Too early to say MotoGP 2024 will be «Ducati-only championship»
The Borgo Panigale marque also kicked off pre-season testing for 2024 on the front foot, with two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia leading a top four lockout for the Desmosedici. Ducati’s attack in 2024 has been strengthened by the arrival of Marc Marquez from Honda, and the Spaniard has already been showing promising pace on the year-old […]
LCR launches 2024 MotoGP bikes ahead of Qatar test
As has been the case in previous years, LCR has gone for a split approach with its MotoGP liveries in 2024, with one of its two Honda R213Vs sporting the colours of Castrol and the other bike carrying the backing of Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu. LCR revealed the first of its two bikes carrying the […]
Ducati’s Dall’Igna «very disappointed» to lose key tech man to Yamaha
Bartolini, Ducati’s vehicle performance engineer and Dall’Igna’s right-hand man, left the Italian manufacturer to join rival Yamaha as the Japanese brand went on a recruiting drive to bolster its technical line-up in an attempt to return to the front of the field. While the news was welcomed by Yamaha, it was a blow for Ducati, […]
Copying Ducati «not the way» to improve Honda MotoGP bike
Marini has joined the factory Honda team to replace six-time champion Marc Marquez, having previously spent three seasons on Ducati machinery with first Avintia and then VR46. The Italian’s experience on what is now the dominant bike on the grid is invaluable to Honda, as the Japanese manufacturer aims to steady the ship after a […]
Quartararo had «initial contacts» with other MotoGP teams
At the age of 24, Quartararo is now in his sixth season in MotoGP, a class in which he won the title in 2021 and in which he has always competed on a Yamaha. The Frenchman, whose contract with Yamaha expires at the end of 2024, has been demanding a reaction from the Iwata-based manufacturer […]
Honda revamps MotoGP livery for first time in three decades
Repsol first joined forces with Honda in 1995, with its famous orange colours going on to become one of the most recognisable in the history of motorcycle racing. Repsol and Honda are entering the 30th year of their long-standing partnership, but the Spanish oil giant has scaled down its involvement in the wake of Marc […]
Mir’s Honda MotoGP situation «changed a lot» as he inherits Marquez’s crew
Marquez has left the Honda team with which he spent his entire MotoGP career to ride a Ducati for the Gresini squad this season. The eight-time world champion moved to the Italian team without his crew chief Santi Hernandez, who moved up to MotoGP with Marquez when the Spaniard jumped up from Moto2. Despite the […]
Quartararo spoke to Rins more at test than to Morbidelli in four years as MotoGP team-mates
Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title. Morbidelli was reunited with Quartararo in 2022, when the Italian also secured a factory ride. […]
KTM unveils RC16 MotoGP bikes for 2024
Brad Binder and Jack Miller helped officially launch the Austrian manufacturer’s updated RC16 which debuted in Malaysia last week during the three-day pre-season test. On the final day of running, South African Binder took seventh and Australian team-mate Miller was 14th, while GasGas Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta caught attention throughout the test as he finished […]