After more than two decades in the Italian company’s marketing department, Grassilli was promoted last winter to replace Paolo Ciabatti, one of the most recognisable members within Ducati. Since then, Grassilli’s activity has not ceased. His first public event took place at the beginning of the year, at the presentation of the team at the […]
After two pre-season tests in February, our first proper answers as to the true pecking order of the 2024 MotoGP season will be given this weekend at the Losail International Circuit. Francesco Bagnaia comes into the season as the reigning double world champion and enjoyed a dominant pre-season, topping both tests outright with new lap […]
Following his switch from Yamaha over the winter, Morbidelli was preparing for the new season on the Ducati V4 Panigale road bike when he had a crash at Turn 9, suffering a big blow to his head. The Italian rider had to be taken to a hospital for check-ups, where doctors discovered a small clot […]
Espargaro was seen by many as the favourite for Sunday’s full-distance race at the Losail International Circuit, with six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez leading the praise for the Aprilia rider after he showed stunning pace in the closing laps of the sprint to finis third. But the 34-year-old’s hopes of adding a fourth premier class […]
Marc Marquez’s first MotoGP outing on a Ducati went about as well as it could have. That might not seem like much when taken at face value. Fifth in the sprint and fourth in the grand prix last weekend under the floodlights of the Losail International Circuit are not perhaps the results many were hoping […]
The reigning double world champion took the lead in the standings after putting in a controlled performance on Sunday to win the season-opening grand prix at Losail. It marked the second season in a row that Bagnaia has won the first grand prix of the year and came after a tricky sprint in which he […]
The Tech3 GasGas rider made an immediate impact on his MotoGP debut weekend, qualifying eighth and finishing in that position in the sprint, before going on to finish ninth in the grand prix. Acosta stormed through the pack early on in Sunday’s full-distance race to get as high as fourth at one stage after overtaking […]
The 2020 world champion battled an engine issue in the opening five laps of the sprint on Saturday before coming through to finish as top Honda in 15th. With no Honda rider near the points, the Japanese marque has seemingly failed to make any major progress through the field despite radically overhauling its motorcycle. Asked […]
Sprint winner Jorge Martin got the holeshot from pole position on his Pramac Ducati, but Bagnaia got an even better launch from fifth on the grid to slot into second position. Eager not to allow Martin to run away at the front, Bagnaia wasted little time in making a move on his 2023 title rival, […]
The Japanese manufacturer endured its first winless campaign in 20 years in MotoGP last season as it tumbled down the order with M1 which made little progress from its predecessor. Despite having the benefit of concessions and bringing in fresh engineering talent from rival teams, Yamaha has done little to climb up the order in […]