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...
Listen to this article The nine-time MotoGP race winner acrimoniously split with Yamaha midway through the 2021 season and found refuge at Aprilia. His adaptation to the RS-GP was initially very difficult, as Vinales had never ridden...
Listen to this article As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this year, KTM – which shares a title sponsor in energy drinks giant Red Bull with the reigning F1 champions – has been working closely with the team to develop its aerodynamics...
Listen to this article In a wide-ranging interview with Motorsport.com's Spanish edition which covers MotoGP's new sprint race format, calendar changes and Dorna's operation of the series, Ezpeleta gives his take on F1's spike in interest...
Listen to this article The six-time MotoGP world champion has been a Honda rider throughout his entire career in the premier class, making his debut with the marque in 2013 and winning the title on his first attempt. The Marquez/Honda...
The 2022 season concluded with Marc Marquez having achieved two milestones. The first was his 100th podium in MotoGP, which he celebrated with a second-place finish at the Australian Grand Prix in October. Given his 99th came...
Listen to this article As Honda ramps up its 2023 MotoGP preparations following a tough year which yielded just two podiums and left it bottom of the constructors’ standings, the Japanese manufacturer has also restructured its engineers...
A late-season surge in 2022 allowed KTM to jump up to fourth in the constructors' championship and second in the teams' table. Thus, perhaps calling the Austrian manufacturer an underachiever last season seems a tad harsh. But peel...
Listen to this article Standing at 184cm, Marini is one of the paddock's tallest riders and thus is one of its heaviest at 69kg compared directly to his teammate Marco Bezzecchi, who weighs 61kg. Currently, in MotoGP there is only...
Listen to this article Espargaro endured a difficult time with Aprilia since joining the marque in 2017, with a lack of progress on the Italian bike forcing him to consider quitting MotoGP back in 2019. But major steps forward in the...
Listen to this article After retiring from racing full-time at the end of 2020, Britain’s Crutchlow joined Yamaha – with which he made his MotoGP debut in 2011 with Tech3 – as its official test rider. Crutchlow carries out private...
Listen to this article Four-time MotoGP race winner Miller switches to the factory KTM squad for the 2023 season following five years with Ducati, first at Pramac before stepping up to the works team in 2021. Miller has been an instrumental...