Martin “deserves” factory Ducati MotoGP team promotion
Martin fought Francesco Bagnaia all the way to the final race of the 2023 season on his Pramac Ducati, but ended up 39 points short after a crash in the Valencia Grand Prix handed the title to the ltalian. Had Martin won the championship, he would have been automatically promoted to the factory team in […]
Valentino Rossi ‘not a MotoGP team owner who pretends’ – Bezzecchi
Bezzecchi enjoyed a breakout sophomore campaign in the premier class with the VR46 Ducati squad, scoring three grand prix victories on his way to third in the championship. The Italian has elected to remain with VR46, albeit on a year-old bike for 2024, despite being offered a factory deal to join Pramac. Bezzecchi says part […]
Marini «was first guy to approach us» to replace Marquez for MotoGP 2024
Honda announced on the Monday after the 2023 season ended that it had signed Marini from VR46 – with whom he already had a 2024 contract in place — on a two-year deal to replace Gresini-bound Marquez. It ended weeks of speculation as to who would get the seat, with Miguel Oliveira initially its favoured […]
Zarco «was thinking of stopping» before Honda MotoGP chance came
The Frenchman capped off his fourth and final season as a Ducati rider fifth in the standings for the Pramac squad, having scored a maiden MotoGP victory in Australia in October. Zarco has signed to join Honda with the LCR squad for the next two seasons, beginning in 2024, to reignite a partnership that ran […]
My Honda MotoGP exit «a win-win decision»
Honda announced following his sole grand prix podium of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix that it had mutually agreed to part ways with Marquez at the end of the 2023 campaign, despite there still being one year left on his contract. He will race for Gresini on a year-old Ducati next year, having […]
Trackhouse extends Aprilia MotoGP deal, aiming for two factory bikes in 2024
The last two months have been hectic for Marks, who seized the opportunity provided by MotoGP promoter Dorna to take the two seats left vacant by the financial collapse of the RNF team. The company of the former Missouri-born racer inherited the agreements of the Malaysian structure that were still in force, both with Aprilia, […]
Why Pedro Acosta is shaping up to be the rookie MotoGP needs
It’s a cold, frosty Saturday in December and, frankly, being in Liverpool first thing in the morning is not something that one is easily enthused by. The 2023 MotoGP season finished just a few days earlier but world champions galore have descended on the English city for the FIM Awards. At this point of the […]
Mir has «one beautiful chance» to lead Honda MotoGP team in 2024
The 2020 world champion endured a horrid first year on the Honda in 2023, finishing with just 26 points in a campaign plagued by injury, and admitted at one stage that he did think about quitting. Mir’s best result came in India, where he was fifth during one of Honda’s most competitive rounds of the […]
The big dilemma facing Valentino Rossi’s MotoGP team in 2024
At the end of 2022, due to the economic instability that the RNF team was displaying, Yamaha did not renew its contract with Razlan Razali’s squad, a circumstance that left the Iwata-based manufacturer with only two M1s on the 2023 grid. If we take into account the testimony of all the voices coming out of […]