Takaaki Nakagami of LCR Honda reveals that he finished Friday’s MotoGP practise for the Japanese Grand Prix with his glove “full” of blood suffering a horrific right-hand injury. When Nakagami collided with Marc Marquez at the final of the Aragon Grand Prix previous weekend, his right hand’s fourth and fifth fingers sustained lacerations. Nakagami, who […]
For the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday morning, Honda racer Marc Marquez won the red-flagged rainy second free practise session. The 45-minute second practise began on schedule at 10.50am local time on a wet racetrack despite the possibility of a typhoon hanging over Saturday’s events. Johann Zarco of Pramac Ducati took the lead after […]
Even though he broke a three-year pole-sitting streak at Motegi on Saturday, Marc Marquez indicates the Japanese Grand Prix is “not the time” to consider trying to win a comeback MotoGP race. Even through challenging seasons and recovery phases, passionate supporters sporting Marc Marquez fan gear continue to turn Grand Prix grandstands into a sea of […]
After finishing MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix qualifying in a “not acceptable” 12th place, Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia insisted that “something not working” on his bike in rainy weather. Prior to Sunday’s 16th round of the 2022 season at Motegi, the Italian is only 10 points behind championship leader Fabio Quartararo. However, Bagnaia struggled greatly in Saturday’s […]
Fabio Quartararo, who is now leading the MotoGP standings, confesses that he “expected far better” than 9th position in the rainy qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. The Yamaha racer has always had difficulty on the M1 in wet weather, but he was good in March in the rain-drenched Indonesian GP and placed second. He […]
Marc Marquez, according to Ducati’s Jack Miller, is “the boy who cries wolf” when it comes to rejecting his own possibilities of winning in MotoGP races. After winning a rainy qualifying session on Saturday, six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez will begin Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix from the front row. It was his first MotoGP pole […]
At the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix, Izan Guevara improved his chances of winning the Moto3 championship while Ai Ogura surprised home fans by winning the Moto2 race. Drama began in the opening laps of the 22-lap Moto2 race as polesitter Aron Canet fell out with a commanding lead. Ogura of Honda Team Asia was pushed […]
At the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix, Ai Ogura won the Moto2 race, thrilling home fans, while Izan Guevara improved his chances of winning the Moto3 championship. On grand prix Sunday at Motegi, the 20-lap Moto3 race got things started. The torrential rain from Saturday gave way to bright, sunny skies. As the breakaway leading four, […]
Fabio Quartararo, who is now leading the championship, claims his eighth-place result in the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix was “frustrating” since he “cannot overtake at all” on his Yamaha. Quartararo arrived in Japan with a 10-point lead in the rankings and left with a marginally larger lead thanks to a dismal afternoon for his competitors. […]
Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati claims he wrecked out of the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix’s final lap while attempting to pass points leader Fabio Quartararo because he was “too ambitious.” The Italian had a challenging race since his attempts to move up the order while racing in the group and beginning from position 12 were hampered […]