Another season, another duel between Jorge Martin and Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia. But this time it was a year-long fight; a gruelling contest of 40 battles. In essence, this production set up as a repeat of 2023. Independent Pramac Ducati tries to topple mighty factory Ducati;…

Alpine will become one of the main sponsors of Pramac when it becomes Yamaha’s new satellite team in 2025, Motorsport.com has learned.Pramac had already announced last month that Italian insurance company Prima will remain its title sponsor until the end of the 2027 season.Now, Motorsport.com…

MotoGP’s official crash statistics for 2024 paint a very different picture to what many would have perceived about the recently-concluded season.Without looking at the numbers, one would have thought MotoGP broke the record for the most crashes in a single season. After all, this season…

In many cases, when a MotoGP rider is able win a championship for the first time, his life changes more on the outside, in what is seen, than in what he feels or what goes through his head.That does not apply to Jorge Martin if…

KTM’s MotoGP bosses have decided to pause the development of its bikes amid the huge financial crisis the Austrian manufacturer is facing, Motorsport.com has learned.The decision is one of the measures included in the plan aimed at keeping KTM’s sporting project safe after the manufacturer…

Ex-Moto2 rider Axel Pons has radically altered his life after retiring from motorcycle racing, having walked barefoot from Spain to Pakistan on his way to India.The Spaniard, who raced in the intermediate class between 2009-17 with limited success, returned to the limelight when a video…

Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been able to win the 2024 MotoGP title even if he was riding Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.Marquez had to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his switch to Gresini at the beginning of this year, leaving him at a…

Aprilia and KTM are at a loss to explain why they struggled to extract the maximum performance out of Michelin’s new MotoGP rear tyre all year in 2024.One of the biggest changes in MotoGP this season was the introduction of Michelin’s new grippier rear tyres,…

Aleix Espargaro has revealed he always felt he had less talent than some of the other riders in MotoGP, but overcame this inherent disadvantage by working harder.The 35-year-old pulled the curtain down on his glittering career as a motorcycle racer at the Barcelona Grand Prix…

The Pierer Mobility group has announced that struggling bike manufacturer KTM will enter self-administration and apply for the initiation of judicial restructuring proceedings.The Austrian marque is undergoing a significant financial crisis and was seeking at least 100 million euro to continue operating beyond 2024.The company,…