Valentin Khorounzhiy

Formula 1

Wolff can’t understand Perez’s ‘bizarre’ deficit to Verstappen

The gap between Red Bull team-mates Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez is hard to understand, according to rival Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s: One of the most chaotic races in F1 history

F1 history podcast Bring Back V10s gets to the big one – the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix, featuring the infamous pile-up – in its latest episode

MotoGP

What’s going on with a lost MotoGP 2023 title threat

Enea Bastianini’s 2023 Austrian Grand Prix weekend was a far cry from how he’d gone at the track last year – the latest evidence of just how far he’s fallen from

MotoGP

Intrigue over prized Ducati MotoGP ride grows after two renewals

The Moto2 contract renewals of MotoGP hopefuls Tony Arbolino and Jake Dixon have added to the intrigue over Ducati’s 2024 rider line-up

Formula 1

What 2023 Ferrari thinks of Massa’s 2008 F1 title legal action

Felipe Massa is now pursuing action over the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 title – one he and his legal team clearly feel he and Ferrari were the “rightful” winners of. What does the head of the current Scuderia regime think of revisiting of a championship fight from 15 years ago?

MotoGP

‘… Good luck’: Zarco’s MotoGP peers on Ducati-to-Honda move

Johann Zarco snubbing a Ducati stay offer in favour of Honda has been described as both “risky” and “correct” by his MotoGP peers

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: Honda’s big signing amid stale Austrian GP

The Race MotoGP Podcast delves into the on- and off-track events of a Pecco Bagnaia-dominated Austrian GP weekend at the Red Bull Ring

MotoGP

Verstappen comparison shows how far MotoGP leader has come

There’s been a certain inevitability about runaway points leader Pecco Bagnaia’s latest MotoGP successes. It’s little surprise then that he’s now being compared to F1’s own dominator Max Verstappen – however keen he is not to embrace that tag

MotoGP

Marquez warns MotoGP risks ‘too late’ course correction

A flat Austrian GP has prompted six-time champion Marc Marquez to say that MotoGP risks leaving it “too late” with its planned racing revamp – as he lamented it moving “the opposite way” to Formula 1

MotoGP

Zarco to join LCR Honda in MotoGP as Pramac exit announced

Johann Zarco will leave the Pramac Ducati team at the end of the 2023 MotoGP season, paving the way for his move to LCR Honda

MotoGP

Bagnaia crushes rivals in Red Bull Ring MotoGP walkover

MotoGP championship leader Pecco Bagnaia completed a Red Bull Ring double by thoroughly dominating Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix

MotoGP

KTM creates an ‘elimination race’ for final 2024 MotoGP ride

Pol Espargaro, Augusto Fernandez and Pedro Acosta are all believed to have KTM MotoGP contracts for 2024, but it only has two Gas Gas rides for them and has given up on securing more grid slots. So now Espargaro and Fernandez have to race for their seats

MotoGP

Martin vs the world – Austria start crash fallout and penalty

Red Bull Ring MotoGP sprint podium finisher Jorge Martin must take a penalty in the Austrian Grand Prix for causing today’s first-corner pile-up. Is that a fair outcome? Here are the protagonists’ thoughts on what happened, and ours

MotoGP

Bagnaia wins Austria sprint skewed by huge first-lap pile-up

Reigning MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia won the Austrian Grand Prix sprint at the Red Bull Ring, but the race will be remembered more for first-corner skittles triggered by title contender Jorge Martin

MotoGP

Bagnaia snatches Austrian GP MotoGP pole from Vinales

A late improvement by points leader Pecco Bagnaia narrowly kept Maverick Vinales from scoring a first MotoGP pole with Aprilia in Austria

MotoGP

How MotoGP’s best satellite ride could suddenly open up for 2024

Pramac Ducati’s vacant MotoGP 2024 seat is thought to be between Marco Bezzecchi and Johann Zarco. There’s a scenario in which neither takes it

MotoGP

The ‘really surprising’ standout of Austrian GP practice

On a track where Aprilia wasn’t expected to shine, Maverick Vinales made a big impression in Friday MotoGP practice

MotoGP

What happened in first Austrian Grand Prix MotoGP practice

Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco took first place in the opening practice session of MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix weekend at the Red Bull Ring

MotoGP

Marquez’s effusive KTM praise is far more than a pleasantry

Marc Marquez believes KTM will soon be the best team in MotoGP. He knows exactly how that will be interpreted

MotoGP

Why Honda once let the rider it’s now desperate for slip away

Honda seems willing to spend big to get Johann Zarco into its MotoGP line-up. But it could’ve kept him when it briefly had him four years ago. Why didn’t it happen, how would it have gone, and what’s changed?

