Missing Valencia test won’t impact my 2026 MotoGP form
Marc Marquez remains optimistic about the 2026 MotoGP season despite the shoulder injury that cut his 2025 campaign short, insisting his recovery, not missed track time, will determine his form. Just a week after being crowned a MotoGP champion for a seventh time in September, Marquez was involved in a heavy crash at the Indonesian Grand […]
Manufacturers demand “clear protocol” after Francesco Bagnaia’s smoking Ducati incident
The smoky issue on Francesco Bagnaia’s Ducati in the Japanese Grand Prix has sparked concern among MotoGP manufacturers, who are now calling for clear guidelines on how such cases should be handled. Bagnaia’s extraordinary performance from pole position at Motegi on 4 October took a dramatic turn when, with five laps to go, the Italian’s Desmosedici […]
Marc Marquez’s shoulder injury “serious” as MotoGP doctor shares recovery update
MotoGP’s official doctor Angel Charte has highlighted how serious Marc Marquez’s season-ending injury is, saying the world champion made the right decision to focus on his recovery. Marquez had to undergo a surgery on his right shoulder after being hit by Aprilia rival Marco Bezzecchi on the opening lap of the Mandalika race last month. […]
Nicolo Bulega will replace Marc Marquez at Ducati for final two MotoGP races
World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega will replace Marc Marquez for the rest of the 2025 MotoGP campaign, Ducati has confirmed. This year’s MotoGP champion has been sidelined since fracturing his shoulder at the Indonesian Grand Prix at the start of October and it was announced shortly afterwards that he would skip the rest of the […]
Michelin reveals cause of Francesco Bagnaia’s Malaysian GP DNF
Francesco Bagnaia’s late retirement from third place in the Malaysian Grand Prix was caused by a rear tyre puncture, Michelin has revealed. Polesitter Bagnaia appeared on course for a podium position at the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday, despite losing the lead to eventual race winner Alex Marquez on the second lap and then dropping […]
The DNF that gave Francesco Bagnaia more answers than his Japan double win
Francesco Bagnaia says he left the Malaysian Grand Prix more encouraged than after his dominant double win MotoGP in Japan, as he and Ducati made tangible progress in understanding his recent performance swings. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia topped qualifying, won Saturday’s sprint from pole and ran third for much of the grand prix at Sepang […]
Why Francesco Bagnaia isn’t sure if Malaysian GP sprint win breakthrough is genuine
Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month. While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race […]
Marc Marquez to sit out rest of 2025 MotoGP season after injury
Marc Marquez will skip the remainder of the 2025 MotoGP season to recover from the shoulder injury he sustained in Indonesia at the start of the month, Ducati has announced. The decision was made after Marquez underwent further checks at Ruber International Hospital in Madrid, where doctors Raul Barco, Samuel Antuna and Ignacio Roger ruled […]
“I told myself I won’t finish last”
Francesco Bagnaia says he crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix because he was determined not to finish last again after a dreadful showing in Saturday’s sprint. Starting the race from 14th on the grid after a three-place penalty for impeding a rival in qualifying, Bagnaia initially lost ground and dropped as low as 18th […]