2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
The MotoGP title fight will be decided this weekend, as Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin blow horns in Valencia. Defending champion and factory Ducati rider Bagnaia sits 21 points clear of Martin and could wrap up the title as early as Saturday’s sprint. 2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix session timings Session GMT CET ET PT […]
Zarco leads Di Giannantonio in opening practice
The Frenchman, who moves to LCR Honda for 2024, set a 1.30.191s at the end of 45-minutes of running to lead the opening practice session of the season finale at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Gresini rider Di Giannantonio finished second, 0.187s off the quickest time, having led for much of the session to continue his recent […]
Alpine’s Brivio linked to Honda MotoGP team boss role for 2024
Honda has already gone through a number of personnel changes, with former technical manager Takeo Yokoyama being replaced by ex-Suzuki technical chief Ken Kawauchi. Now, on the eve of the final round of the 2023 season in Valencia, it is being rumoured that Honda team boss Puig’ position could be under threat. Puig took over […]
No answers yet from Michelin after Qatar MotoGP problems
Martin struggled to a season-worst 10th in the penultimate grand prix of the season due to an apparent tyre defect, which affected him from the off last Sunday. With Francesco Bagnaia finishing second, it meant the reigning champion has taken a 21-point lead over Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia. Martin was stinging […]
Di Giannantonio now has «a little more chance» to stay on 2024 MotoGP grid
The Gresini Ducati rider currently finds himself without a place on the 2024 grid when the team confirmed in October that it had signed Marc Marquez, after he elected to quit Honda at the end of the year. Just as this happened, Di Giannantonio burst into the best form of his two seasons in MotoGP, […]
Marquez «cannot try any crazy things» in final weekend as Honda MotoGP rider
The six-time premier class champion departs the Japanese manufacturer at the end of this weekend, joining Gresini Ducati for 2024 alongside brother Alex. The move, confirmed in October, ends Marquez’s 11-year stay with the team, where he won all his titles with 59 race wins and 101 podiums. The Spanish rider has endured a difficult […]
The «killer» instinct driving Marquez beyond the end of a MotoGP dynasty
“I will always have full respect for Honda. But now my mind is only on coming back to the top with Honda. Then of course, if I cannot, because I feel like I don’t have the tools, I will try to find the best for me. And this is something that I already said to […]
Bagnaia says 2023 MotoGP title battle “hardest” of his racing career
The reigning world champion heads into this weekend’s final round of the 2023 season 21 points clear of rival Jorge Martin, after the latter struggled to 10th in the Qatar Grand Prix with a tyre issue. Bagnaia can secure the 2023 title in the sprint race on Saturday in Valencia if he outscores Martin by at least […]
The transparency needed from Michelin as the MotoGP title battle reaches its end
Most of the riders in the premier class avoid openly criticising the French brand. They say that each of their denunciations will sooner or later be followed by a warning that will be more or less severe, depending on the harshness of their words. Last Sunday in Qatar, Jorge Martin did not mince his words […]