Bagnaia was involved in a horrific incident on the opening lap of the grand prix while leading, after he was flung from his Ducati exiting Turn 2. The world championship leader then had his leg run over by KTM’s Brad Binder, who could do nothing to avoid him. Bagnaia, along with team-mate Enea Bastianini – […]
Hamilton was coming through the field on an alternate tyre strategy, attacking McLaren’s Piastri for eighth on his fresher mediums on lap 41. Hamilton passed Piastri on the inside of the second chicane, but squeezed the Australian towards the grass, his right rear tyre making contact with Piastri’s front wing. After both drivers took to […]
For the 2023 season, a new minimum front and rear tyre pressure was implemented, which riders had to keep within for 50% of grands prix and 30% of sprints. However, this rule did not come into effect until the British Grand Prix last month as the Tyre Pressure Management System was not ready to be […]
On lap 24 of 51, the McLaren pair came to blows at the first chicane as rookie racer Piastri re-joined the Monza track alongside earlier-stopping Norris in a dice for what was then 10th position. With Piastri on the inside at the tight first apex, the front-right of the Australian’s MCL60 glanced his team-mate’s sidepod. […]
Championship leader Bagnaia crashed exiting Turn 2 on the opening lap of Sunday’s race while leading, when he was ejected from his Ducati. Landing heavily in the middle of the track, Bagnaia ended up in the path of KTM’s Binder, who could do nothing to avoid striking the Italian’s leg. Bagnaia is currently in hospital […]
Early in Q1, Ocon passed Norris before the Ascari chicane, and Norris then re-passed heading in Parabolica just before he started a hot lap, with the Alpine driver appearing to jink towards the McLaren as the pair turned in. After completing the lap, as he was heading back to the pits, Norris told his team […]
Pedrosa won 31 MotoGP races in a career that spanned 2006 to 2018, all of which with Honda, as the Spaniard finished runner-up in the standings on three occasions. Considered one of the greatest riders never to win the MotoGP title, Pedrosa retired from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 season and duly […]
The Italian GP has been the scene of many chaotic qualifying sessions in F1’s recent past, with drivers playing a game of chicken trying to position themselves for a strong slipstream on Monza’s long straights. The situation got completely out of hand in 2019, when drivers were very reluctant to be the first across the […]
For the first time in its history, MotoGP will race in India later this month after a deal was struck to host the event last year. MotoGP will race at the Buddh International Circuit, which was formerly constructed to host the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix, doing so from 2011 to 2013 before it dropped […]
The Mexican got through Q1 in fifth place and was fourth in Q2 before earning fifth spot in the final session, having struggled throughout to match the pace of team-mate Max Verstappen. As the second occurrence of Pirelli’s alternative tyre allocation, with fewer sets and compulsory use of hard, medium and softs across the three […]