Francesco Bagnaia says he is angry about ‘f****** up’ his Qatar Grand Prix weekend with a qualifying crash on Saturday.Bagnaia had looked strong all weekend until he dropped his factory Ducati at Turn 4 on his final qualifying run, resulting in the Italian starting the race in 11th.It was aContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia says he is angry about ‘f***ing up’ his Qatar Grand Prix weekend with a qualifying crash on Saturday.Bagnaia had looked strong all weekend until he dropped his factory Ducati at Turn 4 on his final qualifying run, resulting in the Italian starting the race 11th.It was an emotionalContinue Reading
Yamaha factory rider Fabio Quartararo was positively surprised by his race pace in the Qatar GP sprint on Saturday, when the Frenchman converted a morale-boosting front row start into fifth position at the flag.The 2021 world champion briefly ran third at the start of the race, the same position inContinue Reading
With cooler temperatures again this spring, NASCAR’s Cup Series drivers have quite the challenge ahead of them at Bristol Motor Speedway. And Goodyear may want to load up their haulers with a spare set of tires…or two.Practice quickly showcased noticeable cording and aggressive tire wear within 40 laps for mostContinue Reading
Yamaha factory rider Fabio Quartararo was positively surprised by his race pace in the Qatar GP sprint on Saturday, when the Frenchman converted a morale-boosting front row start into fifth position at the flag.Read Also: MotoGPMotoGP Qatar GP: Marc Marquez wins sprint race from brother Alex The 2021 world championContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton cut a hangdog figure after qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix – possibly the most downcast he has looked since qualifying nearly half a second off George Russell, then his team-mate, in Qatar last year.In Bahrain Hamilton toiled to ninth on the grid, 0.931s slower than Oscar Piastri’sContinue Reading
Alex Bowman earned his seventh career pole and second consecutive at Bristol on Saturday. The Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) driver lapped the half-mile in 14.911s, beating Hyak Motorsports and fellow Chevrolet driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 0.014s. This is Stenhouse’s first front row start since qualifying second at Auto Club SpeedwayContinue Reading
A deflated Max Verstappen says Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying shows he’s just “taking part” in this year’s Formula 1 world championship rather than fighting for the title.Verstappen finished a lowly seventh in Bahrain qualifying after having already scraped through to Q3 alongside team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, with the Dutchman complaining aboutContinue Reading
The delta between Oscar Piastri’s first Q3 run and his second sat at 0.392s, which rather demonstrates the progress made possible on a fresh set of tyres. Had Lando Norris improved by the same amount, we’d be talking about how the margin (which would have stood at less than 0.2s)Continue Reading
Pierre Gasly was surprised by his strong qualifying performance in Bahrain, which will see him start tomorrow’s race on the third row of the grid.The Alpine driver was just 0.3s off the pole position pace, finishing fifth ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen respectively – promoted to fourth onContinue Reading