The one-time grand prix winner crashed while cycling at Mugello last Thursday and “destroyed” his heel. Initial x-ray scans showed no fractures, though his foot did suffer from a lot of swelling. Undergoing an MRI on Monday after the Italian GP – in which he finished sixth – it was found he had in fact […]
Espargaro battled through a heel injury from a cycling accident at Mugello last weekend to qualify eighth and stay there for the sprint, before snatching sixth from KTM’s Jack Miller in the Italian Grand Prix. Ducati dominated the weekend at Mugello, with Francesco Bagnaia taking pole, sprint victory, grand prix win and fastest lap, while […]
Last Sunday at Mugello, Marc Marquez met with Shinji Aoyama – the second-highest ranking executive at Honda Motor Company – to discuss the crisis that HRC is going through in MotoGP and to convey his frustration at the lack of a reaction. The meeting took place at Honda’s motorhome, starting at 11am and lasting for […]
The Spaniard suffered a bruising weekend at Mugello, crashing heavily twice on Saturday – the second one seeing him hitting a barrier lining the track. After qualifying 19th, Fernandez struggled to 17th in the race. Having been unable to sleep much the night before the grand prix due to the pain from his crashes, Fernandez […]
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 this weekend. However, Honda has now confirmed the Spaniard will […]
MotoGP returned to action at the Italian Grand Prix after a three-week break, with Francesco Bagnaia delighting the home crowd with a perfect weekend. Having been wiped out of the French GP to register his third grand prix non-score of the year, Bagnaia bounced back emphatically with pole, sprint victory and a win in the […]
The Spaniard was sat behind Jack Miller, Luca Marini and Marc Marquez in the early stages of Sunday’s grand prix at Mugello. Coming into Turn 1, Marquez got out of shape on the brakes and came close to hitting all three riders as he ran wide into the corner. Explaining what happened, Marquez claimed he […]
The 2021 world champion came into the Italian GP weekend carrying the set-up he used that year having found none of Yamaha’s 2023 developments worked in previous rounds. But this failed to transform his fortunes as he could only qualify 15th behind team-mate Franco Morbidelli and could manage only 10th in the sprint and 11th […]
Having navigated his way through tricky conditions in Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello to win from pole, Bagnaia did the same with ease in Sunday’s full distance contest. Overtaken off the line by the KTM of Jack Miller, Bagnaia scythed past into Turn 2 to retake the lead and was never headed again across the […]
The factory Ducati rider cruised to his third grand prix victory of the 2023 season in front of his home fans at Mugello, capping off an Italian GP weekend in which he also qualified on pole and won the sprint contest. This comes after Bagnaia was involved in more online criticism for comments he made […]