Joan Mir hits back at naysayers after first Honda MotoGP podium
Joan Mir says it is “easy to hide behind the phone” and criticise MotoGP riders after securing his maiden podium with Honda in last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Mir finished third behind factory Ducati duo Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez at Motegi, ending a 1,422-day drought stretching back to his last podium finish with Suzuki […]
Winners and losers from the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix
Sunday’s MotoGP race at Motegi offered a result few could have predicted. While there were signs that Francesco Bagnaia had finally found a solution in the Misano test, even he likely didn’t expect to dominate the Japanese Grand Prix as thoroughly as he did. Marc Marquez was always expected to be competitive, but the lack […]
Marco Bezzecchi reveals extent of injuries in Japan MotoGP crash
Aprilia MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi revealed how badly he was hurt after being taken out by team-mate Jorge Martin on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix sprint. Last year’s champion Martin made a rapid launch from 17th on the grid and found a gap on the inside heading into Turn 1. But the Spaniard […]
The MotoGP champion who came back from hell
Marc Marquez’s motorcycle racing career was always tied to success. From a very young age, the Spaniard began winning in categories where his rivals were, in some cases, more than 30 centimetres taller. Besides being young in age, he was small in stature, which made it even more striking to see him on the podiums at […]
What was behind KTM’s worst 2025 MotoGP result in Japan?
KTM endured a tough MotoGP race in Motegi, with the best of its quartet of riders finishing only 11th in the Japanese Grand Prix. This was the first time in 2025 that it failed to log a top-10 finish in a Sunday race, dealing a severe blow to its hopes of beating Aprilia to second […]
Dorna moves MotoGP season launch to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore
Despite informing teams weeks ago that Singapore had been chosen as the venue for the launch of next season’s MotoGP world championship, series promoter Dorna has relocated the event to Kuala Lumpur. On the Monday following the Catalan Grand Prix, teams met in Montmelo with members of the organisation, who confirmed that the season launch […]
Marc Marquez had unfinished business, and nothing motivates more than that
The bond between Marc Marquez and Mick Doohan was forged out of two seemingly opposing forces: success and pain. Perhaps for that very reason, Marquez turned to the Australian’s advice when he found himself at his lowest, when the injury to his right arm – one that required four surgeries – brought him to the brink of […]
Francesco Bagnaia “didn’t recognise himself” during toughest phase of 2025 MotoGP season
Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says he was struggling so much at points during the 2025 MotoGP season that he couldn’t even “recognise himself”. Bagnaia endured some of the toughest moments of his career this year, as he failed to gel with the bike with which team-mate Marc Marquez was winning race after race on […]
What the 2025 MotoGP title means to Marc Marquez
Marc Marquez bet on himself when he chose to carry on in MotoGP after years of pain, surgeries and lingering questions over whether his body could still endure the demands of elite competition. He had once promised his late grandfather that he would start again from scratch, and if he couldn’t win, he would retire […]