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 […]
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When it comes to MotoGP racing predictions, Marquez is known as the “boy who cries wolf”
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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 […]
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Sep
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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Aleix Espargaro claims that his pre-start bike swap was necessitated by his Aprilia squad forgetting to change from a “eco” engine map prior to the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix. Espargaro was only 17 points behind championship leader Fabio Quartararo heading into Sunday’s race at Motegi. The Aprilia racer placed sixth in qualifying, ahead of Quartararo […]
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In spite of the impending possibility of heavy rainfall from Typhoon Talas, MotoGP teams have decided to move forward with qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix according to the original schedule. According to Motorsport.com, teams met early on Saturday morning in Motegi to determine whether qualifying should be moved up due to the bad weather […]
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Sylvain Guintoli, a Suzuki MotoGP test racer, has indicated that negotiations to rejoin WorldSBK and to stay in the Endurance World Championship are ongoing. At the completion of this season, Guintoli’s employment with Suzuki will expire. He last competed in WorldSBK for Puccetti Kawasaki during the last two rounds of 2017. Guintoli’s contract with Suzuki […]
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Darryn Binder: People “forget” how much there is to catch up from Moto3 to MotoGP
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In spite of a difficult debut season, Darryn Binder of RNF Racing thinks that “often people forget” how significant the jump from Moto3 directly to MotoGP is. With his signing by RNF to race a year-old Yamaha, the South African—the younger brother of Brad Binder—be the first racer to do so since Jack Miller in 2015 […]