Kazakhstan MotoGP round postponed due to flooding
Scheduled for 14-16 June, no new date has been given for the event but Dorna Sports hopes to still stage it this year.MotoGP was originally set to race in Kazakhstan at the new Sokol International Racetrack, near the country’s largest city of Almaty, last year…
Oliveira: MotoGP tyre pressure rule «shouldn’t apply» on damp tracks
As of last year’s British Grand Prix, MotoGP has enforced minimum front and rear tyre pressures in a move ostensibly aimed at ensuring rider safety.However, this was largely criticised by riders last year as the minimum of 1.88 bar front pressure offered them little margin…
Marquez: Learning from Ducati MotoGP ace Bagnaia “a pleasure”
The reigning double world champion and the Gresini rider locked horns in last Sunday’s 25-lap Spanish Grand Prix for the victory in a thrilling battle.Bagnaia ultimately came out on top, though only by 0.372 seconds to Marquez, who celebrated his first grand prix podium as…
Bagnaia thinks “Marquez would adapt well” to factory Ducati MotoGP team
Last weekend Bagnaia produced one of his best MotoGP race wins to date as he held off Marquez late on in a spectacular battle to take Spanish Grand Prix victory.While Bagnaia has charged to back-to-back MotoGP world titles in 2022 and 2023, having stepped up…
Zarco doesn’t have «very positive comments» about new Honda MotoGP prototype
Both Zarco and team-mate Takaaki Nakagami got to run the overhauled version of the RC213V at Jerez on Monday, after HRC test rider Stefan Bradl raced with the same bike in Spain last weekend.However, the initial impressions of the upgraded Honda challenger were poor across…
Aprilia discovers real issue at root of Vinales’ Jerez MotoGP struggles
A fortnight on from his maiden victory with Aprilia in the Americas GP, Vinales could muster only a ninth-place finish at Jerez, over 11s off race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati.He and Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro were also the slowest of the Q2…
Yamaha’s turning woes led to arm pump for Quartararo in MotoGP Spanish GP
The start to the 2024 campaign has so far proven difficult for Yamaha, though it still managed to snare 2021 world champion Quartararo to a new two-year deal beyond the end of this season.At Jerez – a track Quartararo has won at twice in MotoGP…
Bezzecchi credits Rossi for resolving «stupid» clutch issues in MotoGP
Race starts have always been the Achilles Heel for Bezzecchi, with the Italian rider often unable to convert strong qualifying performances into top-tier race results after struggling to get away from the line.As recently as this month’s Portuguese GP, Bezzecchi reported that he is still…
Marquez ‘doesn’t have just one option’ for 2025 factory MotoGP seat
The eight-time world champion forfeited the final year of his big-money HRC contract in 2024 to join the Gresini Ducati squad on a 2023-spec bike, as the Honda proved too uncompetitive.Twice a podium finisher in sprint races in the first three rounds of 2024, Marquez…
MotoGP miscalculated Spanish GP attendance by over 100,000 people
It was initially reported that under 300,000 spectators made their way to the Jerez circuit for the fourth round of the 2024 season to watch home favourites Marc Marquez, Jorge Martin and Pedro Acosta, among others, battle it out for victory.This made the Spanish GP…
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- How Fabio Di Giannantonio struck a nerve with Pedro Acosta: ‘Nobody passes me while looking at me’
- How winding back the clock helped Fabio Quartararo salvage a good home GP
- Francesco Bagnaia: «Admirable» Jorge Martin is repeating 2024 title-winning strategy
- Why Marco Bezzecchi had no answer to Jorge Martin’s pace in the French GP
- MotoGP race winners Jack Miller and Johann Zarco confirmed for Suzuka 8 Hours