Marquez lost the front «without warning» on penultimate lap of Silverstone MotoGP sprint
Marc Marquez says he had no “warning” before he crashed out of MotoGP’s British Grand Prix sprint at Silverstone with a little more than a lap to go. The Gresini rider was running in fourth place in the final stages of Saturday’s half-distance race, having recovered from a difficult qualifying that had left him seventh […]
Bastianini wins sprint from Martin, Bagnaia crashes
Enea Bastianini won MotoGP’s British Grand Prix sprint for the factory Ducati team, but a crash for his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia allowed Jorge Martin to close in the title race. Bastianini passed long-time leader Martin on lap seven of 10, claiming a first victory of any kind in MotoGP since Malaysia 2023, while Aleix Espargaro […]
Bagnaia slams «ridiculous» towing problem in Silverstone MotoGP qualifying
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia has hit out at other MotoGP riders for deliberately slowing down in British GP qualifying in order to get a tow from him, describing the situation as “ridiculous”. Bagnaia was followed by Gresini’s Marc Marquez on their first runs in Saturday’s pole-deciding session at Silverstone, with the added aerodynamic benefit allowing the […]
Aprilia’s Espargaro stuns Ducatis to take pole
Aleix Espargaro claimed pole position for Aprilia in the British Grand Prix, beating the factory Ducati MotoGP bikes of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini. Espargaro delivered an impressive effort of 1m57.309s in the dying minutes of qualifying, taking advantage of late troubles for Bagnaia and Bastianini to put himself in prime position to repeat his […]
Rins forced out of remainder of British GP after practice crash
Yamaha’s Alex Rins has been ruled out of the rest of the British Grand Prix weekend after suffering a crash late in second practice on Friday. Having already missed last month’s German Grand Prix following an accident in the Assen race, Rins was only just getting back on the bike at Silverstone when he ended […]
Marquez «very far» from front after «feeling lost» in British GP practice
The six-time MotoGP champion appeared to be off-colour at Silverstone on Friday, suffering a late crash in the morning session and then having to get a tow from Pramac’s Jorge Martin in order to secure a direct passage into the second part of qualifying. While Ducati looked rapid at the 5.9km venue, with even VR46’s […]
Martin gets new Ducati part to overcome recurrent crashes in MotoGP
Pramac rider Jorge Martin is running a new part that is standard across all other Ducati MotoGP bikes with the hope that it will allow him to cut down on crashes in the second part of the season. Martin revealed that he had been racing with a slightly different component on his Desmosedici compared to […]
Martin heads Espargaro, Bagnaia in second practice
Pramac MotoGP rider Jorge Martin edged out Aleix Espargaro in second practice for the British Grand Prix amid a close battle between Ducati and Aprilia for the top spot. Ducati had an early scare at the start of one-hour session, with both Enea Bastianini and Marco Bezzecchi having to pull up at the edge of […]
Ducati boss reveals di Giannantonio, Morbidelli will race for VR46 in MotoGP 2025
Ducati MotoGP boss Davide Tardozzi has revealed that Franco Morbidelli will join Fabio di Giannantonio at the factory-supported VR46 team next year. Although an announcement is yet to be made by Valentino Rossi’s squad, Tardozzi appears to have gotten ahead of himself and divulged VR46’s line-up for the 2025 season. Tardozzi also confirmed that VR46 […]