10 things we learned at the 2024 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
An emotional retirement announcement, a chaotic sprint race and defiant comebacks were the main talking points from the 2024 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix. Ahead of the sixth round of the season, veteran rider Aleix Espargaro announced to the world that he would be calling time on his MotoGP career at the end of the 2024 […]
Quartararo can see light at end of tunnel after lack of Yamaha MotoGP progress
Quartararo made that comment after jumping from 17th on the grid to finish ninth in Sunday’s Catalan Grand Prix, securing his second top-10 finish of the season. The Frenchman was racing with a new aero package in Barcelona, part of the larger suite of upgrades that Yamaha has been testing between grand prix weekends in […]
Bastianini admits he deliberately ignored penalty orders in Catalan GP
The factory Ducati rider was battling with Gresini’s Alex Marquez at the outer reaches of the top 10 in Sunday’s 24-lap Catalan GP when he was forced wide at Turn 1. Bastianini ran through the run-off area at Turns 1-2, with riders meant to demonstrate that they have lost at least a second in lap […]
Bagnaia wanted to «bust a myth» with Turn 5 pass on Martin in Catalan GP
Bagnaia scored a key victory in Sunday’s race at Barcelona after coming on top in a close duel with title rival Martin, overtaking him on lap 19 of 24 with an impressive move on the inside at Turn 5. It was the same corner at which he had slid off his factory GP24 on the […]
Marquez “not proud” of recent MotoGP comebacks after latest podium
The Gresini Ducati rider failed to get out of Q1 two weeks ago at the French GP but managed to recover from 13th on the grid to finish second in both the sprint and grand prix at Le Mans. At this weekend’s Catalan GP, Marquez qualified a lowly 14th due to difficulties in extracting the best from […]
Bagnaia wins from Martin, Marquez as Acosta crashes
Bagnaia looked on course to take the sprint victory on Saturday when he crashed out of the lead on the final lap. Biding his time in the first half of the race, Bagnaia reeled in Pramac’s Martin to overhaul him on lap 19 of 24, before streaking away by 1.740 seconds to score his third […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
The 18-lap Moto3 contest opened up Sunday’s race programme and proved to be another typical Barcelona slipstream fest. Championship leader Alonso prevailed as he faced high pressure on the final lap to score a fourth win of the season. The Aspar CFMoto rider was one of numerous names to take turns heading the field at […]
Why MotoGP comeback king Marquez is struggling in qualifying lately
The Gresini Ducati rider is quickly adapting himself from the Honda he rode for 11 years to the GP23 he has now, scoring podiums in four of the six sprints and twice in the previous two grands prix. But his last three weekend podiums have come after being forced to fight back from poor qualifying […]
How Bagnaia “lost another great opportunity” in Barcelona MotoGP sprint crash
The reigning world champion enjoyed an eventful early part of the 12-lap sprint as he battled back from being shuffled down to fourth. When KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out of the lead on lap seven, Bagnaia was released into first place and looked on course to score a first sprint win since the 2023 Austrian […]