Martin fears chatter woe will make Qatar MotoGP sprint repeat “impossible”
Polesitter Martin led Saturday’s first sprint of the 2024 season from start to finish to score his 10th half-distance race win since the format was introduced last year.But the Spaniard admitted that rear chatter problems on used tyres that plagued him throughout pre-season testing reared their head in Saturday’s sprint.As such,Continue Reading
Martin fears chatter problems make Qatar MotoGP sprint repeat “impossible”
Polesitter Martin led Saturday’s first sprint of the 2024 season from start to finish to score his 10thhalf-distance race win since the format was introduced last year.Read Also: MotoGPMotoGP Qatar GP: Martin controls sprint, Marquez fifth on Ducati debut But the Spaniard admitted that rear chatter problems on used tyresContinue Reading
MotoGP Qatar GP: Martin controls sprint, Marquez fifth on Ducati debut
Just over 100 days after the 2023 championship – in which Martin finished runner-up – concluded, the 2024 campaign began under the Losail lights on Saturday with the 11-lap sprint.Starting from pole, Martin – last year’s most successful rider in the sprints – led all 11 laps of the half-distanceContinue Reading
Marko says he will be staying at Red Bull F1 team after CEO talks
Marko’s future at the F1 squad had been the subject of speculation after it emerged that he was at risk of suspension amid an investigation into the alleged leaking of information surrounding the recent Christian Horner investigation.Speaking to Austrian television on Friday night, Marko had said there was a chanceContinue Reading
IndyCar St. Petersburg: Herta fastest in FP2, Kirkwood hits wall
Herta lapped the 1.8-mile, 14-turn street circuit in his Honda-powered machine in 1m00.1331s, recording the fastest time of the weekend so far.This was a regular format session after yesterday’s trial of quickfire multiple split-format sessions, with all cars running throughout the 45 minutes this time.Kyle Kirkwood set the early paceContinue Reading
Ricciardo: Lack of Q2 pace in Saudi Arabia F1 qualifying a “mystery”
Ricciardo qualified half a second off his RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in Q2 after he failed to find more lap time on his final run whereas most drivers around him did.Tsunoda went on to qualify ninth, while Ricciardo will have a mountain to climb to score points in Saturday night’sContinue Reading
F2 Saudi Arabia: Fittipaldi dominates for maiden feature race win
Maini started the feature race from pole position and with two points in his pocket, by virtue of Oliver Bearman’s withdrawal from the weekend in order to replace Carlos Sainz at the Ferrari Formula 1 outfit with the Spaniard rendered unfit through appendicitis.While the Invicta driver made a perfect start,Continue Reading
Bearman: Ferrari F1 boss Vasseur told me “don’t be a hero”
Bearman was called in after Sainz was ruled out of the rest of the Jeddah event due to appendicitis, with the Spaniard requiring surgery.The 18-year-old had to abandon his Prema F2 seat, having secured pole position for Saturday’s feature race, and only had FP3 in which to find his feetContinue Reading
How Jamie Chadwick is aiming to make a difference in 2024
Andretti Global driver Jamie Chadwick is adamant that podium results are possible in her sophomore Indy NXT campaign, which gets under way this weekend in St Petersburg. Chadwick finished 12th in last year’s drivers’ standings and was the fourth-best-placed rookie, recording a best finish of sixth in Portland towards theContinue Reading
Alonso: Aston “very concerned” about Jeddah F1 race pace
Alonso secured sixth on the grid for last week’s Bahrain Grand Prix, but slipped back to a distant ninth place in the race.He has again qualified well in Jeddah, earning fourth on a day that regular Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was absent, and Mercedes struggled with bouncing.“We are surprised, weContinue Reading