Rabat, who made sporadic appearances with Manuel Puccetti’s eponymous squad between 2021-23, will step up to ride the outfit’s sole Kawasaki Ninza ZX-10RR next year.As part of the programme, the Spaniard will get to take part in two pre-season tests at Jerez and Portimao in January before the championship getsContinue Reading
Honda announced following his sole grand prix podium of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix that it had mutually agreed to part ways with Marquez at the end of the 2023 campaign, despite there still being one year left on his contract.He will race for Gresini on a year-oldContinue Reading
The last two months have been hectic for Marks, who seized the opportunity provided by MotoGP promoter Dorna to take the two seats left vacant by the financial collapse of the RNF team.The company of the former Missouri-born racer inherited the agreements of the Malaysian structure that were still inContinue Reading
At the end of 2022, due to the economic instability that the RNF team was displaying, Yamaha did not renew its contract with Razlan Razali’s squad, a circumstance that left the Iwata-based manufacturer with only two M1s on the 2023 grid. If we take into account the testimony of allContinue Reading
MotoGP announced on the Monday following the Valencia Grand Prix finale that it had finalised the framework for the new concessions system being brought in for 2024.Its primary aim is to help the struggling Japanese manufacturers get back up towards the front of the field by giving them extra benefits,Continue Reading
The four-time grand prix winner signed a two-year deal to join KTM’s factory squad for 2023, after he was moved aside from the works Ducati team for Enea Bastianini at the end of last year.The Australian only managed one grand prix podium and 11th in the standings, but stresses thereContinue Reading
In one of the biggest rider market shocks in years, eight-time world champion Marquez elected to quit Honda after 11 seasons and six MotoGP world titles to join the satellite Gresini Ducati squad for 2024.MORE: The “killer” instinct driving Marquez beyond the end of a MotoGP dynastyMarquez broke his contractContinue Reading
Following the conclusion of the 2023 MotoGP season, Dorna Sports announced it would not be allowing RNF to continue participating in the series as of 2024.In a statement, it highlighted “repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement affecting the public image of MotoGP” as the reason.This is related toContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia won back-to-back titles for Ducati in the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix last month, becoming the first rider in history to do this with the Italian manufacturer.It capped off a season in which Ducati was ultimately guaranteed to walk away as world champion, with the top three spots inContinue Reading
Want to know how bad the 2023 season was for Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo? Even with double the number of races than the previous season, the 2021 world champion could only score 172 points – 76 less than he scored in 2022 with three victories on his way to runner-upContinue Reading