MotoGP

Marquez’s unnatural new approach was sad but correct

Marc Marquez’s British Grand Prix ended on the ground like many of his 2023 races but in reality his new approach was a success

MotoGP

Breakthrough or anomaly? Aprilia’s drought-breaker assessed

Was Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia’s victory in the best race of the 2023 MotoGP season so far evidence of a breakthrough for the RS-GP?

MotoGP

Why a 15-place British GP charge produced so little joy

Yamaha’s had a trying 2023 MotoGP season, so Fabio Quartararo’s 15-place charge over 15 laps at Silverstone might have been cause for some optimism. But Quartararo was non-plussed by it – and it wasn’t even a late-race clash that sapped his enjoyment

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: Brilliant Aprilia, fresh rider market twists

Aprilia’s triumph in a British GP classic and the rider market developments Silverstone brought are discussed on this week’s edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast

MotoGP

Turns out Espargaro’s as good as he always told us he was

Rivals and pundits have always been too likely to underestimate last-gasp Silverstone winner Aleix Espargaro. His career may be unconventional but his whole British Grand Prix weekend showed he’s an elite MotoGP rider, argues Valentin Khorounzhiy

MotoGP

Espargaro denies Bagnaia British GP win with last-lap pass

Aleix Espargaro took his and Aprilia’s second MotoGP victory with a last-lap overtake on Pecco Bagnaia in a brilliant British Grand Prix at Silverstone

MotoGP

Silverstone sprint a miserable nadir for MotoGP’s big three

MotoGP’s Silverstone sprint was poor for Pecco Bagnaia and atrocious for Fabio Quartararo, and Marc Marquez all but admitted that he gave up. Why did the three biggest names on the grid do so badly?

MotoGP

Alex Marquez gets first MotoGP win in sprint, Bagnaia flounders

Alex Marquez claimed his first MotoGP race win in the Silverstone sprint as big names including championship leader Pecco Bagnaia struggled in damp conditions

MotoGP

Bezzecchi tops MotoGP qualifying crashfest at soaked Silverstone

Marco Bezzecchi was among the many fallers in MotoGP qualifying at a drenched Silverstone – but did escape with pole position

MotoGP

Why Rossi’s team won’t get what it wants from Ducati for 2024

Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team thinks Ducati giving it a 2024-spec bike next season would solve a lot of MotoGP problems for all involved. Ducati’s not keen. The Race heard the reasoning from both sides

MotoGP

First impressions of Honda’s new ‘crazy downforce’ MotoGP aero

The new Honda aero package making its MotoGP race weekend debut at Silverstone is a “massive” change that is still in a very early stage of development, according to Takaaki Nakagami

MotoGP

Pol Espargaro ‘mentally destroyed’ by first day back in MotoGP

Tech3 Gas Gas rider Pol Espargaro admits his first day back riding in MotoGP in British Grand Prix practice after a long injury absence “mentally destroyed” him

MotoGP

MotoGP exclusive: Ducati on Bezzecchi plan, potential Zarco exit

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says Marco Bezzecchi will likely have to move to Pramac to have a works-spec MotoGP bike next year, in a move that would come at the expense of Johann Zarco

MotoGP

Monster Espargaro lap puts Aprilia on top at Silverstone

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro was nearly seven tenths clear in an otherwise closely-matched second MotoGP practice at Silverstone

MotoGP

What went on in MotoGP’s first session after summer break

A Ducati 1-2-3-4 in first practice at Silverstone officially kicked off the second part of MotoGP’s 2023 campaign

MotoGP

The jolt Yamaha needs? Its MotoGP rider switch explained

Yamaha admits it didn’t have to axe Franco Morbidelli from its MotoGP line-up. But it felt it needed to try something drastic in its current plight

MotoGP

‘Sorry looks’ the hardest part – Morbidelli on his Yamaha exit

Franco Morbidelli says knowing that Yamaha was actively sounding out other riders for his MotoGP seat “for sure reduced the magic” in their relationship

MotoGP

New MotoGP rule will make riders ‘robots like in F1’

MotoGP risks “losing our show” by further complicating things for riders with the policing of tyre pressure limits, according to Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco

MotoGP

Why Morbidelli’s Yamaha semi-revival was never going to be enough

Franco Morbidelli might have improved in 2023, but his 2022 form clearly made an impact in Yamaha’s decision to part ways with him

MotoGP

Major MotoGP rider move as Yamaha signs Rins from LCR Honda

Six-time race winner Alex Rins will swap a factory-supported Honda MotoGP ride for a spot in the works Yamaha team in 2024