The first-time poleman enjoyed a podium showing in the sprint race at Mandalika last Saturday but was unable to fight for another rostrum in the grand prix. A collision triggered by KTM’s Binder took Marini down on the second lap, with the Italian retiring a few tours later having remounted to serve a long lap penalty he […]
With five rounds in six weeks concluding the 2023 MotoGP season, the battle for the world championship is fast boiling down to a two-horse race between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin after VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi – albeit still not mathematically out of contention – slid 63 points adrift of the points lead last weekend […]
Eight-time world champion Marc Marquez will leave Honda at the end of the season to make a sensational switch to the satellite Ducati squad Gresini Racing in next year. Marquez’s decision to race a year-old Ducati and end ties with the factory Honda squad a season early comes amidst a difficult period for the Japanese […]
The 2021 world champion enjoyed one of his stronger weekends of the season at the Mandalika track, qualifying fourth before finishing fifth in the sprint. In the grand prix, Quartararo ran in the fight for victory late on with Francesco Bagnaia and Maverick Vinales, ultimately finishing third but just 0.433 seconds from first. It marked […]
MotoGP’s return to the Mandalika International Street Circuit for the second edition of the revived Indonesian Grand Prix went off largely without controversy, with the track surface re-laid after last year’s problems with asphalt breakup. Pramac’s Jorge Martin took the championship lead for the first time with his fourth-successive sprint win, as… Continue Reading on […]
Pramac’s Martin moved seven points clear of Bagnaia after a dominant sprint victory on Saturday and looked on course to inflict further damage on the world champion in Sunday’s contest. Taking the lead from sixth on the grid off the line, Martin was three seconds out front when he slid off his Pramac Ducati at […]
The Spaniard won the sprint on Saturday at the Mandalika track to take a seven-point lead in the championship after Francesco Bagnaia struggled to eighth. Having taken the lead from sixth on the grid at Turn 1 of the grand prix, Martin looked set to dominate Sunday’s 27-lap contest when he crashed out at Turn […]
Bagnaia came through from 13th on the grid to score his sixth grand prix victory of the season to take an 18-point lead in the championship. It comes just a day after he lost the standings lead for the first time since before the Spanish GP to Martin, who dominated the sprint at Mandalika to […]
Martin has now won four sprint races on the bounce to head Bagnaia in the standings for the first time in 2023. Ducati has also wrapped up the constructors’ championship for 2023 following Martin’s sprint victory. The Spaniard beat poleman Luca Marini by 1.131 seconds having started sixth on the grid following a crash in […]
Martin started from sixth on Saturday at the Indonesian Grand Prix to win the sprint race, marking his fourth half-distance contest success in a row. With reigning world champion Bagnaia only eighth after qualifying down in 13th, Martin now leads the standings heading into Sunday’s grand prix by seven points. Marquez – who crashed on […]