The polesitter was expected to be the main threat for victory in Sunday’s 30-lap German GP as he looked to get his battered championship challenge back on track after a slipped 69 points adrift of Fabio Quartararo when he was wiped out of the Catalan GP. But Bagnaia, having lost the lead off the line […]
Last week KTM announced it had signed Jack Miller for two years beginning in 2023, confirming his long-expected Ducati exit at the end of the current season. For some time, it has been known that the second factory Ducati seat alongside Francesco Bagnaia was between one-time race winner Martin and Bastianini, who has won three […]
The short nature of the Sachsenring led Bagnaia to employ a three-run strategy in qualifying, but exited pitlane a few seconds too late on his last fresh soft rear to get his third time attack run in. Despite this, no one challenged the 1m19.931s he’d already set to claim his third pole of the 2022 […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion is currently out of action for the foreseeable future having undergone a fourth major surgery on his broken right arm at the start of the month following the Italian Grand Prix. No recovery time has been set for Marquez, but Honda boss Puig says his rider has “started to move […]
The Spaniard crashed twice in FP1 on Friday, with the second one at Sachsenring’s Turn 1 a highside which knocked the wind out of him. Espargaro took a blow to his ribs and says he felt “quite a lot of pain” in this area when he woke up on Saturday for qualifying. Failing to get […]
In the early stages of the delayed FP4 session on Saturday at the Sachsenring, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro crashed at the final corner and brought out yellow flags. Just moments later, Miller crashed at the same corner. Luckily nobody was at the scene of the crash as the marshals concluded clearing the Espargaro incident, but Miller […]
The Yamaha rider admitted on Friday that he needed a Barcelona-style turnaround in grip levels at the Sachsenring to be more competitive, but was still outside the top five come the end of FP3. But Quartararo went on to qualify second on Saturday and only missed out on pole by just 0.076 seconds to Ducati’s […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner was wiped out by LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami at the first corner of the Catalan GP and suffered a fracture to his left wrist. The Spaniard was cleared to ride this weekend at the Sachsenring and ended Friday’s practices a solid 11th on the combined times. However, he admitted he […]
Having topped the morning 45-minute practice, Ducati’s stranglehold in Germany continued into the afternoon when Bagnaia went fastest of all with a 1m20.018s to beat the absent Marc Marquez’s existing lap record. It only took five minutes for Friday morning’s best time of 1m21.479s to be beaten in the sweltering afternoon conditions at the Sachsenring. […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner fractured his wrist at the first corner of the Catalan GP when he was wiped out by Takaaki Nakagami in an incident that led many riders to question race direction’s operation. Rins was passed fit to ride on Thursday at the Sachsenring and ended Friday 11th overall despite suffering a […]