Bagnaia compares 2024 MotoGP title loss with Marquez’s 2015 defeat
Francesco Bagnaia says he can take inspiration from the way Marc Marquez bounced back from his 2015 title loss in MotoGP to become a six-time premier class champion. Marquez made a storming MotoGP debut with Honda in 2013 to win two titles on the trot, but couldn’t make it a hat-trick of championships in 2015 after giving […]
2025 MotoGP title fight won’t be between just me and Bagnaia
Marc Marquez doesn’t think the 2025 MotoGP season will be a duopoly between him and Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia, despite the popular belief. Ducati is expected to dominate MotoGP until the end of the current rules cycle on the back of its stellar 2024 season, in which it won 19 out of the 20 grands […]
Ranking the top 10 riders of MotoGP 2024
The 2024 MotoGP season saw a thrilling title battle between eventual victor Jorge Martin and defending champion Francesco Bagnaia go down to the wire. Although the season was dominated by Ducati — Maverick Vinales taking the sole grand prix win for a rival manufacturer on his Aprilia — there was no shortfall of action. Ahead of […]
Marquez felt «comfortable from the beginning» on first day with factory Ducati
Marc Marquez says he felt «very comfortable and very calm» on his first day with the works Ducati team, describing it as the best outfit in present-day MotoGP. Having signed a two-year contract with the Italian factory, Marquez got his first taste of the Ducati GP25 in the official test at Barcelona on Tuesday. Completing […]
2024 MotoGP Solidarity Barcelona Race
2024 Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP PHOTO: Daniel Ballarin / ASPPAIMAGES The 2024 Solidarity motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Motul Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona) was the twentieth and final round of the 2024 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. All races were held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 17 November 2024. In […]
Details of Marc Marquez’s first test with factory Ducati emerge
Marc Marquez will make his debut as a factory Ducati team rider in Tuesday’s official MotoGP test in Barcelona wearing an all-red suit without personal sponsorship branding on a one-off basis. The Spaniard will start a new chapter in 2025 and will once again have all the muscle that drives a factory team after a season […]
«Impossible» to repeat dominant Honda years on factory Ducati
Marc Marquez believes it would be impossible for him to replicate the success he enjoyed during his peak years at Honda when he joins the factory Ducati team in MotoGP next season. For the first time since 2019, Marquez will be racing what is expected to be the best bike on the MotoGP grid, as […]
Valencia MotoGP race should be cancelled on ethical grounds
Spanish star Marc Marquez has led a call by MotoGP riders for the world championship finale not to be staged at Valencia amid the heavy flood damage to have hit the region. The race is scheduled to be held in two weeks on 15-17 November at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. While the circuit itself is understood […]
“Aggressive” Marquez now has more respect for rivals on track
Former MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo believes Marc Marquez now displays more respect towards rivals while battling with them on track, having initially found his antics to be “very aggressive”. Lorenzo was one of Marquez’s main rivals during his golden period in the 2010s, with the pair even becoming team-mates at Honda in the former’s final […]