeit 0.512s off a dominant […]
Albon joined Red Bull’s senior F1 squad just 12 races into his grand prix career in 2019 after replacing the struggling Pierre Gasly, but was dropped at the end of 2020 to make way for Perez. Albon stayed on with Red Bull’s F1 operation in a reserve and test role, playing a part in the […]