Marc Márquez wins MotoGP season-opener after Thailand tussle with brother

  • Six-time champion makes perfect start at factory Ducati
  • He overtakes brother Alex with three laps left in Thailand

Marc Márquez continued his perfect start to life with factory Ducati as the six-time MotoGP champion completed a weekend double at the season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on Sunday, finishing ahead of his younger brother, Alex Márquez.

Marc Márquez, who won the sprint race on Saturday, got off to an electric start on pole in hot and humid conditions at the Buriram International Circuit but Alex, who had qualified second on the grid, managed to break free to take the lead in the seventh lap of the 26-lap race.

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Connor Zilisch bounces back, wins Xfinity Series race at COTA

After recovering from a penalty early in the race and surviving a right-front tire rub from contact with Corey Heim on a late-race restart, Connor Zilisch was victorious in Saturday\\\"s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of The Americas. Zilisch led 26 laps in the Focused Health 250, earning his second career win in the […]

Lewis Hamilton dismisses ‘older, white men’ criticising his move to Ferrari

  • Seven-time champion says winning is his ‘No 1 priority’
  • Eddie Jordan and Bernie Ecclestone scornful of signing

Lewis Hamilton has delivered a stinging rebuke to criticism of his move from Mercedes to Ferrari, dismissing it as an irrelevance from what he describes as older, white men and insisting he “welcomes” the negativity.

Hamilton is making his debut with Ferrari this year and is currently taking part in pre-season testing in Bahrain, where he was quickest in the morning session. This will be the 40-year-old’s 19th season in F1 and comes after 12 years at Mercedes with whom he won six of his seven titles. Speaking in an interview for Time magazine he addressed criticism he has received from the former F1 team chief Eddie Jordan and the sport’s former chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.

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