Former MotoGP star Casey Stoner believes Ducati will play a major role in determining the outcome of Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez’s rivalry next year.Marquez, the most successful rider on the current MotoGP grid, will join two-time champion Bagnaia at Ducati’s factory squad after Sunday’s Barcelona finale, creating an all-starContinue Reading
HRC rider Luca Marini feels Ducati is “destroying the championship” with its current dominance – but Honda has the potential to be second-best to it in MotoGP.In 2024 Ducati has been victorious in all but one Sunday race, while Honda’s downward trend has continued as it struggled to even breakContinue Reading
Double world champion Casey Stoner says he is surprised that Ducati has allowed its riders to race freely this year, but warned that the Italian manufacturer doesn’t want to lose the revered number one plate in MotoGP.Jorge Martin is primed to win the 2024 MotoGP title on Pramac-entered satellite Ducati,Continue Reading
After he crosses the finish line in Barcelona at the final round of the 2024 MotoGP season on 17 November, Takaaki Nakagami will start a new chapter in his life as a Honda test rider.It’s a role that will take him back to his home country of Japan, a seismicContinue Reading
Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will be drafted in at VR46 for the final round of the 2024 MotoGP season at Barcelona, Motorsport.com has learned.Pirro will be riding one of VR46’s GP23 bikes in the Barcelona GP on 15-17 November, with Fabio di Giannantonio again absent from racing after gettingContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin feel there is no reason why they should be “enemies outside the track” as they fight for the 2024 MotoGP title.For a second season in a row, Bagnaia and Martin have been in a class of their own in MotoGP, with their championship battle setContinue Reading
Jack Miller, Brad Binder and Fabio Quartararo all emerged from the second-corner incident at Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix without serious injury.The race was red-flagged following the multi-rider crash, with Miller receiving attention on the circuit after his head appeared to hit the back of Quartararo’s Yamaha as he fell fromContinue Reading
The Malaysian Grand Prix has been red-flagged after a multi-bike incident on the opening lap of the race.TV images showed KTM rider Jack Miller falling off his bike at the entry to Turn 2, with his head then getting briefly tangled in the Yamaha M1 of Fabio Quartararo.Miller’s team-mate BradContinue Reading
Celestino Vietti (KTM Ajo) won the Moto2 Malaysian Grand Prix after leading every lap of a hot, tough race at Sepang.After grabbing the lead at the first corner, Vietti’s lead fluctuated throughout a race that proved tough on both bikes and riders. The Italian, who was riding injured in Malaysia,Continue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia has admitted he will need help from other riders to have any chance of winning the MotoGP world championship following his sprint crash on Saturday.Falling out of the race on lap three while his title rival Jorge Martin went on to win meant Bagnaia’s points deficit grew fromContinue Reading