My job at Aprilia is done, now I want to help Honda win again in MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro feels his ‘job at Aprilia is done’ and he now wants to help Honda return to winning ways in MotoGP in his role as a test rider. Espargaro has been a key pillar of Aprilia’s MotoGP programme since 2017 and widely hailed for transforming the RS-GP from a perennial backmarker to a multiple […]
My job at Aprilia is done, now I want to help Honda win again in MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro feels his ‘job at Aprilia is done’ and he now wants to help Honda return to winning ways in MotoGP in his role as a test rider. Espargaro has been a key pillar of Aprilia’s MotoGP programme since 2017 and widely hailed for transforming the RS-GP from a perennial backmarker to a multiple […]
Gresini or VR46? Aldeguer hopes for 2025 MotoGP team decision in summer break
Moto2 frontrunner Fermin Aldeguer is still waiting for Ducati to decide the team with which he will make his step up to MotoGP in 2025. Aldeguer had been expected to join Pramac after he signed a MotoGP contract directly with Ducati at the start of his third season in Moto2. But Pramac’s decision to break […]
Vinales can’t «comprehend» Aprilia’s disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t «comprehend» how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend. Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is yet to add another podium finish to its tally […]
Has Martin given Ducati another reason to bet everything on Bagnaia in MotoGP?
«If anyone thinks that a factory is going to allow a satellite team rider to win the world championship, they don’t have a clue where they are,» a former rider and current team manager of a MotoGP told this writer on the condition of anonymity. And that was before Jorge Martin found out that Ducati […]
Staying third in MotoGP standings «won’t be easy»
Marc Marquez has set out a goal of finishing inside the top three in the MotoGP standings this year, as he admits keeping factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini behind “won’t be easy”. Gresini rider Marquez has been a part of MotoGP’s ‘big three’ group this year alongside reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac ace Jorge […]
Has Morbidelli found his MotoGP mojo again after years of struggles at Yamaha?
Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli showed glimpses of his former self as he battled team-mate Jorge Martin and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia for a podium in last weekend’s German GP. While his strategy to play aggressively early on ultimately dropped him to fifth at the finish, there were only positives to take for a rider who […]
First half of rookie MotoGP season «4.5/10»
KTM protege Pedro Acosta has given himself a 4.5 grade out of 10 after the opening half of his rookie MotoGP season. Tech3 GasGas rider Acosta made a storming debut in MotoGP at the start of the year, as he outperformed all his KTM compatriots and finished on the podium in only his second grand […]
Alex Marquez would’ve ‘traded 42 podiums for one with Marc’ before German GP
Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says he would have traded all his previous 42 grand prix podiums for the one he achieved in last weekend’s German Grand Prix with elder brother Marc. Alex and Marc Marquez shared a podium in MotoGP for the first time in Sunday’s race at the Sachsenring after finishing third and […]