MotoGP’s Japanese manufacturers are enduring a torrid 2023 campaign as both occupy the last spots on the constructors’ table having enjoyed very little success this season. Honda scored a victory with Alex Rins at the Americas GP, but this has proven to be an outlier as no other HRC podium has come since, while Yamaha […]
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Bezzecchi fastest on Friday from Vinales
With team owner and mentor Valentino Rossi in attendance at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, Bezzecchi set a new lap record on the revised Spielberg layout to lead Friday’s second session by 0.044s. Bezzecchi did stop on track on the run down to Turn 4 at the end of the session having run out […]
Pol Espargaro penalised for Marquez Austria MotoGP practice block
Espargaro is competing in his second grand prix weekend since returning from a lengthy spell on the sidelines with serious injury. Suffering multiple back and jaw fractures after an FP2 crash at the season-opener in Portugal, Espargaro was finally cleared to return at the British GP two weeks ago. The Tech3 rider finished Friday’s running […]
Honda’s “main problems still the same” on new MotoGP aero – Marquez
Honda introduced a new aero fairing onto Takaaki Nakagami’s LCR-run bike at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, with the package resembling KTM and Ducati’s design philosophy. For this weekend’s Austrian GP, both Marquez and team-mate Joan Mir have the new kit, with the former spending Friday’s practice sessions running the old package… Continue […]
Zarco edges Quartararo to top first practice
As has been the case since the British GP, the opening 45-minute session of the weekend does not count towards the qualifying groups for Saturday. Run under dry conditions, Zarco fired in a 1m29.838s after switching to a fresh medium rear tyre to end first practice 0.399 seconds clear of the field. He bested 2021 […]
KTM’s 2024 MotoGP rider logjam deepens ahead of Austrian GP
Current Moto2 championship leader Acosta is set to step up to the MotoGP world championship next year with KTM, though where remains a mystery. KTM has four bikes spread across the factory team and the GasGas-branded Tech3 satellite squad, but all riders occupying those seats have contracts. FEATURE: Why the hype around MotoGP’s next generational […]
“No rush” to decide 2025 MotoGP future despite crucial test looming – Marquez
The eight-time world champion has scored just 15 points in the opening nine rounds of a torrid 2023 campaign for Honda, with rumours continuing to swirl about a potential early exit from HRC for 2024. While he stated at the British Grand Prix that “my intention” is to honour his current contract with Honda, which […]
Honda rider Mir “thought seriously” about quitting MotoGP in 2023
The 2020 world champion signed a two-year deal with Honda to join its factory squad from this season after Suzuki elected to quit the championship at the end of 2022. Mir’s season so far has been miserable, with the Spaniard scoring just five points in total and hasn’t seen a chequered flag on a Sunday […]
Why the hype around MotoGP’s next generational talent is justified
“Feet on the ground.” A phrase repeatedly uttered by Aki Ajo, team boss and owner of Ajo Motorsport, during our interview with him in his office at the British Grand Prix. Ajo, a Finnish former racer, has run an ultra-successful outfit in the lightweight and intermediate class championships in the MotoGP paddock, overseeing the development […]
F1 side of Honda now involved in ending its MotoGP “stagnation”
Honda continues to languish in second-to-last in the constructors’ standings ahead of only Yamaha, after both marques combined to score just three points from the recent British Grand Prix weekend. Read more: The forgotten trooper of Honda’s MotoGP misery HRC has scored a victory in 2023 courtesy of Alex Rins at the Americas GP, but […]