Listen to this article Three days after demanding more attention from Honda regarding the development of its 2023 bike, Alex Rins brought out his best in Austin to take a resounding victory that will undoubtedly lead the Japanese marque...
Listen to this article The Australian made a good start from 10th on the grid in Sunday’s grand prix and got up to third on the opening lap behind Francesco Bagnaia and eventual winner Alex Rins. As he tipped into Turn 7 on lap seven...
Listen to this article Rins ended Honda’s victory drought dating back to the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP last Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, when he capitalised on a crash for early leader Francesco Bagnaia to score his sixth...
Listen to this article Despite a woeful beginning to 2023 for Honda, LCR's Alex Rins gave the Japanese marque some much-needed hope after claiming its first win since the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP last weekend in Texas. Rins is a Circuit...
Listen to this article Quartararo inherited second in Sunday's 20-lap grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas when race leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out. For the first 12 laps of the main race, Quartararo fended off VR46 Ducati...
Listen to this article Bagnaia dominated the sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday having taken pole with a new lap record, and was leading the grand prix on Sunday when he crashed at Turn 2 on lap eight of 20. It...
Listen to this article Honda had gone winless in MotoGP since the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP, while LCR has gone without victory since the 2018 Argentina GP. While times have continued to be tough for Honda in 2023, Rins built on a podium...
Listen to this article The 2021 world champion has been unhappy with the 2023 Yamaha package all season so far and continued to note at the Americas Grand Prix that he is having to override the bike to be comPetitive. Struggling to...
Listen to this article Marquez was tipped by eventual sprint race winner Francesco Bagnaia to be “a great rival” in the Saturday contest, but was left to battle back from a bad start from fourth on the grid. The Gresini rider quickly...
Listen to this article Taking the inaugural sprint victory in Portugal last month, Bagnaia had to fend off a hard-charging Alex Rins on the LCR Honda on the opening lap to hold onto his pole position. Once he’d successfully retaken...
Listen to this article Bagnaia spent much of the Q2 session in Texas battling with Gresini Ducati counterpart Marquez, with the pair setting identical 2m02.242s laps with around eight minutes left on the clock. As both began their...
Listen to this article Front row in the opening two rounds, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia had so far come up short in the battle for MotoGP pole in 2023. But a final flying lap of 2m01.892s, the first ever sub 2m02s lap of the Circuit...
Listen to this article MotoGP riders have raised numerous concerns about the COTA asphalt for a number of years, with various partial resurfacing jobs taking place in the wake of such criticisms. After the surface was labelled “a...
Listen to this article The 2021 world champion has endured a tough start to the new campaign on the factory Yamaha, having scored just 18 points out of a total of 74 across the opening two rounds. Despite improvements to the engine...
Listen to this article Last year’s Americas GP poleman arrived in Austin feeling unwell and has been on antibiotics to fight the virus that has struck him down. Despite this, Martin ended Friday’s running at the Circuit of the...
Listen to this article Sitting outside of the top 10 places needed to progress straight through to the pole shootout session in qualifying as FP2 drew to a close, Martin leaped up to top sport with a 2m02.178s. This put the 2022 Circuit...
Listen to this article MotoGP's return to Americas in Texas this weekend sees a VR46 rider in the lead of the championship for the first time, after Marco Bezzecchi took victory in the Argentina GP two weeks ago. A late tumble for...
Listen to this article Marc Marquez is often referred to as the 'king of COTA', having won at Austin a record seven times since the circuit's debut on the MotoGP calendar in 2013. But Honda's star rider will miss this weekend's race...
Listen to this article After Suzuki elected to quit MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season, five-time race winner Rins signed a two-year deal directly with Honda to join its satellite operation at LCR. With the start to 2023 proving...
Listen to this article Bagnaia was running in second in the latter stages of the wet Rio Hondo grand prix two weeks ago when he crashed at the penultimate corner. At the time, the world champion had no idea why he crashed and in the...
Listen to this article Oliveira was wiped out by Marquez on the third lap of his home grand prix at the Algarve International Circuit last month, after the Honda rider made a mistake under braking for Turn 3. The Portuguese rider suffered...