Morbidelli forced to open new engine for Doha MotoGP round

Petronas SRT rider Franco Morbidelli will have to unseal a third engine from his allocation for the 2021 MotoGP season after encountering issues in FP1 for the Doha Grand Prix.
Morbidelli was shown the black flag with the orange circle, denoting a technical issue, after his SRT ‘A-spec’ Yamaha was caught smoking at Turn 1.
Able to rejoin the session following the first incident, he did …Keep reading