The Gresini rider reeled in Bagnaia before his rival crashed to continue his impressive start to the season, as he closed the gap to the top of the standings on leader Fabio Quartararo and second-place rider Aleix Espargaro. Jack Miller took second place for Ducati ahead of Aprilia’s Espargaro who claimed his third consecutive podium, […]
The nine-time world champion made his bright yellow #46 plate an icon of motorsport across his 26-season career in grand prix racing. Rossi won nine world titles across all three classes of the MotoGP world championship, including seven in the top tier, while registering 115 GP race wins in total. The Italian legend […]
The Gresini Ducati rider looked poised to duke it out for victory at Le Mans with factory counterpart Bagnaia as the pair emerged with the strongest pace late on. But a crash for Bagnaia with seven laps remaining gifted Bastianini a win that has thrust him back into championship contention after a tough recent run […]
Jack Miller got the holeshot from second on the grid at the start of the race, but soon dropped behind polesitter Bagnaia on the sister factory Ducati and the fast-starting Gresini bike of Bastianini in third, paving the way for a two-horse race for victory. Bastianini started piling pressure on the Spanish GP winner in […]
Bastianini won Sunday’s French GP at Le Mans after a brief dice with Bagnaia that ended up with the factory Ducati rider making a mistake while leading on lap 21 of 27 and crashing out a few corners later. It marked the third win of the season for Bastianini aboard his Gresini-run 2021-spec Ducati and […]
The Yamaha rider was expected to fight for victory on Sunday at Le Mans having shown the strongest race pace all weekend throughout the practice sessions. But he got a poor launch from fourth on the grid and struggled to overtake, dropping to eighth at one point and eventually recovered to sixth – before several […]
The early stages of the Q2 qualifying session teed up a pole battle between Bagnaia and Quartararo, but the former would streak clear of the Yamaha rider to claim back-to-back poles in 2022. Ducati’s Bagnaia set the initial benchmark at 1m30.910s, leading Quartararo by 0.300 seconds, before the Italian improved that to a 1m30.699s. Quartararo […]
On Friday at the French Grand Prix, MotoGP riders expressed concerns to Dorna Sports’ CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta during the safety commission about the precarious nature of contracts nowadays. This was in response to Speed Up ousting Romano Fenati from his Moto2 contract just six races into the 2022 season. Due to the economic effects of […]
Italian rider Bagnaia blitzed the Circuit Bugatti lap record in the pole shootout on Saturday, lapping the track in 1m30.450s to secure the fifth pole for a Ducati rider in seven qualifying sessions in 2022. Jack Miller backed up the performance of Bagnaia to grab second spot on the grid, setting a time that was […]
Bagnaia led a Ducati 1-2 ahead of team-mate Jack Miller on Saturday at Le Mans, setting a new lap record of 1m30.450s to claim his second pole of the 2022 campaign. Quartararo was involved in the pole battle through to the chequered flag, but had to concede defeat and settle for fourth on his […]