Bagnaia angry at Thailand sprint points loss after latest MotoGP podium
Pramac Ducati rival Jorge Martin has cut further into Bagnaia’s points lead after taking victory in Sunday’s grand prix, with the gap knocked down from 18 to 13. The damage could have been worse had it not been for a penalty for KTM’s Brad Binder on the last lap promoting Bagnaia to second, gifting him […]
Martin “mentally destroyed” after Thailand MotoGP win as title pressure mounts
The Spaniard converted pole into his fourth grand prix victory of the 2023 season, having seen off immense pressure from KTM’s Brad Binder and chief title rival Francesco Bagnaia on the factory team Ducati. Martin led for much of the 26-lap contest, only briefly losing out to Binder before regaining the lead on the penultimate […]
Espargaro “couldn’t breathe” in Thai MotoGP race, “thought I was going to die”
Heat has been an issue for Aprilia riders for some time during races with extreme temperatures, with the marque testing a cooling tube on the fairing in recent events. Sunday’s Thailand GP, won by Jorge Martin, was a sweltering affair, with Espargaro taking the chequered flag in fifth – though he was demoted to eighth […]
Martin holds off Binder, Bagnaia to win nail-biter
In a strategic 26-lap grand prix where tyre preservation was crucial, Martin, Binder and Bagnaia engaged in a tense dice over the final laps for victory. Having briefly lost the lead on lap 23, Martin came back through again on Binder on the penultimate tour and held firm on the final lap to score his […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
The 19-lap Moto3 race kicked off proceedings on Sunday at the Chang International Circuit, with Aspar rookie David Alonso scoring his fourth win of the season. But the big story of the race was crash of title contender Ayumu Sasaki (Intact GP Husqvarna). With Leopard Honda’s Jaume Masia finishing fourth, he has extended his championship […]
First details of new FIM Women’s Motorcycling World Championship revealed
The first all-female circuit racing motorcycle racing series was announced back in April, though very little was known about it other than it would form part of the World Superbike support bill in 2024. On Saturday 28 October at the Jerez WSBK finale, a special press conference was held announcing the first details of the […]
Alvaro Bautista clinches 2023 World Superbike title at Jerez
Bautista notched up his 25th win in 34 races in Saturday afternoon’s 20-lap contest, beating his nearest title rival Toprak Razgatlioglu by a margin of 1.195 seconds. With only Sunday’s two Jerez races to go, it means Bautista has an insurmountable 65-point lead with only 37 left on offer. The 38-year-old Spaniard becomes Ducati’s first […]
Martin ‘doesn’t have to get obsessed’ with beating MotoGP title rival Bagnaia
The Pramac rider converted pole to his fifth-successive sprint victory and seventh of the season to cut Bagnaia’s championship lead down to 18 points. Having started sixth, Bagnaia could do no more than seventh in the sprint, later blaming time lost at the start and being stuck behind a “useless” battle between Johann Zarco and […]
Bagnaia’s Thailand MotoGP sprint compromised by “useless” Zarco/Marquez battle
The championship leader’s points lead has been cut from 27 to 18 by Pramac’s Jorge Martin, after the Spaniard romped to his seventh sprint win of the year as Bagnaia was 4.1 seconds adrift in seventh. Bagnaia qualified sixth and says he “missed the start”, which dropped him to ninth on the opening lap before […]