Dall’Igna ‘won’t let go’ of Marquez as 2025 MotoGP decision looms
Marquez, Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini are all in the running for a coveted seat at the works Ducati team next year, as the Italian manufacturer weighs up which rider to put alongside double champion Francesco Bagnaia. Although Ducati initially had reservations about Marquez joining its satellite Gresini team this year, it eventually gave the […]
Jerez MotoGP round «a reality check» for KTM
The Spanish GP at Jerez proved to be one of KTM’s best weekends of the 2023 campaign, with Brad Binder winning the sprint and finishing second in the main race ahead of team-mate Jack Miller. With Tech3 GasGas rookie Acosta coming to the 2024 Jerez round off the back of successive podium finishes, he and […]
What MotoGP’s 2027 rules overhaul could mean for the series
By the time the 2027 MotoGP season rolls around, 10 years will have passed since the series’ last major regulations shake-up was introduced in 2016. That year saw the culmination of Dorna Sports’ masterplan to boost grid numbers and the competitive health of a championship battered by the fallout of the 2008 economic crisis. What […]
Full details of MotoGP’s 2027 technical regulation changes
Headlined by the switch from 1000cc engines to 850cc motors, the 2027 regulations will also include a stripping back of aerodynamics. Ride height devices will also be banned, while there have been smaller tweaks to things such as fuel tank capacity and the concessions system. Full 2027 MotoGP technical regulations breakdown MotoGP class engine displacement […]
MotoGP announces major 2027 technical regulation overhaul
As first reported by Motorsport.com last November, a move to downsize MotoGP’s current four-stroke 1000cc engines to 850cc has been a key pillar of the 2027 ruleset being devised by the championship in conjunction with the manufacturers. MotoGP’s Grand Prix Commission confirmed on Monday the complete 2027 rule framework. The proposal to downsize the engines […]
Di Giannantonio would «never go back» from F1-like current MotoGP bikes
The present-day MotoGP bikes have been getting faster and faster and breaking long-time lap records at many circuits, as manufacturers eke out more and more speed from the current ruleset ahead of a major regulations overhaul in 2027. But a lot of the improved performance has come from increasingly sophisticated aero devices, which has led […]
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 […]