Listen to this article Rins joins Honda and LCR for 2023 after Suzuki elected to quit MotoGP at the end of the 2022 campaign, and finished his debut weekend with his new employers with a 13th in the sprint race and 10th in the grand...
Listen to this article Eight months have passed since the announcement of the introduction of sprint races for the 2023 MotoGP season. That timeframe has given rise to countless debates and disagreements between some about the suitability...
Listen to this article Marquez was handed a double long lap penalty by the FIM stewards for triggering a crash that took both him and Oliveira out of the race, while he also clipped Jorge Martin which forced him off track and dropped...
Listen to this article Last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix was the first ever sprint weekend for MotoGP, with a half-distance race taking place on Saturday to compliment Sunday’s traditional full-length contest. The addition of...
Listen to this article The Australian spent five seasons with Ducati, initially with Pramac between 2018 and 2020, before stepping up to its factory squad in 2021. The four-time race winner has switched to KTM for 2023 and enjoyed...
Listen to this article After crashing out of Saturday's sprint race in Portugal, VR46 Ducati rider Bezzecchi thrust himself into podium contention in Sunday's grand prix. The Italian, who started seventh, was one of the big winners...
Listen to this article On lap three of last Sunday’s Portuguese GP, Marquez collided heavily with RNF’s Oliveira at Turn 3 when he locked up under braking. The incident took Marquez and Oliveira out of the race, and also forced...
Listen to this article The 31-time MotoGP race winner will make his second competitive start for KTM since joining the Austrian manufacturer as a test rider in 2019, having retired from full-time competition the season before. Along...
Honda was the only brand that failed to win a MotoGP race in 2022, finishing last in the world constructors' standings. The factory team, traditionally considered the paddock's biggest superpower, finished no higher than ninth out...
Listen to this article The Austrian manufacturer made its debut in MotoGP in 2017 and will be looking to mount a serious charge for the championship for the first time after ending 2022 fourth out of six in the constructors' table. KTM...
Listen to this article The Paolo Campinoti-owned Pramac squad ended last year as the leading independent outfit, after finishing fourth in the teams’ standings while contributing eight podiums to Ducati’s successful march to the...
Listen to this article Though Ducati shot its bolt a day early by accidentally revealing 2022 MotoGP title winner Francesco Bagnaia would be running the #1 on its website, that fact was finally confirmed on Monday morning at the Italian...
Listen to this article Bagnaia ended a 15-year title drought for Ducati dating back to 2007 last season, when he clinched the championship at the final round of the campaign. The Valentino Rossi protege had to overturn a 91-point deficit...
Listen to this article 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...
Listen to this article 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...
Listen to this article 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...
On 2 May last year, what was to be MotoGP's biggest news story of the year was announced: Suzuki pulled the plug on its factory entry and would not comPete in 2023. The news fell like a bombshell in the paddock, especially in the ranks...
Listen to this article 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...
Listen to this article 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...
Believe it or not, the team known as RNF Racing, that finished 11th out of 12 in the 2022 MotoGP teams' championship and had a highest-placed rider of 21st, is the same squad that finished runner-up in the title race in 2020. Back...
Listen to this article 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...