Honda set for Castrol MotoGP partnership after Repsol split
The Honda MotoGP factory team is finalising a deal with Castrol to replace Repsol from the 2025 season, Motorsport.com has learned. Although it was an open secret for months, Repsol executives formally informed Honda of their intention not to extend their sponsorship deal – which expires at the end of this season – on the Sunday of […]
Seven things we learned from the 2024 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix weekend had it all. There was the usual wild Phillip Island weather, which led to a cancelled session on Friday but at least it didn’t interfere with the schedule as it had in 2023. Marc Marquez overcame yet another self-inflicted drama – this time a tear-off getting stuck beneath his tyre […]
Bezzecchi critical of Vinales response to Phillip Island sprint crash
Marco Bezzecchi says he was unimpressed by Maverick Vinales showing him the middle finger as he lay motionless on the ground after the pair collided at high speed in Saturday’s sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix. After being taken for additional medical checks in Melbourne on Saturday evening, during which time Vinales made his […]
MotoGP Australian GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results
Fermin Aldeguer came out on top of a superb duel with Aron Canet to win the Moto2 Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island on Sunday. A fast-paced battle between the pair over the second half of the race reached its crescendo with two changes of lead on the last lap. Canet (Fantic Racing) took SpeedUp’s […]
Vinales explains Bezzecchi crash outburst after massive accident
Maverick Vinales did not shy away from the hand gesture he made at a motionless Marco Bezzecchi following the pair’s high-speed crash in the latter stages of Saturday’s sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix. The factory Aprilia rider had qualified third on the grid for the Phillip Island race but was unable to maintain […]
Iannone set to replace di Giannantonio for MotoGP’s Malaysian GP
Andrea Iannone will make a surprise MotoGP comeback replacing the injured Fabio di Giannantonio at the VR46 Ducati team for the penultimate grand prix of the 2024 season in Malaysia early next month. As reported by GPOne, the one-time grand prix winner has received the nod from Valentino Rossi for Sepang, with the agreement of […]
Mir’s comments after Japan clash «didn’t make sense»
Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez says he was “surprised” at the media comments made by Honda’s Joan Mir immediately after the most recent MotoGP round in Japan. The 2020 MotoGP champion spoke out against Marquez after being taken out of the race by the Ducati, which literally attached itself to the back of his machine after […]
2024 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
Just 10 points separate Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia heading into the Australia-Thailand-Malaysia triple header. Enea Bastianini and Marc Marquez are now virtually out of the title fight, but are involved in their own duel for third place in the standings. Event Date 10:45 Australian GP — FREE PRACTICE 1 Australian GP — PRACTICE […]
“Aggressive” Marquez now has more respect for rivals on track
Former MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo believes Marc Marquez now displays more respect towards rivals while battling with them on track, having initially found his antics to be “very aggressive”. Lorenzo was one of Marquez’s main rivals during his golden period in the 2010s, with the pair even becoming team-mates at Honda in the former’s final […]