The heavy rain that affected this morning’s session had disappeared come the start of FP2, with the track beginning to show signs of a dry line when the MotoGP field took to the circuit for the second 45-minute practice of the Assen weekend. It would take 10 minutes for Jack Miller’s best lap from FP1 […]
As first reported by Autosport earlier this week, Rins was in advanced negotiations with LCR to join the satellite Honda squad in 2023 following Suzuki’s shock decision to quit MotoGP at the end of the year. On Thursday at the Dutch Grand Prix, Rins told the media that he was in a “comfortable” position as […]
MotoGP’s return to Assen began with a fully wet FP1 session on Friday morning topped by Ducati’s Jack Miller. While there were only two crashes in FP1, a number of riders ran off track as they got caught out by the conditions. The track improved in the second half of FP1 as the rain eased […]
Espargaro crashed heavily in FP1 last weekend in Germany and was left with an injury to his ribs. He had to withdraw from the latter stages of the Sachsenring race due to the pain he was experiencing, but had expected to fare better this weekend at Assen. However, after a good start in the wet […]
Following the Spanish Grand Prix last month, Suzuki informed the race team that it was pulling the plug on its MotoGP project at the end of 2022 – later citing financial reasons and a shift in market trends as its justification. Suzuki officially communicated at the French GP that had entered discussions with Dorna Sports […]
HRC’s official test rider Bradl is standing in for Marc Marquez for the foreseeable future while the six-time world champion recovers from a fourth major operation on his right arm. In Marquez’s absence, Honda suffered its first pointless grand prix since the 1982 French GP last time out at the Sachsenring. Only Bradl made it […]
Rins was put onto the rider market without warning following last month’s Spanish Grand Prix when Suzuki announced it would be quitting MotoGP at the end of 2022. In recent weeks the three-time MotoGP race winner has been linked with moves to KTM, RNF Racing with Aprilia and most recently LCR Honda. The latter, as […]
The 2014 Moto3 world champion and 2019 Moto2 title winner made his debut in MotoGP with Honda in 2020, taking the place of Jorge Lorenzo at the factory squad. Scoring two podiums in his rookie campaign, the younger Marquez brother was moved to LCR for 2021 on a two-year deal directly with Honda. However, results […]
The Italian crashed out of last weekend’s Sachsenring race at the start of the fourth lap when the rear of his Ducati came round on him at Turn 1. It marked his fourth DNF of the season and has left him 91 points adrift of championship leader Fabio Quartararo, who dominated for his third win […]
The return of the Japanese GP at Motegi from 23-25 September for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began was always set to cause a logistical headache due to its calendar positioning as a back-to-back with Aragon in Spain. However, the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the effect this has had on […]