Bagnaia has a “scientific” explanation for persistent MotoGP sprint troubles
Francesco Bagnaia has revealed the “scientific” reason for his long-held struggles in sprint races compared to his vast success in full-distance MotoGP grands prix. The two-time world champion commented after finishing third in the 2025 season-opening Thailand sprint contest, where he had to fend off Trackhouse rookie Ai Ogura for 13 laps. Bagnaia explained that […]
12 months on from Horner and the infamous Google Drive email
It was an anonymous email, whose address contained the day’s date, 29 February, and had been sent to over 100 senior figures in Formula 1, including team bosses, journalists and F1’s owners. It dropped at 6:22pm local time in Bahrain ahead of the first race of the 2024 season and contained a link to a […]
“Burning” bike forced di Giannantonio to retire from MotoGP Thai sprint
Fabio di Giannantonio has revealed that he had to voluntarily retire from the Thailand Grand Prix sprint race as his bike was “completely burning” in the excess heat. The VR46 rider was on the cusp of the top 10 in the half-distance race at Buriram when he mysteriously ran wide at Turn 5 with less […]
Marquez claims dominant sprint victory, Bagnaia third
Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez claimed a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the sprint race for the Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday, as team-mate Francesco Bagnaia held off Ai Ogura to finish third. Having claimed pole pole position by 0.146s in qualifying, Marquez was also untouchable in the half-distance race at Buriram, leading every lap en […]
Herbert hits back at Verstappens’ bias claims, accuses FIA of being “heavy-handed”
Sacked FIA race steward Johnny Herbert has taken aim at Formula 1’s governing body and hit back at accusations of bias. Herbert was dropped as an F1 steward one month ago after the FIA decided his “duties as a steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible”. The shock announcement came after he found […]
Marquez claims emphatic pole on Ducati debut
Marc Marquez carried forward his scintillating pace from testing to claim pole position for the MotoGP season-opening Thailand Grand Prix. Making his debut with the factory Ducati team, Marquez posted a best time of 1m28.782s to beat his brother and Gresini rider Alex Marquez by a tenth-and-a-half in qualifying on Saturday morning. Alex Marquez was […]
MotoGP Thailand GP: Marquez tops first practice for Ducati
New factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez led the way in first practice for the season-opening Thai Grand Prix on Friday.Marquez took to the top spot in the 45-minute session at Buriram with an initial benchmark of 1m29.592s, before cementing his place with a time of 1m29.423s.VR46’s Franco Morbidelli jumped to second place at the end […]
The key talking points from F1 pre-season testing Day 3
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing comes to an end. Alex assesses the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day, as well as why Sauber could […]