Bagnaia beats Vinales to pole
In a frantic final 15 minutes, pole position changed hands frequently as Ducati, Aprilia and KTM battled for top honours. A late 1m28.539s from reigning world champion Bagnaia moved him to top spot and allowed him to take his fifth pole of the season. Vinales was second from KTM’s Brad Binder to complete the front […]
Acosta MotoGP announcement on hold as KTM “works on solution for everybody”
The Austrian manufacturer is currently facing a seat logjam for the 2024 season, with five riders contracted but only four bikes available at the moment. At the centre of this is Moto2 championship leader and prospective generational talent Pedro Acosta, who is confirmed as stepping up to MotoGP in 2024. But both Jack Miller and […]
KTM agrees new MotoGP contract with Binder
The South African has been part of the KTM family since 2015, when he joined the Ajo squad in Moto3 – with which he won the 2016 lightweight class world championship. Binder remained with KTM upon his step to Moto2 in 2017, finishing runner-up in the standings in 2019 before moving to MotoGP the following […]
Dixon apologises for Binder Silverstone Moto2 outburst
The Briton was nudged into a crash at the final corner of the opening lap of the Silverstone race two weeks ago when he tried to go around the outside of Binder. Binder was handed a long-lap penalty for the incident, while Dixon was unable to re-join. After the incident, a heated Dixon slammed Binder […]
Honda’s «main problems still the same» on new MotoGP aero – Marquez
Honda introduced a new aero fairing onto Takaaki Nakagami’s LCR-run bike at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, with the package resembling KTM and Ducati’s design philosophy. For this weekend’s Austrian GP, both Marquez and team-mate Joan Mir have the new kit, with the former spending Friday’s practice sessions running the old package back-to-back […]
Pol Espargaro penalised for Marquez Austria MotoGP practice block
Espargaro is competing in his second grand prix weekend since returning from a lengthy spell on the sidelines with serious injury. Suffering multiple back and jaw fractures after an FP2 crash at the season-opener in Portugal, Espargaro was finally cleared to return at the British GP two weeks ago. The Tech3 rider finished Friday’s running […]
Bezzecchi leads Vinales by 0.044s in FP2
With team owner and mentor Valentino Rossi in attendance at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, Bezzecchi set a new lap record on the revised Spielberg layout to lead Friday’s second session by 0.044s. Bezzecchi did stop on track on the run down to Turn 4 at the end of the session having run out […]
Zarco outpaces Quartararo in FP1
As has been the case since the British GP, the opening 45-minute session of the weekend does not count towards the qualifying groups for Saturday. Run under dry conditions, Zarco fired in a 1m29.838s after switching to a fresh medium rear tyre to end first practice 0.399 seconds clear of the field. He bested 2021 […]
Yamaha, Honda MotoGP concession hopes face stiff KTM opposition
MotoGP’s Japanese manufacturers are enduring a torrid 2023 campaign as both occupy the last spots on the constructors’ table having enjoyed very little success this season. Honda scored a victory with Alex Rins at the Americas GP, but this has proven to be an outlier as no other HRC podium has come since, while Yamaha […]