Joan Mir says it is “easy to hide behind the phone” and criticise MotoGP riders after securing his maiden podium with Honda in last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.Mir finished third behind factory Ducati duo Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez at Motegi, ending a 1,422-day drought stretching back to his lastContinue Reading
Aprilia MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi revealed how badly he was hurt after being taken out by team-mate Jorge Martin on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix sprint.Last year’s champion Martin made a rapid launch from 17th on the grid and found a gap on the inside heading into TurnContinue Reading
Despite informing teams weeks ago that Singapore had been chosen as the venue for the launch of next season’s MotoGP world championship, series promoter Dorna has relocated the event to Kuala Lumpur.On the Monday following the Catalan Grand Prix, teams met in Montmelo with members of the organisation, who confirmedContinue Reading
KTM endured a tough MotoGP race in Motegi, with the best of its quartet of riders finishing only 11th in the Japanese Grand Prix.This was the first time in 2025 that it failed to log a top-10 finish in a Sunday race, dealing a severe blow to its hopes ofContinue Reading
The bond between Marc Marquez and Mick Doohan was forged out of two seemingly opposing forces: success and pain. Perhaps for that very reason, Marquez turned to the Australian’s advice when he found himself at his lowest, when the injury to his right arm – one that required four surgeries – broughtContinue Reading
Marc Marquez’s motorcycle racing career was always tied to success. From a very young age, the Spaniard began winning in categories where his rivals were, in some cases, more than 30 centimetres taller. Besides being young in age, he was small in stature, which made it even more striking to seeContinue Reading
Sunday’s MotoGP race at Motegi offered a result few could have predicted. While there were signs that Francesco Bagnaia had finally found a solution in the Misano test, even he likely didn’t expect to dominate the Japanese Grand Prix as thoroughly as he did.Marc Marquez was always expected to beContinue Reading
Jose Luis Martinez, Marc Marquez’s assistant and confidant, reveals the keys to one of the most epic comebacks in sports history – one that almost never happened. “When we came back from Lombok, he told me he was done, that he couldn’t go on,” Martinez recalls.Martinez is much more than anContinue Reading
Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati’s general manager and one of the main advocates for signing Marc Marquez, has praised the Spaniard’s vision in plotting his return to the MotoGP crown, which he secured this Sunday.Any doubts surrounding Ducati’s choice of Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 vanished atContinue Reading
Marc Marquez bet on himself when he chose to carry on in MotoGP after years of pain, surgeries and lingering questions over whether his body could still endure the demands of elite competition.He had once promised his late grandfather that he would start again from scratch, and if he couldn’tContinue Reading