The 2020 world champion was closing in on the Ducati of Jack Miller for third at the mid-point of the Le Mans race having broken away slightly from the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro behind. But on lap 15 of 27 Mir crashed out at the final corner, joining team-mate Alex Rins in early retirement in […]
In Imola Valtteri Bottas had a fire in Friday qualifying and missed the whole of Saturday’s FP2 session while his chassis was replaced, and then in Florida the Finn had a big crash in FP1 and again skipped FP2 as there was not enough time to repair the car. Despite the obvious compromises, Bottas finished […]
The Gresini rider reeled in Bagnaia before his rival crashed to continue his impressive start to the season, as he closed the gap to the top of the standings on leader Fabio Quartararo and second-place rider Aleix Espargaro. Jack Miller took second place for Ducati ahead of Aprilia’s Espargaro who claimed his third consecutive podium, […]
The Monegasque driver had been completing a demonstration run in the ex-Niki Lauda 1974 Ferrari F1 car on Sunday, when he spun at Rascasse. After suffering unexpected brake failure during his third lap on track, Leclerc was pitched in to a spin and struck the barriers backwards, dislodging the rear wing. Although he was able […]
The nine-time world champion made his bright yellow #46 plate an icon of motorsport across his 26-season career in grand prix racing. Rossi won nine world titles across all three classes of the MotoGP world championship, including seven in the top tier, while registering 115 GP race wins in total. The Italian legend […]
The four-time Formula 1 World Champion, driving for Aston Martin, remarked in an interview during last weekend’s F1 Miami Grand Prix that he prefers “proper” US tracks such as Road America to the street course in Miami Gardens. Respected IndyCar blogger Matt Archuleta quoted the German ace’s comment on Twitter which drew a response from […]
The Gresini Ducati rider looked poised to duke it out for victory at Le Mans with factory counterpart Bagnaia as the pair emerged with the strongest pace late on. But a crash for Bagnaia with seven laps remaining gifted Bastianini a win that has thrust him back into championship contention after a tough recent run […]
In FP2 George Russell was fastest and Lewis Hamilton was fourth, suggesting that the team had found something that worked at the Miami track. However, neither driver was able to repeat that sort of form from Saturday onwards, as other teams were able to extract more pace from their cars. They eventually finished Sunday’s race […]
Jack Miller got the holeshot from second on the grid at the start of the race, but soon dropped behind polesitter Bagnaia on the sister factory Ducati and the fast-starting Gresini bike of Bastianini in third, paving the way for a two-horse race for victory. Bastianini started piling pressure on the Spanish GP winner in […]
The 2022 Bahrain and Australian GP winner was on his third lap aboard the 1972 Ferrari 312B3 as part of a parade alongside ex-Ferrari driver and six-time Le Mans victor Jacky Ickx. Leclerc headed out for a slow sighter lap but soon picked up the pace and on his third lap, lost the rear of […]