Bezzecchi ‘burnt my ass to save my arms’ in MotoGP practice crash days after surgery
Bezzecchi, third in the championship, fractured his right collarbone in a crash while training at Valentino Rossi’s ranch last Saturday. The Italian underwent surgery on Sunday to have plates fitted to the collarbone and was cleared to race this weekend in Indonesia having only made it to Mandalika on Friday morning ahead of FP1. In […]
Espargaro leads Aprilia 1-2 in second practice
A hectic hour of running to end Friday at the Mandalika track concluded with Espargaro firing in a new all-time lap record of 1m30.474s in the closing seconds. This deposed VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi, who underwent surgery on a broken collarbone five days ago and only turned up to Lombok this morning, after the […]
Gresini reveals Marc Marquez’s MotoGP crew chief for 2024
The Ducati satellite squad announced on Thursday ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix that it had signed eight-time world champion Marquez for 2024, ending weeks of speculation. The path to this move was paved last week when Honda revealed it had agreed to mutually part ways with Marquez with a year left on his contract […]
Martin heads Aprilia duo in first practice
Martin set a time of 1m31.811s on his Pramac Ducati with just 40 seconds left on the clock, taking the top spot by 0.102s from long-time pacesetter Vinales. Vinales held the top spot for almost the entire 45-minute session at the Mandalika circuit and managed to find over a tenth on his final effort, but […]
Marquez ‘wishes to cross paths’ with Honda again in MotoGP
After 11 years together and six world titles, Marquez and Honda will part ways at the end of the current campaign after both parties mutually agreed to do so. This follows an immensely difficult season for Marquez on the RC213V, which has yielded just one grand prix podium in 15 rounds so far. He will […]
Staying with Honda in MotoGP was “the easy solution” – Marquez
After Honda announced it would be parting ways with Marquez by mutual agreement at the end of 2023 last week, Gresini confirmed on Thursday morning that it had signed the eight-time world champion. While it was a move rumoured for some time, Marquez revealed ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix that he only made his […]
Marquez “will make our lives difficult” on Ducati MotoGP bike in 2024
On Thursday, Gresini announced it had signed the eight-time world champion for 2024, a week on from Honda agreeing mutually to part ways with him at the end of the season. Marquez will ride a year-old Ducati next season, taking over the machine that is currently leading the championship in Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin’s […]
Mir ‘doesn’t think’ Marquez leaving ‘will change so much’ for Honda in MotoGP
Last week, Honda announced that it had reached an amicable agreement with eight-time world champion Marquez to part ways at the end of the 2023 season with a year left on his contract. On Thursday morning, Gresini Ducati subsequently nnounced that it had signed Marquez for 2024. Mir, who joined Honda this year from Suzuki, […]
Oliveira ‘doesn’t have it in my mind’ to replace Marquez at Honda in MotoGP
Honda announced last week that it had reached a mutual agreement with eight-time world champion Marquez to terminate his current contract at the end of the 2023 season. Marquez will move to Gresini Ducati, which was announced on Thursday morning, to try to once again fight at the front of the field having struggled immensely […]