Quartararo has ‘lacked motivation’ in MotoGP 2023 but «accepts» situation now
Since he stepped up to the premier class in 2019 with Petronas SRT, Quartararo has been a constant in the battle for the podium for Yamaha, winning races every year through 2020 to 2022 and securing the title in 2021. But, since the second half of last season, results have started to dwindle for Quartararo […]
Pressure concerns led Espargaro to start with «flat tyre» in MotoGP Austrian GP
MotoGP’s new tyre pressure rules, enforced from the British GP, have been met with widespread criticism from riders. In a dry race now, riders must complete 50% of a grand prix distance and 30% of a sprint inside the minimum pressures set by Michelin – which was 1.7 bar on the rear, and 1.88 bar […]
Zarco joins LCR Honda for 2024 MotoGP season after Ducati departure
The deal comes after Pramac confirmed Zarco’s departure over the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, with Rins’ move announced before the British GP. Zarco has been a Ducati rider since 2020, when the Italian marque signed him to a deal to join the Avintia satellite squad. He will move to the Honda team next season, though […]
Arbolino and Dixon extend Moto2 contracts for 2024
Motorsport.com has learned that Marc van der Straten’s team, which was negotiating with several candidates who had offered themselves as Arbolino’s replacement with a view to 2024, closed the deal last weekend at the Red Bull Ring with the current second-placed rider in Moto2. Aspar followed suit with Dixon. Arbolino is now in his third […]
Stewards chose «easy option» for Austria MotoGP sprint crash penalty – Martin
The Pramac Ducati rider was handed a long lap penalty for last Sunday’s Austrian GP after he was deemed to have been at fault for triggering a multi-rider pile-up on the opening lap of the sprint contest. The incident was investigated for several hours after the sprint race on Saturday, with Martin insisting he was […]
10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix
Francesco Bagnaia’s total dominance of the Austrian Grand Prix was just one storyline in an eventful weekend for MotoGP. The Ducati rider now leads the championship by 62 points after registering his third sprint/grand prix double of the 2023 season. A decent challenge from KTM and Brad Binder wasn’t enough to throw Bagnaia off his […]
Binder «wasn’t looking great» to finish MotoGP Austrian GP pre-race
The KTM rider celebrated a brace of second-place finishes at the team’s home round at the Red Bull Ring last weekend, after following Francesco Bagnaia home in both the sprint and the grand prix. Binder ran Bagnaia close in the early stages of both contests but was quickly dropped by the Ducati rider, with the […]
Marc Marquez admits first Sunday MotoGP 2023 finish “looks like a joke”
The eight-time world champion had not seen the chequered flag on a Sunday in MotoGP prior to Austria since the 2022 Malaysian GP, marking a near-year stint of 301 days without a grand prix finish. At all of the grands prix Marquez started in 2023 prior to Austria he had crashed out, with all of […]
Quartararo compares MotoGP champion Bagnaia to F1 dominator Verstappen
Bagnaia stormed to a dominant victory in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix by over five seconds, completing his third sprint/GP double of the season after also winning Saturday’s half-distance contest at the Red Bull Ring. Qualifying on pole and setting the fastest lap in both contests this weekend as well as leading every single racing lap, […]