Vinales and Bagnaia were battling over third place on the fifth lap of Sunday’s grand prix at Le Mans when the Aprilia rider threw his bike up the inside of Bagnaia at Turn 11. Read Also: MotoGP French GP: Bezzecchi wins crash-filled...
Marco Bezzecchi dominated Sunday’s Le Mans race on MotoGP's 1000th grand prix weekend after he took the lead on lap 11 of 27 and took the chequered flag 4.2 seconds clear of the field. Read Also: MotoGP French GP: Bezzecchi...
MotoGP celebrated its 1000th grand prix event with a chaotic 27-lap race on Sunday at Le Mans, where only 13 riders finished as the likes of Bagnaia, Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez all crashed out. Read Also: Le Mans sets...
This weekend’s French GP, which is the fifth round of the 2023 season, marks the 1000th grand prix event in the world championship’s history dating back to 1949. Read Also: How MotoGP stands at its milestone 1000th grand prix...
Of all the places to celebrate a milestone like a 1000th grand prix event, Le Mans is a pretty damn good one (certainly compared to Formula 1’s 1000th race being run at Shanghai International Circuit in 2019). The Circuit de la Sarthe...
Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia will start the race from pole position but will be hoping to show pace better than he did in Saturday's sprint event, when he slipped to third place. Bagnaia will be joined on the front row by Honda's Marc...
Martin started from fifth on the grid at Le Mans but leaped to second on the opening lap, before taking the lead from Francesco Bagnaia on the fourth tour. Immediately, the Pramac Ducati rider opened up a lead of eight tenths before taking...
Yamaha has been in decline since Quartararo won the championship in 2021, the Frenchman winning fewer races in 2022 and unsuccessfully defending his title, while in 2023 he has scored just one podium in five rounds. On Friday, Quartararo...
The Ducati rider was forced to drop a position for a hard-but-fair overtake on Jack Miller at the Spanish GP two weeks ago. In Saturday’s sprint race at Le Mans, Bagnaia engaged in a hard battle with Honda’s Marquez that resulted...
Pramac Ducati rider Martin overhauled poleman and championship leader Francesco Bagnaia on lap four of 13 and instantly put eight tenths between them. As Bagnaia squabbled with Marc Marquez, Martin eased into the distance and took...
The Honda rider has been absent since fracturing his hand on the third lap of the Portuguese GP at the start of the season in March, but is back in action at Le Mans for the 1000th grand prix event. After progressing directly into...
Having been absent since crashing on the third lap of the Portuguese GP with a hand injury, Honda rider Marquez was cleared to return this weekend at Le Mans for the series’ 1000th grand prix event. As the clock counted down to zero...
The 2021 world champion ended Friday at his home race outside of the Q2 qualifying spots in 12th as he continued to struggle for pace on the 2023 Yamaha. After four rounds, Quartararo has just one podium and is 47 points off of the...
Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia leads the championship heading to France following his second victory of the season in Spain, with VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi 22 points adrift in second. KTM duo Brad Binder and Jack Miller occupy third and...
The Honda rider made his long-awaited return to action on Friday at Le Mans following over a month on the sidelines due to injury. Marquez ended Friday eighth overall and secured a place directly into the Q2 qualifying session on Saturday...
Miller left it late to secure a clean sweep on Friday at Le Mans, putting in a 1m30.950s to lead Aprilia's Espargaro by 0.119 seconds on his final lap of the session. Despite the threat of rain looming over a grey Le Mans, all riders...
After a fairly anonymous start to the opening 45-minute practice of the weekend, Miller wound things up on fresh soft rubber in the closing stages of FP1 to produce a 1m31.449s. This cemented his top spot as the chequered flag flew,...
The 2023 season has been plagued by stewarding controversies, most notably the Marc Marquez Portugal penalty debacle and numerous incidents at the Spanish GP. Following the Jerez round, chief FIM steward and double 500cc world champion...
The eight-time world champion was handed a double long lap penalty for colliding with Miguel Oliveira at the opening grand prix of the year in Portugal. This penalty was to be served at the Argentina GP, as deemed by the FIM stewards...
Petrucci has been drafted in to replace the injured Enea Bastianini, who is continuing to recover from a broken shoulder that has ruled him out of every weekend since Portugal. The double race winner comPeted with Ducati from 2015...
Honda has endured a torrid few years, with the 2023 season so far proving just as difficult despite LCR's Alex Rins ending its victory drought dating back to 2021 in April's Americas GP. Since late last season, Honda has been working...