Valentino Rossi's WRT team principal has said the Italian was not to blame for the pit stop mishap in Sunday's GT World Challenge season-opener at Imola.
So you can impress your mates down the pub with your F1 knowledge and you are totally au fait with who drives which car - but do you actually know what the grand prix gladiators drive every day..?
MG could soon have a presence again in the FIA World Rally Championship and in the new Intercontinental Rally Challenge following news that the marque has developed a Super 2000 car.
Tuesday at Valencia saw Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins and Toro Rosso F1 star Tonio Liuzzi swap teams and machines, for a special high-speed taste of the other's racing world.