Marquez was «completely exhausted” when he reached Le Mans MotoGP win fight
The Gresini Ducati rider endured a tough qualifying which saw him knocked out in Q1, though he recovered brilliantly in the sprint to finish second.Marquez did the same again on Sunday, though took 17 laps to get into the podium places before closing down a…
MotoGP French GP: Martin beats Marquez and Bagnaia in nail-biter
Having dominated the sprint race on Saturday, Martin converted pole to a second grand prix victory of the 2024 season to open up a lead of 38 points in the championship.Shadowing the factory team Ducati of Bagnaia for much of the 27-lap contest, Martin made…
WRC Portugal: Ogier makes history with record sixth Portugal win
Eight-time world champion Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais managed to avoid drama from 22 challenging gravel stages to take a second win from his 2024 partial campaign by 7.9s from Tanak, who secured his best result of the season so far.Ogier’s run to victory helped…
WRC Portugal: Ogier holds rally lead, Evans hit by overheating drama
Thick fog provided a curveball for the field, but it failed to derail Ogier as the eight-time world champion led Tanak by 10.1s after the morning’s three stages. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville held onto third [+1m12.1s], while M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux [+1m44.0s] leapfrogged Hyundai’s Dani Sordo [+2m44.2s] into…
What the teams made of WRC’s vision to improve promotion
The WRC Promoter presented its vision to its key stakeholder group, which included Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and Skoda alongside representatives from the FIA during a meeting at Rally Portugal on Saturday.Improving the promotion of the championship has been earmarked as a key goal by…
WRC Portugal: Ogier responds to Tanak challenge to lead into final day
The eight-time world champion claimed four of the day’s nine stages, including two of the afternoon tests, to fend off a charging Tanak.Ogier headed to service with a 11.9s lead over Tanak having started the day one second behind Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, who rolled…
Martin’s 2024 MotoGP form giving him “some power” in contract talks
Qualifying on pole with a new Le Mans lap record, Martin converted that to a dominant third sprint win of the 2024 season.With Francesco Bagnaia retiring with bike issues and his factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini only fourth, Martin is now 28 points clear in…
Bagnaia: Ducati still chasing answers to «dangerous» French MotoGP sprint issue
Bagnaia had qualified second behind championship leader Jorge Martin, but was down to 14th by the end of lap 1 following a dreadful start on his GP24.Lacking the speed to mount any sort of recovery, the Italian then ran wide over the gravel at the…
Marquez “angry with myself” after Le Mans MotoGP Q1 exit
The eight-time world champion endured a difficult French GP weekend on the Gresini-run Ducati prior to Saturday’s 13-lap sprint.Out of the Q2 places after Friday’s running, Marquez was knocked out of Q1 in qualifying and starts 13th for both races at Le Mans.Despite this, he was…
Rovanpera explains WRC Portugal exit from the lead
The Toyota driver started the Saturday morning loop setting a blistering pace that resulted in a stage 10 win to open up a 6.7s lead over team-mate and fellow 2024 part-time driver Sebastien Ogier.However, Rovanpera’s rally quickly came undone on stage 11 [Montim, 8.69km] when…
