World Superbike results: Bautista completes Assen victory sweep
The Superpole race featured a straight fight between Bautista and Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea, with the Ducati rider again emerging ahead in a repeat of Saturday’s result.Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu joined the battle for victory in the final race of the weekend, only for Rea to crash out on lap 6 and turn it into a two-horse […]
Martin in «pain» when Ducati didn’t promote him to factory MotoGP team
The Pramac rider was locked in a head-to-head duel with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini across the 2022 campaign to secure the factory seat being vacated by Jack Miller, who signed a two-year deal with KTM. With Bastianini winning four races in 2022 on a 2021-spec bike and finishing third in the championship, he was given the […]
Morbidelli has until summer to secure his MotoGP future with Yamaha
The 2020 championship runner-up has been under pressure to retain his factory Yamaha seat beyond 2023, having endured a lacklustre campaign in 2022 and a largely underwhelming season so far this year. After a strong weekend in Argentina, in which he was fourth in qualifying, the sprint race and the grand prix, Morbidelli’s Yamaha future […]
World Superbike results: Bautista beats Rea in Assen Race 1
Ducati rider Bautista overcame Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea to win Saturday’s opener by a little over three seconds.Bautista had secured pole earlier in the day but was handed a three-place grid penalty for riding slowly on the racing line, promoting Rea to pole position.Rea held off Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu in the fight for second, […]
FIM president thinks Suzuki will return to MotoGP
Having returned to MotoGP full-time in 2015 and won the championship with Joan in 2020, Suzuki made the shock announcement part way through the 2022 season that it would be ending its involvement at the end of the campaign. Suzuki cited financial reasons as well as changing market trends as its primary reason, with the […]
MotoGP ‘can be as good as, if not better than F1’, says Dorna’s new CCO
Rossomondo has been brought in to replace Manel Arroyo as chief commercial officer at Dorna, having previously served as vice president of global sponsorship and media for the National Basketball Association in North America. He was present at the Americas Grand Prix last week for the first time, with Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta describing his arrival […]
Marquez accepts Martin COTA MotoGP clash as “a closed thing”
Pramac Ducati’s Martin ran wide at Turn 2 on the opening lap and tried to recover ground into Turn 3 when he lost the front-end and wiped out Marquez. Marquez was taken to the medical centre for checks on his knee after he got stuck between both stricken Ducatis and hit the wall, but was […]
Fifth in COTA MotoGP «a small victory» after injury from Marquez clash
The Portuguese rider was wiped out of a podium position on the third lap of last month’s opening round of the 2023 season at the Algarve International Circuit. Oliveira suffered tendon damage on his right side as a result of the heavy hit and was forced to miss the Argentina GP the following week. The […]
Aprilia “not in control” of bike issue that took two riders out of Americas MotoGP
Espargaro’s rear ride height device malfunctioned on the opening lap of the Americas GP last Sunday and he was forced to navigate the opening corners with his Aprilia stuck in a lower position. As he opened the throttle to exit Turn 12 on the first lap, Espargaro crashed and was unable to re-join. Espargaro says […]