Bezzecchi is enjoying a strong sophomore campaign in the premier class with Valentino Rossi’s squad, securing his maiden grand prix victory in Argentina before adding a second in France and a sprint win at Assen to sit third in the standings. The Italian’s future has been subject of speculation over the summer break, with Bezzecchi […]
The Italian set a 2m00.295s on his final attempt to top the timesheet, with Marini just 0.036s behind him. Bezzecchi, who sits third in the championship standings after the summer break, set an early benchmark of 2m04.821s to lead early on, improving to a 2m00.885s on his fifth lap. That lap remained quickest for much […]
From this weekend’s ninth round of the 2023 season onwards, riders must run to the minimum tyre pressures for the front and rear compounds in the sprint race and the grand prix. The front minimum is 1.9 bar, while the rear minimum is 1.7 bar. This rule has been in place since the start of […]
From this weekend’s Silverstone round, the new Tyre Pressure Management System will come into use, which measures the pressure of front and rear compounds. This rule was set to be enforced from the start of the 2023 season, but has been kicked down the road as testing of the new TPMS continued. The minimum riders […]
The reigning Moto2 world champion told Autosport he is “really happy” for a 2024 deal to have been completed amid rumours he would lose his seat to KTM prodigy Acosta, who is currently second in the Moto2 standings. Acosta already confirmed earlier this year that he would be stepping up to MotoGP in 2024, but […]
The Italian has been associated with Yamaha since 2019, when he joined the Petronas SRT satellite squad having made his premier class debut in 2018 with Marc VDS Honda. It was announced on Wednesday that Morbidelli will make way for LCR Honda rider Rins next season, who will partner 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo. Speaking […]
On Wednesday prior to this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Yamaha announced it was parting ways with Franco Morbidelli at the end of the 2023 season. This all but paved the way for Rins to join the Japanese marque from LCR Honda, with that move confirmed shortly after. Rins joined LCR Honda this year […]
Morbidelli has been associated with Yamaha since 2019, when he joined the Petronas SRT satellite squad in 2019 having made his premier class debut in 2018 with Marc VDS Honda. Having been resoundingly beaten by rookie team-mate Fabio Quartararo in 2019 on lesser machinery, Morbidelli bounced back in 2020 to win three grands prix and […]
Aside from the catastrophe caused by his crash and injury at Jerez in July 2020, for Marc Marquez the first part of the 2023 season has undoubtedly been one of the most unrecognisable moments of his career. “Injury aside, this is the worst moment of my sporting life,” he said after crossing the finish line […]
On Wednesday morning ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Yamaha announced it would be parting ways with Morbidelli at the end of the 2023 season. Morbidelli has been a Yamaha-backed rider since 2019 and was runner-up in the championship the following year, but has struggled for form since stepping up to the factory squad […]