Constant Honda MotoGP crashes “difficult on the mental side” – Marquez

Constant Honda MotoGP crashes “difficult on the mental side” – Marquez

Honda has endured a miserable 2023 season on its troubled bike, with a win from LCR’s Alex Rins in Austin and a sprint podium in Portugal for Marquez the only highlights. At Mugello, Joan Mir was forced to withdraw from the weekend after a crash in practice, while Rins has to have surgery on a […]

Reaction to Mugello MotoGP win overrules social media critics

Reaction to Mugello MotoGP win overrules social media critics

The factory Ducati rider cruised to his third grand prix victory of the 2023 season in front of his home fans at Mugello, capping off an Italian GP weekend in which he also qualified on pole and won the sprint contest. This comes after Bagnaia was involved in more online criticism for comments he made […]

Bagnaia cruises to victory, Marquez crashes out again

Bagnaia cruises to victory, Marquez crashes out again

Having navigated his way through tricky conditions in Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello to win from pole, Bagnaia did the same with ease in Sunday’s full distance contest. Overtaken off the line by the KTM of Jack Miller, Bagnaia scythed past into Turn 2 to retake the lead and was never headed again across the […]

Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

The 17-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off Sunday’s race action at Mugello, Daniel Holgado scored his third win of the 2023 season by 0.051 seconds. The typically massive lead group battle traditionally seen at Mugello in the Moto3 class gave way to a tense five-rider fight for victory. Poleman Deniz Oncu made a hard overtake […]

Bagnaia “started panic” amid rain threat in Mugello MotoGP sprint

Bagnaia “started panic” amid rain threat in Mugello MotoGP sprint

The MotoGP world champion extended his lead in the riders’ standings to four points by winning the Mugello sprint race, but had to overcome a threat of rain which disrupted his rhythm at the front. At the end of lap two the rain flags were displayed and Bagnaia, as the leader, took caution through Arrabbiata […]

Rins suffers broken leg in MotoGP Italian GP sprint race

Rins suffers broken leg in MotoGP Italian GP sprint race

The LCR Honda rider went down on the fourth lap of the sprint in an incident not picked up by TV cameras. Rins was conscious throughout and after the crash he was transported to the circuit medical centre where it was confirmed he had suffered a broken right leg.  Rins has been taken to the […]

Bagnaia sees off Bezzecchi for sprint victory

Bagnaia sees off Bezzecchi for sprint victory

Bagnaia blasted clear from pole position but briefly lost the lead when spots of rain fell at the end of lap two, which saw Jorge Martin take the initiative as riders tentatively judged the conditions.  But the rain spots relented and at the start of the lap four Bagnaia charged back into the lead at […]

Bagnaia edges out Marquez to take pole

Bagnaia edges out Marquez to take pole

Bagnaia set a time of 1m44.855s with just under three minutes to go in Q2, edging out Marquez — who was following him on track — by just under a tenth of a second. Amid threat of rain in the second part of qualifying, all riders headed out on track early to get a banker […]