Bagnaia and Pramac title rival Jorge Martin came into the championship decider in Valencia split by 14 points after the latter won the sprint on Saturday. But the championship battle came to a halt on lap six of the grand prix when Martin collided with Honda’s Marc Marquez, on the eight-time world champion’s final appearance […]
Marquez and Bezzecchi collided at Turn 3 on the opening lap of the grand prix when the Honda rider tried to overtake him on the inside. Bezzecchi crashed out and the incident was investigated, before no further action was taken. The VR46 rider raged against Marquez, calling the move “dirty” and suggesting that race direction […]
Bagnaia made history in 2021 when he overturned a 91-point deficit to end a 15-year wait for Ducati’s second world title in MotoGP. Dominant in the first half of 2023, Bagnaia led the championship by 66 points after the sprint in Barcelona only to crash out of that grand prix and suffer injury in a […]
Vinales scored his first pole as an Aprilia rider and first since Assen 2021 on Saturday at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit with a new lap record. The Aprilia rider rued his medium rear tyre choice, however, and dropped to fourth having led briefly during the 13-lap race. In the 10-minute warm-up session on Sunday morning, […]
This weekend is the factory HRC rider’s last with the team after 11 years and six premier class titles before he moves to the Gresini Ducati team for 2024. He qualified ninth on Saturday morning before finishing third in the sprint race behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin and factory KTM rider Brad Binder. It was his […]
The RNF team came into existence at the end of 2021 following Petronas and the Sepang Racing Team’s decision to quit MotoGP at the conclusion of that season. Former SRT team boss Razlan Razali became the owner of RNF, which fielded Yamaha bikes in 2022 before linking up with Aprilia for this season. For 2023, […]
Martin came from sixth on the grid to score his ninth sprint win of the 2023 season. With title rival Francesco Bagnaia only fifth after struggling on his medium rear tyre, Martin has cut the championship deficit down from 21 points to 14 ahead of Sunday’s grand prix finale. When asked by Autosport if this […]
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points. But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth as Martin stormed through to win and trimmed his points […]
With 21 points splitting Bagnaia and Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points. But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth on his factory Ducati as Martin stormed through to win and cut […]
The factory Aprilia rider put in the first ever 1m28s lap at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with a 1m28.931s to take his first pole since Assen in 2021, two days prior to announcing he was quitting Yamaha a year early. He led from factory Ducati rider Bagnaia, who dominated Q1 before finishing Q2 in second, while […]