This weekend in motorsport – 17-18 April 2021

F1

At the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit rain made things challenging as drivers cued up for the start of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

The race had its fair share of drama as a collision between Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas and Williams driver, George Russell caused a Red Flag and the racing having to be restarted, leaving both drivers out of the race.

An amazing restart from Max Verstappen saw the Dutchman hold the top spot from start to finish of the race.

A rare mistake by Lewis Hamilton saw the 7-time champion sitting in 8^th position before the restart, after an amazing show of drivers skills, Hamilton managed to take the 2^nd place on the Podium followed by Lando Norris in his McLaren.

This resulted in Verstappen close behind Hamilton in the points race with only 1 point separating them going into the Portuguese GP next month!

Results are as follows:

Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA 2:02:34.598
Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES +22.000s
Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES +23.702s
Charles Leclerc FERRARI +25.579s
Carlos Sainz FERRARI +27.036s
Daniel Ricciardo MCLAREN MERCEDES +51.220s
Pierre Gasly ALPHATAURI HONDA +52.818s
Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES +56.909s
Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT +65.704s
Fernando Alonso ALPINE RENAULT +66.561s
Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA +67.151s
Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA +73.184s
Kimi Räikkönen ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI +94.773s
Antonio Giovinazzi ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI +1 lap
Sebastian Vettel ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES DNF
Mick Schumacher HAAS FERRARI +2 laps
Nikita Mazepin HAAS FERRARI +2 laps

NC Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES DNF

NC George Russell WILLIAMS MERCEDES DNF

NC Nicholas Latifi WILLIAMS MERCEDES DNF

MotoGP

The return of Marc Marquez!

After an emphatic race, Fabio Quartararo took the top spot at the end of the Portuguese GP, giving him the lead in the points race. A great ride from Suzuki rider Alex Rins came to an end as he crashed chasing down P1 with 7 laps to go.

8-time world champion, Marc Marquez started his first race since getting injured back in 2020 from 6^th position but ultimately finished the race in 7^th in front of his brother Alex.

South African (our very own) Brad Binder finished the race in an amazing 5^th position one second behind Franco Morbidelli who came in 4^th position.

Francesco Bagnaia and 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir took the 2^nd and 3^rd spot respectively.