Trackhouse Racing joins 2024 MotoGP grid as RNF replacement
Following the conclusion of the 2023 MotoGP season, Dorna Sports announced it would not be allowing RNF to continue participating in the series as of 2024. In a statement, it highlighted «repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement affecting the public image of MotoGP» as the reason. This is related to RNF majority shareholder […]
Ducati wants to «imitate» Red Bull’s 2023 F1 domination in MotoGP
Francesco Bagnaia won back-to-back titles for Ducati in the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix last month, becoming the first rider in history to do this with the Italian manufacturer. It capped off a season in which Ducati was ultimately guaranteed to walk away as world champion, with the top three spots in the riders’ standings belonging […]
The Marquez problem Yamaha is about to face with its MotoGP superstar
Want to know how bad the 2023 season was for Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo? Even with double the number of races than the previous season, the 2021 world champion could only score 172 points – 76 less than he scored in 2022 with three victories on his way to runner-up spot in the championship. From […]
Pol Espargaro feels like he has reached “the beginning of the end” in MotoGP
The 2013 Moto2 world champion has raced full-time in MotoGP since 2014, with spells at Tech3 Yamaha, KTM, Honda and then back to KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad for 2023, scoring eight podiums in the process. Serious injury in practice for the Portuguese GP ruled Espargaro out until August’s British GP, with the Spaniard scoring just […]
“Stupid” to consider me a title contender as a MotoGP rookie
The 19-year-old Spaniard has been generating incredible amounts of hype in the grand prix paddock since making his Moto3 debut in 2021, when he scored a maiden win in just his second race and having started from pitlane, before winning the title. After his second year in Moto2 with the KTM-backed Ajo squad, Acosta won […]
Why Marquez’s MotoGP rivals have reason to worry about his Ducati debut
Before last Tuesday, someone close to Marc Marquez and who can be included in what is defined as his circle of trust, was very clear in answering the question about how he thought the Spaniard would do on his debut on a Desmosedici. «It’s quite simple: you just have to see the look on his […]
2024 Ducati MotoGP bike “better from the start” in Valencia test
Just two days after the conclusion of the 2023 MotoGP season, the first official test of 2024 took place on 28 November. Ducati’s factory riders Bastianini and Francesco Bagnaia got a taste of their 2024 bikes for the first time in Valencia, having both missed the Misano test in September due to injury. Bastianini, who […]
Yamaha MotoGP bike “very different” to the Suzuki
Rins moved to LCR Honda in 2023 after Suzuki, with whom he raced from his debut season in 2017, elected to quit MotoGP at the end of last year. Despite winning Honda’s only grand prix in 2023 in Austin, Rins felt undervalued by the Japanese marque and decided to break a two-year deal to join […]
The factors that show Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP debut was a genuine success
It’s a little after 11am on Tuesday morning of 28 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The media mass is assembled outside of the Gresini Racing garage, and has been for well over an hour – hands frozen, faces beaten by a biting wind underneath a cold and overcast sky. Technically, this is the beginning […]