The eight-time world champion withdrew from last weekend’s German GP having suffered five crashes across a round that is becoming viewed as the nadir of the Honda/Marquez relationship. Marquez is still contracted to Honda for another year, but the events of Germany have raised discussion about the possibility of the Spaniard buying out of his […]
Last weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring marked another milestone for Ducati, as it occupied the top five spots of a race for the first time. Pramac’s Jorge Martin also ended its grand prix victory drought in Germany dating back to 2008, with the Sachsenring for many years seen as arguably Ducati’s worst on […]
Acosta has put his trust in KTM and will fulfil the contract that keeps him at the Austrian brand at least until the end of 2024. The contract includes an escape clause if KTM didn’t offer him a spot in MotoGP next year, but Acosta has ruled out activating this contract clause. “We want to […]
Germany was presented as the best possible barometer to gauge the health of the Marc Marquez/Honda partnership. It was once virtually unbeatable, taking six MotoGP crowns out of seven between 2013 and 2019. But the conclusion drawn from last weekend’s visit to the Sachsenring, where previously he had nothing but victories, is that the best […]
Aprilia has only scored 99 points from the first seven rounds of the 2023 season and has just one podium, courtesy of Maverick Vinales’ second at the Portuguese Grand Prix. At the same stage in 2022, Aprilia had won a race and stood on the podium on three other occasions, with its points haul also […]
The Honda rider withdrew from the German GP having crashed five times at the Sachsenring, the final of his accidents resulting in him suffering a small fracture in his hand. But he will make his return at this weekend’s round in Assen with the hopes of “putting the hard weekend in Germany behind me” after […]
The 2020 world champion crashed during the second practice session of the Italian GP weekend and fractured the little finger on his right hand. He withdrew from the remainder of the Italian GP with the hopes of being fit enough to race at the Sachsenring but was unable to participate and was not replaced. In […]
Q2 was run on a drying track after rain earlier this morning, with Bagnaia edging pole by 0.078 seconds as numerous riders had laps cancelled due to a spate of late crashes. Honda’s Marc Marquez endured another miserable day at the Sachsenring following his controversial collision with Johann Zarco on Friday. Marquez crashed in Q1 […]
Marquez endured a miserable weekend at the Sachsenring in which he crashed five times, the last one leaving him with a small fracture on his thumb. The eight-time world champion ultimately withdrew from Sunday’s race, leaving Nakagami as the only Honda rider on the grid. Following Marquez at the time he crashed in Sunday’s warm-up […]
Zarco found himself in third in Sunday’s 30-lap grand prix at the Sachsenring after KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out on lap 19. Too far away from the leading duo of Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia to catch them, Zarco had managed to grow the gap to the chasing VR46 Ducatis behind him. At Turn 1 […]