Rossi mentorship «has kept me alive» through Yamaha woes
Having ended 2020 as championship runner-up on the Petronas SRT Yamaha, Morbidelli’s time in MotoGP has grown immensely difficult. Since switching to the factory Yamaha squad midway through 2021, Morbidelli has scored a best of fourth – which came in 2023 in Argentina in the sprint and grand prix – and is now under pressure […]
Yamaha’s once leading light fighting for his MotoGP future
I wouldn’t say there are any rude riders in the MotoGP paddock. But there are definitely those who treat media duties as part of the job description. Franco Morbidelli is always the opposite. As he rocks up to the Yamaha hospitality at Le Mans, Morbidelli is keen to chat about life and his time off […]
Pol Espargaro ruled out of MotoGP Italian GP as recovery continues
The Tech3 rider had hoped to return to racing this weekend at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, but is still suffering from an edema around his vertebrae that needs treatment. The Spaniard was thrown from his GASGAS-branded KTM in the latter stages of FP2 at the season opener in Portugal and hit an unprotected […]
Bautista completes another treble at Misano
After his win in the first race on Saturday, Bautista took his 13th and 14th victories of the season out of a possible 15 in the Superpole race and the second full-distance race of the weekend. It means the Spanish rider now has a mammoth 86 point lead in the standings approaching the halfway point […]
Alvaro Bautista wins Misano Race 1
From pole, Bautista was once again unstoppable as he led a Ducati 1-2 from team-mate Michael Ruben Rinaldi, the pair of works riders sporting a special yellow livery for this weekend. Toprak Razgatlioglu completed the podium in third for Yamaha, but now sits a huge 78 points behind Bautista in the riders’ standings with two […]
Alvaro Bautista wins Misano Race 1
From pole, Bautista was once again unstoppable as he led a Ducati 1-2 from team-mate Michael Ruben Rinaldi, the pair of works riders sporting a special yellow livery for this weekend. Toprak Razgatlioglu completed the podium in third for Yamaha, but now sits a huge 78 points behind Bautista in the riders’ standings with two […]
«Needing to feel important» has motivated Miller in MotoGP 2023
Miller signed a two-year factory deal with KTM when Ducati elected to move him out of its works team set-up in favour of Enea Bastianini. The Australian was offered a chance to remain at Ducati, but only on a one-year deal at Pramac. Miller, who was runner-up in the 2014 Moto3 world championship with KTM, […]
Why Kawasaki and Yamaha’s ‘hands are tied’
Ducati and Bautista have won all of the 12 races held so far this year bar one, and the Spaniard has a comfortable lead of 69 points in the riders’ standings over Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu. Lead Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea, meanwhile, is already a massive 136 points down on Bautista ahead of this weekend’s Misano […]
2023 MotoGP title fight “like last year on steroids”
With the addition of sprint races in 2023, after five rounds there have already been 10 races completed, with three different riders winning the sprints and the grands prix. Heading into next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, Francesco Bagnaia’s points lead over Marco Bezzecchi stands at just one as the reigning champion has suffered […]