«Super heavy» Yamaha still giving its MotoGP riders arm problems
Quartararo has intermittently suffered from arm pump throughout his premier-class career, with the Frenchman famously plummeting from first to 13th in the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix. Yamaha has made a number of changes to its M1 challenger over the past 12 months and, while Quartararo has repeatedly hailed the Japanese marque for bringing new developments, […]
Mugello result special during «difficult time» as Ducati MotoGP exit beckons
Bastianini put in an impressive performance in front of his home crowd at Mugello on Sunday, making two key overtakes in a race that featured little action to complete a 1-2 result for Ducati. The 26-year-old first cleared the Gresini bike of Marc Marquez with two laps to go going into Scarperia, before catching championship […]
Marquez «gave up» and accepted podium defeat in MotoGP Italian GP
Having finally cleared the factory Ducati of Enea Bastianini on lap 18 of 23 after hounding him for much of the day, Marquez was chasing after Pramac’s Jorge Martin for second as the Mugello race neared its conclusion. But with two laps to the finish, Bastianini was able to retaliate and retake third position on […]
Martin blames tyre pressure rule for lack of action in Italian MotoGP race
The Mugello race featured a limited number of position changes at the front after the opening lap, as the field circulated in formation behind race leader Francesco Bagnaia on a hot and sunny day in Italy. With three laps to go it appeared that the race had finally come alive, with Martin closing within three […]
Bagnaia leads factory Ducati 1-2
Bagnaia — who was demoted from second to fifth due to a grid penalty — claimed the lead at Turn 2 on the opening lap and never looked back, taking the chequered flag by 0.8s over team-mate Bastianini, as championship leader Jorge Martin had to settle for third. At the start of the race, Bagnaia […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
The Moto3 race was originally due to run over 17 laps, but was red flagged on the fourth tour following an incident between Filippo Farioli and Xabi Zurutuza. Zurutuza crashed at Turn 9 on lap three and was struck by the bike of Farioli, who was running directly behind. Zurutuza needed trackside medical assistance but […]
Acosta does not expect Marquez to join KTM; Ducati «looks like a soap opera”
The MotoGP silly season is in full swing heading into Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, with all eyes on the battle to fill the vacant factory seat at Ducati alongside Francesco Bagnaia. During the week, current championship leader and Pramac rider Jorge Martin emerged as the favourite to replace Enea Bastianini in Ducati’s line-up […]
Aleix Espargaro set to become Honda MotoGP test rider
Espargaro announced ahead of last week’s Catalan Grand Prix that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season, bringing to an end a 20-year career in the MotoGP paddock that has so far yielded three premier class victories with Aprilia. The Catalan already said at the time that he was seriously contemplating the […]
Bagnaia feared Barcelona crash repeat in Mugello MotoGP sprint win
Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was finally able to end a barren run stretching all the way back to last year’s Austrian Grand Prix by taking the top spot in the half-distance race at Mugello, beating Gresini’s Marc Marquez by over a second. His victory followed just a week after he dropped his Ducati on the […]