The F1 area MotoGP is yet to successfully copy
Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli took aim at the television direction in MotoGP, noting that none of the midfield battles during the Austrian Grand Prix were given much airtime. While that’s not uncommon even in F1, a midfield battle that features two world champions in Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo, definitely warranted attention. After all, Max Verstappen’s […]
2023 MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia heads to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with an extended lead of 62 points following a dominant performance last time out at the Red Bull Ring. However, 2018 was the last time a Ducati rider triumphed in the Catalan GP, with Jorge Lorenzo taking the spoils for the factory team. Since then, Fabio Quartararo […]
Bezzecchi set to stay with VR46 MotoGP team for 2024
Bezzecchi made his MotoGP debut in 2022 with the Valentino Rossi-owned squad and scored a maiden podium in that year’s Dutch GP. Remaining with the team for this season, Bezzecchi has been a consistent frontrunner, scoring two grand prix victories as he sits third in the standings on a year-old bike. Bezzecchi has been one […]
Zarco «got a good feeling on the Honda» in brief 2019 LCR MotoGP stint
Having been at Ducati for the last four years, first with Avintia and then Pramac, Zarco has signed a two-year deal to join Honda and LCR in 2024 replacing Yamaha-bound Alex Rins. It will mark the second time Zarco has ridden the Honda in the premier class, having been drafted in to replace the injured […]
Rins’ injury absence extends to Barcelona MotoGP round
The six-time MotoGP race winner badly broke his right leg in a crash during the sprint race at the Italian GP back in June. Rins underwent surgery on the leg but recovery has been slower than expected, with the main issue now the healing of the nerves in his foot. He has been out of […]
Why Triumph is committing its future to Moto2
By the end of that season, it will have been a decade since the Hinckley-based motorcycle manufacturer – which can trace its roots to the original Triumph Engineering Company founded in 1885 – became the sole engine supplier of the Moto2 class. Triumph’s arrival in Moto2 marked a big shift in performance for the class […]
Current Yamaha «practically the same» as Lorenzo’s 2015 MotoGP bike
Yamaha currently sits joint-last in the manufacturers’ table with Honda in what has been an abysmal year for the Japanese brands in MotoGP. Quartararo, who won three races in 2022 and was runner-up in the standings, has just two podiums to his credit: a third at the Americas Grand Prix and a third in the […]
Marquez says MotoGP «going in the opposite way» to F1 with aero war
Manufacturers and teams have flirted with aerodynamic wings in MotoGP for decades, but development really began in earnest in 2015 when Ducati introduced winglets to its GP15. Despite attempts to quell aero development by the organisers since then, it has now become the key battleground in MotoGP, which has led to a negative effect on […]
Morbidelli suggests MotoGP needs to show more midfield battles on TV like F1
In last Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, just under five seconds covered the riders from eighth down to 13th, which featured grand prix winners in Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Enea Bastianini, Morbidelli and Marc Marquez, as well as multiple podium finisher Johann Zarco. But very little of this group was given any airtime during the live […]