KTM and Tech3 unveil identical 2025 MotoGP liveries
KTM and its satellite team Tech3 revealed the liveries for their 2025 bikes in a joint event in Malaysia on Thursday. The factory KTM Racing team has retained its familiar orange and dark blue colour scheme this year, with logos of title sponsor Red Bull again being displayed prominently on the bike. Meanwhile, Tech3 will […]
We are here to race
KTM refrained from talking about its financial problems at the launch of its 2025 MotoGP bike on Thursday. Ahead of the shakedown test at the Sepang International Circuit from 31 January to 2 February, the Austrian manufacturer revealed four identical RC16s in a joint presentation with its satellite team Tech3. KTM released several videos that […]
Dovizioso to join Yamaha for Sepang shakedown test
Yamaha will be able to count on the experience of 15-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso in this week’s shakedown test at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. Concession manufacturers Yamaha and Honda, MotoGP rookies Ai Ogura, Somkiat Chantra and Fermin Aldeguer, and test riders from Ducati, KTM and Aprilia will take to the Malaysian track […]
What’s changed at Rossi’s VR46 team after new Ducati deal?
VR46 has explained how it is already seeing the impact of its new deal with Ducati in MotoGP. The team owned by motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi is getting factory support from the Borgo Panigale team this year, taking over the status enjoyed by Pramac until it jumped ship to Yamaha. It was already public […]
Morbidelli thinks riding old Ducati will actually help him in 2025
VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli believes running a year-old Ducati in 2025 will actually benefit him in the upcoming MotoGP season. Last year, Morbidelli joined Pramac to ride the best bike on the grid, a Ducati Desmosedici of the same specification as Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, and better than that of Marc Marquez’s, who used […]
Monster gains presence on Ducati’s bike, but fails to seduce Marquez
Marc Marquez had to give up his main personal sponsor, Red Bull, to fulfil his plan of joining the factory Ducati team, which is associated with Monster, a direct competitor of the Austrian beverage manufacturer. «Out of respect for Red Bull, I won’t have a personal sponsor. I want to thank the Red Bull family […]
It’s “dangerous” to think Ducati will keep dominating MotoGP
New Ducati signing Marc Marquez believes it will be “dangerous” to assume the Borgo Panigale marque will remain the benchmark in MotoGP for 2025 and beyond. The Italian outfit had been making major strides since the latter part of last decade, but it was only after the arrival of Francesco Bagnaia in the factory team […]
Alpine becomes Pramac’s main partner in MotoGP
Alpine has confirmed it will team up with the Pramac MotoGP squad for the 2025 season, becoming the Italian outfit’s «main partner». As revealed by Motorsport.com in December last year, the French marque will join forces with Pramac, which won the 2024 MotoGP riders’ championship with Jorge Martin. It meant that Pramac became the first […]
The parallel challenges facing Ferrari and Ducati in 2025
A day before Lewis Hamilton’s fanfare at Ferrari, Ducati held a special event at the Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio in which it unveiled its latest acquisition Marc Marquez. There are undoubtable parallels between the six-time MotoGP world champion and the seven-time F1 world champion as they turn to Italian teams in the hope […]