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…
Bagnaia fumes over “impossible” COTA MotoGP sprint woes
The factory Ducati rider was amongst the list of favourites to challenge for victory in Saturday’s 10-lap sprint at the Circuit of the Americas after qualifying fourth.But from the off Bagnaia’s pace was nowhere near the leaders’, as he plummeted to 10th off the line…
Quartararo: Yamaha made ‘more bike changes than all of 2023’ in COTA MotoGP round
The 2021 world champion scored one of his three grand prix podiums of the 2023 season at the Circuit of the Americas last year, but has been far off repeating that this season.Qualifying 16th, Quartararo could only go one place better in Saturday’s 10-lap sprint,…
Marquez COTA MotoGP sprint podium was “unexpected” as “feeling was terrible”
Marquez qualified his 2023-spec Ducati third on the grid and leaped up to second off the line behind eventual winner Maverick Vinales.Seeing off an early threat from Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta, Marquez stormed away to a second successive runner-up result in the sprints.But Marquez says…
Hamilton: MotoGP and F1 shared events would be “epic”
Liberty, which has owned F1’s commercial rights since 2017, announced at the start of April that it had acquired an 86% ownership stake of Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a deal valued at €4.2 billion.Following this, MotoGP Dorna sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta said his organisation…
Vinales ‘did something magic’ with Aprilia on COTA MotoGP Saturday
The Spaniard blitzed the existing lap record at the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole of the year, which he then converted to a dominant sprint victory.Vinales grabbed the holeshot off the line and beat the field by 2.294 seconds to claim…
MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales surges to victory from Marquez in Austin sprint
Going without a win for three years before the Portuguese GP sprint, Vinales made it back-to-back wins in the half-distance races as he streaked away from the field.Securing the holeshot from pole, Vinales came under no trouble as he moved over two seconds clear of…
MotoGP Americas GP: Vinales beats Acosta to pole as Martins crashes
In a dramatic Q2 session, Vinales dominated on his factory Aprilia with the first ever sub-2m01s lap of the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole since Valencia last year with a 2m00.864s.Vinales set the initial pace in the first half of the…
Pedrosa gets Jerez MotoGP wildcard for KTM, Espargaro in at Mugello
Pedrosa, who retired from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 season, contested two wildcards in 2023 as part of his test rider role with KTM.The first was at the Spanish GP at Jerez, where the 31-time MotoGP race winner finished an impressive sixth…
Vinales details Aprilia MotoGP upgrade he must be “very careful” with
Vinales comes into this weekend’s third round of the season in strong form, having scored a breakthrough first win on the Aprilia in the sprint race in Portugal three weeks ago.He was on course for a podium in the grand prix in Portugal before a…
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