The 2023 MotoGP championship battle between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin will be decided in Sunday’s grand prix final in Valencia.After winning the sprint on Saturday, Martin now trails Bagnaia by just 14 points, with the latter needing to finish at least fifth to ensure his second crown.Saturday saw theContinue Reading
After a dramatic Qatar Grand Prix, in which Bagnaia finished second while Martin struggled to a season-worst 10th due to a rear tyre issues, the gap between the pair stands at 21 points.Bagnaia has led the championship at the end of each weekend since the Spanish Grand Prix, only losing itContinue Reading
In recent weeks, Martin’s title charge against Francesco Bagnaia has brought about rumours that he could be moved up to the factory Ducati squad in 2024 to replace Bastianini if he wins the championship.This was confirmed as an option by Ducati during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend, before Bastianini scoredContinue Reading
The 21-year-old Supercars rookie completely dominated the 250km race after starting second in his Grove Racing Ford Mustang. He leapt away at the start and built a lead of four seconds over newly-crowned champion Brodie Kostecki in 20 laps, and controlled the race almost at will, to win by 8.54Continue Reading
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, Bagnaia could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points.Despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth as Martin stormed through to win and trimmedContinue Reading
Martin came from sixth on the grid to score his ninth sprint win of the 2023 season.With title rival Francesco Bagnaia only fifth after struggling on his medium rear tyre, Martin has cut the championship deficit down from 21 points to 14 ahead of Sunday’s grand prix finale.When asked byContinue Reading
The RNF team came into existence at the end of 2021 following Petronas and the Sepang Racing Team’s decision to quit MotoGP at the conclusion of that season.Former SRT team boss Razlan Razali became the owner of RNF, which fielded Yamaha bikes in 2022 before linking up with Aprilia forContinue Reading
This weekend is the factory HRC rider’s last with the team after 11 years and six premier class titles before he moves to the Gresini Ducati team for 2024.He qualified ninth on Saturday morning before finishing third in the sprint race behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin and factory KTM rider BradContinue Reading
With 21 points splitting Bagnaia and Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points.But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could do nothing but finish fifth on his factory Ducati as MartinContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has re-written the history books in many ways in 2023, with an astonishing performance for Red Bull that has seen him dominate the field and leave the rest of the drivers battling for seconds.Although this season has been all about Verstappen, it has not all been about VerstappenContinue Reading