MotoGP rider stories, race weekend guides and paddock news for fans who follow the season from grandstand or timing screen.
111 posts · updated October 15, 2026
Alberto Puig, Honda team boss, says the company is "trying to understand why" Marc Marquez was involved in the "severe" incident that forced him to withdraw from Sunday's MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix. In the latter minutes of Sunday's warm-up session,…
Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia claims he utilised a "false" rear brake to prevent a collision like the one that forced Marc Marquez to retire from the Indonesian Grand Prix. Marquez, a six-time MotoGP world champion, was forced to withdraw from…
Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati admits he has "a number of questions" regarding his poor performance in last Sunday's rainy MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix, when he finished 15th. After yellow flags in Friday's FP2 session prevented him from advancing straight into…
Joan Mir of Suzuki claims that if it hadn't been for the rain, he would not have finished sixth instead of 17th at the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix last Sunday. After a dramatic tumble in Q1, the 2020 winner was left…
Pol Espargaro thinks he can challenge for the MotoGP championship after finishing third in Qatar; 'Finally we can achieve what I’m dreaming of, which is to be world champion. For sure, I’m going to fight for it with Honda.' Pol…
Pol Espargaro thinks that Honda's redesigned RC213V is 'not as difficult to ride' as last year's model, and that it will let him to compete for MotoGP podiums on a consistent basis, not just against Marc Marquez. Pol Espargaro believes…
After completing 21 seconds behind teammate Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales describes his P12 position at the Qatar MotoGP as "clearly a terrible result." After Maverick Vinales stayed a long way behind his team-mate during the Qatar MotoGP, expecting Aleix Espargaro…
During the first nine circuits of last Sunday's Qatar Moto3 race, Ayumu Sasaki admits, "I was living the dream," until reliability cost him the win. After missing out on his first Moto3 victory in Qatar, Ayumu Sasaki felt 'cvery disappointed.' During…
During the initial Qatar race, the Crash.net MotoGP podcast group discusses Yamaha, Aprilia, and Suzuki's different results. Former racer Keith Huewen, Crash.net MotoGP editor Peter McLaren, and podcast host Harry Benjamin analyse Aprilia, Yamaha, and Suzuki's differing first race results in…
Franco Morbidelli is 'close to my maximum' in the Qatar MotoGP season opening, although his time on the A-spec Petronas bike is only a bit faster than last year's. Franco Morbidelli has had a lot of changes since the second…
