Alex Marquez hopes to race in MotoGP German GP following surgery
Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez aims to take part in this weekend’s German Grand Prix despite the hand injury picked up in an accident at the last MotoGP race in the Netherlands. Marquez, who is his brother Marc’s nearest challenger in the 2025 MotoGP world championship points table, underwent surgery immediately after the crash at […]
Has KTM hit a ceiling with its MotoGP bike in 2024?
KTM’s early season run of three consecutive podium finishes now seems like a distant memory. To think that Brad Binder was able to finish just 1.239s behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) in Qatar just four months ago is almost hard to believe, considering where KTM is in the pecking order at present. Take last fortnight’s German […]
Yamaha having more MotoGP bikes in 2025 will push Honda to improve
LCR rider Johann Zarco hopes Yamaha’s expansion to four bikes in MotoGP next year will provide an extra incentive for Honda to close the gap to the front. The French rider believes the decision of his former team Pramac to become a satellite squad for Yamaha from 2025 will benefit both Japanese manufacturers, as they seek to […]
Ducati admits reaction to Marquez MotoGP decision has been “divisive”
Ducati says its decision to sign Marc Marquez for its factory MotoGP team in 2025 has garnered a “divisive” response in Italy. The marque has admitted that it has received a bit of criticism for choosing six-time champion Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagania’s team-mate for next season. Read Also: Ducati had initially zeroed […]
Vinales can’t “comprehend” Aprilia’s disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t “comprehend” how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend. Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is yet to add another podium finish to its tally […]
Has Martin given Ducati another reason to bet everything on Bagnaia in MotoGP?
“If anyone thinks that a factory is going to allow a satellite team rider to win the world championship, they don’t have a clue where they are,” a former rider and current team manager of a MotoGP told this writer on the condition of anonymity. And that was before Jorge Martin found out that Ducati […]
Has Morbidelli found his MotoGP mojo again after years of struggles at Yamaha?
Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli showed glimpses of his former self as he battled team-mate Jorge Martin and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia for a podium in last weekend’s German GP. While his strategy to play aggressively early on ultimately dropped him to fifth at the finish, there were only positives to take for a rider who […]
First half of rookie MotoGP season “4.5/10”
KTM protege Pedro Acosta has given himself a 4.5 grade out of 10 after the opening half of his rookie MotoGP season. Tech3 GasGas rider Acosta made a storming debut in MotoGP at the start of the year, as he outperformed all his KTM compatriots and finished on the podium in only his second grand […]
Alex Marquez would’ve ‘traded 42 podiums for one with Marc’ before German GP
Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says he would have traded all his previous 42 grand prix podiums for the one he achieved in last weekend’s German Grand Prix with elder brother Marc. Alex and Marc Marquez shared a podium in MotoGP for the first time in Sunday’s race at the Sachsenring after finishing third and […]