Acosta does not expect Marquez to join KTM; Ducati «looks like a soap opera”
The MotoGP silly season is in full swing heading into Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, with all eyes on the battle to fill the vacant factory seat at Ducati alongside Francesco Bagnaia.During the week, current championship leader and Pramac rider Jorge Martin emerged as…
Hyundai explains Tanak’s “be safe, not push it” WRC Sardinia call
Tanak was embroiled in an intense fight for the rally lead with Toyota’s Ogier across Saturday’s rough gravel stages.The 2019 world champion trailed Ogier by 4.5s heading into Saturday’s stages, but emerged with a 3.5s lead after the morning loop.Ogier picked up a puncture in…
Espargaro set to become Honda MotoGP test rider
Espargaro announced ahead of last week’s Catalan Grand Prix that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season, bringing to an end a 20-year career in the MotoGP paddock that has so far yielded three premier class victories with Aprilia.The Catalan already said…
WRC Rally Sardinia: Tanak slashes Ogier’s lead, Neuville tops Sunday standings
Tanak started the morning trailing Ogier’s Toyota by 17.1s but a strong run through the morning’s two stages reduced the deficit to 6.6s with two stages remaining.Hyundai’s Dani Sordo maintained third [+2m15.5s] ahead of Toyota’s Elfyn Evans [+2m38.0s], with M-Sport Ford’s Gregoire Munster, fifth [+6m10.0s].Hyundai’s…
Toyota: Evans «thinking too much» about WRC title race
Evans has cut a frustrated figure throughout this week’s Rally Sardinia, having been unable to find the confidence to extract the ultimate pace from his Toyota GR Yaris on the gravel stages.After finishing sixth in Portugal last month, the Welshman’s struggles for speed have continued…
WRC signs 10-year deal to host Saudi Arabia round
The WRC has been eyeing a return to the Middle East for some time having last hosted a round in the region in 2011 courtesy of Rally Jordan.Confirmation of a 10-year deal with Saudi Arabia was announced at this weekend’s Rally Sardinia, which has been…
WRC Rally Sardinia: Ogier reclaims lead as team order slows Tanak
Tanak headed into the afternoon stages with a 3.5s lead over part-time driver Ogier, but ended the day trailing the eight-time world champion by 17.1s.The Estonian revealed he’d received a team order to back off with the manufacturer’s championship in mind, after team-mate Thierry Neuville…
Bagnaia feared Barcelona crash repeat in Mugello MotoGP sprint win
Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was finally able to end a barren run stretching all the way back to last year’s Austrian Grand Prix by taking the top spot in the half-distance race at Mugello, beating Gresini’s Marc Marquez by over a second.His victory followed just…
Martin «canot be competitive» in MotoGP Italian GP with current set-up
Championship leader Martin retired from Saturday’s sprint at Mugello while running third, losing the front-end of his GP24 into the first corner with four laps remaining.But even before his race-ending crash, the Spaniard was losing touch with eventual sprint winner Francesco Bagnaia and second-placed Marc…
Neuville: Loss of concentration caused WRC Sardinia crash
The WRC points leader was sitting third heading into stage eight [Tula], the final test of the morning loop, when he went off the road and into retirement.Neuville’s i20 N carried too much speed into a tight right-hander, which resulted in his car becoming beached…
