Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) SPA — Sebastien Vettel reasserted his dominance over the rest of the grid with a win he made look easy in Belgium. The German guided his Red Bull to a simple win that leaves him 46 points clear of his championship rivals with 8 races remaining. It was a commanding victory for Vettel who finished nearly 17 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. After a poor qualifying, Alonso started strongly […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) BRNO — Repsol rookie Marc Marquez continued his vein run of form as he completed his fourth win — his fifth of the season — in a row in Brno. After his latest victory, Marquez has become the first rider to win five races in his debut season, and few would bet against him adding to his current haul. After settling for third in qualifying, Marquez passed pole setter Cal Crutchlow […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) SACHSENRING — Marc Marquez took his second victory in his MotoGP career at Sachsenring, leading for much of the race from Yamaha pair Cal Crutchlow in second and Valentino Rossi in third. Crashes for championship leaders, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, saw both riders miss the race because of injury. The missing Spaniards gave the chasing pack the perfect chance to close the gap they hold in the standings, a […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) The 2013 MotoGP season will officially begin in Qatar on April 5th when the first group of riders enter the track for the first “free-practice” session of the season. Many fans may believe the winter provides the world’s elite motorcycle riders with down-time, some rest after a long, grueling season perhaps? This is far from true. The off season is filled with testing, fitness and for many, adjustments to a […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sports) KUALA LUMPUR – Sebastien Vettel took the win in Malaysia amongst controversial circumstances as the German appears to have ‘stolen’ the victory from team-mate Mark Webber. Webber came second as Vettel denied team orders to claim first. Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton claimed third despite losing several seconds during an awkward encounter with former team McLaren. Hamilton accidentally pulled into his former garage, a team he spent 5 successful years with. […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) MotoGP – Moto2 & Moto3 Testing VALENCIA – MotoGP returned this February as the build up to the 2013 season began in emphatic style. Three days of testing saw almost every rider across all three classes (MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3) blow off the cobwebs of winter and aim to set competitive times. The MotoGP premier class riders tested early in Sepang while the two junior classes had three days at […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) MotoGP – Sepang Testing SEPANG – MotoGP returned this February as the build up to the 2013 season began in emphatic style. Three days of testing saw almost every rider across all three classes (MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3) blow off the cobwebs of winter and aim to set competitive times. The MotoGP premier class riders tested early in Sepang while the two junior classes had three days at Valencia […]
Fern Webster, Correspondent (Sport) In some sports, a talent can be spotted easily. A teenager playing football for their local team may be selected to play for a town or city, a region or even their country. The team pay for the cost of training and, soon, the player could be paid enormous sums of money to play professionally. There are thousands of paid professional footballers in the world, but there are only twenty-two […]
Joshua Peacock, Correspondent (Sport) VALENCIA – Weeks after the podium at Valencia was finally disassembled and with pre-season testing already underway, it now seems appropriate to reflect on a thrilling year of MotoGP. The 2012 MotoGP season was, as most are, dominated by the brilliance of two bitter rivals. Spaniards, Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa, broke records and made history in a season that was eventually decided by the former’s unbelievable consistency, finishing 1st […]
Fern Webster, Correspondent (Sports) LONDON – On Sunday, December the 2nd, the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane hosted the annual Autosport awards. Many of the worlds motorsport stars attended including F1 drivers Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel as well as eight time world rally champion Sebatsien Loeb. There were twelve awards, eleven of which are voted by the readers of Autosport magazine. The British Club Driver of the Year award was won […]
