Oliveira and team-mate Brad Binder scored a victory apiece in 2021, but found the season largely difficult as their RC16 MotoGP bike didn’t evolve as much as some of KTM’s competitors. KTM made a low-key start to the 2022 season on the opening day of testing in Malaysia, with Tech3 rookie Raul Fernandez the marque’s […]
Saturday’s action – aside from the three-day shakedown for test riders and rookies – marked the first MotoGP running since the two-day end-of-season test at Jerez last November. There we got a glimpse at what manufacturers had been working on behind the scenes for 2022, and it raised the question: what would become 2022’s tech […]
Preparations for the 2022 MotoGP season kicked back into full swing on Saturday in Malaysia, as the paddock makes its first visit to the Sepang circuit since the COVID-19 pandemic began back in 2020. Though three days of shakedown running for test riders, rookies and concession ream riders took place earlier this week, Saturday’s eight-hour […]
On the eve of pre-season testing at the Sepang International Circuit, Yamaha became the latest team to unveil its colours for the new campaign in an online presentation. After a six-year drought, Yamaha finally became world champions again in 2021 courtesy of Frenchman Quartararo, who scored five race wins on his way to the title […]
Quartararo made history in 2021 when he became the first French rider to win the MotoGP title, while ending a six-year drought for Yamaha in the process. Winning five races across the campaign, Quartararo wrapped up the championship with two rounds to spare. His title defence begins this weekend in Malaysia with the first two-day […]
Fabio Quartararo ended a six-year wait for Yamaha last season when he became France’s first MotoGP world champion having amassed five wins and wrapping up the title with two rounds to spare. But the Frenchman went into the winter break unhappy with an apparent lack of significant improvement with his YZR-M1 package at November’s Jerez […]
Earlier this week, Stoner – the 2007 and 2011 MotoGP world champion – told the Gypsy Tales podcast that he battled with anxiety through his racing career, which was only recently officially diagnosed. Stoner revealed that for much of his racing career, the more successful he was during a weekend, “the more I wanted to […]
The 2020 world champion is out of contract with Suzuki at the end of the coming campaign, having first signed with the Japanese marque back in 2019 and renewing at the start of 2020. PLUS: Why MotoGP’s recent champions’ 2023 options are scarce Mir expressed frustrations with Suzuki last year after a lack of development […]
The Japanese marque enters its eighth season since it returned to MotoGP full-time and continues with the same line-up it has done since 2019. The 2021 season was a difficult one for Suzuki, with the marque failing to win a race for the first time since 2018. Mir ended the season third in the standings […]
The rebranded RNF team caused a stir when it announced it would be bringing Binder – younger brother of double MotoGP race winner Brad – directly from Petronas SRT in Moto3 to its MotoGP squad this season. Binder spent seven seasons in Moto3 and only scored one race win, while his MotoGP promotion was heavily […]