The Borgo Panigale marque kicked off pre-season testing on the front foot, with two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia leading a top four lockout for the Desmosedici. Ducati’s attack in 2024 has been strengthened by the arrival of Marc Marquez from Honda, and the Spaniard has already been showing promising pace on the year-old GP23. With the […]
Bartolini, Ducati’s vehicle performance engineer and Dall’Igna’s right-hand man, left the Italian manufacturer to join rival Yamaha as the Japanese brand went on a recruitment drive to bolster its technical line-up in an attempt to return to the front of the field. While the news was welcomed by Yamaha, it was a blow for Ducati, […]
Marini has joined the factory Honda team to replace six-time champion Marc Marquez, having previously spent three seasons on Ducati machinery with first Avintia and then VR46. The Italian’s experience on what is now the dominant bike on the grid is invaluable to Honda, as the Japanese manufacturer aims to steady the ship after a turbulent […]
At the age of 24, Quartararo is now in his sixth season in MotoGP, a class in which he won the title in 2021 and in which he has always competed on a Yamaha. The Frenchman, whose contract with Yamaha expires at the end of 2024, has been demanding a reaction for the last two […]
Repsol first joined forces with Honda in 1995, with its famous orange colours going on to become one of the most recognisable in the history of motorcycle racing. Repsol and Honda are entering the 30th year of their long-standing partnership, but the Spanish oil giant has scaled down its involvement in the wake of Marc […]
Marquez has left the Honda team with which he spent his entire MotoGP career to ride a Ducati for the Gresini squad this season. The eight-time world champion moved to the Italian team without his crew chief Santi Hernandez, who moved up to MotoGP with Marquez when the Spaniard jumped up from Moto2. Despite the […]
Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title. Morbidelli was reunited with Quartararo in 2022, when the Italian also secured a factory ride. […]
Brad Binder and Jack Miller helped officially launch the Austrian manufacturer’s updated RC16 which debuted in Malaysia last week during the three-day pre-season test. On the final day of running, South African Binder took seventh and Australian team-mate Miller was 14th, while GasGas Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta caught attention throughout the test as he… Continue […]
Bastianini made headlines throughout the 2022 season as he guided his satellite Gresini Ducati to four victories and a series of podium finishes, earning a place in the factory team for the following season. Much was expected from the Italian as he joined the same team as reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia last year, but an […]
KTM had a relatively low-key showing in Malaysia as the new MotoGP season began in earnest with a three-day test this week, with Ducati stealing the limelight with a series of record-breaking lap times. Binder could put up no challenge to either the factory or the satellite Desmosedici riders as he ended up a distant […]