Reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo was only able to grow his points lead by one to 22 in last weekend’s Silverstone race, after a long lap penalty meant he got mired in a pack and only finished eighth. An injured Espargaro, who fractured his right heel in a 115mph crash in FP4, shadowed Quartararo in […]
Honda came to the 2022 MotoGP season with a radically overhauled bike aimed at fixing the rear grip problems it has faced in recent years, with the package met with initial praise from its riders in the pre-season. But one podium aside in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, Espargaro has failed to get near the […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion has been out of action since he underwent a complex operation on his right arm in his bid to return to full fitness and mobility which he lacked on his initial comeback from a badly broken arm sustained at the 2020 Spanish GP. While Marquez has continued to step up […]
The 2019 Silverstone race winner had looked strong throughout the British GP weekend and rocketed from 11th on the grid to run inside the top five in the early laps. Rins took the lead on lap six and at on stage held a lead of close to a second before his hard rear tyre started to […]
The double MotoGP podium finisher made his debut with Honda in 2020, but will switch to Ducati next year after signing a one-year deal to replace Enea Bastianini at Gresini. After a promising debut campaign, in which he scored his two podiums, Marquez – like all Honda riders – has struggled to replicate this on […]
The Yamaha rider spent much of the 45-minute session practicing runs with the long lap loop ahead of the penalty he will serve on Sunday. His first attempt, a 2m00.794s, put him into third place, behind the Aprilias of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro. He fell down the timesheets as others improved while he worked […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner will join KTM next year at its factory squad after signing a two-year deal to join the Austrian manufacturer, partnering Brad Binder. Miller has been a mainstay of Ducati’s line-up, first at Pramac and then its factory squad, since 2018, and has been a key asset in its development drive […]
Lecuona made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with Tech3 KTM as a last-minute replacement for factory team-bound Brad Binder, who was drafted in to take the place o fJohann Zarco. But the young Spaniard was ousted from his KTM ride for 2022, taking up refuge with the factory Honda squad in World Superbike. PLUS: Why […]
Vinales acrimoniously split with Yamaha following last year’s Dutch GP, before an attempt to intentionally damage his M1 in the Styrian GP led to the Japanese marque ousting him with immediate effect. He signed a deal to join Aprilia from the Aragon GP onwards and scored his first podium on the RS-GP at Assen in […]
The Spaniard suffered a frightening highside going through Farm Curve during FP4 for last weekend’s British Grand Prix and had to be stretchered off track. Espargaro was taken to the circuit’s medical centre and had to be helped into the building by two members from his Aprilia team, but was later cleared to take part […]