LONDON: Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia It is thought that the MotoGP riders will need all their minds to survive a tough schedule this season but if there is anyone who can cope with the pressure it is the Italian after his impressive victory in the last year. Bagnaia was 91 points behind the champion at that...
PARIS: Even at the start of the MotoGP season in Portugal on Sunday, defending world champion Francesco Bagnaia seems to be holding football positions. Champion six Marc Marquez may be fully recovered, as his Honda team insists, but pre-season testing suggests Bagnaia is back on the fastest bike and ready to continue the authority he...
JETTA: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz The performance of their cars was criticized as “poor” after the Ferraris finished sixth and seventh in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday. Their poor performances when they were thoroughly beaten by the Red Bulls, by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and both Mercedes, left them frustrated and frustrated....
JETTA: Red Bull’s Sergio Perez flashed his road racing muscle with a stunning performance on Sunday by storming to victory ahead of Max Verstappen’s team at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. While the top two were in clear view, the other two positions remained uncertain long after the race with Fernando Alonso first taking third...
JETTA: Fernando Alonso won the 100th race of his career after returning from third place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix early on Monday. The Spaniard finished Sunday’s race in third place but was promoted to fourth after he was given a 10-second post-race penalty for an offense as he attempted to incur an initial...
JETTA: Fernando Alonso showed another quick impression for Aston Martin in Friday’s practice in Jeddah but warned that he did not know where he would end up in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix series. The 41-year-old Spaniard, whose thrilling bid to win his 99th podium lit up the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, said the team...
JETTA: Lewis Hamilton was alerted about security this weekend at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah a year after a roadside shooting. Yemeni rebels targeted a gas station near the Jeddah Street Circuit last year and drivers were grilled by reporters on Thursday about their state of nerves. Last year’s Grand Prix was packed...
JETTA: Max Verstappen may start as a favorite, but Fernando Alonso will have popular support this weekend when Formula One resumes this year at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. After his dramatic and surprising finish behind the two Red Bulls at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix two weeks ago, the The 41-year-old Spaniard denied high...
LONDON: Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes team had not listened to him in the development of their 2023 Formula One car. The Briton told reporters last week that Mercedes was on the wrong track before finishing fifth in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix opener. “Last year, there were things I told them....
LONDON: Red Bull were so strong in Formula One’s Bahrain at the start of the season that Mercedes boss George Russell suggested they could win every race this year. The Englishman is not the only one to point to such a situation, even if such a sweep would not happen before in a championship that...