Difficult to have a long MotoGP career now
Marc Marquez says “it’s difficult to have a long career” in MotoGP now because the competitive level in the series now is such that maintaining it is harder than before. Prior to last month’s Catalan Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro announced that he would be retiring from MotoGP at the end of the 2024 season. It […]
MotoGP calendar disruptions “getting old” – Miller
KTM MotoGP rider Jack Miller says the spate of in-season calendar changes that have plagued the series in recent years is “getting old”. The 2024 championship was meant to consist of 21 grands prix, but already before the campaign had started there were changes. Argentina, set for round three, was cancelled due to a lack […]
Tech3 «will have two number ones» in Vinales, Bastianini in MotoGP 2025
Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says fielding Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini will see him have «two number ones» for the 2025 MotoGP season. As first reported by Motorsport.com last week, KTM announced it had signed Bastianini from Ducati and Vinales from Aprilia to join the Tech3 satellite squad next year. This comes as […]
Honda agrees two-year MotoGP contract renewal with Joan Mir
Joan Mir will continue to ride for the factory Honda team until the end of the 2026 season after agreeing a contract renewal with the Japanese marque, Motorsport.com has learned. The development also means that the 2017 Moto3 and 2020 MotoGP champion will remain in the premier class for another two years, taking his career […]
Fernandez not considering Moto2 return if 2025 MotoGP offers don’t come
Raul Fernandez has ruled out the prospect of returning to Moto2 in 2025 should he find himself without a MotoGP ride next year. The 2021 Moto2 runner-up has failed to deliver on the promise of his days in grand prix motorcycle racing’s feeder categories since stepping up to MotoGP in 2022. Scoring just one top […]
Why has the 2024 MotoGP Kazakhstan GP been postponed?
MotoGP had originally been due to go to Kazakhstan for the first time in 2023, as the series looks to expand its presence further in Asia. However, delays in the track being ready meant the Kazakhstan round had to be cancelled for 2023 and rescheduled to 2024. Dorna Sports had pencilled in the first Kazakhstan […]
Downforce in MotoGP “too much for the human body”
The Aprilia rider finished a distant 11th in the Italian GP at the start of June in an overall difficult race for those on RS-GPs, with Maverick Vinales the best of them in eighth. While Espargaro acknowledged at the time that the set-up on his bike was not the best, he feels the impact of aerodynamics […]
Vinales makes Tech3 KTM MotoGP switch alongside Bastianini for 2025
As revealed by Motorsport.com on Wednesday, the Spaniard will end his three-year stint with Aprilia, which has yielded one grand prix victory in Austin this year and a total of seven podium finishes. He will join the structure currently managed by Tech3 and KTM’s parent company Pierer Mobility Group, which currently competes under the GasGas […]
Maverick Vinales set for KTM MotoGP switch
The Spaniard will bring the curtain down to his three-year stint with Aprilia, which has so far yielded one grand prix victory in Austin this year and a total of seven podium finishes. He will join the structure currently managed in tandem by Tech3 and KTM’s parent company Pierer Mobility group, the team which currently […]