What is going on with Francesco Bagnaia in MotoGP?
Francesco Bagnaia may have partially redeemed himself with a solid recovery ride in the Catalan Grand Prix on Sunday, but it’s impossible to overlook the fact that he shouldn’t be starting so far down the grid. In fact, if you exclude the 2022 Portuguese GP crash on slick tyres on a wet track, Saturday in […]
How Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are racing to enter MotoGP
With Guenther Steiner arriving in MotoGP for 2026, Motorsport.com understands Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are now vying to buy a team in a championship. Last Friday during the Catalan Grand Prix the acquisition of Tech3 by the Ikon Capital consortium was made official, in a deal that will see Steiner, the former Haas F1 team principal, […]
How Verstappen and Hamilton are racing to enter MotoGP
With Guenther Steiner arriving in MotoGP for 2026, Autosport understands Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are now vying to buy a team in a championship. Last Friday, during the Catalan Grand Prix, the acquisition of Tech3 by the Ikon Capital consortium was made official, in a deal that will see Steiner, the former Haas F1 team principal, […]
Somkiat Chantra to move to WSBK with Honda after losing MotoGP ride
Honda’s management has decided to transfer Somkiat Chantra from the LCR MotoGP team to its factory squad in the World Superbike Championship, Motorsport.com can reveal. He will join Moto2 race winner Jake Dixon in a completely revamped line-up for the Japanese manufacturer in the production-based category. Following Takaaki Nakagami’s retirement and Ai Ogura’s move to […]
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s Catalan Grand Prix
The Catalan Grand Prix differed significantly from MotoGP’s form book, as it was the first time since Silverstone that championship leader Marc Marquez didn’t have a clear advantage over the rest of the pack. This paved the way for his younger brother Alex Marquez to end the weekend on top, but only after giving away […]
Singapore to host the 2026 MotoGP season launch
MotoGP will kick off the 2026 season with a special launch event in Singapore, Motorsport.com has learned. Dorna, together with all 11 teams, has selected the city-state as the new host for the series’ collective season launch. Singapore was chosen over Kuala Lumpur and Melbourne, the other two venues that were being considered for the […]
Why Enea Bastianini feels he is “back” after Catalan GP podium
Enea Bastianini has declared he is “back” after claiming his first podium as a KTM MotoGP rider in the Catalan Grand Prix on Sunday. Although a mistake in qualifying left him ninth on the grid, Bastianini quickly made amends at the start, jumping to fourth by the end of lap three to put himself in […]
Marc Marquez kept reminding himself his MotoGP winning streak would end
Marc Marquez has revealed he had been preparing himself mentally for the moment his winning streak would come to an end in MotoGP. The factory Ducati rider’s reign of nearly 100 days in MotoGP ended in the Catalan Grand Prix on Sunday, as he finished 1.7s behind his younger brother Alex Marquez. Marc Marquez had […]
Alex Marquez fends off Marc to take second career win
Alex Marquez held off his elder brother Marc Marquez to take a brilliant MotoGP victory in front of his home crowd at the Catalan Grand Prix. At the start, Gresini rider Alex Marquez pulled away from pole position and briefly held the advantage, but brother Marc outbraked him into Turn 1 to seize the lead […]