The veteran Spaniard currently sits third in the championship and just three points from joint leaders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins, after claiming his second podium of the campaign in third in last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix. Espargaro stormed to his first grand prix victory and Aprilia’s first in the modern MotoGP era in Argentina, […]
Ducati was expected to hit the ground running in 2022 with its new challenger having gone into the winter with the best bike on the grid. But the changes to the Desmosedici have required a much longer adaptation period for its riders in the opening races, with its new engine leading to problems putting […]
MotoGP last visited the Algarve International Circuit near Portimao in November for the second of two races at the venue in 2021, but picking up where the riders left off was impossible as rain lashed the track ahead of FP1. With conditions set to be similarly damp throughout the weekend, the circuit was busy from […]
Fernandez, last year’s Moto2 runner-up, has endured a tough start to his rookie campaign with KTM and Tech3 in MotoGP. The young Spaniard has failed to score any points, his best result a 16th in Argentina, while his best qualifying has been 20th. His year has gone from bad to worse at Portimao, with Tech3 […]
The Yamaha rider now has 69 points, joint with Suzuki’s Alex Rins, who made a stunning charge from 23rd to finish fourth. Elsewhere, Honda had a difficult weekend, with all their riders struggling for pace. Read Also: Marquez led his brother Alex Marquez in sixth, while Espargaro was ninth – all three HRC runners over […]
A strategy blunder in the wet-to-dry Q1 qualifying session at Portimao last weekend left Rins at the back of the grid in 23rd, but a stunning start in Sunday’s race led to him jumping up to 10th on the opening lap. Rins march continued in emphatic fashion as he carved through to fourth by the […]
Honda overhauled its RC213V for the 2022 season after several lean seasons prompted by Marc Marquez’s serious arm injury in 2020 and a lack of results for HRC’s other riders. The new bike was met with glowing praise by most Honda riders in the pre-season, as the more rear-biased motorcycle delivered the rear grip it […]
Quartararo hadn’t won a race since Silverstone 2021 last August, but surmounted early leader Joan Mir on the fourth lap and romped to a crucial first win of a so far difficult season. Mir streaked away off the line from second on the grid to lead a race for the first time since his title-winning […]
The reigning world champion stormed to his first win since the 2021 British GP on Sunday at Portimao, having taken the lead from Suzuki’s Joan Mir on the fourth lap of 25. Quartararo proceeded to streak clear of the field to a winning margin of 5.4 seconds to take the lead in the championship for […]
The six-time world champion was expected to be one of the main combatants in Sunday’s race at Portimao despite qualifying down in ninth. But Marquez failed to make inroads at the start and could only manage sixth, some 16 seconds from race winner Fabio Quartararo, after battling with Honda team-mate Pol Espargaro and his LCR […]