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Last weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring marked another milestone for Ducati, as it occupied the top five spots of a race for the first time. Pramac’s Jorge Martin also ended its grand prix victory drought in Germany dating back to 2008, with the Sachsenring for many years seen as arguably Ducati’s worst on the calendar. The top five in the grand prix consisted of two Pramac riders, Bagnaia on his factory team bike and the VR46 duo. Bagnaia leads the championship by 16 points from Martin, with Marco Bezzecchi third and Johann Zarco fourth. Having narrowly missed out on victory in Germany to Martin, Bagnaia joked that he’ll have to start thinking about team orders before noting that Ducati’s current support strategy for all of its teams is what is making it so dominant right now. “If he starts to be too close, I will ask for team orders,” Bagnaia joked about Martin. “We will have a step in front with the engine. No, but to fight against a factory team and fightin...

Christian Horner has contradicted Sergio Perez 's opinion that the Medium tyre was "weak" in the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix. Pole-sitter Perez opted for a conventional Medium-Hard one-stopper in Miami with title rival Max Verstappen electing for the opposing Hard-Medium plan, giving the World Champion fresher rubber with which to attack in the closing laps. Verstappen passed Perez on Lap 48, just three tours after his pit-stop to cruise to a third victory of the season and increase his points lead to 14 as F1 prepares to head back to Europe. Perez explained he wasn't sure he could have beaten Verstappen on the same strategy , and even ruled out starting on the Hards - but Red Bull boss Horner believes with "hindsight" the Mexican could have pushed more on his own Medium stint to build a gap to the recovering Verstappen. Viewed by others: ...