Alex Rins believes he is perfoming the strongest version of himself in MotoGP for the 2022 season, after claiming Suzuki’s 500th podium in the Americas Grand Prix previous weekend. After a year marred by accidents in 2021, the Suzuki rider has had a steady start to the 2022 season, putting him out of championship contention soon. […]
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Apr
Marc Marquez claims an alert on the grid drove his Honda MotoGP bike “crazy,” resulting in his poor start at the Americas Grand Prix, which saw him finish last. The six-time MotoGP championship winner was marking his comeback to action at the Circuit of the Americas after a double vision-related hiatus in Argentina, and many […]
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At the Circuit of Americas, the Yamaha rider placed sixth, the highest non-Ducati rider, and showed good speed throughout practise. Quartararo, on the other hand, was unable to launch a podium challenge and finished seventh after a late duel with Honda’s Marc Marquez. With only one podium in his championship defence, the Frenchman is seventh in […]
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Apr
Apr
The completely rebuilt Circuit of the Americas has made the track “safer,” but several riders are sceptical that the repairs for 2022 will be a long-term answer. Last year’s Americas Grand Prix was interrupted by a severely rough track conditions, prompting riders to express worries about coming to COTA unless the issues were resolved. Before […]
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Apr
Apr
The fact that Pol Espargaro is just 10th in the 2022 title after 3 races is “difficult,” according to the Spaniard, because “the speed is there” with the latest Honda. Over many years of struggling, Honda revamped their MotoGP package for 2022, with the current RC213V being more rear biassed to help with the traction […]
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Apr
Apr
Marc Marquez, a six-time MotoGP title holder, says he “doesn’t recall a lot” about the severe Indonesia accident that left him with more visual difficulties and forced him to miss a race. Last month, the Honda racer was pushed from his motorbike during warm-up at Mandalika and sustained a concussion, forcing him to withdraw from […]
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World champion Fabio Quartararo: Yamaha needs to upgrade the grip uncertainties in MotoGP
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Apr
Apr
Yamaha needs to tackle the ‘little irritating’ uncertainty of how much grip the 2022 bike will have from race to circuit, according to defending MotoGP championship Fabio Quartararo. After a difficult start to 2022, Quartararo is presently fifth in the finals, with a lack of power in Qatar and Argentina – along with the M1’s […]
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Apr
Apr
Eric Mahe, the supervisor of current MotoGP championship Fabio Quartararo, has stated that he is in negotiations with other companies about his future. Quartararo’s deal with Yamaha expires at the end of this season, despite signing a new contract with the Japanese manufacturer to participate its factory team in 2021, following MotoGP great Valentino Rossi. The […]
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Following negotiations with rival MotoGP teams, Quartararo has no plans to leave Yamaha
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Apr
Apr
Fabio Quartararo claims he’s “not looking at choices because I want to leave” Yamaha in 2023, but that he’ll start thinking about his next MotoGP team in the following 2 months. Quartararo’s adviser Eric Mahe said on the MotoGP global broadcast on Friday at the Americas Grand Prix that he is in negotiations with companies […]
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Apr
Apr
Johann Zarco of Pramac was the fastest rider following a whole day of practise at the Americas GP, leading a Ducati 1-2. In FP2, the Frenchman set a time of 2m02.542s to defeat Ducati’s Jack Miller by almost 0.2s, with defending championship Fabio Quartararo jumping up to third with a time of 2m02.837s late on. […]