Schumacher spent the majority of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Mazepin, only for the Russian driver to jump his team-mate at the standing start that followed the red flag with two laps to go, moving into 13th place. Schumacher was able to gain on Mazepin as their neared the finish line on the final […]
Quartararo fought for victory with KTM’s Miguel Oliveira in the second half of Sunday’s 24-lap Catalan GP, but was struck by a bizarre issue when his leather race suit completely unzipped itself with around five laps to go. The Yamaha rider was seen dispensing of his chest protector and carried on riding with his suit […]
Verstappen was denied a likely victory when his left-rear tyre failed as he came to cross the line to begin lap 48 of the 51-lap race, holding a four-second lead over Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. The failure sent Verstappen’s car spinning into the wall at one of the fastest parts of the circuit, prompting […]
The nine-time grand prix world champion’s MotoGP future beyond 2021 remains in doubt as he’s struggled for form this year, with Autosport revealing on Saturday that SRT and Yamaha has already been sounding out potential replacements for Rossi in 2022. Rossi made it into Q2 for just the third time in 2021 at Barcelona on […]
The world of Formula 1 will see something of a shake-up this winter. A number of the ‘old guard’ are to make way for new talent which is banging hard on the usually-closed grand prix door. More than half the battle of becoming a grand prix drivers is getting a seat in the first place. […]
Honda is in the midst of one of its toughest seasons in MotoGP, with the marque yet to score a podium in the first six races and currently sits fifth in the standings – just three points clear of Aprilia. This follows on from a largely difficult 2020 in which Honda registered its first winless […]
Norris, who qualified sixth, was placed under investigation during the opening qualifying session having been due to complete a timed lap – before Antonio Giovinazzi brought out the second red flag of the session. As the red flags were flown just as Norris was within touching distance of the pit-lane entry, the British driver was […]
Factory Yamaha rider Quartararo continued his scintillating Saturday form in 2021 by becoming the first MotoGP rider since 2014 to record five consecutive pole positions. The championship leader and defending Catalan GP winner pipped Ducati’s Jack Miller by just 0.037s to secure top spot, prior to the Australian taking a tumble at Turn 3. Friday […]
Leclerc claimed his second successive pole position in similarly bizarre circumstances to last month’s Monaco Grand Prix Q3, where he crashed during the final runs in that session. This time in Azerbaijan, it was Yuki Tsunoda going into the barriers at Turn 3 – and Carlos Sainz Jr also going off and hitting the wall […]
In a snippet of an interview with DAZN released by the network on Friday, Vinales – when asked how he would approach his future – was quoted as saying: “Calmly, very calmly. I don’t want to make a mistake again”. He added: “I want to make a good decision, really take the path that best […]