Nakagami was comfortably the top Honda rider throughout the Jerez weekend, his form boosted by a switch to an older chassis giving him more rear grip. The Japanese rider qualified fifth and fought his way through to fourth in the latter stages of the Jerez race, piling pressure on Petronas SRT’s Franco Morbidelli in third…
Espargaro launched from 13th on the grid but was unable to make much progress into the top 10, ultimately ending the race 11.7 seconds from the victory in 10th and trailing his Honda team-mate Marc Marquez. The Spaniard says he was “just feeling really bad” in the 25-lap Jerez race and was unhappy with the…
Having seen the win taken away from the Dutchman in Bahrain when he ran wide while overtaking Lewis Hamilton for the lead, and a pole position lap in Portimao deleted for going off circuit, Verstappen’s final fastest lap effort was also scrubbed after he ran off track at the penultimate corner. Verstappen himself called it…
Carrying no success ballast, Ritomo Miyata set a new lap record of 1m26.496s at the wheel of the Yokohama-shod Toyota GR Supra he shares with Yuji Kunimoto in Q2. That was than three tenths up on the existing record set by Kenta Yamashita in qualifying for last year’s season finale, and enough to edge out…
Sam Allardyce refused to commit his future to West Brom after suffering his first relegation from the Premier League following defeat at Arsenal. The Baggies are the eighth club Allardyce has managed in the competition but a 3-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium saw them condemned to the drop. The writing had been on the…
Juan Mata may be the forgotten man at Manchester United, but he remains a footballer of immense ability. Despite only making 15 appearances in all competitions this season, Mata is a popular figure at Old Trafford and reports have circulated that United wish to offer him a one-year contract extension. And after this outrageously casual…
West Brom’s Premier League relegation was confirmed as Arsenal returned to winning ways to sink Sam Allardyce’s side. The Baggies are the eighth club Allardyce has managed in the Premier League but a 3-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium means the former England boss has been relegated from the division for the first time. The…
Carlo Ancelotti was pleased with the attitude of his Everton players as they kept their hopes of playing in Europe next season alive by beating West Ham 1-0. There was a slow start to the game at the London Stadium but Everton improved as the first half went on. This led to them taking the…
West Ham’s whole season now looks set to provide a textbook example of the concept of perspective after a deeply disappointing afternoon at the worst possible time. Leicester’s catastrophic defeat at Newcastle on Friday night had left the Foxes facing – in the inimitable words of Joleon Lescott on Sky – “itchy bum time” and…
The son of 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg will once again drive a 2C Competition Hyundai Motorsport i20 Coupe after impressing on his way to seventh during his debut run with the team at February’s Arctic Rally Finland. Driving alongside stand-in co-driver Sebastian Marshall, the pair set a string of quick stage times. This will…