For the second year in a row, MotoGP’s pre-season testing phase in 2023 will consist of just five days of running spread over two tests as part of the series push to reduce the number of days of riding as its calendar expands beyond 20 races. MotoGP’s first three-day test of 2023 will take place […]
Yamaha’s Quartararo had a long lap penalty to serve for a collision with Espargaro at Assen that would ultimately prove hugely costly to his race, as the latter took part carrying injury on his feet after a violent 115mph crash in FP4 on Saturday. After an early crash for initial race leader Johann Zarco, Bagnaia […]
Espargaro’s weekend was cast into doubt in FP4 when he suffered a violent 115mph crash at Farm Curve and injured his feet. Having taken part in qualifying – where he finished sixth – Espargaro was declared fit to continue following warm-up, though he struggled for pace in the race and could only manage to finish […]
The championship leader had to serve a long penalty in Sunday’s 20-lap race at Silverstone as punishment for his collision with title rival Aleix Espargaro in the Dutch GP in June. Quartararo ran second in the opening three laps before serving his penalty on the fourth tour. Though he only lost around 1.6s, he dropped […]
The Italian finished Friday’s running in 11th, slightly improving on Saturday morning to finish FP3 in seventh place before qualifying in fifth for the race. Having struggled with tyres on the difficult track, he asked long-time mentor Rossi and Ducati world champion Stoner for advice on how they had tackled Silverstone, having won a race […]
The Frenchman started on pole at Silverstone for Sunday’s 20-lap race and was among the strongest on race pace throughout practice. He came to the grid with a soft front tyre fitted to his satellite Ducati, but made a late switch to the medium – which was the tyre Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia won on […]
Silverstone returned to hosting MotoGP back in 2010, having last done so in 1985 before the series moved to Donington Park between 1986 and 2009. When MotoGP returned to Silverstone it used the International Pit Straight – now known as the Hamilton Straight – and the Wing paddock complex. But in 2013, MotoGP moved to […]
The championship leader will line up on the second row on Sunday, having qualified behind poleman Johann Zarco, Maverick Vinales and Jack Miller. But Quartararo says he was “already on the maximum” and could not have improved his best time of 1m57.938s, within 0.2s of Pramac polesitter Zarco. However, the Frenchman is confident that despite […]
Vinales was the fastest of the Aprilias in qualifying at Silverstone after putting his RS-GP second on the grid. Team-mate Espargaro qualified sixth, having hurt his right foot in a 115mph crash in FP4. The Spaniard enters the weekend just 21 points off championship leader Fabio Quartararo – who has to serve a long lap […]
The Frenchman smashed the lap record with his qualifying time of 1m57.767s, 0.098s clear of Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales after a late surge from the 2016 British GP winner. It marks his eighth MotoGP pole position and his second of 2022, having also lined up at the front for the Portuguese GP in April. Zarco, who […]