MotoGP

Bagnaia gets fourth straight MotoGP win in Misano photo-finish

Francesco Bagnaia won his fourth consecutive MotoGP race by fending off 2023 Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini in an incredibly tense Misano finish, and took another big chunk out of Fabio Quartararo’s championship lead

Formula 1

Stroll’s ‘very fortunate’ Dutch GP engine setback

Aston Martin has changed Lance Stroll’s engine ahead of the Dutch GP following a problem that “fortunately” occurred at the end of qualifying

MotoGP

Yamaha’s forgotten man gets his chance after year of hibernation

Nobody’s expecting Franco Morbidelli to win at Misano given how far he remains from his peak MotoGP form. But a best qualifying result of 2022, as he starts to ‘blend with the package’, has raised the Yamaha rider’s expectations

MotoGP

Dovizioso came up short – but he made Marquez and MotoGP better

Andrea Dovizioso is calling time on his MotoGP career at Misano. It might not have yielded a title, but the feats achieved by a rider so unique for being so normal still put him in Hall of Fame territory

Formula 1

Wolff fears Piastri case has set bad precedent for F1

Toto Wolff fears the Oscar Piastri case has set a precedent that “if you’re clever you can manoeuvre yourself out” of an F1 junior programme

IndyCar

McLaughlin on Portland IndyCar pole as Ganassi duo struggle

Scott McLaughlin took his third pole of the IndyCar season at Portland, as the Penske trio outpaced Ganassi’s title hopefuls

Formula 1

Latest swing in McLaren/Alpine battle isn’t what it seems

After a resounding Spa defeat, McLaren outpaced Alpine in Dutch GP qualifying – but it’s unlikely to be too encouraged

MotoGP

‘Last step in winter’ – Marquez details MotoGP return plan

Set to reacquaint himself with the Honda MotoGP bike at Misano, Marc Marquez has opened up on the rest of his comeback plan

Formula 1

Did Perez spin deny Hamilton shot at Dutch GP pole?

Lewis Hamilton was “playing for pole” in Dutch Grand Prix qualifying and was quicker than Max Verstappen before aborting his lap when Sergio Perez spun, reckons Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff

Formula 1

Mark Hughes: How Verstappen climbed out of big Dutch GP hole

After a practice problem compromised their Dutch GP weekend more than was immedately obvious, Red Bull and Max Verstappen had to dig deep

MotoGP

Quartararo: Yamaha ‘super far from others’ in MotoGP qualifying

MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo says he and Yamaha are “super far from the others” in qualifying, and is desperate for a solution to be found

Formula 1

Where Leclerc lost Dutch GP pole to Verstappen

Charles Leclerc missed out on pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix by a tiny margin – which made a time-sapping moment in the middle sector an obvious source of frustration after qualifying