FIM set to enforce MotoGP engine freeze until 2027
FIM’s Grand Prix Commission is set to approve a freeze to engine development in MotoGP until the new regulations come into force in 2027. Motorsport.com has learned the GPC aims to ratify this change at its next meeting, provisionally scheduled in the run-up to the next round of the season in Misano. However, the two […]
Yamaha’s development of V4 engine for MotoGP bike in advanced state
Yamaha’s development of a new V4 engine for its MotoGP bike is in an advanced state, Motorsport.com has learned. Yamaha has not publicly acknowledged that it is working on a change to its engine concept, which currently consists of an inline four-cylinder unit. The only references in this regard have been the very vague answers […]
Why Marc Marquez will have the hardest fight of his career in MotoGP 2025
The 2024 MotoGP season is tipping into the final third of the calendar, but there is a school of opinion that the 2025 championship is already decided. When Ducati opted for Marc Marquez’s services for the next two seasons, ahead of pace-setter Jorge Martin, and paired him with double title holder Francesco Bagnaia it tantalisingly […]
MotoGP to introduce radio communication with riders in 2025
MotoGP will implement a new race radio communication system between race director and riders from the 2025 season, Motorsport.com can reveal. A meeting was convened by Dorna last Thursday at Misano, where the series’ promoter informed the teams about its decision to introduce radio communication in MotoGP. The system will be introduced in phases and […]
Bagnaia slashes Martin deficit of Aragon crash with Misano runner-up finish
Francesco Bagnaia feels a “maximum” second place in the San Marino Grand Prix has provided the ideal result to slash into Jorge Martin’s MotoGP points lead. For the second year in a row Bagnaia performed a ‘phoenix’ effect at his home grand prix, following 2023 when he kept his pursuit of a second title on […]
Martin takes blame for costly Misano bike swap call
Jorge Martin has taken the blame for opting to pit to swap bikes during the brief rain shower in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix which wrecked his race. Pramac’s Martin conceded 19 points to world champion and chief title rival Francesco Bagnaia at Misano as one of the few riders that peeled into the […]
Repsol to end 30-year partnership with Honda in MotoGP
Repsol has announced that it will be ending a 30-year relationship with Honda at the end of the current MotoGP season. The Spanish oil giant has been a sponsor of Honda since 1995, a partnership that had spawned one of the most famous liveries in the history of motorcycle racing. Repsol had already reduced its […]
MotoGP San Marino GP: Moto2 and Moto3 results
Leopard Honda’s Angel Piqueras competed a remarkable Moto3 win at Misano in the San Marino Grand Prix. For the second occasion in a week a Spanish teenager walked the top step of the podium for the first time, following KTM Ajo’s Jose Antonio Rueda’s success in Aragon last Sunday. The 17-year-old had to negotiate two […]
The other Ducati rider on a MotoGP resurgence
Franco Morbidelli continued his MotoGP resurgence with a first podium finish in three-and-a-half years with third place in the San Marino Grand Prix sprint race and explained how “the race is very different” at the sharp end. Morbidelli was given the golden ticket at the end of 2023. The Italian ended a turgid three-season spell […]