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, the six-time world title suffered a severe highside at Turn 7 and fell heavily on […]
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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 last Sunday’s Mandalika race after sustaining a concussion during a devastating high-side accident in the […]
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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 Q2, the four-time MotoGP world champion finished sixth. Bagnaia was projected to be a front […]
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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 stranded in 18th place on the grid, while Marc Marquez’s retirement from the race moved […]
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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 Espargaro is confident that the new RC213V Repsol Honda bike would help him win the […]
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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 his MotoGP triumph in Qatar is a sign of things to come thanks to Honda’s […]
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Maverick Vinales is ‘disappointed,’ adding that his feelings aren’t the same as in testing
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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 to lead the squad’s charge in 2022 if Aprilia has a race-winning package. Vinales, who […]
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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 the early rounds, the Japanese rider raced clear of the duel for second and appeared […]
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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 this excerpt from the newest Crash.net MotoGP podcast. Aprilia, the only manufacturer still making technological […]
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Marc Marquez spent most of the Qatar MotoGP near Brad Binder’s KTM, but admits ‘it’s the bike I understand the least.’ He predicts race winner Enea Bastianini and Repsol Honda rider Pol Espargaro will challenge for the 2022 championship. The Qatar MotoGP wasn’t really short on shocks, but Brad Binder’s second-place finish for KTM was […]