The Portuguese Grand Prix will return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2027 and 2028 after reaching an agreement on Tuesday, Afrosport reports. The race returns to the Algarve International Circuit in Portimao having been previously held in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, both won by Lewis Hamilton. It is expected to take the place of the Dutch Grand Prix, which will be dropped...
Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will still serve his double long lap penalty despite getting injured at the weekend’s season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix. The Honda rider was penalised for causing a crash which took out Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Martin in Portimao, with the initial suggestion being that the Spaniard would only serve his penalty at this weekend’s Argentina Grand Prix. Marquez will however miss...
Current MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia began the 2023 season with victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. The Italian rider won MotoGP's inaugural sprint race on Saturday and was dominant again in his Ducati in Sunday's race as he finished ahead of Aprilia's Maverick Vinales and Ducati's Marco Bezzecchi who took second and third respectively. Pole-sitter and six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez lost...
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