MotoGP Argentina, 31 March 2019

1. M. Márquez     2. V. Rossi       3. A. Dovizioso

Marquez obliterates opposition in titanic Termas showing.
Termas, 31 March 2019

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Reigning World Champion unstoppable in Argentina as Rossi beats Dovizioso to second on the last lap.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) obliterated the opposition on Sunday at the Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina to take victory by over nine seconds, the reigning World Champion beating second place Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) and third place Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) as the Italian duo battled it out for the entire race.

That race for second was fierce though as Dovizioso, Rossi, Miller, Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) and Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) scrapped it out. But it was soon rostrum challenge over the Crutchlow as Race Direction gave him a ride through penalty for jumping the start – no repeat win or podium for last season’s Argentina GP victor.
  
 

F1 GP Bahrain, 31 March 2019

1. LC. Hamilton       2. V. Bottas       3. C. Leclerc

Engine issues cost Leclerc, Ferrari Bahrain win.
BIC          [31 March 2019]

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Ferrari suffered a nightmare at the Bahrain Grand Prix after an engine issue cost Charles Leclerc victory and Sebastian Vettel spun out of podium contention while fighting wheel-to-wheel with Lewis Hamilton.

Leclerc was leading the race when he lost power from the energy recovery system on his Ferrari power unit, which provides a 160bhp boost in electrical power to the rear wheels.

The loss of performance was dramatic, costing him roughly four seconds a lap, and by lap 48, Hamilton, who was running second, took the lead of the race. He dropped to third before a late Safety Car neutralised the order when both Renault cars retired with mechanical problems on lap 55. 

F1 GP Australia, 17 March 2019

1. V. Bottas       2. LC. Hamilton       3. M. Verstappen

Bottas beats Hamilton as Ferrari falters in Melbourne
Albert Park          [17 March 2019]

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Valtteri Bottas has wasted little time in making amends for his winless 2018 campaign, taking an utterly dominant victory for Mercedes at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Bottas narrowly missed out on pole position to teammate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday, but it took him less than 100 metres to put his car in front of the five-time world champion as the field raced down to Turn 1.

The Finn then led all but one lap at Albert Park -- even setting the fastest race lap to earn an extra world championship point under a newly-introduced rule for 2019-- before taking the chequered flag a massive 20.8 seconds ahead of Hamilton, with Max Verstappen finishing third for Red Bull. 

MotoGP Qatar, 10 March 2019

1. A. Dovizioso     2. M. Márquez       3. C. Crutchlow

   
Crutchlow: P3 for the comeback king in Qatar
Losail, 10 March 2019

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After his serious injury sustained at the Australia GP and a largely effected preseason, the British rider produced a heroic ride at Losail.

Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) produced an outstanding injury comeback ride at the VisitQatar Grand Prix to earn a heroic podium, finishing 0.320 off the win in third behind race winner Andrea Dovizioso (Mission Winnow Ducati) and runner-up Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda Team).

The Briton, who suffered a badly broken ankle and lower leg at Phillip Island, endured a tough winter being unable to walk. And having missed out on the first two preseason tests in Valencia and Jerez before the turn of the year, Crutchlow started 2019 on the back foot at the Sepang and Qatar Tests. However, a P6 in qualifying converted into a 17th career Grand Prix podium in Sunday’s race made Crutchlow the hero of the opening night in Qatar.