Fabio Quartararo pushes for Yamaha V4, blames gap to rivals on engine
Fabio Quartararo is the only rider who has been able to consistently challenge Marc Marquez in the battle for pole positions this season. The Frenchman set the fastest qualifying lap at Jerez, Le Mans, Silverstone and Assen, while championship leader Marquez has started from pole on seven occasions. The only other rider to sit on […]
Why 2026 is the right time for Ducati to field six identical MotoGP bikes
The emergence of Alex Marquez, alongside Ducati’s commitments to Fermin Aldeguer and Fabio Di Giannantonio, among other factors, presents the ideal scenario for the Italian brand to field six identical bikes on the MotoGP grid next year. Over the last decade – roughly since Gigi Dall’Igna arrived as general manager – Ducati has gradually pulled […]
Lap times revealed from Ducati’s Balaton Park test with MotoGP riders
Although Ducati chose not to reveal lap times from its private test in Hungary earlier this week, Pecco Bagnaia has shared his time aboard the Panigale V4 used on the day at Balaton Park. This turned out to be the fastest of the test, ahead of factory Ducati team-mate Marc Marquez’s best. Bagnaia posted on […]
What we know about Ducati’s Balaton Park test ahead of new MotoGP race
Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month. Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the Italian manufacturer is leaving nothing […]
Marc Marquez aims to ‘mentally defeat’ rivals, not play games, in MotoGP title battle
Marc Marquez came into MotoGP’s summer break on a hot streak. He has strung together five consecutive doubles – winning both the sprint and Sunday races at Aragon, Mugello, Assen, the Sachsenring and Brno. That run has catapulted him into a lead of 120 points over second-placed Alex Marquez, his brother. Read Also: So far […]
Liberty Media can’t follow its F1 play to boost MotoGP’s popularity
MotoGP’s chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo believes Liberty Media’s arrival will boost the championship’s global reach without compromising its essence. Just under a month ago, Liberty Media completed the acquisition of 84% of Dorna, the rights holder of MotoGP, after the European Commission finally gave the green light to a deal that dragged on much […]
Johann Zarco spends MotoGP summer break winning Suzuka 8 Hours
Johann Zarco gave up MotoGP’s summer break to race — and win — the Suzuka 8 Hours for Honda, after the team failed to sort out the paperwork for Xavi Vierge, leaving the Frenchman and Takumi Takahashi as a duo in a race designed for trios. It is a good thing Zarco enjoys riding motorcycles […]
Guenther Steiner finalizing purchase of Tech3 MotoGP team
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner is finalizing the purchase of the Tech3 MotoGP team, Motorsport.com has learned. Sources close to both parties estimate the deal, involving the structure founded in 1990 by Herve Poncharal and Guy Coulon, at just over €20million. Tech3 made its debut in the premier class in 2001 after […]
Why Alex Marquez isn’t worried he’s tumbling out of MotoGP’s title fight
Alex Marquez is having his best season since stepping up to the MotoGP premier class in 2020 — the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of injury saga that almost ended his brother’s career. After a gruelling spell with the factory Honda team and LCR, Alex’s move to Gresini in 2023 changed the […]