Maverick Vinales signs Jorge Lorenzo as performance coach for 2026 MotoGP season
Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales has turned to former Yamaha MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo for support after the 2025 season, signing the five-time world champion as his performance coach.Having teased the possibility of partnering with Lorenzo at the Valencia post-season test on Tuesday, Vinales has now…
Honda “didn’t have much to test” in Valencia but development headed in right direction
Honda has revealed that it “didn’t have much to test” in Valencia this week, but every new MotoGP part it brought worked as intended.Although the test team led by Aleix Espargaro has been busy evaluating the 2026-spec RC213V, including in a recent private test at…
Jorge Martin still feels like a “rookie” at times on Aprilia’s MotoGP bike
Jorge Martin says he still ‘sometimes feels like a rookie’ on Aprilia’s MotoGP bike after a wretched first season with the team that was repeatedly derailed by injuries.Martin managed to start just seven out of the 22 grands prix in 2025 after picking up four…
Tech analysis: Ducati’s more extreme fairing solution for Valencia MotoGP test
Ducati rolled out significant electronic updates and aerodynamic solutions for its 2026 MotoGP challenger at the Valencia test on Tuesday, debuting a noticeably reworked fairing compared with the version Francesco Bagnaia and Nicolo Bulega raced just 48 hours earlier.While Aprilia’s camouflaged RS-GP showcased several fresh…
What Aprilia hopes to unlock with radical 2026 MotoGP aero package
Aprilia says its bold new aero package that debuted in the Valencia MotoGP test is designed to give the RS-GP a broader and more usable performance window.The Noale manufacturer has been pushing aero development harder than anyone in recent seasons, and it took another step…
Fabio Quartararo reveals what’s still missing on Yamaha’s V4 after Valencia MotoGP test
Fabio Quartararo has identified the areas where Yamaha’s new V4-powered M1 is still lacking following this week’s official MotoGP test at Valencia.The 2021 world champion got his first opportunity to test Yamaha’s 2026 challenger since the Misano test, where he had felt the new bike…
Why Lancia is returning to WRC in Rally2 and what it means for its future vision
Lancia has shed more light behind the reason it is making its much anticipated World Rally Championship comeback in the second tier Rally2 class. The iconic Italian manufacturer that won a record 10 WRC manufacturers’ title will return to the WRC stages next year courtesy of…
Francesco Bagnaia “happy” again after testing new Ducati MotoGP bike in Valencia
Francesco Bagnaia ended the Valencia MotoGP test “happy” with all the parts he tested on his factory Ducati MotoGP bike, despite his outing being curtailed by a late crash.After enduring what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his premier class career, Bagnaia kicked…
MotoGP Valencia test: Raul Fernandez leads Aprilia 1-2 as year ends
Raul Fernandez and Marco Bezzecchi made it a 1-2 for Aprilia in MotoGP’s post-season Valencia test, as the Noale-based marque carried on its form from Sunday’s final round.After Aprilia dominated last weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix, with Bezzecchi winning from Fernandez, the Italian manufacturer was again…
How Ducati superbike star Nicolo Bulega fared in his first two MotoGP races
Fresh off finishing runner-up in the 2025 World Superbike Championship, Nicolo Bulega got an early opportunity to sample MotoGP machinery as he joined the factory Ducati team for the Portuguese and Valencia grands prix.Substituting for world champion Marc Marquez, whose season was curtailed by an…
