Quartararo has been vocal about Yamaha’s lack of top speed gains with its engine since the November post-season test at Jerez last year, and admitted during February’s pre-season testing that the minimal progress with the M1 meant his MotoGP future beyond 2022 was open. In the early races he struggled for results, finishing ninth in […]
Before going on holiday after the Dutch Grand Prix, Quartararo said he wants as many MotoGP followers as possible to give their opinions to the initiative launched by championship promoter Dorna, together with Motorsport Network and Nielsen Sport. The survey is entering its final weeks before all the data is collected and analysed, with a […]
The VR46 Ducati rookie stormed to his and the team’s maiden MotoGP podium last Sunday at Assen, when he shadowed Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia to finish second after qualifying fourth. It marked his second top five finish of the season, after he was fourth at Mugello having qualified second. But despite riding the 2021-spec Ducati that […]
On the Monday after finishing second at the 2021 Dutch GP, Vinales announced he would be quitting Yamaha a year into his two-year contract and was heavily linked to Aprilia. At the 2022 Dutch GP last weekend, Vinales scored his first MotoGP podium as an Aprilia rider and his first since the 2021 Assen race […]
Mir braked hard into his grid slot to engage the front holeshot device for the start, but caught Oliveira unaware. Oliveira ran into Mir and broke one of his wings, while Mir escaped damage. Both were able to complete the race, with Mir finishing eighth and Oliveira ninth. “Well, now you have to engage the […]
The Yamaha rider crashed trying to overtake Aprilia’s Espargaro on lap five of Sunday’s Assen race and collided with the Spaniard. The contact forced Espargaro off into the gravel and dropped him from second to 15th, with the Aprilia rider losing 8.5s trying to recover before eventually going on to finish fourth. The incident was […]
Having come into the Assen round 34 points clear in the championship standings, Fabio Quartararo was well on course to his second world title. But a rare mistake led to him crashing out in the early stages while trying to pass title rival Aleix Espargaro. Quartararo would crash for a second time a few laps […]
Miller was handed the punishment for riding slowly on the racing line in Saturday’s qualifying at Assen after he’d just crashed, with Aprilia’s Vinales close to hitting him as he pushed on a flying lap. Despite Miller pleading his innocence, he was forced to serve a long lap penalty on the fourth tour of Sunday’s […]
Quartararo was battling for second with Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro when he lost the front-end of his Yamaha while overtaking the Spaniard at the Turn 5 hairpin on lap five of 26. The Yamaha rider remounted dead last with a damaged bike, while Espargaro lost 8.1s as he recovered through the gravel before going on to […]
Bagnaia’s championship hopes were dealt a small boost on Sunday at Assen when he stormed to victory from pole position, while points leader Fabio Quartararo crashed out and made contact with Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro early on. This allowed Bagnaia to reduce his points deficit to 66, after it stood at 91 ahead of Assen following […]