How grand prix racing has evolved over the last 999 races
To instantly clarify confusion that will undoubtedly crop up over this week’s celebrations: no, this is not the 1000th MotoGP – or premier class – race. The 2023 French GP is the 1000th grand prix event – an important distinction, with 48 of those events not featuring the premier class, the most recent being the […]
Marc Marquez to make MotoGP return at French GP
Marquez broke the base of his right thumb after colliding with RNF Aprilia rider Miguel Oliveira on the third lap of the Portuguese GP season opener on 26 March. The eight-time world champion underwent surgery that evening in Madrid and was ruled out of the following week’s Argentina GP. Marquez was also forced to miss […]
Marquez’s MotoGP penalty annulled by FIM Court of Appeal
The Honda rider collided with RNF Aprilia’s Miguel Oliveira at the opening grand prix of the season, for which he was given a double long lap penalty by the FIM stewards. He was originally given the penalty for the Argentina GP, as per the FIM stewards’ notice, but soon after this was issued he withdrew […]
Tom Sykes departs Puccetti Kawasaki team
The 2013 world champion has endured a miserable start to his return to the series after a season away in British Superbike, scoring just a single point in last month’s Assen round with a 15th-place finish. A brief statement issued by Kawasaki billed the split as Sykes «concluding his term» with the one-bike Puccetti team, […]
Is Scott Redding losing patience with BMW?
The ex-MotoGP rider joined BMW last year after losing his Ducati ride to Alvaro Bautista, scoring three podiums in the middle of the season on his way to eighth in the standings. However, Redding has come nowhere near replicating that level of performance so far in 2023 aboard the upgraded M1000RR, his best result so […]
“Difficult” to see my name next to Stoner as Ducati MotoGP champion
Ducati joined the MotoGP grid in 2003 and in 2007 celebrated its first world title with Stoner at the helm. When Stoner left Ducati at the end of 2010, the Italian marque slumped down the order and wouldn’t win another grand prix until 2016, while it wouldn’t be until 2022 that it crowned a world […]
World Superbike results: Bautista completes Barcelona treble
The Spanish rider was unstoppable on home soil, winning the Superpole race to give himself pole for the final race of the weekend, which he duly dominated, beating Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu by eight seconds. It gives Bautista, who signed a new contract to stay at Ducati ahead of the Barcelona weekend, a healthy 69-point advantage […]
Alvaro Bautista wins Barcelona opener
After an early red flag caused by a crash for Eric Granado, poleman Bautista sauntered to another straightforward win aboard his V4 Panigale in the restarted 17-lap race, shrugging off the 250rpm rev limit decreased given to Ducati ahead of the start of the weekend. Almost nine seconds back at the chequered flag, Yamaha’s Toprak […]
Honda’s Mir opens up on ‘biggest challenge of my life’
The 2020 world champion with Suzuki has endured a torrid start to life as a factory Honda rider, having scored just five points from the first four rounds. After Honda scored victory at the Americas Grand Prix with LCR’s Alex Rins, its Spanish GP weekend brought the Japanese manufacturer crashing down to earth as its […]