LCR Honda rider Nakagami came under fire from Rins after the pair came together during the Italian Grand Prix and the latter crashed out of the race. Then last Sunday at the Catalan GP, Nakagami crashed braking aggressively into Turn 1 having started 12th and wiped out both Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Suzuki’s Rins. Rins […]
The LCR Honda rider crashed braking aggressively into the first corner having started 12th, wiping out both the Ducati and the Suzuki riders. Rins – who slammed MotoGP’s stewards for taking no action on the incident – was left with a left wrist fracture, while Nakagami was kept in hospital overnight having hit Bagnaia’s rear […]
The reigning world champion grabbed the holeshot from third on the grid and led every lap of Sunday’s Barcelona race to score his second win of the season by 6.4 seconds. The Yamaha rider admitted after Friday’s practice at Barcelona that he was worried about his pace on the low-grip surface, and in general felt […]
The 21-lap Moto3 race kicked off Sunday’s action at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, with poleman Dennis Foggia getting the holeshot on his Leopard Honda. But the Italian’s race only lasted a handful of laps when the chain on his Honda broke as he entered Turn 10, forcing him into his second retirement in […]
Reigning world champion Quartararo – who announced he’d re-signed with Yamaha for two more years last Thursday – ended Friday’s practice “worried” about how the low grip at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was affecting the Yamaha. But he showed no such signs of struggle as he lead from lights to flag to strengthen his lead […]
The Suzuki rider has been left with a fractured left wrist after LCR Honda’s Nakagami crashed at Turn 1 on the opening lap and skittled both Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Rins. Rins was launched into the air and landed heavily, while Nakagami was taken to hospital for checks and will stay in overnight after hitting […]
LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami crashed at Turn 1 in Sunday’s race at the start trying to recover ground from 12th on the grid, wiping out Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia with his head and taking Suzuki’s Alex Rins down with his errant RC213V. Rins – who slammed the stewards for dismissing the accident as a racing […]
Poleman Espargaro was running in second behind runaway leader and eventual winner Fabio Quartararo in the latter stages of the race having pulled away from Pramac’s Jorge Martin. But the Aprilia rider made a massive error in judgement when he backed off crossing the line at the end of the penultimate lap, as he believed […]
As part of the current rules, MotoGP tyre supplier Michelin brings three options per race weekend – soft, medium and hard, which have all been tailored to the specific nature of the track. But after consultation with the riders, the Grand Prix Commission has decided that from 2023 the number of tyre options available each […]
The Aprilia rider had broken the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya lap record during third practice on Saturday morning, only to go even faster during qualifying with a 1m38.742s to take pole position by 0.031s from Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia. The home hero, who won from pole position earlier this year in Argentina, had hoped a slower lap […]