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Mar232024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bastianini to the pole in Portimao

Enea Bastianini won the best starting position (1.37.706) in qualifying in Portimao. Alongside him, Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin will start today's sprint race and tomorrow's main race. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1771500929121972590 The fourth time was set by Francesco Bagnaia, and fifth by his former teammate Jack Miller. Marco Bezzecchi will start the race from sixth place ahead of Pedro Acosta. Marc Marquez crashed at the start of the second part of qualifying at turn fifteen, then set eighth time on the spare bike. Fabio Quartararo and Brad Binder completed the top ten. The eleventh time was set by Alex Rins, and Alex Marquez will start from the twelfth place. The latter set the fastest time of the slower qualifying group. Al

Mar232024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Verstappen qualifying in Melbourne

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Max Verstappen won the best starting position at the track in Melbourne. Next to him, Carlos Sainz will start tomorrow's race from the front row. Sergio Perez set the third time ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc. Home ace Oscar Piastri will start the race from sixth place. George Russell set the seventh time. Yuki Tsunoda and the driver of the Aston Martin team completed the top ten. Lance Stroll was faster than Fernando Alonso this time. Lewis Hamilton will start the race only from eleventh place. Results:

Mar92024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Martin with the track record to the pole in Qatar

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With a track record (1:50.789) in Qatar, Jorge Martin won the best starting position before today's sprint race and tomorrow's main race. Alongside him, Aleix Espargaro and Enea Bastianini will start from the first row. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1766439674560626953 The fourth time was set by Brad Binder ahead of current world champion Francesco Bagnaia and Marco Marquez. Fabio Di Giannantonio will start from seventh place. The Italian is faring much better than his teammate Marco Bezzecchi at the circuit where he celebrated his first and so far only victory in the elite class last year. The top ten was completed by newcomer Pedro Acosta, Alex Marquez and Maverick Vinales. Jack Miller and Raul Fernandez will start the race from the eleventh and twelfth places. He was the latter

Mar92024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

In the paddock, they are enthusiastic about the performance of the young Englishman

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Yesterday at eighteen years and 306 days, Oliver Bearman became the youngest British driver to debut in Formula 1 and also the youngest driver to compete for Ferrari. He set the best time in Formula 2 qualifying on Thursday, and then on Friday morning he learned that he will be replacing Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the rest of the weekend. The Spaniard had to undergo surgery for appendicitis. "When I woke up, I was already mentally preparing for my Formula 2 race. Only a few hours before the third free practice, I found out that I would be replacing Carlos Sainz." "Of course, I didn't want to debut in Formula 1 like that. I wish Carlos a speedy recovery. Nevertheless, this is a tremendous opportunity for me." The English driver had only one free practice session to prepare

Mar82024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Verstappen sovereign to the pole in Jeddah

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Max Verstappen sovereignly won the best starting position (1:27.472) in Jeddah. Charles Leclerc will also start the race alongside him this time. The third time was set by Sergio Perez. For most of Q3, it looked like the two Red Bulls would occupy the first row, but Leclerc got in between them right at the end. Fernando Alonso will start from fourth place tomorrow. The fifth and sixth places were occupied by Mclaren racers. Oscar Piastri was faster this time. The fourth starting row is in the colors of Mercedes. As in Bahrain, George Russell was better this time too. Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll finished in ninth and tenth place. Oliver Bearman, who replaces Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, missed the last part by 0,036 seconds and will start his first race in Formula 1 from the eleventh starting position.

Mar12024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Leclerc: A mistake in Q1 cost me the best starting position

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Charles Leclerc finished the first qualifying of the new season in second place, two tenths behind the fastest Verstappen. Despite the encouraging start, the Monaco native was a bit disappointed, as he is sure that he could have won the best starting position. According to him, in the first part of qualifying (Q1), the team made a mistake when they sent him to the track at the very end with new, fresh tires. As a result, he had only one set of new ones available in the last part (Q3), which is why he had to make his first attempt on used ones. This should have disrupted his rhythm enough that he was left without the best starting position in the end. "I'm a bit disappointed. Despite a challenging start to the weekend, we had a good qualifying session. Unfortunately we made a mistake in Q1 when we used two sets of new tires

Nov182023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Luca Marini with a pole record in Qatar

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Luca Marini won the best starting position in Qatar with a track record (1:51.762). Alongside him, Gresini team racers Fabio Di Giannantonio and Alex Marquez will start today's sprint race and tomorrow's main race from the front row. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1725867067725750777 World title contenders Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin finished fourth and fifth respectively. The sixth time was set by Johann Zarco ahead of Marco Marquez. The top ten was completed by the Aprilia Maverick Vinales racers Raul Fernandez and Aleix Espargaro. Eleventh and twelfth place went to Brad Binder and Augusta Fernandez. The thirteenth time was set by Marco Bezzecchi ahead of Fabio Quartararo and Eneo Bastianini. Jack Miller will start the race only from sixteenth place

October212023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Martin has the best starting position in Australia with the track record

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Jorge Martin, with the track record, convincingly won the best starting position (1:27.246) before the race in Australia. The Spaniard was almost half a second faster than his nearest competitor. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1715526063860666473 Along with him, Brad Binder and Francesco Bagnaia will start the main and sprint races from the front row, who, as the fastest, made their way from the slower qualifying group. Fourth place was taken by Aleix Espargaro ahead of Johann Zarco and Fabio Di Giannantoni. Marc Marquez, who broke through the slower qualifying group as the second, took seventh place. Home ace Jack Miller pitched the eighth inning. Maverick Vinales and Marco Bezzecchi completed the top ten. The eleventh and twelfth times were set by Pol E

Jun242023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bezzecchi with the qualifying record in Assen

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With a track record (1:31.472), Marco Bezzecchi won the best starting position in the qualification in Assen, Netherlands. Francesco Bagnaia and Luca Marini will also start the sprint and main races from the front row. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1672538387322920961 Fourth time put Fabio Quartarara ahead of Brad Binder and Aprilia riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales. The top ten was completed by Johann Zarco, Alex Marquez and Jorge Martin, who were the fastest from the first part. The eleventh time was set by Miguel Oliveira ahead of Jack Miller and Fabio Di Giannantoni. Takaaki Nakagami will start from fourteenth place ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Raul Fernandez. After a collision with Eneo Bastianini, Marc Marquez finished only seventeenth, Ital

Apr152023 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Bagnaia: A demanding sprint race awaits us, Alex Marquez the main opponent

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Francesco Bagnaia won the best starting position in today's qualifying and became the first MotoGP rider in history to complete a lap in Austin in less than two minutes and two seconds. In the prev interview after qualifying, he said: "I feel great. We've done a very good job all weekend so far. That I managed to complete a lap under 2.02 is amazing, especially because there are a lot of bumps on the track. We're definitely going to have a hard time in the sprint race. , because Alex Marquez and I have a very similar rhythm."