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 […]
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, […]