Valentin Khorounzhiy

MotoGP

Quartararo ‘expected much better’ from new Yamaha engine

Yamaha MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo its 2024 engine prototype has fallen well short of his expectations in the Misano test

MotoGP

Marini fastest in pivotal MotoGP test for Honda and Yamaha

As Honda and Yamaha trialled their 2024 prototypes, Luca Marini led both sessions of the Misano MotoGP test for VR46 Ducati

MotoGP

This might be Yamaha’s last chance to keep its disgruntled star

While Marc Marquez’s 2024 intentions have hogged the spotlight, Fabio Quartararo’s even more openly unhappy with his current team. If Yamaha doesn’t impress him with its new bike on Monday, he’ll start listening to rivals’ 2025 offers

IndyCar

IndyCar adds $1million non-points heat-format event for 2024

IndyCar will hold a heat-format, non-points exhibition event at The Thermal Club during its 2024 season, with a $1million prize to the winner

MotoGP

More losers than winners if Marquez settles for staying at Honda

After a week of feverish speculation about the prospect of Marc Marquez leaving Honda for Gresini Ducati in 2024, the latest indications are pointing to the six-time MotoGP champion staying put after all. That’s not really a great outcome for anyone, reckons Valentin Khorounzhiy

MotoGP

Martin completes Misano MotoGP sweep, Bagnaia a heroic third

Jorge Martin led a Ducati MotoGP podium lockout in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, as injured points leader Pecco Bagnaia salvaged third place

MotoGP

Why ‘special one’ Pedrosa is better off as a MotoGP part-timer

Dani Pedrosa continues to be an outlier among MotoGP 2023’s part-timers – his wildcard peaks have been excellent. But there’s no desire on his part for a full-time return

MotoGP

Martin wins Misano sprint as battered Bagnaia fights off Pedrosa

Jorge Martin won the MotoGP sprint race at Misano from pole position, as injured championship leader Pecco Bagnaia fought off star wildcard Dani Pedrosa for a podium

MotoGP

Why MotoGP rivals are loving the Marquez/Gresini 2024 rumours

The prospect of Marc Marquez leaping to Gresini Ducati for 2024 is the talk of the MotoGP paddock at the San Marino Grand Prix. His rivals are both entertained and intrigued

MotoGP

‘Quite intense pain’ – How injury is affecting Bagnaia at Misano

MotoGP championship leader Pecco Bagnaia has been in “quite intense” pain during Friday practice for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, following his violent crash at Barcelona last week

MotoGP

Bezzecchi tops Misano MotoGP practice, Pedrosa tows Marquez to Q2

Marco Bezzecchi snatched the Misano MotoGP lap record from Maverick Vinales late on to top Friday afternoon practice

MotoGP

Wildcards Pirro and Pedrosa star in first Misano MotoGP practice

Michele Pirro topped a Misano MotoGP opening practice session led for a long time by Dani Pedrosa on a prototype KTM

MotoGP

Marquez-to-Gresini-Ducati frenzy consumes MotoGP paddock

Could the currently-vacant Gresini Ducati seat be Marc Marquez’s shock route out of Honda for 2024? That prospect gripped the paddock at Misano on Thursday

MotoGP

‘I saw a KTM go through my legs’ – Bagnaia relives horror crash

In his first media appearance since his horrific Barcelona crash, MotoGP points leader Pecco Bagnaia detailed those harrowing moments and the extent of his relatively minor injuries

Formula 1

Hulkenberg-to-Audi is already too logical to ignore

Nico Hulkenberg admitted the nascent Audi Formula 1 programme is “definitely one of the very attractive projects right now” – but could a return to the Sauber team he last raced for a decade ago, be on the cards for the future?

MotoGP

Rins absence sets up second MotoGP start eight years after debut

Alex Rins’s continued injury absence will set up a sudden MotoGP return for a Honda veteran with only one previous premier-class start – from back in 2015

MotoGP

The clearest signs yet Mir-Honda experiment may be unsalvageable

Any (inconsistent) flashes of speed from Joan Mir on Honda’s MotoGP are a distant memory. And if his words before the Catalan GP weekend – and his on-track results from it – are taken at face value, there surely has to be reasonable doubt about the experiment continuing

MotoGP

From sympathy to scorn: MotoGP peers on Bastianini’s ‘big’ error

Enea Bastianini’s MotoGP rivals found plenty of mitigating circumstances in the Barcelona pile-up – but didn’t absolve him of the blame

MotoGP

Bagnaia escapes serious injury, double fracture for Bastianini

MotoGP points leader Pecco Bagnaia looks to have escaped his horrific Barcelona crash with nothing more than “contusions” – but Ducati has confirmed arm and leg fractures for team-mate Enea Bastianini

MotoGP

Vinales puzzled to be first rider to breach new MotoGP rule

Catalan GP runner-up Maverick Vinales has become the first rider to breach MotoGP’s tyre pressure rule – using up his only available ‘warning’

