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 […]
Ducati finds it «strange» that Aprilia, KTM are getting MotoGP concessions in 2024
MotoGP announced on the Monday following the Valencia Grand Prix finale that it had finalised the framework for the new concessions system being brought in for 2024. Its primary aim is to help the struggling Japanese manufacturers get back up towards the front of the field by giving them extra benefits, such as more tyres […]
Martin “didn’t enjoy” pressure of being a MotoGP title fighter
The Pramac Ducati rider emerged as eventual champion Francesco Bagnaia’s toughest competitor for the 2023 title, winning four grands prix and nine sprints. Martin kept the championship battle going to the final race of the year but ultimately came up short after a tangle with Marc Marquez ended his Valencia Grand Prix and handed the […]
Miller ‘happy to prove doubters wrong’ after first KTM MotoGP season
The four-time grand prix winner signed a two-year deal to join KTM’s factory squad for 2023, after he was moved aside from the works Ducati team for Enea Bastianini at the end of last year. The Australian only managed one grand prix podium and 11th in the standings, but stresses there have been “a lot […]
Yamaha MotoGP team has “really short time” to convince me to stay
The French rider made his debut with Yamaha at the Petronas SRT satellite squad in 2019 and won the title with the factory team in 2021, ending a seven-year drought for the brand. He re-signed with Yamaha for two more years part way through the 2022 season, but endured a tough 2023 and ended the […]
Marc Marquez “will accept the criticism” if Ducati MotoGP move backfires
In one of the biggest rider market shocks in years, eight-time world champion Marquez elected to quit Honda after 11 seasons and six MotoGP world titles to join the satellite Gresini Ducati squad for 2024. MORE: The “killer” instinct driving Marquez beyond the end of a MotoGP dynasty Marquez broke his contract with Honda to […]
Alex Marquez was blocked by Yamaha from joining SRT in MotoGP
The 2019 Moto2 champion made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with the factory Honda squad, replacing three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo when he retired at the end of the previous season. Marquez spent three years with Honda, scoring two podiums in 2020, before joining the Gresini Ducati squad in 2023, winning two sprints and […]