Martin’s 2024 MotoGP form giving him “some power” in contract talks
Qualifying on pole with a new Le Mans lap record, Martin converted that to a dominant third sprint win of the 2024 season. With Francesco Bagnaia retiring with bike issues and his factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini only fourth, Martin is now 28 points clear in the championship. This all comes as Martin’s 2025 future […]
Ducati still chasing answers to «dangerous» French MotoGP sprint issue
Bagnaia had qualified second behind championship leader Jorge Martin, but was down to 14th by the end of lap 1 following a dreadful start on his GP24. Lacking the speed to mount any sort of recovery, the Italian then ran wide over the gravel at the exit of Turn 7 on the third lap, rejoining […]
Marquez “angry with myself” after Le Mans MotoGP Q1 exit
The eight-time world champion endured a difficult French GP weekend on the Gresini-run Ducati prior to Saturday’s 13-lap sprint. Out of the Q2 places after Friday’s running, Marquez was knocked out of Q1 in qualifying and starts 13th for both races at Le Mans. Despite this, he was able to launch his way up to fifth […]
Martin wins sprint from Marquez; Bagnaia retires
Obliterating the lap record to take pole in qualifying earlier on Saturday, Martin seized the holeshot effortlessly off the line and led all 13 laps of the sprint race at Le Mans. Celebrating his 12th career sprint victory, Martin is now 28 points clear in the standings. He headed Gresini Racing rider and chief rival […]
Martin smashes lap record for pole in crash-strewn qualifying
With Enea Bastianini setting a new lap record to get through Q1, the tone was set for the first sub-1m30s lap of the Le Mans circuit. Martin did so on his second flying lap with a 1m29.919s, which would ultimately cement him pole as the closing moments of Q2 turned into a crash-fest. The Pramac […]
Quartararo at a loss to explain Le Mans MotoGP Friday pace
For just the second time this season, Quartararo will make an appearance in the pole shootout qualifying session on Saturday after finishing Friday’s running at his home round in 10th. While Yamaha brought a raft of changes to its bike for the Jerez test after the Spanish GP, only a few items – and not […]
Marquez explains worst Friday of 2024 MotoGP season in France
The Gresini Ducati rider crashed in the hour-long afternoon practice at Le Mans and struggled for pace through to the chequered flag. His penultimate flying lap in the session was thwarted by a yellow flag, before a mistake while fastest through the first sector on his last effort consigned him to 13th and a place […]
Martin tops second practice, Marquez into Q1
Setting the pace in FP1, Martin continued that form in the hour-long second session at Le Mans with a new lap record of 1m30.388s. The championship leader headed Francesco Bagnaia on the factory team Ducati from Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta, while Fabio Quartararo made it through to Q2 in front of his home fans. Saturday […]
Martin would understand if Ducati picked ‘marketing beast’ Marquez for MotoGP 2025
Martin has been pushing Ducati to finally offer him a promotion to the factory team that he believes he thoroughly deserves, having finished second in the championship last year to Francesco Bagnaia. Earlier, Martin’s only realistic rival for that seat was incumbent Enea Bastianini, but Marquez has now joined the fray after making a sensational […]