The Italian suffered the injury while training on his flat track bike at Valentino Rossi’s Motor Ranch in Tavullia on Saturday. He underwent surgery on Sunday at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia’s Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit. It is currently unclear whether Bezzecchi, who is third in the championship standings, will take part in […]
Binder was given two of the new RC16s for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, following test rider Dani Pedrosa’s successful wildcard outing at Misano with the updated bike that signifies a shift away from KTM’s long-standing steel trellis frame philosophy. The South African was immediately competitive, setting a new lap record in Friday practice […]
Martin has slashed long-time championship leader Francesco Bagnaia’s advantage to just three points following his victories in both the sprint and main race of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend at Motegi, giving him five wins in the last six races. Zarco’ lacked Martin’s record-breaking one-lap speed in qualifying in Japan and was unable to finish… […]
Earlier on Friday, Tech3 announced that it would swap eight-time podium finisher Espargaro in favour of Moto2 championship leader Acosta, while Augusto Fernandez would retain his seat. It ends a months-long rider logjam for KTM, having had five riders contracted to four seats for 2024. Espargaro did sign a two-year deal to return to KTM […]
Espargaro signed to return to KTM and Tech3 for the 2023 season following two difficult years at Honda, following his first stint with the Austrian marque from 2017 to 2020. The eight-time podium finisher’s season was immediately halted by a serious incident in the second practice session for the Portuguese Grand Prix in March, in […]
On Wednesday, Honda announced that it would be parting ways with Marquez at the end of the current season, one year earlier than his contract expiration date. Though yet to be officially confirmed, Marquez will move to Gresini next season to ride – in principle – a year-old Ducati bike. Dall’Igna, who has transformed Ducati […]
The Marquez/Honda tie-up has been one of immense success. Bringing the Moto2 champion up to MotoGP in 2013, Honda reaped the rewards instantly as the Spaniard scored his first grand prix victory in just his second race. Marquez would go on to win that year’s world championship as a rookie before dominating in 2014 for […]
With Wednesday’s announcement confirming the Spaniard’s departure at the end of this season, Honda now faces the very complicated scenario of having to find a replacement for the most successful rider in its history. If we take into account that pretending to win with the change is an impossible mission, the reality is that it […]
The India/Japan double-header provided a welcome boost for Marquez and Honda amidst an otherwise dire campaign. Marquez scored his first podium since the season-opener in the India sprint when he was third, and was fighting in the rostrum battle in the grand prix at Buddh before crashing out. In Japan, Marquez was able to fight […]
By mutual agreement, Marquez and Honda will break one of the most fruitful alliances in the history of MotoGP, which has yielded a total of six world titles over eleven seasons between 2013 and 2023. The Spaniard made his debut with Honda in 2013 and won the championship, before adding a second in 2014. Marquez […]