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Marquez’s “super important” Jerez MotoGP battle with Bagnaia “like old times”The Gresini rider qualified on pole for the first time on a Ducati before going on to score his first grand prix podium after a thrilling 25-lap race at Jerez on Sunday.Marquez locked horns with Bagnaia in the latter stages of the grand prix, with the pair engaging twice at Turn 9 on laps 21 and 22.On the first attempt, Marquez launched his bike up the inside of Bagnaia’s at Turn 9, before the ... Keep readingSource: Marquez’s “super important” Jerez MotoGP battle with Bagnaia “like old times”
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MotoGP Spanish GP: Bagnaia fends off Marquez in thriller as Martin crashesPramac Ducati rider Martin threatened to take a 47-point lead in the championship as he led the field on the 11th? of 25 laps ahead of Bagnaia and Marquez.But a crash at Turn 6 flipped the grand prix on its head, with Bagnaia released into the lead and forced into a thrilling scrap with Gresini Ducati’s Marquez for the win.Beating Marquez by 0.372s after putting in a stunning Jerez race lap ... Keep readingSource: MotoGP Spanish GP: Bagnaia fends off Marquez in thriller as Martin crashes
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Bagnaia critical of “no plan” MotoGP sprint racesThe reigning world champion was taken out of the 12-lap sprint at Jerez on Saturday when he got sandwiched between Marco Bezzecchi on the outside and Brad Binder on his inside.It has put Bagnaia 42 points back on Pramac's Jorge Martin, who won the chaotic sprint.The incident was placed under investigation by the FIM stewards but no further action was deemed necessary, a call Bagnaia hinted that he ... Keep readingSource: Bagnaia critical of “no plan” MotoGP sprint races
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Palou “not very pleased” by mysterious pace slump in Barber IndyCar qualifyingChip Ganassi Racing’s reigning champion Palou set the pace overall in the first round of qualifying, lapping in the day’s quickest time of 1m05.5862s on fresh alternate tyres.But then his speed vanished in the second round, when the top 12 cars from the two groups run together.Palou lapped in 1m06.8819s on primary tyres on his first Top 12 Qualifying run, but only improved to 1m06.3013s on his ... Keep readingSource: Palou “not very pleased” by mysterious pace slump in Barber IndyCar qualifying
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Barber IndyCar poleman McLaughlin admits "it's been a tough week"The defending race winner,? McLaughlin captured pole with a sensational run of 1m05.9490s around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course, just 0.097s ahead of team-mate? Power.It was the 300th? IndyCar pole for Team Penske.The front row lockout delivered a positive result for the team amid a tumultuous week that featured IndyCar officials handing out severe penalties.Josef Newgarden, the ... Keep readingSource: Barber IndyCar poleman McLaughlin admits "it's been a tough week"
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Vinales: Jerez MotoGP sprint should have been red-flagged amid crash chaosIn total, 15 riders of the 25 starters suffered falls across the 12-lap sprint, with 10 of those tumbles occurring in about 10 minutes between lap seven and the end.At Turn 5, Vinales fell on lap 10 having inherited third when Alex Marquez, Brad Binder and Enea Bastianini all had identical front-end crashes the tour before.Moments after they did this, Marc Marquez crashed out of the lead at Turn ... Keep readingSource: Vinales: Jerez MotoGP sprint should have been red-flagged amid crash chaos
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Marquez "crashed in the easiest part" of Jerez MotoGP sprint raceGresini rider Marquez made a relatively slow launch from pole position to drop to third at the start, but repassed both KTM's Brad Binder and Pramac Ducati ace? Jorge Martin to retake the lead on lap seven.By the start of lap nine, Marquez had pulled himself clear of the chasing pack and was seemingly on his way to a first victory of 2024, only to suffer a fall at the Turn 9 left-hander.The ... Keep readingSource: Marquez "crashed in the easiest part" of Jerez MotoGP sprint race
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Quartararo hit with penalty in Jerez MotoGP sprint; Pedrosa inherits podiumYamaha's Quartararo qualified a career-worst 23rd in the damp Q1 session, but put on a sensational fightback in the early stages of the 12-lap sprint at Jerez on Saturday.Leaping up to 11th on the opening lap, Quartararo was in the points in ninth on the third tour and vaulted up to third after a spate of crashes in the latter stages.Quartararo fended off KTM wildcard Pedrosa by 0.050 seconds to ... Keep readingSource: Quartararo hit with penalty in Jerez MotoGP sprint; Pedrosa inherits podium
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IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin takes pole in Penske 1-2McLaughlin set an early benchmark in the Fast Six pole shootout on alternates at 1m06.329s and ran a second lap on this set –? but made a tiny error at Turn 5 –? before switching to his second set.Power went earlier to his second set of alternates and lowered the bar to 1m06.046s with a minute to go, but then it was his turn to run wide at Turn 5.However McLaughlin wasn’t to be denied with ... Keep readingSource: IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin takes pole in Penske 1-2
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Roger Penske summons IndyCar team owners for impromptu meetingVarious members of the paddock have questioned the integrity of Team Penske after IndyCar officials stripped Josef Newgarden of his victory in the season-opening round for illegal use of the push-to-pass system, while? Scott McLaughlin was also disqualified from his third-place finish for similar infractions.The revised classification, with Arrow McLaren driver Pato O'Ward promoted to victory ... Keep readingSource: Roger Penske summons IndyCar team owners for impromptu meeting
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