Jorge Martin comeback win earns praise from fellow world champions
MotoGP world champions Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo have welcomed Jorge Martin’s return to winning ways in the sprint race at the United States Grand Prix on Saturday. Although 2024 world champion Martin snatched the race from 2022 & 2023 MotoGP king Bagnaia on the last lap, the defeated factory Ducati rider acknowledged the significance […]
“At the mercy of the power unit” – the moment that frustrated Norris and Verstappen
At Suzuka, the yo-yo effect was slightly less extreme than during the season opener in Melbourne, although the overall picture still did not satisfy all of the drivers. Lando Norris ultimately crossed the line in fifth place and saw that – together with Oscar Piastri’s strong showing – as a sign that McLaren is making […]
Schedule and full starting grid
Austin will play host to the third round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The United States Grand Prix will cap off the opening leg of the campaign following previous flyaway races in Thailand and Brazil. Following COTA, MotoGP will head to Jerez for the European leg of the season, albeit after a four-week break due […]
«Zero regrets,» says Joan Mir after last-lap COTA fall
Joan Mir says he has «zero regrets» about his approach to the sprint race at COTA on Saturday, despite the event ending with a last-lap fall. The 2020 world champion was enjoying his strongest ride of the season thus far, pressuring Pedro Acosta for third place as the pair embarked on the final tour. But […]
Why Honda can’t solve the vibration issues alone and needs help from Aston Martin
Since the first on-track running of this Formula 1 season, vibrations have already been troubling Aston Martin and Honda. The consequences are twofold. Initially, the vibrations caused damage to the battery, resulting in reliability problems and very limited mileage for the Silverstone-based team. In addition, the issue has physical effects on Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, […]
Jorge Martin’s “full send” celebration ends in wheelie crash after US GP sprint win
Jorge Martin says he suspected a crash was inevitable as he attempted a wheelie on the in-lap following his victory in the United States Grand Prix sprint. The Spaniard was celebrating his first win since his title-winning 2024 campaign when he bizarrely fell off his Aprilia on the back straight. Martin lifted the front of […]
Fabio Di Giannantonio refuses to let Marc Marquez sprint blunder get him down
Despite being taken out of the Austin sprint race by Marc Marquez on Saturday, in-form VR46 Ducati man Fabio Di Giannantonio had zero interest in dwelling on the incident afterwards. The Italian had qualified on pole position for the second straight weekend, only to be punted out of third place by a crashing Marquez midway […]
The more you push, the slower you go
If qualifying is supposed to be the ultimate test of driver skill and all-out car performance, then F1’s Saturday afternoons are far removed from that axiom. The 2026 power unit compromises which have yielded some action-packed racing so far have also destroyed the essence of qualifying — at least for now, as F1 has a […]