On Friday during the Austrian Grand Prix, Autosport revealed MotoGP owners Dorna Sports plans to introduce Formula 1-style sprint races to the weekend format next year. The proposal, which will be discussed this evening in the Grand Prix Commission and is due to be officially confirmed on Saturday in a press conference at the Red […]
Espargaro was informed of his exit from Honda earlier this year as the Japanese marque looks to shuffle its line-ups for 2023 following another difficult campaign with the RC213V. The Spaniard has long been expected to return to KTM with the Tech3 squad, with Espargaro confirming last time out at Silverstone that he had signed […]
The 2020 world champion is expected to join the factory Honda squad next year alongside Marc Marquez following Suzuki’s shock decision to quit MotoGP at the end of the season. As with any rider move, part of the negotiations centre on what crew he can bring with him from his current team. While Mir is […]
After crashing out of June’s German Grand Prix and registering his fourth DNF of the season, Bagnaia was 91 points adrift of championship leader Fabio Quartararo. But back-to-back wins at Assen and Silverstone have put him 49 points adrift ahead of this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. Bagnaia, however, sees his position as fortunate given the […]
The 2022 MotoGP season has seen a real shift in the pecking order of the grid away from the once all-conquering might of the Japanese manufacturers, as Ducati and Aprilia prove to be the consistent frontrunners. Yamaha has only gotten one bike to the podium with championship leader Quartararo, while Honda has just one rostrum […]
The six-time world champion has been absent from the grid since May’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello when he announced he would be taking time off to have a fourth major operation on the right arm he badly broke in 2020. The surgery was a success and his recovery is progressing in a good way, […]
The second half of the 2022 season is in full swing now after hostilities resumed two weeks ago at the British Grand Prix, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia reigniting his title tilt with a fourth win of the year. He is now just 49 points behind Fabio Quartararo, who was only able to swell his points […]
Razgatlioglu was being seriously considered for a place in Yamaha’s MotoGP roster for the 2023 season on the back of his title success in WSBK last year, and even earned himself a test outing on the M1 at Aragon in June. Ultimately, a move to MotoGP was scuppered by RNF Racing’s decision to end its […]
The one-time Moto3 and Moto2 world champion announced ahead of the summer break in June that he would be joining the Gresini Ducati squad next season. Speaking exclusively to Autosport at the British Grand Prix earlier in August, the younger Marquez brother said a loss of “motivation” to continue with Honda – coupled with HRC’s […]
Ahead of the British Grand Prix earlier this month, Dovizioso announced he would be retiring from MotoGP following September’s San Marino GP. PLUS: Why Marquez’s toughest MotoGP foe is stopping at the right time The three-time championship runner-up returned to MotoGP full-time with Petronas SRT – which morphed into RNF Racing – from last year’s […]