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The inverse Marquez trait that helped Bagnaia’s Assen MotoGP domination

Francesco Bagnaia’s double victory at the Italian Grand Prix topped the MotoGP news cycle for all of about 12 hours before Ducati enacted rider market madness. From the moment Autosport first reported Marc Marquez had been given the nod for the factory team, all discussion has been around the dynamics…

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MotoGP set to replace Kazakhstan GP with second Qatar round

The MotoGP Kazakhstan Grand Prix will not take place and a second round will be held in Qatar instead, Motorsport.com understands. The race at the Sokol circuit has been in doubt from the moment it entered the calendar. Initially, the event was due to debut last year, but its cancellation was…

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Pramac announces Ducati split, move to Yamaha MotoGP structure

Pramac has announced that it will part ways with Ducati at the end of the current MotoGP season to become a satellite Yamaha team in 2025. As revealed by Autosport on Thursday, the Italian outfit will bring the curtain down to a relationship that began almost two decades ago in…

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Martin: Ducati has offered full support in MotoGP despite Aprilia deal

Jorge Martin says Ducati has assured him that he will get its full support in the 2024 MotoGP title fight despite his impending split from the Italian manufacturer. Pramac rider Martin will leave the Ducati fold after four seasons to join Aprilia on a multi-year deal in 2025, having lost…

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Red Bull might not take Yuki Tsunoda seriously yet, but RB does

Tsunoda was labelled a fast but slightly inconsistent hothead upon his F1 arrival in 2021 at the tender age of 20, going viral because of his expletive-laden radio messages. But with it being easier to calm a fast driver down than it is to make a consistently average driver faster,…

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Mercedes targeting F1 charge by "bullying" car into being "driver's friend"

The Brackley-based squad enjoyed a much more fruitful Canadian Grand Prix compared to other races this campaign, with George Russell securing pole position before finishing in third, one place ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes' cause was assisted in Montreal by the recently repaved track surface, which provided a smooth…

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Why a Pramac/Yamaha MotoGP union is best for all parties

Ducati finally opted to retain Marquez rather than give Martin a the factory team ride, with the championship leader switching to Aprilia for 2025.These moves will have a decisive influence on the future plans of Pramac, who is seriously considering giving up competing with the Ducati bike, with whom it…

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10 of the most memorable Silverstone moments

Sponsored by F1 makes its debut – 1950 Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo 158, Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo 158 (Photo by: Motorsport Images) The first-ever world championship F1 race was held at Silverstone on May 13, 1950, with a 21-car grid including nine British drivers. Reg Parnell was the top home…

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Why Mercedes blocked October delay over F1’s 2026 rules

With the FIA having taken teams by surprise last week in revealing details of what has been laid out for F1's next rules revolution, the state of the draft rules caused some unease in the Montreal paddock.

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The "stratospheric" Hamilton laps that have put Mercedes' F1 rivals on alert

For although a scrappy race from George Russell and Lewis Hamilton ultimately meant the chances of a victory from pole position slipped through its grasp, a deeper dive of its weekend pace has prompted the competition to reappraise where it sees Mercedes in the pecking order.

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Ten things we learned at the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen and Red Bull got back to winning ways where much of the action came down to the impact of Montreal's track layout and weather.

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Verstappen: 'Red Bull must deliver cleaner F1 weekends'

Verstappen suffered an issue with a brand-new hybrid component of his Red Bull - Honda which left him sidelined through most of Friday's second free practice. The additional MGU-K element added to Verstappen's pool of components might come back to haunt him later in the 2024 season in the form…

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Red Bull must deliver cleaner F1 weekends - Verstappen

Verstappen suffered an issue with a brand-new hybrid component of his Red Bull-Honda, which left him sidelined through most of Friday's second free practice. The additional MGU-K element added to Verstappen's pool of components might come back to haunt him later in the 2024 season in the form of grid…

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The immediate fallout from Marquez's Ducati MotoGP power play

In just four days, Marc Marquez has brought Ducati to its knees, irritated reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia and surely his mentor Valentino Rossi, and redoubled his chances of winning this title to justify his choice ahead of Jorge Martín.

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The immediate fallout from Marquez's Ducati MotoGP powerplay

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How Red Bull creates the perfect strategy for Verstappen and Perez

Devising and implementing the perfect race strategy is a real ‘team effort’ in Formula 1. However, every team has a couple of people who are particularly tasked with determining the right plan of attack. Red Bull Racing has three: Head of race strategy Will Courtenay, principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz…

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Timeline: Marc Marquez’s path to becoming a factory Ducati MotoGP rider

The eight-time world champion, for the first time in his MotoGP career, is not racing within a factory team after electing to quit Honda to join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati.

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Ducati officially announces Marc Marquez for its 2025 factory MotoGP team

On Monday, Motorsport.com broke the news that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote championship leader Jorge Martin from Pramac to its factory squad.

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Who was really to blame for IndyCar chaos on Detroit’s streets?

Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.

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The lengths Ducati must show it is willing to go to retain Marquez in MotoGP

Editor's note: Since this feature was published on the morning of Monday 3 June 2024, Motorsport.com broke the news that Ducati will now promote Marc Marquez to its factory MotoGP team for 2025 and Jorge Martin will leave the manufacturer altogether. Motorsport.com has decided to keep the copy in its original…

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The factors Ducati had to consider as it looks set to keep Marquez and lose Martin

In recent weeks, Ducati developed an ideal scenario for the next two years in MotoGP. In the eyes of its executives, this would play well with eight-time world champion Marc Marquez and current standings leader Jorge Martin, whose renewals became a priority once Francesco Bagnaia was secured in March.

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Gateway NASCAR Cup: Cindric earns shock win as Blaney runs out of fuel

Blaney, the reigning series champion, looked primed to pick up his first win of the 2024 season after surviving a wild duel with Christopher Bell.

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Front Row Motorsports intends to buy NASCAR charter from Stewart-Haas

The team currently operates two full-time Cup teams with Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland, while McDowell is set to leave the team for Spire Motorsports at the end of the year.

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Loss, heartbreak, redemption: The road to Leclerc's Monaco F1 triumph

How as a young child growing up in the principality, he would take the bus to school up the winding climb to Casino Square, dreaming how he would one day tear up the same roads in a scarlet Ferrari F1 car. How his late father Herve made every possible sacrifice to…

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Ten things we learned at the 2024 F1 Monaco Grand Prix

It was a thrilling edition of a race steeped in history, worthy of joining those that came before it in the stratosphere of motorsport's memorable moments. Strategic gamesmanship preceded a final showdown between two of the championship's brightest talents, and the conclusion did not disappoint: a fearless overtake around the…

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