MotoGP rookie Acosta tops Sepang shakedown test
Reigning Moto2 champion Acosta, who will ride a GasGas Tech3 KTM in his debut season in MotoGP, posted the quickest time of the three days of running on the final session on Saturday. The Spaniard’s 1m58.189s was 0.066s faster than KTM test rider Pol Espargaro and over two tenths quicker than Johann Zarco on the […]
Pramac MotoGP rider Morbidelli kept in hospital after heavy training fall
The new Pramac rider enjoyed two days of testing on Monday and Tuesday as part of the private test organised by Ducati for World Superbike teams at the Algarve Circuit near Portimao. In addition to the WSBK riders, a good number of MotoGP runners were present at the Algarve track, most of them from the […]
MotoGP revises 2024 calendar as Argentina cancelled
This year’s calendar was due to be the longest in history at 22 rounds, beginning on 10 March with the Qatar Grand Prix. However, last week the third round of the season in Argentina looked under serious threat due to government spending cuts under the country’s new president. As first reported by Motorsport.com, the cuts […]
Some “very smart decisions” being made about MotoGP’s 2027 rules
The current technical formula in MotoGP will change in 2027, with one of the chief changes coming in the form of engine displacement being reduced from 1000cc to 850cc. MotoGP will also move to 100% sustainable fuels from 2027, while it is thought major changes to the current aerodynamic rules will be made. Read Also: […]
MotoGP rookie Acosta ‘has lived last three years with pressure of expectation’
The Spaniard has only been in the world championship for three years, winning the Moto3 title on his debut in 2021 before making the step to Moto2, where he managed three race victories in 2022. Read Also: Last year Acosta won the Moto2 crown and signed with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas team to step up […]
Tech3 MotoGP team reveals 2024 livery as Acosta gears up for debut
The 2024 season will mark the sixth for Herve Poncharal’s team in MotoGP as a KTM satellite partner, and second under the GasGas moniker after undergoing a rebrand in 2023. Last year proved to be an immensely difficult year for Tech3, as Pol Espargaro missed the first half of the season due to serious injury and […]
Government cuts plunge 2024 Argentina MotoGP round into doubt
With only a month and a half to go before the start of the championship on 10 March in Qatar, Motorsport.com understands that the third stop of the calendar, scheduled for the weekend of 5-7 April in Argentina, is in serious danger of not being held. From the very beginning of his presidency, which began […]
New Trackhouse team reveals livery for first MotoGP season
The American outfit takes over the grid slots previously occupied by the RNF Racing team, after it folded at the end of the 2023 campaign. RNF, run by Razlan Razali, was denied a place on the 2024 grid by MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports over “repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement affecting the public […]
Di Giannantonio not looking to prove a point to Marquez in MotoGP 2024
Eight-time grand prix world champion Marquez made the shock decision to quit Honda a year early to join the satellite Gresini Ducati squad for 2024, following a miserable 2023 campaign on the RC213V. Read Also: This forced Di Giannantonio out of a ride, with the Italian left without one for 2024 until VR46 offered him […]