Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month.Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the ItalianContinue Reading
Marc Marquez came into MotoGP’s summer break on a hot streak. He has strung together five consecutive doubles – winning both the sprint and Sunday races at Aragon, Mugello, Assen, the Sachsenring and Brno. That run has catapulted him into a lead of 120 points over second-placed Alex Marquez, hisContinue Reading
MotoGP’s chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo believes Liberty Media’s arrival will boost the championship’s global reach without compromising its essence.Just under a month ago, Liberty Media completed the acquisition of 84% of Dorna, the rights holder of MotoGP, after the European Commission finally gave the green light to a dealContinue Reading
Johann Zarco gave up MotoGP’s summer break to race – and win – the Suzuka 8 Hours for Honda, after the team failed to sort out the paperwork for Xavi Vierge, leaving the Frenchman and Takumi Takahashi as a duo in a race designed for trios.It is a good thingContinue Reading
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner is finalizing the purchase of the Tech3 MotoGP team, Motorsport.com has learned.Sources close to both parties estimate the deal, involving the structure founded in 1990 by Herve Poncharal and Guy Coulon, at just over €20million.Tech3 made its debut in the premier classContinue Reading
Alex Marquez is having his best season since stepping up to the MotoGP premier class in 2020 — the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of injury saga that almost ended his brother’s career.After a gruelling spell with the factory Honda team and LCR, Alex’s move to GresiniContinue Reading
The MotoGP world championship returns in two weeks following its summer break, kicking off a series of five double-headers — 10 rounds in just three months.After a trip to Austria’s Red Bull Ring in mid-August, the MotoGP paddock will head to the relatively new Balaton Park circuit, for the firstContinue Reading
Jorge Martin put the finishing touch on his 2024 season by stepping onto the podium MotoGP season finale in Barcelona – and duly sealed the world title.From then until the Czech Republic GP, more than eight months passed without Martin seeing a chequered flag. During that time, he moved fromContinue Reading
With dazzling results, Marc Marquez is delivering the best version of himself as a MotoGP rider in 2025. The Italian has even surpassed his stats from 2019, which was widely regarded as he finest season until now – when he won his last title. The results Marquez achieved in 2019 ledContinue Reading
The tough time Alex Rins is going through since signing with Yamaha – coupled with MotoGP teams rushing to lock in riders from 2027 – means the Spaniard can’t afford to wait for the V4 engine to deliver him tools to perform.Rins tries to maintain an ever-present smile in frontContinue Reading