MotoGP insists on no safety compromises amid Liberty’s Miami GP ambitions
MotoGP’s chief sporting officer Carlos Ezpeleta insists the championship will never compromise on safety amid Liberty Media’s desire to race at Formula 1’s Miami GP venue. Last week, Liberty CEO Derek Chang described the Miami International Autodrome as a “logical” location to expand MotoGP’s reach in the US and bring the series closer to fans. […]
“I’m racing with one and a half arms”
Marc Marquez suffered an accident at the start of the MotoGP Indonesia sprint race last year, and missed the rest of the 2025 season due to a small fracture in his right shoulder. Since 2020, his right arm has undergone surgery six times, and after a crash at this weekend’s French Grand Prix it underwent […]
Why Aprilia’s MotoGP surge is no accident
Praising the executives leading Aprilia is the easiest thing in the world today. Far harder was defending them not so long ago – at the end of 2024, for instance – when Maverick Vinales, the best-placed rider from the Noale-based outfit, finished the season ninth overall while practically cursing a bike whose performance, in his view, […]
Crashes, Honda and his future in MotoGP
Joan Mir has had a unusual journey in MotoGP. Crowned Moto3 champion in 2017 and finishing sixth in his sole Moto2 season the following year, the Spaniard endured a low-key rookie season — marred by injury — at Suzuki in 2019, before clinching an unexpected title the very next year, amidst a season defined by […]
MotoGP proposes banning ride-height devices for Silverstone, Phillip Island race starts
Race direction has proposed to MotoGP teams banning the use of ride-height devices at the start at Le Mans, Silverstone and Phillip Island following concerns raised by riders, Motorsport has learned, though it won’t happen at the French Grand Prix. The initiative emerged after discussions between riders and race direction officials in Friday’s Safety Commission […]
Jorge Martin wins sprint after rocket start, Marc Marquez crashes
Factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin vaulted from eighth place on the grid to claim the lead at the first corner and win his second sprint race of 2026 at Le Mans on Saturday. While the Spaniard celebrated the fruits of an incredible getaway and first corner, leading home Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, […]
«Admirable» Jorge Martin is repeating 2024 title-winning strategy
Francesco Bagnaia hailed Jorge Martin’s epic comeback from a nightmare 2025 MotoGP season as “admirable”, saying the Aprilia rider has emerged as a genuine title threat. Martin dominated last weekend’s French Grand Prix, winning both the sprint and the main race after a difficult qualifying to move one point behind his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi in the […]
‘Nobody passes me while looking at me’
Pedro Acosta has admitted he was annoyed after Fabio Di Giannantonio passed him in the final sequence of corners at the French Grand Prix last weekend. He was particularly irked by the Italian taking the trouble to glance back at him after doing so. Di Giannantonio nabbed fourth place from the factory KTM rider going into […]
How winding back the clock helped Fabio Quartararo salvage a good home GP
After a disastrous start to the MotoGP year, Fabio Quartararo was finally able to put a more positive spin on life at Yamaha after scoring his first significant points haul of the season at last weekend’s French Grand Prix. The home rider walked away from Le Mans with a respectable sixth place in the grand […]