The rider making a breakthrough to awaken MotoGP’s «sleeping giant»
MotoGP has a storied history in the United States, beginning with the country’s very first premier class race winner Pat Hennen in 1975 before the likes of Kenny Roberts Sr, Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz celebrated title success for America across the 1980s and 1990s. In 2000, Kenny Roberts Jr took […]
MotoGP legend Rossi ‘would like to understand Bagnaia critics’
Ducati rider Bagnaia went toe-to-toe with eight times world champion Marc Marquez in a thrilling battle for victory in the 25-lap Jerez grand prix. Bagnaia came out on top by just 0.372 seconds to score his second grand prix win of the season to close the gap to championship leader Jorge Martin – who crashed […]
Michelin needs to address «strange» vibration issues on 2024 MotoGP bikes
Rear chatter has become a recurring problem in MotoGP this year, with Ducati riders being particularly outspoken about the issue since the opening round of the season in Qatar. Tech3 GasGas rookie Acosta hasn’t been spared of chattering either and once encountered the vibrations on his rear tyre at Jerez as he finished a distant […]
The elements that will determine who will be Ducati’s second factory MotoGP rider
Ducati has two MotoGP rounds now in 2024 to choose from a list of three — Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini — as to who will be its second factory team rider next season, something which will be highly influenced by economic factors, sponsorship and the individual will of general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. […]
Kazakhstan MotoGP round postponed due to flooding
Scheduled for 14-16 June, no new date has been given for the event but Dorna Sports hopes to still stage it this year. MotoGP was originally set to race in Kazakhstan at the new Sokol International Racetrack, near the country’s largest city of Almaty, last year as part of an expanding calendar. However, due to […]
MotoGP tyre pressure rule «shouldn’t apply» on damp tracks
As of last year’s British Grand Prix, MotoGP has enforced minimum front and rear tyre pressures in a move ostensibly aimed at ensuring rider safety. However, this was largely criticised by riders last year as the minimum of 1.88 bar front pressure offered them little margin before the tyre ballooned and became more susceptible to […]
Learning from Ducati MotoGP ace Bagnaia “a pleasure”
The reigning double world champion and the Gresini rider locked horns in last Sunday’s 25-lap Spanish Grand Prix for the victory in a thrilling battle. Bagnaia ultimately came out on top, though only by 0.372 seconds to Marquez, who celebrated his first grand prix podium as a Gresini Ducati rider. The pair have clashed on […]
Bagnaia thinks “Marquez would adapt well” to factory Ducati MotoGP team
Last weekend Bagnaia produced one of his best MotoGP race wins to date as he held off Marquez late on in a spectacular battle to take Spanish Grand Prix victory. While Bagnaia has charged to back-to-back MotoGP world titles in 2022 and 2023, having stepped up to the factory Ducati squad in 2021, Marquez had […]
Zarco doesn’t have «very positive comments» about new Honda MotoGP prototype
Both Zarco and team-mate Takaaki Nakagami got to run the overhauled version of the RC213V at Jerez on Monday, after HRC test rider Stefan Bradl raced with the same bike in Spain last weekend. However, the initial impressions of the upgraded Honda challenger were poor across the board, with Zarco saying the bike had failed […]