Following three days of running in Malaysia earlier this month, the MotoGP pre-season ends in Qatar just two weeks before the 2024 campaign begins at the same venue.After a fairly slow start to the day for most as track conditions proved suboptimal, more representative running was had as the sunContinue Reading
Launched in Vista Jet’s Milan hangar, located at Linate Airport, the company founded by entrepreneur and driver Thomas Flohr, the main sponsor of the Piacenza-based team, revealed the 296 GT3s in silver and red colours that will take part in the LMGT3 Class.In the #54 there will be Flohr himself,Continue Reading
One of the most promising riders to come through the ranks in recent years, Acosta will make his highly-anticipated premier class debut next month at the age of just 19.The Spaniard had already turned heads with his performances in the junior classes, winning the Moto3 title in his rookie seasonContinue Reading
Once the top dog in MotoGP, Honda has slowly plummeted down the pecking order, ending the last two seasons dead last in the manufacturers’ standings.Marc Marquez, the rider with which it built its current empire in MotoGP, broke his contract with HRC at the end of last year to switchContinue Reading
The Borgo Panigale marque also kicked off pre-season testing for 2024 on the front foot, with two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia leading a top four lockout for the Desmosedici.Ducati’s attack in 2024 has been strengthened by the arrival of Marc Marquez from Honda, and the Spaniard has already been showing promisingContinue Reading
As has been the case in previous years, LCR has gone for a split approach with its MotoGP liveries in 2024, with one of its two Honda R213Vs sporting the colours of Castrol and the other bike carrying the backing of Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu.LCR revealed the first of itsContinue Reading
Bartolini, Ducati’s vehicle performance engineer and Dall’Igna’s right-hand man, left the Italian manufacturer to join rival Yamaha as the Japanese brand went on a recruiting drive to bolster its technical line-up in an attempt to return to the front of the field.While the news was welcomed by Yamaha, it wasContinue Reading
Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title.Morbidelli was reunited with Quartararo in 2022, when the Italian alsoContinue Reading
Ferrari has always been red, but if you look back over the liveries even in the last 20 years it is surprising how many other colours have come and gone. Yellow, white, black and even blue (many years ago) have all made an appearance, so what can we expect thisContinue Reading
KTM had a relatively low-key showing in Malaysia as the new MotoGP season began in earnest with a three-day test this week, with Ducati stealing the limelight with a series of record-breaking lap times.Binder could put up no challenge to either the factory or the satellite Desmosedici riders as heContinue Reading