The immediate fallout from Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP power play
In just four days, Marc Marquez has brought Ducati to its knees, irritated reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia and surely his mentor Valentino Rossi, and redoubled his chances of winning this title to justify his choice ahead of Jorge Martín.As much as there were…
WRC champion Rovanpera set for circuit racing debut
The two-time world champion is expanding his motorsport horizons this year following a decision to conduct a part-time WRC campaign with Toyota.Rovanpera announced plans in February to contest four of the six Carrera Cup Benelux rounds, with the first outing arriving at Zandvoort – the…
Timeline: Marc Marquez’s path to becoming a factory Ducati MotoGP rider
The eight-time world champion, for the first time in his MotoGP career, is not racing within a factory team after electing to quit Honda to join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati.While once a move that would have seen him slide down the order,…
Ducati officially announces Marc Marquez for its 2025 factory MotoGP team
On Monday, Motorsport.com broke the news that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote championship leader Jorge Martin from Pramac to its factory squad.The way was paved for Marquez to go to the factory Ducati team when Aprilia announced it had signed…
Did the WRC’s shorter sprint-style format work?
Now that the dust has settled on an event that delivered the joint-closest finish in WRC history, the championship and the FIA will evaluate how the 48-hour, 266.12km format performed.This trial was the latest step the WRC is undertaking to improve its overall appeal by…
Martin didn’t make Aprilia MotoGP decision «out of anger”, says Rivola
On Monday evening, it was announced that Martin will leave the Ducati fold after four seasons and move to Aprilia in 2025, replacing the retiring Aleix Espargaro on a multi-year deal.It followed a series of events over the past week at Mugello, as the Spaniard…
Bastianini set to ride a KTM in 2025 MotoGP season
The five-time MotoGP race winner’s fate at Ducati was revealed on Monday 3 June when Motorsport.com broke the news that the Italian manufacturer had decided to promote Marc Marquez to its factory team.While an official Ducati announcement is still forthcoming, it was all but confirmed…
How 24 hours changed the trajectory of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP career
On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass.Gazzetta dello Sport reported that championship leader Martin would be promoted to the factory Ducati team and the Italian marque was now…
Sordo’s WRC future unknown after Sardinia podium
The 41-year-old capped his 191st WRC start by coming through to finish third behind Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak and Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier, as the top two were separated by just by 0.2s.Sardinia was Sordo’s second start of the season driving Hyundai’s third i20 N following…
Martin signs for Aprilia as Marquez nears factory Ducati MotoGP promotion
On Monday 3 June, Motorsport.com broke the news that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote championship leader Jorge Martin from Pramac to its factory squad.With Marquez stating at the Italian Grand Prix that racing on a factory bike at Pramac was…
