Honda’s Norbert Michelisz surprised the paddock after he began to talk about backing up team-mate Tiago Monteiro during the remaining races, after a mixed race day where he failed to finish Race 1 and finished fourth in Race 2, leaving his home race joint-seventh in the standings, 61 behind Monteiro.

Michelisz said the team might need to think tactically sooner rather than later, despite their being seven races left in the season.

“It’s not the best of my season starts so far,” said Michelisz. “The championship lead is a bit far ahead, so the main focus for me is to score a lot of points, and if I’m in a position to help Tiago in the rest of the races and he does not struggle with bad luc... Read More