Luca Marini’s first 2025 MotoGP crash caused by being «too clean»
Luca Marini suffered his first crash of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint because he was “too clean” trying to overtake, according to KTM’s Pol Espargaro. Marini and Espargaro were battling for eighth position when they came to blows on lap 7, with Marini falling off his Honda and retiring from […]
‘Wolff said the same in 2021’
Helmut Marko dismissed McLaren’s assertion that Red Bull is sacrificing its 2026 preparations to develop this year’s car for longer, stating ‘Toto Wolff said the same in 2021’ when it stormed to both Formula 1 titles the following season. While McLaren has long halted the development of its 2025 car and put all focus on […]
Why Francesco Bagnaia isn’t sure if Malaysian GP sprint win breakthrough is genuine
Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month. While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race […]
«We were nowhere» on long runs despite topping F1 Mexico GP FP2
Max Verstappen fears Red Bull is on the back foot following Friday practice at Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix. After sitting out FP1 as Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad got some regulations-induced track time ahead of his likely graduation to F1 in 2026, Verstappen topped the second session by 0.153s over Charles Leclerc, outpacing title […]
Francesco Bagnaia strikes back to claim pole, disaster for Aprilia
Francesco Bagnaia came through Q1 to score a surprise pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Saturday, as Aprilia endured a difficult day at Sepang. Opting for a single run midway through the session to preserve a set of soft tyres, the factory Ducati rider made the most of a clear track to post […]
Yamaha’s V4 progress stalled by ‘safe mode’ engine in Malaysian GP
Yamaha’s second wildcard outing with its new V4-powered MotoGP bike offered little fresh insight at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday, as the manufacturer opted to run the bike in a conservative “safe mode”. Yamaha’s 2026 prototype returned to action for the first time since last month’s Misano test, with Augusto Fernandez completing 26 laps […]
How Lindblad impressed Red Bull bosses in Mexico GP FP1 outing
Arvid Lindblad might have earned himself a visit to the stewards for potentially impeding fellow rookie runner Pato O’Ward’s McLaren during FP1 for the Mexico Grand Prix, but he did enough to warrant glowing reviews from those who matter to his career: Red Bull’s leaders. The headline news is that Lindblad’s fastest lap was 0.93s […]