Formula 1: Malaysian Grand Prix

Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia only needs a fifteenth-place finish to win the 2022 MotoGP Riders' World Championship. Fabio Quartararo will need a win and some help to capture the World Championship with a twenty-two-point deficit to the championship leader. Bagnaia won the 2021 edition of the Valencia Grand Prix and is the heavy favorite to win the…

I recall the first time we met, back in the mid-2000s. I was press officer at GP2 and you were taking the junior ladder by storm. Your mop of blonde hair, excited eyes peeking out from behind that thick wavy fringe, we talked of the prospect of you racing with us, but your sights were already set far above the championship in which I worked. It…