Exclusive: Marquez to get 2025 factory Ducati MotoGP seat, Martin to quit manufacturer
Between the Barcelona and Mugello races, Ducati informed Jorge Martin that he was the chosen one to be Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate in 2025 in the official Ducati team.On the eve of the Italian Grand Prix, a senior factory executive welcomed the rider and they shook…
The lengths Ducati must show it is willing to go to retain Marquez in MotoGP
In recent weeks, Ducati developed an ideal scenario for the next two years in MotoGP, which, in the eyes of its executives, would fit perfectly with their will and that of eight-time world champion Marc Marquez and current standings leader Jorge Martin, whose renewals became…
«Super heavy» Yamaha still giving its MotoGP riders arm problems
Quartararo has intermittently suffered from arm pump throughout his premier-class career, with the Frenchman famously plummeting from first to 13th in the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix.Yamaha has made a number of changes to its M1 challenger over the past 12 months and, while Quartararo has…
Bastianini: Mugello result special during «difficult time» as Ducati MotoGP exit beckons
Bastianini put in an impressive performance in front of his home crowd at Mugello on Sunday, making two key overtakes in a race that featured little action to complete a 1-2 result for Ducati.The 26-year-old first cleared the Gresini bike of Marc Marquez with two…
Ogier: “S*** happens” after losing WRC Sardinia victory with final stage puncture
The eight-time world champion appeared on course to score 61st WRC win having started the final stage with a 6.2s lead, but a puncture three kilometres from the finish handed the victory to Hyundai’s Ott Tanak by the equal-smallest margin in WRC history.Ogier felt there…
Marquez «gave up» and accepted podium defeat in MotoGP Italian GP
Having finally cleared the factory Ducati of Enea Bastianini on lap 18 of 23 after hounding him for much of the day, Marquez was chasing after Pramac’s Jorge Martin for second as the Mugello race neared its conclusion.But with two laps to the finish, Bastianini…
Tanak: Surprise Sardinia WRC win “really cruel” on Ogier
Tanak took a surprise victory by 0.2s from eight-time world champion Ogier after the Toyota driver picked up a puncture three kilometres from completing the new 16-stage shorter 266.12km rally.The winning margin equalled the WRC’s closest-ever finish when Ogier beat Jari-Matti Latvala in Jordan 2011.Ogier…
Martin blames tyre pressure rule for lack of action in Italian MotoGP race
The Mugello race featured a limited number of position changes at the front after the opening lap, as the field circulated in formation behind race leader Francesco Bagnaia on a hot and sunny day in Italy.With three laps to go it appeared that the race…
MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia leads factory Ducati 1-2
Bagnaia — who was demoted from second to fifth due to a grid penalty — claimed the lead at Turn 2 on the opening lap and never looked back, taking the chequered flag by 0.8s over team-mate Bastianini, as championship leader Jorge Martin had to…
WRC Rally Sardinia: Tanak snatches stunning win from Ogier in final stage thriller
Hyundai’s Tanak and co-driver Martin Jarveoja were involved in rally-long battle with Toyota’s Ogier and Vincent Landais, as the WRC trailed a new shorter 48-hour format for the first time on Sardinia’s rough gravel roads.Tanak put Ogier under pressure through Sunday’s four stages overhauling a…
