Francesco Bagnaia «needs to be more calm» after latest Friday failure
Francesco Bagnaia has owned up to the mistakes that led him to miss out on direct access to Q2 for the second straight edition of the Thai Grand Prix. In 2025, the factory Ducati rider missed the cut on Friday before topping Q1 on Saturday morning to rescue his weekend. It was a sign of […]
Pedro Acosta breaks duck with sprint win
Pedro Acosta can finally call himself a MotoGP winner after taking victory in the sprint at Buriram on Saturday. The KTM rider went toe-to-toe with world champion Marc Marquez but emerged on top after a pulsating race that had everything. Pole position man and favourite Marco Bezzecchi had to witness it all from the Aprilia […]
Why Francesco Bagnaia is «not that worried» after another miserable MotoGP race
Francesco Bagnaia says he is “not that worried” about his lack of results in MotoGP despite making a lacklustre start to the 2026 season in Thailand.The factory Ducati arrived at Buriram keen to bounce back from a wretched 2025 campaign in which he scored two grands prix wins but largely struggled to match his championship-winning […]
The mountain Yamaha has to climb with its V4-powered MotoGP contender
Yamaha is facing a long road to recovery after the Thailand Grand Prix exposed its true deficit to the front in MotoGP.While pre-season testing had already indicated that the Japanese manufacturer faced a tough start to 2026, the results from the Buriram weekend painted a grim picture.In qualifying, none of the four bikes progressed to […]
Pedro Acosta «didn’t expect» sprint penalty for Marc Marquez
Pedro Acosta was not remotely angry with Marc Marquez following the penultimate-lap incident that could have cost him his breakthrough MotoGP win.Marquez was penalised for pushing the KTM rider wide as he reclaimed the lead at Turn 12, with the stewards quickly instructing him to drop a position.This ensured Acosta was finally able to cross […]
Jorge Martin: Marco Bezzecchi was «on another level» at Thai GP
2024 MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has admitted that his factory Aprilia team-mate was «on another level» in Thailand.Bezzecchi stormed to pole position and a clear victory in the grand prix at Buriram. Martin came home fourth as Aprilias took four of the top five spots.Read Also: MotoGPMotoGP Thai GP: Marco Bezzecchi’s flawless Aprilia win […]
Tech3 boss labels Thai GP performance «disheartening» and «lacklustre»
Tech3 had hoped for a much better result in MotoGP’s Thailand Grand Prix, its first race under under new CEO Guenther Steiner. But as the former Haas Formula 1 star took over the reins from Herve Poncharal, the French team missed the mark at Buriram. KTM’s satellite squad managed to salvage just four points from the […]
Winners and losers from MotoGP’s season-opening Thailand Grand Prix
Following a long winter break, MotoGP returned to action for the opening round of the 2026 MotoGP season. The sprint race produced an instant classic, featuring an epic duel between MotoGP’s elder statesman and the relatively newer kid on the block. The Sunday race, in contrast, was completely one-sided, but the battle for the final […]
the helmet drama that hit MotoGP’s season opener
As if the start of the 2026 MotoGP season did not already bring a high dose of uncertainty and nerves, several riders across the three categories faced an additional source of stress at the Thailand opener. Paradoxically, the disruptive element was the helmet. The issue affecting Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini, and Diogo Moreira, to name […]