Riders “need to be a chameleon” to win MotoGP title now
Morbidelli spent the entirety of 2022 struggling to adapt his ultra-smooth riding style to the factory Yamaha, with the 2020 championship runner-up scoring just 42 points across the season compared to team-mate Fabio Quartararo’s 248 (which included three wins on his way to second in the standings). While the Yamaha used to be known for […]
Tech3 unveils new-look GasGas MotoGP livery
Herve Poncharal’s veteran squad continues its partnership with KTM in 2023, having linked up with the Austrian manufacturer in 2019 after 20 years as a Yamaha customer. Tech3 originally ran with Red Bull Cola title sponsorship backing in 2019 and 2020, before it was entered as KTM Tech3 Factory Racing from 2021 without a notable […]
Alex Marquez “had some questions” about himself during Honda MotoGP woes
The double MotoGP podium finisher was the only Honda rider to get the difficult RC213V to a rostrum in his rookie year in 2020 when he was with the factory squad, but struggled to replicate this with LCR in 2021 and 2022. With just two top eight finishes to his credit in 2022 on the […]
Ducati has not discussed rider status with 2023 MotoGP line-up
Reigning world champion Bagnaia will be joined at the factory squad by four-time race winner Bastianini in 2023 after the latter fought off Pramac’s Jorge Martin to claim the factory seat vacated by KTM’s new signing Jack Miller. There were several flash points across the 2022 season in which Bagnaia and Bastianini locked horns on […]
Yamaha sets eyes on its next young MotoGP prospect
As Motorsport.com has learned, the Spaniard met with Lin Jarvis, director of Yamaha, on the Saturday of the last race weekend of last season in Valencia. In that meeting, Jarvis outlined his interest in incorporating him into its structure in the near future. At first, it appeared the Japanese manufacturer was thinking of Lopez as […]
Honda unveils traditional Repsol MotoGP livery for 2023
Spanish oil giant Repsol has been the factory Honda squad’s title sponsor since 1995 and continues its partnership into 2023, despite rumours in recent years of the tie-up ending. Honda comes into 2023 off the back of its second winless campaign in three years as it looks to turn around its troubled RC213V and challenge […]
Yamaha to change its MotoGP satellite team approach
Yamaha will be the only manufacturer on the grid in 2023 to field just its two factory team bikes, after losing its satellite tie-up with RNF Racing – who has joined forces with Aprilia for the next two seasons. The role of satellite teams has changed considerably in MotoGP in recent years, with them very […]
Time to sign Marc Marquez in MotoGP has passed
Marquez is in the penultimate year of a four-season deal with Honda, which he signed at the start of 2020 prior to suffering the badly broken right arm that would derail his career. The eight-time world champion – who won six MotoGP titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019 – has made it clear […]
The bike characteristic MotoGP is chasing in 2023
Reigning riders’ and constructors’ champion Ducati has become the reference in MotoGP in terms of bike design, with the Desmosedici’s stopping power and its engine grunt something rival marques have been trying to copy. Espargaro was sixth-fastest overall in last weekend’s Sepang pre-season test, which was topped by Ducati riders across all three days, and […]