Suzuki’s Alex Rins admits Friday at the MotoGP Andalusian Grand Prix was a “painful day” for him, as he put miles on his recently dislocated and fractured right shoulder. Rins crashed in qualifying for the Spanish GP at Jerez last week and had to miss the race owing to his injury, but was declared fit
Month: July 2020
IndyCar’s newest winner Felix Rosenqvist says that the extreme compression between fastest and slowest drivers on any given weekend makes success extremely tough for all drivers. Even on IndyCar’s longest circuit, the 4.014-mile Road America track, the gap between the front rear of the 23-car grid was two seconds, while on the 2.439-mile road course
LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami was a surprise leader in the second MotoGP practice for the Andalusian Grand Prix ahead of Avintia Ducati’s Johann Zarco. Riding the year-old RC213V, Nakagami led the session early on with a 1m38.704s, and reclaimed the position at the death to end the afternoon 0.155 seconds clear of the field. Pol
The Nurburgring 24 Hours will take place behind closed doors this year, following the latest restrictions issued by the German government in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Following postponements to the 2020 race due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Nordschleife event has been moved to the weekend of 24-27 September, but the organisers have
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin held on for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup victory at Kansas Speedway, having grabbed the lead with 13 of 267 laps remaining. Hamlin ended a streak of three sub-par finishes by passing Kevin Harvick for the lead with 13 laps to go and held off a furious challenge from Team
Jack Miller says claims that a MotoGP title win against an injured Marc Marquez would be illegitimate are a “complete crock” as all riders “have the opportunity to get injured”. Reigning world champion Marquez broke his right arm in a heavy crash in last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix and had been set to miss this
Brad Binder learned in his debut MotoGP race last weekend at Jerez that premier class riders aren’t the “superheroes” they seem and now believes he “deserves to be here”. KTM rider Binder finished his debut race 13th, though displayed podium pace after running off track in the early stages out of the top 10 and
Honda has confirmed that Marc Marquez will sit out this Friday’s MotoGP Andalusian Grand Prix running as he continues to recover from a broken right arm. Marquez crashed heavily in last Sunday’s Spanish GP while recovering from a spectacular off on lap five while leading. The Honda rider broke his right humerus bone and underwent
NASCAR has decided to keep its “show up and race” schedule for the remainder of the 2020 season in its three national series. Ever since NASCAR resumed running races in May following a two-month hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has run its race weekends without any practices and without qualifying except for the Coca-Cola
Marc Marquez is exploring the option to return to MotoGP action this weekend despite undergoing surgery on Tuesday after breaking his right arm in a violent Spanish Grand Prix crash. In last weekend’s MotoGP season opener Marquez was recovering from an early off-track moment before violently crashing and breaking his right humerus, which was impacted
Alex Marquez says being the only Repsol Honda MotoGP rider in this weekend’s Andalusian Grand Prix in the absence of his injured brother “changes nothing” for him. The reigning Moto2 champion will be the sole representative in Honda’s works outfit in the second Jerez race with Marc Marquez forced out after breaking his arm in
Cal Crutchlow and Alex Rins will both attempt to return to MotoGP action in this weekend’s Andalusian Grand Prix, after missing the Jerez season opener due to injuries. LCR Honda man Crutchlow was taken to Barcelona to undergo surgery on the right scaphoid he fractured in a crash at Turn 8 during morning warm-up last
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that attendance for the 104th edition of the Indianapolis 500 will be approximately 25 percent of capacity, with face coverings for all attendees. Ticket sales will not be permitted after 24 July, further limiting the number of people who will attend. IMS has prepared a detailed plan that provides
Valentino Rossi admits his low-key MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix weekend was down to him being unable to “make the tyres work properly” on his Yamaha. Rossi qualified almost a second off the pace of Yamaha stablemate Fabio Quartararo at Jerez in 10th, and was circulating 14s adrift of the Petronas SRT rider in the race
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has undergone a successful operation on the right arm he broke in a violent Spanish Grand Prix crash on Sunday. The Honda rider was recovering from an earlier off at Jerez when he was flung from his machine at the Turn 3 left-hander on lap 22, with Marquez landing
