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Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini has questioned the safety of MotoGP races at the new Balaton Park circuit after he was injured during a chaotic first lap in Saturday’s Hungarian Grand Prix sprint.Bastianini was speared wide at the first corner after a desperate lunge by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. It wasContinue Reading

Fabio Quartararo will serve a long lap penalty in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix after causing a race-defining collision at the first corner of the sprint race on Saturday.The factory Yamaha rider ran into Enea Bastianini (Tech3 KTM) after arriving at the first corner far too quickly on an inside line.Continue Reading

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez strolled unchallenged to a 13th sprint win of the MotoGP season at Balaton Park on Saturday.  Several major contenders were eliminated at the first corner, in a crash triggered by the Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo. Fears that difficulties overtaking around the new circuit would lead to early mayhem provedContinue Reading

An expected head-to-head fight for pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix failed to materialise as Pedro Acosta crashed his factory KTM early in the session, leaving his Ducati counterpart Marc Marquez to claim honours.The world championship leader will share the front row with Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) and Fabio DiContinue Reading

The day has come and gone at last. After months of doomtalk around the all-new Balaton Park circuit, MotoGP folk can stop speculating. While the first day of track action at the Hungarian Grand Prix certainly didn’t answer every question that had been doing the rounds in the lead-up, atContinue Reading

The day has come and gone at last. After months of doomtalk around the all-new Balaton Park circuit, MotoGP folk can stop speculating. While the first day of track action at the Hungarian Grand Prix certainly didn’t answer every question that had been doing the rounds in the lead-up, atContinue Reading

Jack Miller has openly admitted that he is tired of waiting for Yamaha to confirm it will renew his contract to stay at Pramac next year – and says he has other options beyond MotoGP.“I wanted to contribute to the development of the V4 engine,” said the Australian ahead ofContinue Reading

Aleix Espargaro will not ride the LCR Honda at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix following another cycling injury for the Spaniard ahead of the race at Balaton Park.Espargaro’s withdrawal is the latest development in a four-race saga around the #35 entry. It’s a story that has been running ever since theContinue Reading

Dominant MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez says his factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia will overcome his widely-documented struggles.Bagnaia, who is a distant third in the championship behind Marc and has only won once this season, had yet another tough weekend last time out in Austria. After the race, he toldContinue Reading