During the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, Honda team boss Alberto Puig told DAZN that there were three riders who were candidates to take the factory HRC spot being vacated by eight-time world champion Marquez. Current Gresini rider Fabio Di Giannantonio – who Marquez will replace – was one of them, alongside ex-Honda rider Pol Espargaro […]
Starting first and second on the grid, all eyes were on the title rivals Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin, with the former grabbing the holeshot. But a hard charge from Alex Marquez proved too much for Bagnaia to resist, while an issue with debris getting caught in his factory Ducati’s front right wing further hindered him […]
Four-time grand prix winner Bastianini was chosen over Martin to take Jack Miller’s place at the factory Ducati squad for this year, following his better performances in 2022 with Gresini Racing. But Bastianini has endured a torrid campaign, which has been blighted by injury and a difficulty in adapting his riding style to 2023 bike. […]
Bagnaia qualified on pole for the first time since the Catalan GP on Saturday at Sepang, setting a new lap record to beat chief title rival Jorge Martin – something he branded “a relief”. And though he led in the early stages of the sprint, Bagnaia’s pace dropped off and he could do no more […]
Marquez jumped from fourth on the grid to secure his second sprint win of the season, beating Martin by over 1.5s on his year-old Ducati. The Spaniard fought hard with early race leader Francesco Bagnaia, as well as Martin, on his way to the front of the pack and proved no match for either with […]
Bagnaia and Martin are split by just 13 points ahead of this afternoon’s sprint contest at the Sepang International Circuit, which set up a critical qualifying on Saturday morning. Pramac’s Martin looked set to add a third-straight pole to his tally of four for the season when he posted a lap record 1m57.549s on his […]
In a reverse of Friday morning’s FP1 session, Marquez led Martin by 0.174 seconds after posting a 1m57.823s on his final flying lap. KTM duo Jack Miller and Brad Binder trailed the Ducati pair, while Maverick Vinales was fifth on his factory Aprilia as team-mate Aleix Espargaro crashed three times. Championship leader Francesco Bagnaia was […]
With eight-time world champion Marquez joining Gresini Ducati next season, Honda has been desperately searching for a replacement. Miguel Oliveira was the favoured option, but Honda’s insistence on offering a one-year deal took the five-time grand prix winner off the table. Gresini’s Fabio Di Giannantonio – whom Marquez will replace – then emerged… Continue Reading […]
Following Marc Marquez’s decision to quit Honda in favour of Gresini Ducati for the 2024 season, Oliveira emerged as HRC’s preferred option to replace him. The RNF rider is contracted to Aprilia for next year but had an option in his contract that allowed him to leave if a factory team offered him a deal. […]
Espargaro raced with Honda in 2021 and 2022 having spent four seasons with KTM prior, before returning to the Austrian marque this year with the GasGas-branded Tech3 outfit. FEATURE: What compels a MotoGP rider to return to something that almost killed them? The eight-time podium finisher has lost his race seat at Tech3 for 2024 […]