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The Tech3 GasGas rider made an immediate impact on his MotoGP debut weekend, qualifying eighth and finishing in that position in the sprint, before going on to finish ninth in the grand prix. Acosta stormed through the pack early on in Sunday’s full-distance race to get as high as fourth at one stage after overtaking […]
If Sainz is not able to race Oliver Bearman is once again scheduled to be the Maranello team’s reserve in Melbourne, alongside his F2 duties. Sainz felt unwell in the early part of the Jeddah event and on Friday morning it was confirmed that he had appendicitis and would have to miss the race, giving […]
The 2020 world champion battled an engine issue in the opening five laps of the sprint on Saturday before coming through to finish as top Honda in 15th. With no Honda rider near the points, the Japanese marque has seemingly failed to make any major progress through the field despite radically overhauling its motorcycle. Asked […]
The irrepressible Dutchman was barely seen on screen throughout the 50-lap encounter in Jeddah, save from the start and his brief battle with Lando Norris after the first safety car of the year, as the action happened elsewhere. Instead, much of the attention was focused elsewhere: a thrilling midfield scrap courted much of the TV […]
Sprint winner Jorge Martin got the holeshot from pole position on his Pramac Ducati, but Bagnaia got an even better launch from fifth on the grid to slot into second position. Eager not to allow Martin to run away at the front, Bagnaia wasted little time in making a move on his 2023 title rival, […]
Ferrari junior Bearman, who was the F2 polesitter for Saudi Arabia’s feature race, was called up by the team ahead of Friday’s FP3 to replace Carlos Sainz, who dropped out with appendicitis. Bearman immediately impressed in his single practice session before qualifying 11th, and the 18-year-old Briton backed that up with an exemplary race to […]
The Japanese manufacturer endured its first winless campaign in 20 years in MotoGP last season as it tumbled down the order with M1 which made little progress from its predecessor. Despite having the benefit of concessions and bringing in fresh engineering talent from rival teams, Yamaha has done little to climb up the order in […]
While Red Bull remains in the spotlight off the track for different reasons, Verstappen notched up his 56th career F1 win and his 100th podium in total as he comfortably won in Jeddah ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez. Elsewhere Oliver Bearman impressed on his surprise F1 debut as stand-in for Carlos Sainz who was ruled […]
The eight-time grand prix world champion enjoyed a strong debut on the 2023-spec Ducati in Qatar, finishing fifth in the sprint before going one better in the grand prix. Marquez put Pramac’s Jorge Martin under pressure for third in the second half of the grand prix and got to within four tenths of the Spaniard […]
Bearman was called upon just a few hours before FP3 on Friday after it became clear that regular driver Carlos Sainz had appendicitis. Having qualified 11th, the young Brit had a problem-free maiden grand prix, and he didn’t put a foot wrong despite Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton threatening him on soft tyres in the closing laps. He […]