Several MotoGP teams and riders were at a loss to understand why Fabio Quartararo was given a swift in-race penalty for light contact with Lorenzo Savadori, while Jorge Martin went unpunished until late in the evening.
While Takaaki Nakagami and Joan Mir committed fully to the new Honda fairing, Marc Marquez opted to ‘sacrifice a bit’ with back-to-back tests on Friday at the Austrian MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo has rolled back on recent comments that suggested Yamaha has just ‘one chance’ to deliver with its 2024 bike at next month’s Misano MotoGP test.
The cool Silverstone weather and flowing track meant MotoGP riders got through the British weekend without major handling issues under the stricter tyre-pressure monitoring system, but this weekend’s Red Bull Ring round could be more critical.
With the MotoGP practice format tweaked from Silverstone, the Grand Prix Commission has outlined how Q1-Q2 places will be decided if the Friday afternoon session has to be cancelled.
Joan Mir cites the reduced importance of rider input on corner exit plus electronically extended tyre performance for making overtaking more difficult in MotoGP.
RNF team boss Razlan Razali thinks Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez will be fired up to perform at the home MotoGP event of ex-employer KTM, in Austria this weekend.
Lewis Hamilton believes F1’s new technical regulations haven’t “delivered everything that it said it would” amid growing concerns about dirty air impacting the racing in 2023.
Lewis Hamilton says that he doesn’t “like driving not great cars” but clarified that he “loves that challenge” of trying to turn Mercedes’ season around in F1 2023.
McLaren driver Lando Norris has hit out at F1 tyre supplier Pirelli after a number of drivers struggled for grip during the various restarts at the Australian Grand Prix.
George Russell believes Red Bull were “holding back” during F1’s Australian Grand Prix to stop the FIA intervening and potentially make rule changes to curtail their season.