Honda brings new fairing and ‘spoon’ to Misano test
Honda focused on aerodynamics in Monday’s Misano test, with LCR rider Johann Zarco appearing on track in the morning session with a new carbon fibre fairing. The main addition was the new inlet, which is easily recognisable because it is made from ‘rapid-prototyping material’ and is therefore white in colour. The assumption is that the […]
“It’s hard to accept that I’m a passenger on the bike”
Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales says he is still “a passenger” on his MotoGP bike as he continues to recover from the shoulder injury he sustained at the German Grand Prix in July. Vinales missed the Czech GP entirely followed the crash, then attempted to return to action, following the summer break, at the Austrian […]
Toprak Razgatlioglu set for early test debut on Yamaha’s V4 MotoGP bike
New Pramac Yamaha signing Toprak Razgatlioglu will get an early opportunity to sample Yamaha’s V4-powered 2026 MotoGP bike ahead of the official post-season test in Valencia, Motorsport.com understands. Razgatlioglu is currently chasing his third World Superbike crown, and his second with BMW, as the 2025 season runs to a close with the finale at Jerez on […]
Jack Miller fined for riding the wrong way after San Marino GP to give gloves to a fan
Jack Miller racked up a €2000 fine for riding the wrong way after the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix to offer his race gloves to a lucky fan. The Pramac rider had spotted a fan holding a banner during the formation lap, offering a free beer to any rider in return for their gloves. After […]
Why rescuing Francesco Bagnaia is no longer in Ducati’s hands
Francesco Bagnaia’s disastrous weekend at Misano marked the lowest point yet for the most successful rider in Ducati’s history. The Italian is being reminded by the factory that the crisis of confidence paralysing him comes from within himself, not from the machine he rides. Bagnaia’s affable nature and current plight has stirred compassion from all […]
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s San Marino Grand Prix
The final European race before a string of flyaways stuck largely to form, with the usual protagonists slugging it out at the front around the switchbacks of Misano. This being Italy, however, there was a bit of extra emotion for some of those who succeeded. And further down the field, a couple of unlucky folk […]
Brad Binder offers theory on KTM’s recurring chain issues in San Marino GP
Brad Binder believes that striking Misano’s high kerbs at the wrong moment may have caused the unusual chain failures that struck both him and KTM MotoGP team-mate Pedro Acosta over the San Marino Grand Prix weekend. KTM endured one of its worst-performing weekends of the 2025 MotoGP season at Misano, with Binder ending up as […]
Pedro Acosta tops final in-season MotoGP test at Misano
Factory KTM rider Pedro Acosta led the way in the final in-season test of 2025 at Misano, as Yamaha extensively trialled its new V4-powered MotoGP bike. Acosta was among the first riders to hit the track, grabbing the top spot from the Tech3-run RC16 of Enea Bastianini with a time of 1m32.297s. Marc Marquez and […]
It won’t solve all our issues
Fabio Quartararo says Yamaha’s V4-powered M1 won’t solve all its troubles in MotoGP after admitting that he feels “worse” on the new bike than its predecessor. The 2021 world champion made the comment after finishing 17th in the morning test session in Misano, just over a second off the pace of Gresini’s Alex Marquez. This […]