Bagnaia – who was demoted from second to fifth due to a grid penalty – claimed the lead at Turn 2 on the opening lap and never looked back, taking the chequered flag by 0.8s over team-mate Bastianini, as championship leader Jorge Martin had to settle for third. At theContinue Reading
Championship leader Martin retired from Saturday’s sprint at Mugello while running third, losing the front-end of his GP24 into the first corner with four laps remaining.But even before his race-ending crash, the Spaniard was losing touch with eventual sprint winner Francesco Bagnaia and second-placed Marc Marquez, both on Ducati machinery,Continue Reading
Quartararo was unlucky to retire from Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello on lap two of 11 when Miguel Oliveira crashed his Trackhouse Aprilia in front of him at Turn 10 following a failed attempt to overtake the Frenchman, leaving the former with nowhere to go.The 2021 champion went down withContinue Reading
At the start of the 11-lap race, the factory Ducatis shot to the front from polesitter Martin, with reigning champion Bagnaia taking the lead from team-mate Enea Bastianini.KTM’s Brad Binder jumped from 14th on the grid to take fourth behind Martin, with Marc Marquez dropping a place to fifth.Heading intoContinue Reading
Martin, who leads the championship by 39 points coming into the Mugello round, scored his third pole of the year with a new lap record of 1m44.504s set on his first flying lap.The Spaniard, who looks set to step up to the factory Ducati team in 2025, beat reigning championContinue Reading
Marc and Alex Marquez’s Gresini team has joined forces with MotoGP Guru and SPORTPASS to launch the world’s first fan-powered sponsorship programme. The new programme enables fans to purchase a team “micro-sponsorship package” for as little as €125 and tap into the benefits historically reserved to corporate sponsors and VIPs.TheContinue Reading
Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but is currently under investigation from the FIM stewards for potentially blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap late on.Tech3 GasGas rookie Pedro Acosta recovered to third after a fast crash at Turn 13 halfway through the session, while Marc MarquezContinue Reading
Pramac rider Jorge Martin leads the championship on 155 points heading to Ducati’s home race, with reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia his closest challenger on 116 points.Gresini’s Marc Marquez sits only two points further adrift in third, despite racing on a year-old bike.2024 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix session …Keep reading SourceContinue Reading
Early Thursday morning, it emerged that Ducati had finally decided to choose Jorge Martin to join Francesco Bagnaia in the official Borgo Panigale team from next season.As the hours went by, Marquez’s discourse hardened. At first, the multi-champion was asked about the news in question, and he was disoriented: “ThisContinue Reading
This comes following reports this morning, first from Gazzetta dello Sport, that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team seat for 2025.Ducati had already outlined this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix as the place to make its decision, though said earlier this week that it wouldn’t makeContinue Reading