Ireland’s bid to rejoin the WRC in 2025 halted
Ireland had tabled a bid to secure a three-year contract to host the WRC, beginning from 2025, which planned to bring the championship back to the country for the first time since 2009.Motorsport Ireland announced in January a plan to rotate the rally through three locations;…
Marquez: Age a key factor in Quartararo’s new Yamaha MotoGP deal
Five days before the start of the Americas GP, Yamaha announced the extension of Quartararo’s contract until the end of 2026.Quartararo justified his decision in Texas with the internal restructuring process that has been launched within the technical department of the Japanese team.The most important…
Acosta: 2024 MotoGP title «not the priority» as expectations mount
Although there were high hopes for Acosta given his stellar record in junior categories, the Tech3 GasGas rider has defined even the loftiest of expectations by becoming the youngest rider to score back-to-back podiums, as he followed his third place in Portugal last month with a second-place…
Vinales clutch issue had Aprilia “worried” ahead of Americas MotoGP fightback
Vinales scored his first grand prix win since 2021 last Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, having taken victory in the sprint and also qualified on pole.Previously leading from start to finish in the sprint, Vinales didn’t get the best of launches in the…
Toyota to field Ogier and Rovanpera in WRC Portugal line-up
The reigning world champion squad has announced that it will field both of its part-time crews in the same event for the first time this season, on Portugal’s gravel roads from 9-12 May.Two-time world champion Rovanpera and eight-time WRC title winner Ogier will pilot GR…
How Vinales finally banished his Yamaha MotoGP demons
Maverick Vinales’ MotoGP career has so far run for 163 rounds since he made his debut with Suzuki in 2015. In that time he has taken 10 grand prix wins, which equates to a winning average of just 6.135% — or one per season, with…
Bagnaia in ‘race of defence’ as Ducati chatter strikes again in MotoGP
After battling with Marc Marquez, Pedro Acosta and Jorge Martin early on for the race lead, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia slipped to fifth place at the chequered flag, finishing over seven seconds behind race winner Maverick Vinales.Not only did Bagnaia lack the pace to stay with…
‘Unexpected brake problem’ caused Marquez’s crash from COTA MotoGP lead
Qualifying third on the grid, Marquez was tipped by many coming into Sunday’s grand prix to add an eighth Americas GP win to his tally.A factor in that victory battle, Marquez took the lead of a race for the first time as a Ducati rider…
MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales recovers from 11th to win, Marquez crashes from lead
Going without a grand prix win since the start of the 2021 season prior to his acrimonious split with Yamaha, Vinales won the sprints in Portugal and Austin.Despite being dropped to 11th from pole on the opening lap of Sunday’s 20-lap Americas GP, Vinales fought…
Martin ‘wouldn’t be here’ if COTA MotoGP qualifying crash was a highside
Having smashed the lap record in Friday practice, Pramac’s Martin was expected to challenge for pole at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday.But two crashes left him sixth on the grid, with the latter a fast rear-end off going through Turn 18 on his…
