After eight rounds of the 2022 season, Aprilia had scored a grand prix victory and four other podiums courtesy of Aleix Espargaro. At the same point in 2023, Aprilia has just two rostrums to its credit, with Vinales second in the season-opening Portuguese GP and Espargaro inheriting third at the Dutch GP following a track […]
Both of MotoGP’s Japanese manufacturers, Yamaha and Honda, have endured difficult 2023 campaigns, with the former scoring just two podiums in the first eight rounds. Fabio Quartararo was third in the Americas Grand Prix and inherited that position in the Dutch GP sprint following a track limits penalty for KTM’s Brad Binder. Yamaha currently sits […]
With racing in short supply during MotoGP’s summer break, the focus of attention in the world championship is monopolised by the buzz of possible market movements. Aside from the case of Marc Marquez, who is devoting this summer to unravelling the scenario of his hypothetical departure from Honda, Marco Bezzecchi is another rider on the […]
Sprint races have marked one of the biggest single format changes in grand prix motorcycle racing’s more than 70-year history. While reviews of the sprint format were mixed from the riders to begin with, after eight rounds criticisms of the half-distance races have faded away. For the most part, the sprints have added an exciting […]
The KTM rider lapped the Townsville street circuit alongside the reigning Supercars champion and NASCAR sensation during sponsor rides. It marked his first experience in one of the wild V8 touring cars and came about through the joint link with Red Bull. “First time in a V8 Supercar and to get in with Shane was […]
The Australian moved to KTM for the 2023 season having been with Ducati since 2018 and scored his first podium with the Austrian manufacturer with a third at the Spanish GP. Though he has yet to repeat this, Miller and KTM have been a regular fixture in the podium battle at all rounds this season. Reflecting on […]
The Tech3 rider crashed in the latter stages of FP2 in the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix and suffered numerous fractures, including to his back and jaw, after hitting an unprotected tyre barrier. Espargaro required surgery on the three vertebrae he broke in his back, and his jaw had to be wired shut for a month, […]
After Suzuki’s MotoGP withdrawal at the end of last season, Rins landed at the LCR Honda squad while former team-mate Joan Mir became Marc Marquez’s team-mate at the factory Honda squad. Despite racing for the satellite squad, Rins is directly contracted to Honda and his initial agreement expires at the end of 2024, but it […]
Marco Bezzecchi’s MotoGP contract with VR46 expires at the end of this year. The owner of the Ducati team for which he competes, and with which he is negotiating a contract extension, is also the same corporation that represents him. In his second season in MotoGP, the 24-year-old Italian has picked up the baton left […]
The recent triple-header prior to the summer break were bruising for Honda, which had three riders – Joan Mir, Alex Rins and Marc Marquez – suffer various broken bones as a result of crashes. Rins had to undergo two operations on a badly broken leg after a crash in the Mugello sprint, while Mir fractured […]