MotoGP moves Australian GP main race to Saturday amid wind threat
The schedule change will see the sprint race being moved to Sunday, should it take place at all amid the forecast rain and wind. Saturday will be the busiest day of all as per the new schedule, which was officially announced by Dorna in a press conference after Friday practice, with qualifying taking place early […]
KTM’s Binder tops FP2, Bagnaia into Q1
South African rider Binder left it until the very end of the hour-long session on Friday afternoon to set the quickest lap of the day at the picturesque Phillip Island track, a 1m27.993s. That was just over two tenths shy of last year’s pole record set by Jorge Martin, and enough to beat KTM stablemate […]
Martin fastest, Marquez crashes in FP1
Martin, who comes to Australia 18 points adrift of title rival Francesco Bagnaia after his crash in Indonesia last weekend, set the pace in Friday morning’s opening 45-minute session with a best time of 1m29.039s. The Spanish rider commanded the timesheets for almost the entire session, becoming the first man to break the 90-second barrier […]
MotoGP must improve contract respect between teams and riders
Since Marc Marquez and Honda agreed to mutually part ways with a year left on his deal for 2024 so he can join Gresini Ducati, contracts have been the major talking point. Aprilia has spent the last two weeks insisting that all of its riders – including Miguel Oliveira, who is favourite to replace Marquez […]
Marquez «too far» to think about farewell Honda MotoGP win
Marquez, who will depart Honda for the Gresini Ducati team in 2024, made the remarks in the run-up to this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, the scene of his only podium finish of the 2022 season. Despite Phillip Island’s reputation as a track where the rider makes more of the difference than the […]
Johann Zarco rules out 2024 Repsol Honda move
The Frenchman instead expects to ride with LCR for the next two seasons, having signed to make the move to the satellite Honda team from Pramac Ducati earlier this year. Zarco admission follows the revelation that Honda is pursuing current RNF Aprilia rider Miguel Oliveira as Marquez’s replacement at the works Repsol squad. Ahead of […]
Iannone secures 2024 World Superbike seat with Go Eleven Ducati
As reported by Motorsport.com in August, Iannone will return to the Ducati fold to ride a Panigale V4 R in 2024, having previously spent four years with the Italian marque in MotoGP between 2013-16. Iannone has been absent from racing after he was handed a four-year ban for testing positive for taking illegal steroids at […]
The young MotoGP trailblazer striving to solve its age-old diversity problem
With no woman having ever competed in a full season of MotoGP or Moto2 – Gina Bovaird remains the only woman to have ever started a premier class race, albeit in the largely boycotted 1982 500cc French Grand Prix — and with just a handful having ridden in Moto3, top tier motorcycle racing can be […]
MotoGP should consider football-style approach to in-race incidents
The first-time poleman enjoyed a podium showing in the sprint race at Mandalika last Saturday but was unable to fight for another rostrum in the grand prix. A collision triggered by KTM’s Binder took Marini down on the second lap, with the Italian retiring a few tours later having remounted to serve a long lap penalty he […]