Kazakhstan GP replaced by second Misano MotoGP round
The Kazakhstan Grand Prix will be replaced on the 2024 MotoGP calendar by a second round at Misano, it was announced on Monday.The news means it is the third time the Kazakhstan race has been postponed since it was originally included on the calendar.First scheduled…
VR46 «doesn’t agree» with Ducati on reducing factory MotoGP bikes in 2025
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 squad “doesn’t agree” with Ducati’s decision to cut down the supply of factory MotoGP bikes to just three next season.Team boss Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has expressed his disappointment over Ducati only providing the outfit with a single example of the GP25 in…
Ducati admits reaction to Marquez MotoGP decision has been «divisive»
Ducati says its decision to sign Marc Marquez for its factory MotoGP team in 2025 has garnered a “divisive” response in Italy.The marque has admitted that it has received a bit of criticism for choosing six-time champion Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagania’s team-mate…
Espargaro: My job at Aprilia is done, now I want to help Honda win again in MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro feels his ‘job at Aprilia is done’ and he now wants to help Honda return to winning ways in MotoGP in his role as a test rider.Espargaro has been a key pillar of Aprilia’s MotoGP programme since 2017 and widely hailed for transforming…
Gresini or VR46? Aldeguer hopes for 2025 MotoGP team decision in summer break
Moto2 frontrunner Fermin Aldeguer is still waiting for Ducati to decide the team with which he will make his step up to MotoGP in 2025.Aldeguer had been expected to join Pramac after he signed a MotoGP contract directly with Ducati at the start of his…
Vinales can’t «comprehend» Aprilia’s disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t «comprehend» how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend.Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is…
Has Martin given Ducati another reason to bet everything on Bagnaia in MotoGP?
«If anyone thinks that a factory is going to allow a satellite team rider to win the world championship, they don’t have a clue where they are,» a former rider and current team manager of a MotoGP told this writer on the condition of anonymity.And…
Marquez: Staying third in MotoGP standings «won’t be easy»
Marc Marquez has set out a goal of finishing inside the top three in the MotoGP standings this year, as he admits keeping factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini behind “won’t be easy”.Gresini rider Marquez has been a part of MotoGP’s ‘big three’ group this year…
Has Morbidelli found his MotoGP mojo again after years of struggles at Yamaha?
Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli showed glimpses of his former self as he battled team-mate Jorge Martin and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia for a podium in last weekend’s German GP.While his strategy to play aggressively early on ultimately dropped him to fifth at the finish, there…
Acosta: First half of rookie MotoGP season «4.5/10»
KTM protege Pedro Acosta has given himself a 4.5 grade out of 10 after the opening half of his rookie MotoGP season.Tech3 GasGas rider Acosta made a storming debut in MotoGP at the start of the year, as he outperformed all his KTM compatriots and…
