Even though he broke a three-year pole-sitting streak at Motegi on Saturday, Marc Marquez indicates the Japanese Grand Prix is “not the time” to consider trying to win a comeback MotoGP race. Even through challenging seasons and recovery phases, passionate supporters sporting Marc Marquez fan gear continue to turn Grand Prix grandstands into a sea of […]
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When it comes to MotoGP racing predictions, Marquez is known as the “boy who cries wolf”
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Sep
Sep
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
Sep
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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Sep
Sep
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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In line for a Mercedes F1 test, Fabio Quartararo said, “I hope to get in the car soon”
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Jul
Jul
Fabio Quartararo, the current MotoGP winner, may be scheduled for a final-quarter F1 test with Mercedes. Quartararo might become the next to switch from two wheels to four in a special test with Mercedes, perhaps after in the footsteps of nine-time former champion Valentino Rossi, who raced a Ferrari F1 car on many times while still […]
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Valentino Rossi is given an unexpected tribute – a gigantic helmet that set a new world record
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Jul
Jul
Valentino Rossi displayed a model of a helmet that is now the largest in the world, shattering the Guinness record. Near Rossi’s hometown in Italy’s Pesaro is where the enormous helmet is located. The helmet, which is four metres high by six metres long, is currently listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Riccardo Sivelli […]
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Jul
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 […]
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Despite difficulties with the 2022 MotoGP, Yamaha “will never give up” on Morbidelli
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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 […]