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. […]
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Following his maiden top ten MotoGP finish in the Indonesian Grand Prix, RNF Racing rookie Darryn Binder believes he “doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone.” With a propensity for too aggressive riding in the lightweight class, the South African is the rookie under the most pressure, having made the jump directly from Moto3 in […]
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Following the tragic accident in Indonesia that left him with vision impairments, Honda has confirmed that Marc Marquez will miss this weekend’s MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix. When the rear of his Honda let go around the fast Turn 7 right-hander during the warm-up practise for the Indonesian GP on Sunday, the six-time MotoGP world cup […]
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Mar
Miguel Oliveira of KTM claims his push to win in the wet MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix on Sunday was “emotionally a rollercoaster.” On circuit five of the rain-soaked inaugural MotoGP race at the Mandalika International Street Circuit, the Portuguese rider moved up from eighth on the grid to grab the lead. Due to bad weather, […]
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Due to strong rain conditions, the 2022 MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix has been postponed, with the Mandalika International Street Circuit submerged. The comeback of MotoGP to Indonesia for the first time since 1997 has been postponed indefinitely as torrential rain pelted the Mandalika circuit only half an hour before the race was scheduled to start. […]
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Mar
Fabio Quartararo’s aggressive overtaking at the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix was deemed “unnecessary” by Ducati’s Jack Miller, however, Quartararo “doesn’t care” about the Australian’s objections. Miller overtook Quartararo in the beginning stages of Sunday’s shorter Mandalika race to take the lead for a brief while before being passed by defending champion Miguel Oliveira on the KTM. […]
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Enea Bastianini: After a challenging rainy race, the lead in MotoGP points is “not important”
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Mar
Mar
Enea Bastianini of Gresini Racing claims that the fact that he is still in first place in the MotoGP rankings after the Indonesian Grand Prix is “not really noteworthy” after a difficult rainy race. After finishing eleventh in the rain-soaked Indonesian Grand Prix, the Qatar Grand Prix champion has a two-point title lead over KTM’s […]
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Mar
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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Mar
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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Mar
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 […]