Moto2 teams hold emergency meeting after alarming bike issue arises at COTA
The origin of the breakdown has not been located, although there are certain suspicions that point in different directions. The most widespread has to do with the connectivity between the electronic control unit and an electrical switch of a specific supplier, which most of the teams incorporate. Although some bikes had already stopped for no […]
Yamaha MotoGP bike hasn’t made big gains in “four years”
The 2021 world champion has been unhappy with the 2023 Yamaha package all season so far and continued to note at the Americas Grand Prix that he is having to override the bike to be competitive. Struggling to seventh in qualifying on Saturday, Quartararo leaped up to fourth off the line in the 10-lap sprint […]
Marquez crashed out of COTA MotoGP sprint race after vomiting in his helmet
Marquez was tipped by eventual sprint race winner Francesco Bagnaia to be “a great rival” in the Saturday contest, but was left to battle back from a bad start from fourth on the grid. The Gresini rider quickly worked his way into fifth and was running in this position until lap seven of 10 when […]
Bagnaia dominates sprint as Quartararo crashes
Taking the inaugural sprint victory in Portugal last month, Bagnaia had to fend off a hard-charging Alex Rins on the LCR Honda on the opening lap to hold onto his pole position. Once he’d successfully retaken the lead from Rins at Turn 12 on the first lap, Bagnaia steadily built up an unassailable advantage to […]
Bagnaia expects Alex Marquez to be “a great rival” in COTA MotoGP sprint race
Bagnaia spent much of the Q2 session in Texas battling with Gresini Ducati counterpart Marquez, with the pair setting identical 2m02.242s laps with around eight minutes left on the clock. As both began their final run, Marquez followed Bagnaia out of pitlane, which prompted the latter to stop in order to prevent the Spaniard from […]
Bagnaia smashes COTA lap record for pole
Front row in the opening two rounds, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia had so far come up short in the battle for MotoGP pole in 2023. But a final flying lap of 2m01.892s, the first ever sub 2m02s lap of the Circuit of the Americas, secured Bagnaia top spot on the grid for this afternoon’s sprint […]
«Disaster» COTA surface still a point of concern for MotoGP riders
MotoGP riders have raised numerous concerns about the COTA asphalt for a number of years, with various partial resurfacing jobs taking place in the wake of such criticisms. After the surface was labelled “a joke” by 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo two years ago, and Formula 1 raised its own concerns, the asphalt was renewed […]
Quartararo can’t anticipate crashes on Yamaha MotoGP bike at COTA
The 2021 world champion has endured a tough start to the new campaign on the factory Yamaha, having scored just 18 points out of a total of 74 across the opening two rounds. Despite improvements to the engine of the Yamaha, Quartararo has struggled to find a good base set-up on the M1 and was […]
“Really weak” Martin surprised to lead Friday COTA MotoGP practice
Last year’s Americas GP poleman arrived in Austin feeling unwell and has been on antibiotics to fight the virus that has struck him down. Despite this, Martin ended Friday’s running at the Circuit of the Americas fastest of all with a 2m02.178s to edge ahead of reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia by 0.063 seconds. The […]