Author: Jeremiah Terkula
Francesco Bagnaia completed a fantastic weekend in Austria by winning Sunday’s Grand Prix having already triumphed in Saturday’s Sprint race. It was another dominant showing by the Italian and such an impressive performance led TNT Sports expert Michael Laverty to compare him to five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo. Bagnaia has seven Grand Prix victories already this season. Francesco Bagnaia has been compared to the great Jorge Lorenzo after his incredible double in Austria. The Ducati Lenovo star backed up his Sprint victory with a masterclass in Sunday’s Grand Prix – his seventh of the season as he strengthened his position…
Honda’s struggles in MotoGP show no signs of ending. This Saturday, Johann Zarco was the best of the manufacturer’s riders in the Sprint race of the Austrian GP, but he couldn’t finish better than 15th, finding it difficult to be competitive even while… accelerating. The Frenchman from LCR Honda told the press that the performance ended up falling short of expectations: ‘I’ve been angry after the qualifying and after the race, because the good job from Friday, even from Saturday morning, doing much more laps with quality, much better performance every lap, gave me the hope to have a better…
Red Bull KTM was full of praise for Brad Binder after his rider finished fifth in the Austria MotoGP on Sunday. Starting from 12th on the grid at the Red Bull Ring, Binder made an excellent start at KTM’s home track and was lying in fourth by mid-race before Marc Marquez overtook him. Marquez made it a top four lockout for Ducati behind race winner Pecco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini. Binder did well to fend off another Ducati in the form of Marco Bezzecchi to get his RC16 over the line as the first non-Ducati. Brad Binder up…
Louth Superbike rider Peter Hickman rode to a sensational victory on Sunday in the gruelling six lap Superbike race at the Isle of Man TT, taking his wins to 14 which matches the late Mike ‘The Bike’ Hailwood’s record, writes Helen Pask. The race was run over 226 miles of the Mountain course with two pit stops for refuelling. On lap one Hickman was struggling with his visor steaming up and was running in fourth place. After the first pitstop at the end of lap two he managed to overtake Dean Harrison on time and move into third position but…
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel may return to Formula 1, Austrian news outlet OE24 reports. According to sources, Audi wants to put Vettel in its car next year. By the way, Seb is very well acquainted with the current Audi management. For example, with Mattia Binotto, who was in charge of Scuderia Ferrari when Vettel was driving for the Italian team. If Vettel does decide to return to Formula 1, his partner will be Nico Hulkenberg. Sebastian Vettel is a German motor racer, one of the most successful Formula 1 drivers. He was born on July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim,…
Jack Miller began the Austrian MotoGP race inside the top four and finished it with lap times good enough for the top six. But, unfortunately for the Australian, looking to build on fifth and top KTM in the Sprint, a mid-race crash left him out of the points in 19th. Miller was ‘nursing’ his rear tyre early in the grand prix when he was passed by team-mate Brad Binder and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi. Disaster struck when Miller, who said he hadn’t felt contact from Marc Marquez a lap earlier, lost the front into the chicane on lap 11 of 28.…
ATLANTA – The Braves are working to stop an auction of Hank Aaron memorabilia. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a cease and desist letter was sent to Heritage Auctions last week. However, the items are still available for bid online. The items include a home plate and bases from Aaron’s 715th home run and a cap from 1974. Specifically, the authenticity of the bases are being called into question. The Braves have set a deadline of 5 p.m. tomorrow for the items to be removed. PREVIOUS STORY: Home plate, bases from Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run to be auctioned off…
The answer did not take very long to come since after a laborious FP1 where the Italian driver was satisfied with a 15th place, the latter pre-qualified directly for Q2 during Practice thanks to the ninth time achieved. In qualifying, number 72 retained this position, before finishing rather satisfied with the Sprint in 8th place. » I wasn’t perfect, maybe with the software I would have performed better today, but I collected a lot of data and maybe I have an advantage for Sunday. » This Sunday, the only driver of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team actually did even…
First, his primary lead-out rider, Mathieu van der Poel, widely regarded as the best lead-out on the road, suffered not one, but two punctures, the first with 6km left to race. That alone was sufficient to keep him from joining his sprinter in the peloton, which was riding at a rapid clip in preparation for the sprint. But not long afterwards, van der Poel’s other tire went flat. “Mathieu hasn’t had a single flat tire all year, and now he gets flats both front and rear,” team manager Christoph Roodhooft complained to the media after the race, adding: “Ultimately, we…
Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault defended Tadej Pogacar in the face of “doubts” over his credibility as the Slovenian neared a dominant yellow-jersey triumph. Pogacar produced some spectacular performances en route to claiming a third title in Nice on Sunday, including a fifth stage win atop the Col de la Couillole on Saturday and another win in the final time-trial. His ride on stage 15 was particularly eye-catching, surging to the Plateau de Beille summit in record time to clinch victory on Bastille Day. It was later estimated Pogacar rode at almost 7 watts per kilogram for nearly…