Yamaha MotoGP bike’s «horrible» grip «unacceptable»
Quartararo ended Monday’s running at the Qatar test just under six tenths off the best pace in 10th on his factory Yamaha. Despite the 2024 M1 making good steps with engine power and top speed, Quartararo continued to complain about the bike’s lack of grip – having highlighted this as a continuing weakness at the […]
Marquez will face “a big frustration” if he targets Ducati MotoGP wins right now
Marquez’s switch from Honda after 11 years and six world titles to the satellite Gresini Ducati squad for 2024 is generating boundless interest as the new season approaches. Many of his peers have already pegged him to win on the year-old Ducati soon, though Marquez has continued to brush this expectation aside. Asked again about […]
MotoGP Qatar test: Bagnaia fastest from Martin
Following three days of running in Malaysia earlier this month, the MotoGP pre-season ends in Qatar just two weeks before the 2024 campaign begins at the same venue. After a fairly slow start to the day for most as track conditions proved suboptimal, more representative running was had as the sun set over the Losail […]
Honda MotoGP boss Puig «surprised» by German-like feedback from Marini
Marini was picked to replace Marc Marquez following the eight-time grand prix world champion’s decision to quit the team for 2024 to join the Gresini Ducati squad. The Italian previously spent three years on Ducati machinery, latterly with his brother Valentino Rossi’s squad, with whom he scored his first podiums in MotoGP. Marini and team-mate […]
Aprilia hopes 2027 rules can attract new manufacturers to MotoGP
MotoGP has been left with just five bike makers since Suzuki’s shock withdrawal at the end of the 2022 season, a decision that came despite the Japanese marque having a long-term deal with promoter Dorna. The new 2027 rules represent the best opportunity for a new or returning manufacturer to enter the premier class, as […]
Piero Ferrari hinted to Quartararo about Hamilton F1 signing
Ferrari dropped a bombshell on the motorsport world earlier this month when it announced that it had signed seven-time F1 champion Hamilton for 2025. It will bring to an end a fruitful 11-year partnership with the Mercedes F1 team, whom Hamilton joined from McLaren at the end of 2012 and won six of his seven […]
Aprilia reveals its 2024 MotoGP livery
The Italian manufacturer is entering its 10th season since its return to the premier class in 2015, when it joined the grid in partnership with Gresini Racing. From 2022, Aprilia was entered as a standalone factory team after Gresini elected to link up with Ducati. That year marked a breakthrough for Aprilia, who scored its […]
2024 Russian Ice Speedway Championship in Krasnogorsk
ICE SPEEDWAY 2024 SUPERFINAL, ZORKY / 17-18 FEBRUARY PHOTO: ALEKSANDR SEREGIN / ASPPAIMAGES Все Race Day 1 Race Day 2
Acosta will fight for MotoGP title «sooner or later», says Marquez
One of the most promising riders to come through the ranks in recent years, Acosta will make his highly-anticipated premier class debut next month at the age of just 19. The Spaniard had already turned heads with his performances in the junior classes, winning the Moto3 title in his rookie season in 2021 and taking […]