Pramac’s Jorge Martin leads the championship by an extended margin of 38 points following his stunning victory at Le Mans a fortnight ago.Gresini rider Marc Marquez now sits third in the standings and only two points off-second placed Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati).The trio are again expected to battle for victory onContinue Reading
The Italian has endured a torrid switch from the VR46-run Ducati he raced last year to the factory Honda in 2024.Marini hasn’t qualified inside the top 20 across the first five rounds, while he is the only Honda rider not to score points in 2024, with his best grand prixContinue Reading
Pramac has until the summer to unilaterally validate the agreement that would allow it to remain the only team with full factory support from Ducati in 2025 and 2026. Renewing the agreement would maintain its current conditions, so that the two riders in its line-up would be hired directly byContinue Reading
Acosta was once again the top rider in the KTM contingent at Le Mans, with a rapid launch allowing him to jump from seventh on the grid to run fifth in the opening laps.But the 19-year-old race came undone when he lost the front of his GasGas-branded RC16 into Turn 8Continue Reading
KTM endured its worst outing of the 2024 season at Le Mans, with Brad Binder the only rider out of its four-strong contingent to finish inside the top 10 on Sunday.Miller was running a distant 12th when he suffered a fall at Turn 11 on lap 16, bringing an earlyContinue Reading
Jorge Martin’s imperious French Grand Prix weekend came as a decision on who gets the second factory Ducati team MotoGP seat looms. The Pramac rider can do no more to prove himself at this rate, having taken pole with a lap record, won the sprint and emerged victorious in aContinue Reading
The championship made a much-anticipated visit to Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of Delhi last year as part of its expansion in South Asia, with the race running smoothly despite several hiccups and visa issues in the run-up to the event.However, in the last few months, there has beenContinue Reading
The Gresini Ducati rider endured a tough qualifying which saw him knocked out in Q1, though he recovered brilliantly in the sprint to finish second.Marquez did the same again on Sunday, though took 17 laps to get into the podium places before closing down a two-second gap to catch eventualContinue Reading
Having dominated the sprint race on Saturday, Martin converted pole to a second grand prix victory of the 2024 season to open up a lead of 38 points in the championship.Shadowing the factory Ducati of Bagnaia for much of the 27-lap contest, Martin made his decisive move on the 21st tourContinue Reading
Bagnaia had qualified second behind championship leader Jorge Martin, but was down to 14th by the end of lap 1 following a dreadful start on his GP24.Lacking the speed to mount any sort of recovery, the Italian then ran wide over the gravel at the exit of Turn 7 onContinue Reading