Category Archives: MotoGP

The victory was as straightforward as they come for Vinales, the Yamaha rider taking the lead on the opening lap and never looking back.His final margin was three seconds over Marquez, the world champion using a sublime opening few laps to recover from…

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Oliveira damaged the tendon in his shoulder when he was hit by Johann Zarco at the British GP back in August, that injury further aggravated by his high-speed practice crash at Phillip Island last week.After missing the Australian race he travelled to …

It was Morbidelli that spent the majority of the session on top, a 1m59.922s setting the early pace before he improved with a 1m59.832s.Mir then took over with a two-lap stint inside the last few minutes, the Spaniard jumping to the top with a 1m59.747…

Marquez followed Petronas SRT rider Quartararo on their first run in Q2 and tried to do the same in the latter stages of the session.The Honda rider tried to go with Quartararo when he opened up his final flying lap, but suffered a violent highside at …

Quartararo set new lap records in both of Friday’s sessions and was already targeted by Marquez in the early stages of Q2 to be used as a reference.The Petronas Yamaha rider tried to bolt from pitlane for his second run, but Marquez was able to follow …

The Frenchman put in a blinding 1m58.303 right at the flag to nab pole from fellow Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales.The lap is the fastest ever set on a MotoGP race weekend at the Sepang circuit, and came so late that Vinales was already celebrating, thin…

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The Italian jumped into the top spot with nine of the 45 minutes to go, his initial benchmark a 1m59.074s.He then improved to a 1m58.761s during a frantic final run, enough to hold off Quartararo by a couple of tenths.It’s the Frenchman, however, that …

On Friday, it was confirmed that Quartararo would join teammate Franco Morbidelli in having machine parity with works Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales next season.In recent month SRT title sponsor Petronas has made no secret that it h…

Oliveira suffered some tendon damage in his shoulder when he was wiped out by Johann Zarco during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in August.He aggravated the same shoulder in a 186mph crash during FP4 last weekend in Australia, which ultimately f…

Having lowered the official MotoGP benchmark to a 1m59.027s this morning, the Frenchman was in record-breaking form again in second practice.Not only did he become the first rider under the 1m59s on a race weekend, he did it comfortably with a stunning…

The Petronas SRT rider will make the step up in hardware off the back of an impressive rookie campaign on the B-spec bike, which has featured six podiums and four poles.The Frenchman currently sits sixth in the standings, one spot clear of factory team…

The Frenchman won out of a Petronas Yamaha shootout in the closing stages of the 45-minute session, pipping Franco Morbidelli by 0.083s.The tiny margin was enough to leave Quartararo on the right side of the lap record, his 1m59.027s a new race weekend…

Lorenzo has endured a nightmare season aboard the Honda RC213V, struggling with injuries and a general lack of confidence with the bike, and has finished no higher than 11th so far.He has amassed a total of 23 points in 13 races, and is guaranteed to f…

Encountering tricky conditions throughout the weekend as he tried to learn the 2018-spec RC213V, Zarco showed flashes of speed and ended up just 26 seconds from the victory in 13th spot. His debut Honda weekend performance split opinion in the paddock,…

Rabat injured his right hand in a training incident in the lead-up to Motegi, which led to him skipping both qualifying and the race in Japan, where he had already picked up a penalty for exceeding the number of engines allowed during a season.Read Als…

Honda rider Marquez won a sixth premier class title in seven years with four races to spare in Thailand, and is currently 135 points clear of second-placed Dovizioso in the standings ahead of this weekend’s penultimate round in Malaysia.Dovizioso says …

With two races still to run in 2019, Rossi sits seventh in the standings with 153 points having scored just two podiums so far, putting him on course for his worst season in Yamaha colours and his least competitive since his two-year stint with Ducati …

Zarco made his debut on the Honda last week in Australia in place of the injured Takaaki Nakagami, and ended the race 26 seconds from the victory in 13th – around six seconds closer than he managed in his last KTM outing at Misano.Setting himself a tar…

By finishing seventh in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, Dovizioso moved 57 points clear of Suzuki rider Alex Rins and therefore assured himself of second in this year’s riders’ standings behind dominant champion Marc Marquez.But the Italian said his la…

Nakagami opted to skip the final three rounds of the year in Australia, Malaysia and Valencia, making his final appearance of the 2019 campaign at his home race in Japan.There, he struggled to 16th place, admitting the pain in his shoulder – caused by …

Marc Marquez already sealed his sixth riders’ title earlier this month at Buriram, and two weeks later he put the manufacturers’ prize beyond reach of Honda’s rivals at Motegi.The Spaniard’s latest victory in Australia last weekend means that the Repso…

At a track where he had finished on the podium twice in his three previous visits, Iannone worked his way up from eighth on the grid to lead the pack at Phillip Island on lap three.After he grabbed the advantage at MG Corner, the Italian’s time out fro…

Following some early battles, Vinales and Marquez pulled in front on lap 10 of 27 in Australia, and rapidly pulled away from the rest of the field.Despite topping qualifying, warm-up and three of four practices, Vinales was unable to shake Marquez off,…

Zarco made his first of three outings as Takaaki Nakagami’s replacement on Team LCR’s year-old Honda in the Australian Grand Prix, having been dropped with immediate effect from KTM after the Misano round last month.With limited dry running at Phillip …

Rossi had taken the lead at the start of what was his 400th grand prix appearance, but could only keep first place for three laps before he was overtaken by Cal Crutchlow and several others in quick succession.The 40-year-old was part of the group figh…

The LCR Honda rider shattered his right ankle when he fell during practice at Phillip Island’s first corner last year, with the injury so severe his career hung in the balance.He led in the early stages of the 2019 edition of the event from sixth on th…

Yamaha rider Vinales led the majority of the race but Marc Marquez was right behind him all along and the Honda man passed him on the main straight as the final lap began.Vinales knew that Marquez is waiting for the last lap to make his move, and said …