Gresini reveals 2023 MotoGP colours with Marquez and Di Giannantonio
The Fausto Gresini-founded team enjoyed a breakout 2022 season with Enea Bastianini, who guided the squad to four victories and mounted an outside charge for the title for much of the year. Last year marked the first since 2014 where Gresini ran as a true independent team, having severed ties with Aprilia as its factory […]
Exclusive Q&A with Honda MotoGP boss Alberto Puig looking ahead to 2023
Coming into 2023, Honda has refreshed its rider line-up, with ex-Suzuki riders Joan Mir and Alex Rins joining it factory team and satellite LCR squad respectively, while Marquez has enjoyed a trouble-free winter. In its race department back in Japan and within the race team itself, Honda has also gone through a reshuffle, with the […]
Yamaha becomes first MotoGP team to unveil 2023 livery
The Japanese manufacturer was unsuccessful in its bid to defend its riders’ title with Fabio Quartararo in 2022, with the French rider scoring three wins and ultimately losing the championship to Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia. With Quartararo helping Yamaha to second in the manufacturers’ standings, the 2021 world champion was able to mask what was largely […]
Rins didn’t think Honda «was such a bad bike» after LCR test
The five-time MotoGP race winner has joined LCR on a two-year factory contract with Honda for 2023, following Suzuki’s decision to quit the series at the end of 2022. Rins comes to Honda during a difficult period for the Japanese marque, after it registered its second winless campaign in three years in 2022 with a […]
Marc Marquez admits broken right arm «will never be normal»
Marquez badly broke his right arm in 2020 at the season-opening Spanish GP, and ultimately missed the entire season having been forced to have surgery three times on the injury. Those operations left him with a right humerus that had rotated over 30 degrees from its original position, which was hindering him on his bike […]
Alex Marquez ‘didn’t agree’ with being moved to LCR Honda
The Moto3 and Moto2 world champion – and younger brother of six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez – made his debut in the premier class in 2020 with the factory Honda squad. But before the COVID-delayed season even began, Alex Marquez was signed to a new factory contract for 2021 that would see him move to […]
World Superbike reveals 23-bike entry list for 2023
Released on Thursday, the list contains no names that weren’t already announced by their teams, but does clarify certain riders’ number choices, as well as some tweaked team names for the upcoming campaign. Notable by its absence is the Pedercini Kawasaki team, which had even announced its participation in the 2023 season earlier this month […]
The pressure awaiting MotoGP’s reformed winner in 2023
The nine-time MotoGP race winner acrimoniously split with Yamaha midway through the 2021 season and found refuge at Aprilia. His adaptation to the RS-GP was initially very difficult, as Vinales had never ridden a bike in the premier class built around a V4 engine – which has completely different handling characteristics, and therefore requires a […]
The “refreshing” F1 link propelling one MotoGP team in 2023
As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this year, KTM – which shares a title sponsor in energy drinks giant Red Bull with the reigning F1 champions – has been working closely with the team to develop its aerodynamics packages for 2023. PRIME: How MotoGP’s underachiever is working to reverse its fortunes in 2023 KTM managed two victories […]