MotoGP

Portimao gravel ‘destroying the f***’ out of MotoGP bikes

MotoGP riders have called for improvements to be made to track-safety standards following crashes in Friday practice at Portimao, which Ducati rider Jack Miller said “destroy the f***” out of bikes

Formula 1

Mark Hughes: Why Mercedes fell so low in Imola qualifying

The root of Mercedes’ disastrous Imola qualifying was a compounding set of problems, all of them routed in the Mercedes W13’s inability to defer its porpoising to a competitively high speed

Formula 1

How Magnussen earned a Haas best from the brink of disaster

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen went from causing a red flag and almost crashing out in Q3 at Imola to securing the team’s best result in a Formula 1 qualifying session

MotoGP

Dovizioso and Quartararo divided on what Yamaha really needs

Grip or power? Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Dovizioso have contrasting answers on what Yamaha’s MotoGP bike needs right now

Formula 1

Why out of place Norris thinks he could’ve beaten Leclerc

Lando Norris thinks he could have beaten championship leader Charles Leclerc to second on the grid for Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna sprint race had his run plan in the final part of qualifying at Imola been different

Formula 1

‘Each weekend’s a rescue’ – Hamilton after double Q2 knockout

Lewis Hamilton says “each weekend’s a rescue” in Mercedes’ 2022 Formula 1 season, after it “underperformed as a team” and suffered a double knockout in Q2 at Imola

Formula 1

Verstappen beats Leclerc in Imola qualifying with five red flags

Max Verstappen took the first pole position of his Formula 1 world championship defence in an incredible Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying session that was red-flagged five times

Formula 1

Confused Sainz ‘wasn’t pushing hard’ in Imola qualifying crash

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was confused by his costly crash in Formula 1 qualifying at Imola as he says he “wasn’t pushing that hard at all”

IndyCar

O’Ward finalising new McLaren deal – ‘I never wanted to leave!’

Pato O’Ward has agreed initial terms on a new McLaren IndyCar deal that will keep him with the team until the end of 2025

MotoGP

‘Very difficult to replace’ – Suzuki’s thinking on 2023 line-up

Suzuki is yet to lock down either of its 2023 MotoGP riders – but it has no intention to look beyond Alex Rins and Joan Mir

MotoGP

All you need to know about second MotoGP Portimao practice

Pol Espargaro completed a Honda clean sweep of Friday MotoGP practice at Portimao in what was a second wet session

Formula 1

Everything that happened in wet first Imola F1 practice

Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Carlos Sainz as Ferrari dominated a wet first practice session of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend at Imola