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The Honda rider scored his first podium of the season on Sunday at Phillip Island when he narrowly missed out on victory to Suzuki’s Alex Rins in second. It marked the 100th of his MotoGP career and comes just four races into his comeback from the fourth major operation he had on the right arm […]
The pair first came across each other in karting, although they were in different categories, as the older de Vries moved up the ranks first. However, they raced each other in the 2018 FIA F2 championship, which Russell won ahead of Lando Norris, Alex Albon and de Vries. De Vries was in talks with several F1 teams […]
The reigning world champion has lost the lead in the standings for the first time since the Portuguese GP back in April, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia 14 points clear at the top and able to win the title next week in Malaysia. Quartararo was running inside the top eight when his race at Phillip Island […]
Verstappen wrapped up his second F1 drivers’ crown with victory in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, moving into an unassailable points lead with four races remaining. With 12 wins, Verstappen has dominated proceedings throughout the year, pulling clear of early points leader Leclerc through the summer races. Leclerc retired while leading in both Spain and Azerbaijan […]
The lap record at Phillip Island has belonged to three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo since 2013, but was finally toppled on Saturday when Martin fired in a 1m27.767s to tally up his third pole of the campaign. Having never ridden around Phillip Island on a MotoGP bike prior to this weekend, Martin was 0.013 […]
The United States Grand Prix will see both aero updates and some weight-saving items delivered, after the car had been some 10kg over the limit at the start of the year. While the intention is that the aero package will help Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in Austin, the team is also eyeing developments for […]
The Suzuki test team and test rider Takuya Tsuda is planning to run at the Japanese circuit next week in a private test that will effectively only be useful for the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix. That, of course, will be the final race for the factory Suzuki squad before it shuts down its MotoGP programme. […]
After the washouts that led to both the Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix being delayed because of downpours, F1 drivers are convinced that a better solution can be found to help get track action resumed as soon as it is safe enough. They believe that just using F1’s safety car to judge water levels on […]
The Spaniard is making his first visit to Phillip Island as a MotoGP rider, as it returns to the calendar for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Martin was only just inside the top 10 at the end of Friday’s running and later admitted that he was struggling to understand the flow of […]
The pair were childhood friends in their karting days in Normandy, but then had some personal issues as they were working their way up the ranks. Many observers thought it would be impossible for them to be team-mates in F1 given the potential tensions, but Gasly insists there’s a bigger picture and that being in […]