What we learned on Friday!
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Settlement reached over Laguna Seca noise complaints, track usage
Monterey County, which owns the track, signed a long-term concession agreement with the non-profit organisation Friends of Laguna Seca (FLS) in July last year to secure its long-term financial future.On 12 December last year, a group called the Highway 68 Coalition filed a lawsuit against Monterey County, the Monterey CountyContinue Reading
Morbidelli: ‘Good to have a normal crash and be ok’ after MotoGP winter scare
Morbidelli was forced to miss the entirety of pre-season testing in February after a serious crash while training on a production bike at the Algarve track left him with a concussion.On Friday at the Portuguese GP, Morbidelli crashed going into Turn 8 when he braked on the white line, butContinue Reading
Morbidelli: “Good to have a normal crash and be okay” after MotoGP winter scare
Morbidelli was forced to miss the entirety of pre-season testing in February after a serious crash while training on a production bike at the Algarve track left him with a concussion.On Friday at the Portuguese GP, Morbidelli crashed going into Turn 8 when he braked on the white line, butContinue Reading
Quartararo: Yamaha’s improved Portugal MotoGP form ‘not unexpected’
While last fortnight’s Qatar opener highlighted the widening gulf between Yamaha and the frontrunners in MotoGP at the start of the 2024 MotoGP season, the Japanese manufacturer appeared to close the gap back in Portimao as both 2021 champion Quartararo and new recruit Alex Rins earned an automatic entry intoContinue Reading
Times F1 team-mates were not equal – car changes and team orders
Williams has made the decision to put Albon into Sargeant’s car for the remainder of the weekend after the British-Thai driver suffered a big crash at Turn 6 in Melbourne.Albon’s car was damaged beyond repair and the team does not have a spare chassis, meaning it can only run one carContinue Reading
Marquez: Portugal MotoGP practice crash down to “instinct”
The Gresini rider ended Friday’s running at the Algarve International Circuit safely through to Q2 on Saturday after finishing third in second practice.But Marquez did register his first race weekend crash on the Ducati when he slid off his GP23 Ducati at Turn 5 while pushing on his final timeContinue Reading
Marquez says Portugal MotoGP practice crash down to “instinct”
The Gresini rider ended Friday’s running at the Algarve International Circuit safely through to Q2 on Saturday after finishing third in second practice.But Marquez did register his first race weekend crash on the Ducati when he slid off his GP23 Ducati at Turn 5 while pushing on his final timeContinue Reading
Paraguay in contention to join 2025 WRC calendar
The South American nation emerged as a candidate to host the WRC earlier this year as the championship aims to form a 14-round 2025 calendar, including two events in the South America region.The championship currently has a deal in place with Chile which expires at the end of the year,Continue Reading
Brown: Maturing Piastri has lost his F1 “rookie stripes”
Piastri has arrived at his home race in Melbourne in a much stronger situation than was the case on his debut last year, when the Australian GP was only his third F1 start and the Woking team was struggling with an uncompetitive car.In his rookie season he also adopted aContinue Reading