Peter Hickman’s bid to secure a record-breaking six wins on the 2022 Isle of Man TT kicks off in earnest today as race week gets underway with the BSB rider hot favourite for success on the Superbike TT.
Peter Hickman and Michael Dunlop head into race week for the 2022 Isle of Man TT as the riders to beat across the four solo classes as six days of qualifying practice concluded on Friday evening.
Esapekka Lappi says he is “satisfied” with his opening day’s work at Rally Italia Sardegna and is confident he can build on that heading into the Saturday leg of the notoriously harsh gravel event.
Aprilia’s rivals were lining up to praise the low grip performance of the RS-GP after Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales topped Friday practice for the Catalunya MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo has blamed ‘low grip’ conditions for his disappointing day-one performance at the Catalan MotoGP, while also claiming “had the race been today, we would have been in damage limitation.”
Toyota returnee Esapekka Lappi was prevented from building on his small Rally Italia Sardegna lead as organisers took the decision to cancel the final two Friday stages on safety grounds.
Aleix Espargaro was in top form as he dominated Catalunya MotoGP FP2 from team-mate Maverick Vinales. Ducati hot on their heels after finishing with four bikes inside the top seven.