Puig concerned by timeframe needed for Honda MotoGP turnaround
As MotoGP enters its six-week summer break, Honda is looking to solve its MotoGP crisis with three of its riders out injured and a bike which is at the back of the field alongside fellow Japanese manufacturer strugglers Yamaha. To make matters worse, during the triple-header in June, Honda lost Joan Mir and Alex Rins […]
Espargaro saw Binder exceeding track limits in Dutch MotoGP battle
The Aprilia rider proved spot-on with his assessment of Binder’s mistake at Turn 8 on the last lap, with confirmation of the South African’s one-place demotion coming moments after the chequered flag. While that meant that KTM rider Binder had managed to lose a podium finish twice on the same weekend, Aprilia was able to […]
How Honda’s stubbornness has left it in a MotoGP no-man’s land
The principle that when things go wrong they can always go worse suits Honda like a glove. It has hit rock bottom in the last two weeks. Neither Marc Marquez, Alex Rins nor Joan Mir, their three most competitive riders, took part in the last two stops of the calendar, at Sachsenring and Assen, as […]
10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Dutch GP
Francesco Bagnaia extended his MotoGP world championship lead with victory in the Dutch Grand Prix and in the process halted a clean sweep by Marco Bezzecchi, who topped every practice session, grabbed pole and won the sprint race. That all shook out to see the reigning world champion take a 35-point lead over Jorge Martin […]
Bezzecchi was “scared of losing podium” at Dutch MotoGP
Bezzecchi defeated Francesco Bagnaia to win the sprint race on Saturday, when both riders ran a soft rear tyre, but he had to give best to the factory Ducati in the longer, hotter Dutch Grand Prix at Assen, when most of the field took the medium rear tyre. “Pecco was a bit stronger than me […]
Quartararo adds to injury woes after Dutch MotoGP fall
The 2021 world champion came into the weekend with a twisted ankle and fractured toe after an accident while running in Amsterdam in the build-up to the event. After securing a podium in the sprint on Saturday, Quartararo’s Dutch GP meeting took a turn for the worse as he further displaced that fracture with a […]
Binder “sorry to mess up” Dutch MotoGP podium chances
The South African rider crossed the line in third place in both the sprint and grand prix races, but was demoted by officials on both occasions. After multiple infractions in the Saturday race, he received a three-second time penalty in lieu of a long-lap penalty he couldn’t take due to the late notice. This dropped […]
Dutch GP 2023: Lap by lap visualization
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Bagnaia wins from Bezzecchi to extend points lead
The factory Ducati rider held off sprint race winner Marco Bezzecchi to avenge Saturday’s contest, in which Bagnaia had had to settle for second. As Bagnaia celebrated an increased points lead of 35 points over Jorge Martin and 36 over Bezzecchi, Aprilia enjoyed a podium finish for Aleix Espargaro. The Sunday race began in similar […]