The Italian manufacturer will likely shake-up its line-up for the 2023 season, with Jack Miller expected to lose his place at the factory squad. PLUS: Why Ducati holds all the power in its MotoGP rider dilemma French Grand Prix winner Enea Bastianini and Pramac’s Jorge Martin are the favourites to get the Australian’s seat, with […]
The 2022 campaign has been extremely difficult for all Honda riders on the radically revised RC213V, with Espargaro only cracking the top 10 once since his podium on the opening night of the championship in Qatar back at the start of March. Struggling throughout the Le Mans weekend, Espargaro qualified 11th and remained there in […]
On Thursday ahead of the French Grand Prix, Suzuki officially confirmed it was in discussions with Dorna Sports to terminate its MotoGP contract from next year after Autosport first revealed the Japanese marque’s decision to quit last week. Alex Rins said he was “fully crying” when he was first told the news, while Joan Mir […]
Perfect conditions greeted the MotoGP paddock for the opening practice at Le Mans, with Suzuki’s Rins pertinently setting the early pace on the team’s first race weekend since the shock news of its decision to quit the series at the end of 2022. With track conditions already at a good level, lap times continued to […]
The veteran Spaniard fended off home hero Fabio Quartararo to claim third in last Sunday’s Le Mans race, marking his third-successive podium finish in 2022 and fourth overall. It puts Espargaro just four points behind Quartararo in the championship standings, with the Aprilia rider consistently proving himself and his package as genuine title contenders. But […]
During Friday evening’s traditional safety commission meeting with the riders, those present took the rare opportunity of Ezpeleta’s attendance to bring up their concerns about the current state of contracts. Autosport has also learned the safety commission also spoke about the lack of support when teams oust riders from contracts early, as was the […]
Qatar has been a mainstay of the MotoGP calendar since 2004 as one of the first major racing facilities in the Middle East alongside the Bahrain International Circuit, which debuted on the Formula 1 calendar that same year. From 2007, Qatar became the traditional season-opening event, with the following year marking the first-ever night […]
Perfect conditions to start Saturday’s action at Le Mans meant lap time improvements on the combined order started to come in early, though there were no major movers. Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin was the first significant name to make an improvement to 10th on the combined order in the early stages of the 45-minute […]
The six-time world champion continues to struggle for form on the radically overhauled 2022 Honda and could only manage 10th on the grid in qualifying. Ahead of the race Marquez felt his pace was good enough only to battle for the top seven at best, with the Spaniard crossing the line sixth having let Pramac’s […]
The 2020 world champion was closing in on the Ducati of Jack Miller for third at the mid-point of the Le Mans race having broken away slightly from the Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro behind. But on lap 15 of 27 Mir crashed out at the final corner, joining team-mate Alex Rins in early retirement in […]