MotoGP

Binder on ‘worst nightmare’ Bagnaia hit and visiting him after

Brad Binder recounts hitting MotoGP championship leader Pecco Bagnaia’s legs amid a terrifying Catalan Grand Prix crash, and his relief at talking to a seemingly relatively OK Bagnaia in the medical centre afterwards

MotoGP

Espargaro leads Aprilia Barcelona MotoGP 1-2 as Bagnaia hurt

Aleix Espargaro overcame team-mate Maverick Vinales to lead Aprilia’s first MotoGP 1-2 in the Catalan Grand Prix, but the race was overshadowed by a horrible first-lap crash that’s led to championship leader Pecco Bagnaia being taken to hospital

MotoGP

Bagnaia taken to hospital after nasty Barcelona MotoGP crash

MotoGP’s runaway championship leader Pecco Bagnaia has been caught up in a terrifying opening-lap incident in the Catalan Grand Prix, which was red-flagged

MotoGP

‘Ideal lap’, ‘incredible pace’ – the futility of Marquez’s heroics

Marc Marquez felt it was “strange” to describe 12th in qualifying and 11th in the sprint as a “very good day for us” at Barcelona. The reality of his 2023 MotoGP season means that’s not the case at all

Formula 1

Why Italian GP stewards didn’t penalise either Ferrari driver

The official verdict by Formula 1’s FIA stewards has clarified why neither Ferrari driver was penalised for alleged rule breaches in the aftermath of the Italian Grand Prix qualifying, where Carlos Sainz took pole

MotoGP

Espargaro defeats Bagnaia in Barcelona MotoGP sprint

Aleix Espargaro overtook MotoGP points leader Pecco Bagnaia to give himself and his Aprilia team their first-ever sprint win at Barcelona

Formula 1

Ferrari on top again in final Italian GP practice

Carlos Sainz continued his and Ferrari’s strong single-lap form during Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix weekend by topping final practice

MotoGP

Bagnaia fights off Aprilia trio for Barcelona MotoGP pole

MotoGP championship leader Pecco Bagnaia fought off a trio of Aprilias to claim pole position for the Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona

MotoGP

Iannone gets Ducati satellite World Superbike seat for comeback

MotoGP race winner Andrea Iannone will make his international racing comeback in 2024 after his drugs ban in the World Superbike Championship with one of Ducati’s satellite teams

MotoGP

Aprilia 1-2 again in MotoGP practice amid Honda/Yamaha disaster

Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia starred again in the second MotoGP practice session in Barcelona, as Yamaha and Honda locked out the bottom six

Formula 1

Alonso protege crowned F3 champion in another bizarre decider

Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto, of Fernando Alonso’s A14 Management stable, secured the 2023 Formula 3 title in unusual circumstances at Monza

MotoGP

Aprilia shines in first Barcelona MotoGP practice, Marquez falls

Aprilia dominated the opening session of MotoGP’s Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona, with Aleix Espargaro leading the way

Formula 1

Norris’s Verstappen admission is F1’s dream scenario

Lando Norris to Red Bull, alongside Max Verstappen, has remained too tempting a concept not to resurface every month or so in F1. Valentin Khorounzhiy says if they’re genuinely as open to it as they say publicly, then a way really ought to be found to make it happen

MotoGP

The ‘99.9%’ new MotoGP contract that once seemed unthinkable

LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami says he’s “99.9 percent” assured of remaining with the team in MotoGP this year

Formula 1

Hamilton extends Mercedes F1 stay until end of 2025 season

Lewis Hamilton has ended months of contract speculation of varying intensity by finally recommitting to the Mercedes Formula 1 squad on a new two-year deal

Formula 1

Where one frustrated rider thinks MotoGP must learn from F1

Is Formula 1 better than MotoGP at showcasing its midfield heroics? Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli thinks so, The Race’s Valentin Khorounzhiy isn’t so sure

IndyCar

Ex-Red Bull F1 reserve Vips to make IndyCar debut

Rahal Letterman Lanigan has called up rookie Juri Vips for the final two races of the current IndyCar season

MotoGP

Zarco’s goals for a less ‘Marquez-focused’ Honda

Johann Zarco isn’t the first to head to Honda confident of being the outside recruit to tame its RC213V – and believes he is joining a MotoGP project he can be a pivotal cog in. Why does he think he can get what Alex Rins couldn’t?

IndyCar

Pagenaud’s IndyCar season over amid ‘post-concussion symptoms’

IndyCar veteran Simon Pagenaud will not return to racing in the series this year, having not been medically cleared to participate in either of the final two rounds, as per his team Meyer Shank Racing

Formula 1

Mercedes’ explanation of Dutch GP ‘catastrophe’

Mercedes admits it squandered a potentially stellar Dutch Grand Prix result with its “completely wrong” strategy calls during the rain-hit start to the Zandvoort race