Martin seizes championship lead with sprint win
Martin has now won four sprint races on the bounce to head Bagnaia in the standings for the first time in 2023. The Spaniard beat poleman Luca Marini by 1.131 seconds having started sixth on the grid following a crash in qualifying, and now leads the championship by seven points. A late error for Marini […]
Marini crushes lap record to take pole, Bagnaia 13th
Having already set a new circuit record to get through Q1, VR46 rider Marini found yet more time in the final segment of qualifying as he became the first rider to break the 1m30s barrier with a time of 1m29.978s. He beat Aprilia duo Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro, both of whom having been rapid […]
Marquez admits MotoGP crew chief change “will be strange” at Gresini
The eight-time world champion has spent his entire stint in MotoGP working with Santi Hernandez as his crew chief, who stepped up to the premier class with him from Moto2. As part of his one-year deal to join the Gresini Ducati squad and break contract with Honda a season early, Marquez will only be able […]
Bagnaia “not scared” of facing Q1 battle in MotoGP Indonesia qualifying
The world champion comes to the Mandalika track on the island of Lombok just three points ahead of Jorge Martin in the standings, having seen a 66-point lead eroded since the Catalan GP. Bagnaia looked out of sorts on Friday in Indonesia and could only manage 16th after making a mistake on his final flying […]
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 […]