Hotter conditions greeted the field for the second 45-minute session of the Mugello weekend, but this didn’t have an adverse effect on lap time improvements on the combined order. Aprilia’s Espargaro set the early pace with a 1m47.126s inside the opening five minutes, before Pramac’s Johann Zarco set the best lap of the day with […]
The first 45-minute session of the Mugello weekend got underway in perfect conditions, with Ducati test rider and wildcard Michele Pirro getting his head down in the early stages on his World Superbike-liveried GP22. Pirro – who has completed thousands of laps around Mugello in his role as test rider – set the early pace […]
Following the Spanish Grand Prix, Autosport revealed Suzuki would be leaving MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season, with the Japanese manufacturer confirming at Le Mans that it had entered into discussions with Dorna Sports about terminating its contract. With both Mir and Rins’ camps claiming at Le Mans that the pair were close […]
Although the deal has not yet been signed, Autosport understands that the intention of both parties is to sign it before the next round of the calendar in Barcelona next week. Everything is in place for RNF, the former Sepang Racing Team (SRT), headed by Razlan Razali, to stop racing Yamaha bikes after four years. […]
The eighth round of the 2022 season sees MotoGP head to Italy for the first of two races in the country this year, with the series returning in September to Misano. It also marks the first race at Mugello to be held with a full attendance allowed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reigning […]
The satellite Ducati squad in recent years has traditionally run a special one-off livery at Mugello to mark its collaboration with Italian supercar company Lamborghini. While Pramac will continue its trend of special Mugello liveries this weekend, it will not run the black and yellow Lamborghini colours. Instead, to mark the arrival of new sponsor […]
On Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, Aprilia confirmed it had re-signed both Espargaro and Maverick Vinales for two more years – with Autosport reporting the story first ahead of time. This closes weeks of discussions between Espargaro and Aprilia dating back to March’s Indonesian GP, with the Argentina race winner admitting […]
As Russia has continued its assault on Ukraine, this has created multiple breaks in global supply chains as sanctions upon Russia continue to escalate. The neighbouring nation of Finland has thus declared its intention to join NATO, which has not been received well within Russia. Motorcycle racing’s governing body, the FIM, has hence stated that […]
Fabio Quartararo leads the 2022 world championship by four points after the first seven races having taken a victory in Portugal, and second-place finishes in Indonesia and Spain against a backdrop of large inconsistency from the rest of the field. But his results have far outweighed those of his fellow Yamaha riders, with the […]
The high-pressure nature of professional sport and the personal sacrifices that must be made to become elite often make sportsmen and women polarising characters. It seems that fact is only heightened in motorsport. But, very occasionally, one comes along who totally bucks the trend, who is universally appreciated. Nicky Hayden typified the latter category. One […]