Bagnaia smashes lap record to take pole, Marquez crashes
World champion Francesco Bagnaia headed Jorge Martin in a tight pole battle at the MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix, as a late crash for Marc Marquez left him seventh. Bagnaia and standings leader Martin traded all-time Assen lap records at the start of the Q2 session, before the former smashed it with a 1m30.540s with just […]
«Strange» to talk to Ducati boss Dall’Igna after MotoGP split
Jorge Martin admits he finds it «strange» to talk to Ducati’s MotoGP chief Gigi Dall’Igna after being passed over for a factory promotion for the 2025 season. The Spaniard was initially chosen to partner Francesco Bagnaia at the works Ducati squad on the back of his stunning form with Pramac before Marc Marquez’s refusal to […]
Marquez doesn’t feel «guilty» for Pramac/Ducati MotoGP split
Marc Marquez says he ‘doesn’t feel guilty’ about Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha for the 2025 MotoGP season because he feels “I didn’t do anything”. On Friday afternoon at the Dutch Grand Prix, Pramac confirmed Motorsport.com’s earlier reports that it would be ditching Ducati for Yamaha from 2025. The move comes in the wake of […]
Yamaha debuts new engine in Assen MotoGP practice
Yamaha debuted a new MotoGP engine on Friday at the Dutch Grand Prix, but Fabio Quartararo doesn’t believe it is helping much at the flowing Assen track. The Japanese marque has utilised its concession benefits to develop and test the new engine with its race riders prior to this weekend’s Dutch GP. Yamaha’s initial 2024 […]
Pramac announces Ducati split, move to Yamaha MotoGP structure
Pramac has announced that it will part ways with Ducati at the end of the current MotoGP season to become a satellite Yamaha team in 2025. As revealed by Autosport on Thursday, the Italian outfit will bring the curtain down to a relationship that began almost two decades ago in 2005 to ink a new […]
Bagnaia breaks lap record to top second practice
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia topped second practice for the 2024 MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix from Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales after setting a new Assen lap record. The hour-long qualifying group-deciding session proved to be a tense affair, with just 0.673 seconds covering the top 10. Bagnaia set the pace with a 1m31.340s, posted with just over 10 […]
Why Mir’s “priority” is to remain with Honda despite two years of MotoGP misery
Reports by Motorsport.com saying Joan Mir is set to stay with Honda in MotoGP for two more years came as some surprise given the misery of the past two seasons. To say the last three years for Mir have been brutal would be something of an understatement. The 2020 world champion was nearing renewing with […]
Bagnaia shades Marquez in first practice
Reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia topped the opening practice for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, after Fabio Di Giannantonio had his session-topping lap cancelled. After a three-week break forced by the postponement of the Kazakhstan GP to September, MotoGP returned to action on Friday morning at the iconic TT Assen venue. Following weeks of […]
The Ducati MotoGP power dynamics Bagnaia must now manage
Reigning double MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia believes Marc Marquez «is smart and he’ll understand» how to maintain Ducati’s success in 2025. Following the Italian Grand Prix, Ducati announced it has signed Marquez to a two-year contract to join its factory team from 2025 alongside Bagnaia. Marquez’s refusal to take a factory bike at Pramac […]