Dani Pedrosa offers a detailed assessment of the strengths of Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez – riders with whom he formed the elite club known as the ‘Fantastic Five’.Pedrosa retired from full-time racing at the end of 2018, after a lifetime as Honda’s standard-bearer in theContinue Reading
Dani Pedrosa offers a detailed assessment of the strengths of Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez – riders with whom he formed the elite club known as the ‘Fantastic Five’.Pedrosa retired from full-time racing at the end of 2018, after a lifetime as Honda’s standard-bearer in theContinue Reading
Ex-Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes MotoGP will retain its originality under new owner Liberty Media rather than adopting Formula 1’s template.In July, Liberty Media completed its takeover of MotoGP, becoming the majority shareholder in series promoter Dorna Sports after a prolonged regulatory process.With Liberty having also acquired F1 inContinue Reading
Alex Rins has offered insights into his team-mate Fabio Quartararo’s incredible pace in the 2025 MotoGP season, revealing he is able to brake 20 metres later than other Yamaha riders.In a year where Yamaha has mostly been the slowest manufacturer on the grid, Quartararo has managed to drag his M1Continue Reading
Marc Marquez claims he set the same lap time on the 2024-spec and 2025-spec Ducatis at the Misano test on Monday – simply by adjusting his riding style.The comments by the world champion-elect cast further doubt on the notion that factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia’s ongoing struggles on the GP25Continue Reading
Alex Marquez will be given a fourth current-spec MotoGP Ducati in 2026, joining Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia and VR46’s Fabio Di Giannantonio with this top-tier status.Next season, the final one under the current technical regulations before MotoGP undergoes major changes in 2027, Ducati will expand to four latest-spec bikes, from three for thisContinue Reading
A delegation from Liberty Media and members of an auditing firm attended the San Marino Grand Prix which has outlined the new strategy for MotoGP following its takeover.It has been three months since the European Commission authorised Liberty Media’s acquisition of 84% of Dorna. Three months – or slightly less,Continue Reading
New 2027 MotoGP rubber supplier Pirelli has pronounced itself pleased after its first on-track test with premier class prototypes went ahead at Misano on Tuesday.The Italian company, which replaces Michelin as the control tyre manufacturer after next season, completed a sprint simulation, among other experiments.In the interests of fairness withinContinue Reading
Honda focused on aerodynamics in Monday’s Misano test, with LCR rider Johann Zarco appearing on track in the morning session with a new carbon fibre fairing.The main addition was the new inlet, which is easily recognisable because it is made from ‘rapid-prototyping material’ and is therefore white in colour. TheContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia’s disastrous weekend at Misano marked the lowest point yet for the most successful rider in Ducati’s history. The Italian is being reminded by the factory that the crisis of confidence paralysing him comes from within himself, not from the machine he rides.Bagnaia’s affable nature and current plight hasContinue Reading