Marquez can fight for MotoGP victories from start of season
Six-time world champion Marquez will ride a Gresini-run Ducati from 2023 this year, having left Honda after 11 years with the Japanese manufacturer. Marquez was one of the biggest attractions during the first pre-season test at Sepang, where he finished with the sixth quickest time of the three days of running. The Spaniard was hindered by some technical […]
Mir ‘starting to see results’ of Honda’s new MotoGP approach
Once the top dog in MotoGP, Honda has slowly plummeted down the pecking order, ending the last two seasons dead last in the manufacturers’ standings. Marc Marquez, the rider with which it built its current empire in MotoGP, broke his contract with HRC at the end of last year to switch to a satellite Ducati, […]
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 […]