Pol Espargaro believes KTM is “in the game now” in MotoGP, after finishing just one second from a first dry podium in the Spanish Grand Prix. Espargaro qualified seventh on his RC16 at Jerez, though was promoted a place after LCR rider Cal Crutchlow had to withdraw from the race through injury. The KTM rider
Having waited four months for the 2020 MotoGP season to start, the action continues at a frantic pace with the second round of the Jerez double-header, the Andalucia Grand Prix. In a drastically reshuffled campaign, Jerez will host the first-ever Andalucia GP, which acts as the second part of the back to back races at
The 2020 MotoGP season kicked off in dramatic fashion at Jerez, with reigning world champion Marc Marquez breaking his arm in the Spanish Grand Prix. The Honda rider broke his right arm in a heavy crash late in the 25-lap race, having recovered from a major off early on. Marquez will undergo surgery on Tuesday,
Aleix Espargaro believes the 2020 Aprilia MotoGP bike is “closer to the podium” on pace in hot conditions than he was able to show during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend. Espargaro had a strong pre-season on the overhauled RS-GP, and finished both sessions of Wednesday’s Jerez test inside the top 10. But Espargaro admits Aprilia
Austin Dillon scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win since the 2018 Daytona 500 at Texas for Richard Childress Racing after seeing out a flurry of late restarts. After a caution period for a Quinn Houff spin on lap 306 of 334, Dillon was one of those to make a pitstop for fresh Goodyear tyres
Marc Marquez will be taken to hospital in Barcelona for surgery on a broken right arm following his heavy crash during the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix. The reigning world champion had a dramatic race, suffering a big front end slide at Turn 4 on lap five while leading the race ahead of Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales.
LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow will be flown to hospital in Barcelona for surgery on a fractured left wrist suffered in a crash during the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix weekend. Crutchlow crashed in the morning warm-up at Jerez at the fast Turn 8 left-hander when he lost the front of his Honda. Taking a heavy
Fabio Quartararo took an historic debut MotoGP win in a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix, while Marc Marquez suffered a huge accident in the closing stages. Maverick Vinales utilised Yamaha’s new holeshot device to seize the lead from second on the grid, and tried to build a lead immediately using the added grip of the soft
Josef Newgarden became the first IndyCar driver to win from pole position at Iowa, as the reigning series champion dominated on his way to his first win of the season. Newgarden, who finished fifth in Friday night’s first encounter at the 0.8-mile Iowa short oval, held position at the start ahead of Penske team-mate Will
Suzuki MotoGP rider Alex Rins suffered a fracture and dislocation to his right shoulder in his crash during Spanish Grand Prix qualifying, with his participation in the race in doubt. Rins was heading through the fast Turn 11 right-hander towards the end of the lap at Jerez in the closing stages of Q2 when he
Valentino Rossi says the “main issue” he has compared to his Yamaha MotoGP team-mate Maverick Vinales is braking, but insists the data shows all M1 riders are riding “similar”. Rossi has struggled throughout the Spanish Grand Prix weekend with the new Yamaha, with him admitting his problems of poor rear grip and tyre conservation on
Simon Pagenaud believes a “never give up” attitude by his Penske team played a crucial role in securing his and the team’s first IndyCar win of the season at Iowa. Pagenaud had been unable to qualify due to faltering fuel pressure and was forced to start from the back in last night’s race, but eventually
Fabio Quartararo smashed his own Jerez lap record to claim the first MotoGP pole of 2020 in a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix qualifying. FP3 pacesetter Quartararo set the early time to beat with a 1m37.064s, which was immediately beaten by Marquez with a 1m37.006s. The Petronas SRT rider dipped underneath the 1m37s barrier on his
Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud used an aggressive fuel strategy to claim his first win of the IndyCar season in the first race at Iowa, after starting last on the grid. Pagenaud’s #22 Dallara-Chevrolet suffered a fuel pressure issue in qualifying, leaving the 2016 series champion last on the 23-strong car grid. Pagenaud begun to quickly
Conor Daly scored a maiden IndyCar Series pole position in qualifying for the first race at Iowa, with reigning champion Josef Newgarden on pole for the second race. Carlin driver Daly, who had never previously qualified inside the top 10 on an oval circuit, also took the team’s first pole position since its arrival in