KTM’s 2024 MotoGP rider logjam deepens ahead of Austrian GP
Current Moto2 championship leader Acosta is set to step up to the MotoGP world championship next year with KTM, though where remains a mystery. KTM has four bikes spread across the factory team and the GasGas-branded Tech3 satellite squad, but all riders occupying those seats have contracts. Both Brad Binder and Jack Miller are contracted […]
Why the hype around MotoGP’s next generational talent is justified
“Feet on the ground.” A phrase repeatedly uttered by Aki Ajo, team boss and owner of Ajo Motorsport, during our interview with him in his office at the British Grand Prix. Ajo, a Finnish former racer, has run an ultra-successful outfit in the lightweight and intermediate class championships in the MotoGP paddock, overseeing the development […]
Honda’s F1 side now involved in ending its MotoGP «stagnation»
Honda continues to languish in second-to-last in the constructors’ standings ahead of only Yamaha, after both marques combined to score just three points from the recent British Grand Prix weekend. HRC has scored a victory in 2023 courtesy of Alex Rins at the Americas GP, but this has so far proven to be an outlier […]
Rins surprised by relationship change with Kawauchi at Honda after Suzuki days
Kawauchi was one of the keys to the success at Suzuki on its return to MotoGP from 2015 and, together with Davide Brivio, he took charge of the technical side up until the Japanese manufacturer quit the series at the end of 2022. Rins joined Suzuki on his MotoGP debut in 2017 and remained part […]
Aprilia “do the best omelettes with fewer eggs” than rival MotoGP marques
Oliveira joined the RNF Aprilia squad for the 2023 having spent four years with KTM, who ploughed a massive amount of resource into its MotoGP project since joining the class in 2017. Aprilia has always been one of the smaller manufacturers on the grid in terms of resource, with it only this season expanding its […]
World Superbike move “not a thing” for Moto2 winner Dixon despite “interest”
Dixon came to Moto2 in 2019 having previously been a race winner in British Superbikes, and scored his maiden grand prix victory at the Dutch GP in June. Over the MotoGP summer break, he became linked with a potential step to the premier class and thinks “there’s still a couple of options” for him, despite […]
MotoGP concessions can’t just be for Japanese marques
Yamaha and Honda’s current crisis has led Dorna Sports to consider reviving manufacturer concessions in a bid to help the struggling Japanese brands. But Oliveira believes teams with more bikes should face restrictions, and struggling smaller teams should be given more test days and tyres than those seeing success. The RNF Aprilia rider raced under […]
Yamaha retains Aegerter for 2024 World Superbike season
Aegerter stepped up to join Yamaha’s satellite GRT team for 2023 following back-to-back World Supersport titles with the Iwata marque. The Swiss rider established himself a top-five contender in the early part of the season, and sits ninth in the standings with four rounds left in 2023 — three places clear of team-mate Remy Gardner. […]
Bautista to make MotoGP wildcard with Ducati at Sepang
Bautista will contest the Sepang event on a factory-supported Desmosedici GP23 in the colours of Aruba.it, the title sponsor of the works Ducati WSBK outfit, on 12 November. It will mark the 38-year-old Spaniard’s first grand prix appearance since the end of the 2018 season, the year before he made the switch to Superbikes with […]