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Egor Orudzhev produced a superb performance in the second encounter of the Lamborghini World Finals, winning the Pro/ProAm race in front of a fired-up Bonduel to secure an unexpected world title.The ART-Line team driver first tried to beat his French rival on the track, then had to serve a drive-through due to a penalty for a jump start. His victory was in the balance until the very end due to …Keep reading

After Alex Criville (1999), Jorge Lorenzo (2010, 2012 and 2015), Marc Marquez (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) and Joan Mir (2020), Jorge Martin is only the fifth rider from Spain to win a premier class title.In addition, his success this year marked the first for a rider with a satellite team since Valentino Rossi won the last 500cc title in 2001 with the Nastro Azzurro Honda team.Having …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says he was aware it was going to be a tough task to win the 2024 MotoGP title after he crashed out of the sprint race for the Malaysian Grand Prix.Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was running second behind Pramac rival Jorge Martin in the short-distance race at Sepang when he dumped his GP24 at the tricky uphill Turn 9, giving away important points during a crucial stage of the …Keep reading

Pramac rider Jorge Martin clinched his maiden MotoGP title with a safe third-place finish in the Barcelona Grand Prix, while Francesco Bagnaia had to concede defeat despite scoring an 11th win of 2024.Martin arrived at Sunday’s finale in Spain with a 19-point lead in the championship over factory Ducati rival Bagnaia and only needed to finish inside the top nine to lift the trophy.Although Bagnaia …Keep reading

Newly-crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Martin says he “couldn’t ride” and was crying under his helmet during the final laps of the Barcelona Grand Prix.Pramac rider Martin claimed his first MotoGP title with a safe third-place finish in the final round of the season, beating race winner and factory Ducati rival Francesco Bagnaia to the crown by 10 points.Read Also:MotoGPMotoGP …Keep reading

Macau Grand Prix winner Ugo Ugochukwu says he was “definitely not expecting” to dominate the event by leading every lap of both the qualifying race and the main contest.The McLaren junior topped a chaotic qualifying session by just 0.014 seconds over Red Bull Junior Oliver Goethe and proceeded to maintain his advantage for the rest of the weekend.But, having endured a tricky maiden campaign in the …Keep reading

While he fights for the Formula 2 crown, Isack Hadjar is keeping a watchful eye on developments as Red Bull evaluates its Formula 1 driver line-ups.Officially, Sergio Perez was confirmed alongside Max Verstappen at the Milton Keynes-based squad, while Yuki Tsunoda was announced as staying at RB and Liam Lawson is widely expected to be given a seat as he has been impressing lately as Daniel …Keep reading

Alonso continued his winning run in Moto3, while the Moto2 season ended with Canet taking victory in a tense finaleThe day’s action kicked off with an 18-lap Moto3 race, where David Alonso capped off his title-winning campaign with a record-extending 14th victory.The CFMoto Aspar rider made a brilliant start from pole position to lead into Turn 1, but struggled to pull out a gap in the opening …Keep reading

BMW driver Dries Vanthoor has questioned the severity of the five-second penalty given to eventual FIA GT World Cup winner Maro Engel after the pair collided in Macau.Vanthoor had already slipped to third behind Antonio Fuoco’s Ferrari in the early stages of the race and was attempting to keep Engel’s Mercedes at bay when the latter clipped the BMW M4 through the Solitude Esses.The Belgian was …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia needs more than a victory to come away from the Barcelona Grand Prix as a three-time MotoGP champion. Only some misfortune on Jorge Martin’s part could swing the title battle in his favour in the final round of the season.The factory Ducati rider rode admirably on Saturday to clinch victory in the sprint and slash Martin’s advantage from 24 points to 19, while establishing …Keep reading