Tag: MotoGP

30 Apr 2022

Dorna halts filming of Amazon’s MotoGP Unlimited series two

MotoGP Unlimited is the two-wheeled championship’s attempt at a Drive To Survive-style behind-the-scenes docuseries that was made by Spanish company Mediapro and aired on Amazon Prime Video. Unlimited began filming its first series at the start of the 2021 season and follows the events of the campaign, putting focus on world champion Fabio Quartararo, 2020 […]

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30 Apr 2022

Quartararo “felt stupid” after Jerez MotoGP FP1 crash

The reigning world champion had just gone to the top of the order around 15 minutes into the opening session at Jerez on Friday when he was flicked from his bike at the final corner having touched a damp patch. He got back onto his bike and rolled it into pitlane, but was seen visibly […]

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29 Apr 2022

2022 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix: Full Friday practice results

Just a week after the previous round in Portugal, won by Quartararo, MotoGP rolled into Jerez on Friday for the opening day of the sixth round of the 2022 campaign. Overnight rain left damp patches on track for FP1, but the session was still run on slicks, with Suzuki’s Joan Mir leading his team-mate Alex […]

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29 Apr 2022

Quartararo tops FP2, Marquez down in 19th

With hotter temperatures greeting the riders this afternoon it meant lap times were instantly quicker than they were in the morning. Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia set the early pace with a 1m38.174s, though this was quickly beaten by reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha with a 1m37.970s. Quartararo’s lap would be deposed at mid-distance, […]

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29 Apr 2022

Mir leads Suzuki 1-2 as Quartararo crashes in FP1

Heavy rain on Thursday evening left some damp patches on track for the start of Friday’s running at the sixth round of the 2022 campaign at Jerez, but the entire field headed out on slicks to get some laps under their belts. Reigning world champion Quartararo, who is twice a winner at Jerez in MotoGP, […]

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29 Apr 2022

Overtaking in modern MotoGP now “so hard”

MotoGP is living through its most competitive era ever, with all six manufacturers on the grid now race winner and all six scoring podiums in the first five races of 2022. From the first five races, four riders on four different bikes have won, while 10 different riders taking to the other steps of the […]

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28 Apr 2022

Honda has “ideas” to fix its troubled MotoGP bike at Jerez

The six-time MotoGP world champion was the first Honda across the line last week at Portimao, but was 16 seconds off the win down in sixth spot having been expected to fight for the podium. All Honda riders have made complaints about the marque’s radically overhauled challenger for 2022 in recent rounds despite the bike […]

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28 Apr 2022

What is it, where is it and when is it

Just one week on from MotoGP’s return to Europe in Portugal, the series has headed across the border to Spain and to the Andalusian region of the country to Jerez. The traditional Spanish GP venue, it is the first of four races to be held in Spain in 2022 along with Barcelona, Aragon and Valencia. […]

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