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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Jul
Jul
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 […]
Sport, MOTOGP, News
Despite difficulties with the 2022 MotoGP, Yamaha “will never give up” on Morbidelli
28
Jul
Jul
Despite a challenging 2022 MotoGP season, Yamaha CEO Massimo Meregalli claims the Japanese manufacturer “would never give up on” putting Franco Morbidelli back to his race-winning speed from 2020. On his Petronas SRT-driven 2019-spec M1, Morbidelli was Yamaha’s top racer in 2020. The Italian won three races and lost the title to Suzuki’s Joan Mir. […]
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Jul
Jul
Alex Rins, a departing Suzuki racer, has formally agreed to a two-year contract with Honda to enter the LCR team in the MotoGP starting in 2023. When Suzuki revealed after the Spanish Grand Prix that it will stop competing in MotoGP at the completion of the 2022 season, three-time MotoGP world champion Rins was suddenly […]
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Jul
Jul
The mental burden of being a title challenger caused Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia to confess that he was “extremely fatigued” after the first part of the 2022 MotoGP season. After winning his first MotoGP race in April in Argentina, Espargaro’s 2022 season has been the best of his world championship driving career. Since then, he […]
28
Jul
Jul
After negotiating on a two-year contract with the Japanese manufacturer to compete for LCR, Alex Rins will enter Honda in MotoGP for the upcoming season. The stunning choice by Suzuki to leave MotoGP at the conclusion of the 2022 season placed the Spaniard onto the riding market. The three-time MotoGP champion had conversations with a number […]
28
Jul
Jul
Alvaro Bautista, who is now leading the World Superbike title, confesses that he comprehends MotoGP “less and less” and believes that the racer is no longer what separates one championship from another. With the trio winning all 15 races so far and sharing the podium 10 times, the WSBK season has evolved into a clear […]
28
Jul
Jul
The assumption that some courses are especially suitable for the Ducati MotoGP bike than others, according to Jack Miller, is now a thing of the past. Due to the Desmosedici’s understeer issues in the past, the Ducati often underperformed at locations where a bike with flexibility was required. And while Ducati keeps performing well on […]
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May
May
Fabio Quartararo, the defending MotoGP title holder, has slammed the idea of holding qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix when it did because the “conditions were extremely dangerous.” Qualifying took place on Saturday afternoon in the precipitation, with stewards waving rain flags as thunder rumbled over the Mugello circuit. Q1 started on wet tyres before […]
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May
May
Despite winning the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia thinks he needs to “be more like a machine” to clinch the 2022 MotoGP championship. Bagnaia earned two DNFs thus far in 2022, following wrecking out of the Qatar Grand Prix in March and scrapping for win with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini at the French […]