2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia leads the championship heading to France following his second victory of the season in Spain, with VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi 22 points adrift in second. KTM duo Brad Binder and Jack Miller occupy third and fourth position in the standings. 2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix session timings Session GMT BST CEST ET […]
Honda “needs more steps” than Kalex MotoGP chassis
The Honda rider made his long-awaited return to action on Friday at Le Mans following over a month on the sidelines due to injury. Marquez ended Friday eighth overall and secured a place directly into the Q2 qualifying session on Saturday morning. The eight-time world champion also tested Honda’s new Kalex-designed chassis for the first […]
Miller tops FP2 as Marquez crashes again
Miller left it late to secure a clean sweep on Friday at Le Mans, putting in a 1m30.950s to lead Aprilia’s Espargaro by 0.119 seconds on his final lap of the session. Despite the threat of rain looming over a grey Le Mans, all riders were able to improve on their FP1 times as they […]
Miller tops FP1, Marquez crashes on return
After a fairly anonymous start to the opening 45-minute practice of the weekend, Miller wound things up on fresh soft rubber in the closing stages of FP1 to produce a 1m31.449s. This cemented his top spot as the chequered flag flew, but only by 0.095 seconds from VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini, while Miller’s KTM […]
MotoGP riders set for crunch FIM stewards meeting at Le Mans
The 2023 season has been plagued by stewarding controversies, most notably the Marc Marquez Portugal penalty debacle and numerous incidents at the Spanish GP. Following the Jerez round, chief FIM steward and double 500cc world champion Freddie Spencer will meet with the riders for the first time in several years in Friday’s safety commission gathering […]
MotoGP penalty debacle «was not my fault»
The eight-time world champion was handed a double long lap penalty for colliding with Miguel Oliveira at the opening grand prix of the year in Portugal. This penalty was to be served at the Argentina GP, as deemed by the FIM stewards in writing and verbally to Marquez but was later applied to the next […]
Petrucci’s Le Mans MotoGP return «a mission impossible»
Petrucci has been drafted in to replace the injured Enea Bastianini, who is continuing to recover from a broken shoulder that has ruled him out of every weekend since Portugal. The double race winner competed with Ducati from 2015 to 2020, spending his last two years with the factory squad, where he scored both of […]
Marquez to test new Kalex chassis on Honda at MotoGP French GP
Honda has endured a torrid few years, with the 2023 season so far proving just as difficult despite LCR’s Alex Rins ending its victory drought dating back to 2021 in April’s Americas GP. Since late last season, Honda has been working with German chassis manufacturer Kalex on bike development, with that first manifesting itself in […]
MotoGP at 1000: Motorsport.com’s favourite races
As the paddock heads to France for the fifth round of the 2023 season, it will mark a major milestone in the world championship’s history. At one of the most iconic venues in all of motorsport, Le Mans will play host to the 1000th grand prix event in world championship motorcycle racing, which first began […]