Tag: MotoGP

11 Apr 2022

Yamaha “not ready to fight for podium” on MotoGP tracks like COTA

The Yamaha rider qualified as the top non-Ducati rider in sixth at the Circuit of Americas and displayed strong race pace throughout practice. However, Quartararo was unable to mount a challenge for the podium and took the chequered flag in seventh after a late battle with Honda’s Marc Marquez. The Frenchman sits fifth in the […]

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11 Apr 2022

Tank Slappers Podcast: MotoGP Americas GP review

Ducati dominated the action at the Circuit of the Americas, with factory rider Jack Miller taking third place. The result poses questions for Ducati, who are yet to decide on their rider line-up for next year, with Miller and Bastianini both in contention for the second seat alongside Francesco Bagnaia. Elsewhere, Marquez made a stunning […]

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10 Apr 2022

2022 MotoGP Americas GP: Full race results

The Gresini rider passed long-time leader Jack Miller on the factory team Ducati late on to take his first podium since his debut win in the season opener in Qatar. He is MotoGP’s first repeat winner in 2022 and takes a five-point lead in the championship. Miller took the lead from poleman Jorge Martin off […]

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10 Apr 2022

MotoGP riders slam “embarrassing” traffic in COTA qualifying

The problem of riders backing off and waiting for faster competitors to come by, before latching onto the back of them and taking profit of the slipstream, has been a constant problem in Moto3 and prompted the introduction of harsh sanctions to combat this. But the problem has also plagued many MotoGP sessions, including Q1 […]

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10 Apr 2022

Marquez told Honda not to ask about his vision on COTA MotoGP return

The six-time MotoGP world champion was ruled out of last weekend’s Argentina GP after his violent crash at the previous round at Mandalika, which left him with concussion and forced him to miss that weekend’s Indonesian GP. Marquez was left suffering vision problems, which also sidelined him for three months late last year, but made […]

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