There was such a sea of optimism in the factory KTM camp on Friday evening with both Pedro Acosta and Brad Binder thinking big points were on offer come the Saturday sprint race for the MotoGP Italian Grand Prix.Therefore the emotions within the orange garage can only be imagined asContinue Reading
The 2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo has had a pretty poor Italian Grand Prix weekend so far. Going down hard on Friday resulted in a dislocated shoulder and a trip to the hospital while his excellent qualifying performance was rendered irrelevant by an awful race pace.Even though the Yamaha riderContinue Reading
A downbeat Francesco Bagnaia said it was the “same as always” as he again struggled with the front end of his bike during the Italian Grand Prix sprint race at Mugello.The factory Ducati rider started the sprint in second, but ultimately finished third behind team-mate and race winner Marc Marquez,Continue Reading
Marc Marquez dubbed his Italian Grand Prix sprint win a “great surprise” after an issue with launch control at race start caused him to drop back multiple positions from pole.The MotoGP championship leader soon recovered to fourth and worked his way through the leading pack to take the win aheadContinue Reading
Marc Marquez recovered from a shocking start to take a sprint victory from pole at the Italian Grand Prix to extend his MotoGP championship lead.The factory Ducati rider initially dropped back towards the bottom of the top 10, having reached across his bike to his left handlebar, moments before theContinue Reading
MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez clinched pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, narrowly beating local hero Francesco Bagnaia in a factory Ducati 1-2.The six-time world champion went fastest early on in the session, helped by a tow from his younger brother, Alex (Gresini Ducati) at Mugello.Fabio Quartararo, Bagnaia andContinue Reading
MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo has been taken to hospital following a big accident during the first official practice session at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.The Yamaha rider went down after just 10 minutes as the front of the bike got away from the Frenchman heading into the fast left-rightContinue Reading
The hot topic at Mugello for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix is brakes. With Francesco Bagnaia’s much-publicised change in brake disc specification on Sunday in Aragon, there has been plenty of discussion about the improvement in feeling that comes with selecting a larger disc size.However, increasing the diameter of aContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia has labelled the Italian Grand Prix weekend as make or break for his MotoGP campaign in 2025.The two-time MotoGP world champion outlined that if he doesn’t have the pace around the Mugello circuit this weekend, then he and Ducati clearly have a deeper issue than he and theContinue Reading
The factory KTM MotoGP riders are quietly optimistic ahead of the Italian Grand Prix following their productive test day at Aragon.Pedro Acosta discussed the hope in the KTM camp after Aragon while outlining the aspirations for the upcoming weekend.“Aragon was the first GP of the season where we were quiteContinue Reading