Fabio Quartararo believes his maiden MotoGP pole position at the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix was the most enjoyable moment of his career, even surpassing his 2021 world championship success.Expectations were high for Quartararo when he burst onto the MotoGP scene just before his 20th birthday, riding a satellite Yamaha M1Continue Reading
Motorcycle racing legend Kevin Schwantz says he recognises some of himself in Ducati star Marc Marquez after the latter’s incredible title-winning run in the 2025 MotoGP season.Parallels have been drawn between the two riders, both of whom forged reputations for outperforming their machinery. Just as Schwantz made his name on a 500cc Suzuki thatContinue Reading
Gresini MotoGP sophomore Fermin Aldeguer has suffered an injury while training on a Ducati Panigale at the Aspar Circuit in Valencia.In a test organised by world champion Marc Marquez, a group of MotoGP riders gathered in Spain this week for two days of testing in preparation for the 2026 season.InContinue Reading
Almost 100 days after injuring his shoulder at the start of the Indonesian Grand Prix on 5 October, Marc Marquez will return to the asphalt of a circuit astride a sports bike later this week.Marquez will ride a road-going Ducati Panigale, which has been suitably prepared to provide maximum feedbackContinue Reading
Winglets in MotoGP are now an integral part of modern bike design. Today, hardly any manufacturer has built bikes without these front-mounted wings – an innovation that started as a daring experiment.Winglets first appeared in the mid-2010s, specifically in 2015, when Ducati introduced striking bodywork elements that jutted out fromContinue Reading
The status quo established and dominated by Ducati, together with the introduction of the new technical regulations from 2027 onwards, means that most manufacturers competing in the MotoGP world championship are approaching 2026 as a year of transition.The four consecutive titles amassed by the Italian brand since 2022 are theContinue Reading
New Pramac Yamaha signing Toprak Razgatlioglu has been likened to MotoGP star Casey Stoner by veteran manager Alberto Vergani.Razgatlioglu is set to be one of the main talking points of the 2026 MotoGP season. The Turkish star arrives in the premier class as a three-time World Superbike champion, and thereContinue Reading
MotoGP is the only grand prix class without a combined minimum weight for motorcycle and rider. While such regulations exist in Moto2 and Moto3 (and even the World Superbike Championship) to offset the disadvantages faced by taller and heavier riders, no comparable rule applies at the top level of motorcycleContinue Reading
Marc Marquez could achieve two major milestones during the 2026 MotoGP season as he looks to further cement his place among motorsport’s all-time greats.At last year’s San Marino Grand Prix on 14 September, he clinched his 73rd victory in MotoGP and 99th across all three classes. With six grands prix left inContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia and Michele Pirro believe Ducati’s rivals made effective use of MotoGP’s concession system to close the gap over the course of the 2025 season.Although Ducati swept all three world championships in 2025, helped by Marc Marquez’s arrival in the factory team, its dominance was challenged more frequently than in previousContinue Reading