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Yamaha boss Paolo Pavesio has explained why he signed Jorge Martin to spearhead its 850cc programme, saying the 2024 MotoGP champion “made us feel wanted”.When Yamaha learned that its flagship rider Fabio Quartararo will leave the team at the end of their current contract to join...
The switch from Michelin to Pirelli tyres is arguably one of the biggest changes in MotoGP for the 2027 season. So far, there have been two official test days, held behind closed doors at Brno and Spielberg respectively on the Monday after the respective race weekends.Some of the...
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Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo believes MotoGP should have the same number of sprint events as Formula 1, amid plans to introduce a dedicated qualifying for half-distance races.MotoGP’s stakeholders are set to agree on a new weekend format for 2027 that would see each round feature tw...
The 2027 MotoGP calendar has been officially released, with Buenos Aires and Adelaide joining the schedule, Qatar moving up to the second round and five double-headers plus one triple-header.Next year's schedule features several new additions and the most international schedule i...
Toprak Razgatlioglu says he became so frustrated with a lack of grip on Michelin tyres that he considered pulling out of the Austrian Grand Prix, before electing to continue out of respect for Yamaha.Aside from a few flashes of pace, reigning World Superbike champion Razgatlioglu...
Fermin Aldeguer has undergone a surgery to have one of the screws that had been inserted into his left leg removed.The Gresini MotoGP rider suffered a femur fracture in early January, when he was preparing with a production bike at the Aspar Circuit in Valencia ahead of the MotoG...
Fabio di Giannantonio has expressed reservations about MotoGP’s sprint qualifying proposal, saying changes intended to improve the spectacle can sometimes come at the expense of riders’ health. Last week, Motorsport.com reported that MotoGP’s stakeholders are considering another...
Somkiat Chantra will return to MotoGP as stand-in for the injured Joan Mir at the Japanese Grand Prix at the factory Honda team.It was announced yesterday that Mir will miss the next two races, the Japanese and Indonesian rounds, which take place in early October.For the time bei...
Priorities meant that the teams first focused on deciding which rider line-ups they would put on track in 2027, a season in which many of the championship’s protagonists will change teams, before turning their attention to the less visible side of the operation, but one that is j...
On a tough weekend for Ducati in Austria, one of the few positives was a mild return to form for factory rider Francesco Bagnaia. The Italian has struggled in MotoGP since the summer break, awakening memories of his dramatic difficulties throughout most of 2025. Heading into Aust...
Jack Miller has conceded that he felt “quite embarrassed” after his pace dropped to ‘Bagger Cup level’ in the Austrian Grand Prix.While all Yamaha riders struggled for performance in what was one of the worst races of the season for the Japanese marque, Miller’s woes were compoun...
Marc Marquez believes Pedro Acosta has firmly entered the 2026 MotoGP title fight following his maiden premier-class victory at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix.Factory KTM rider Acosta ended his long wait for a first premier class win with a dominant performance from third on...
Honda rider Joan Mir remains sidelined and will not take part in the Japanese or the Indonesian Grands Prix, the Tokyo-based team announced on Tuesday.The 2020 world champion retired on the fifth lap of the San Marino GP race, held last 13 September, travelling to Barcelona that...
Pedro Acosta's KTM crew chief Paul Trevathan says his rider can still improve following his first MotoGP win on Sunday - but dares not think about just how much potential lies untapped. It was an emotional win for Trevathan and Acosta, who described the New Zealander as a father...
Until this weekend, KTM's last MotoGP victory had come courtesy of Miguel Oliveira, in the 2022 Thai Grand Prix - a race heavily affected by rain. That same Sunday at Buriram, Pedro Acosta finished 16th in the Moto2 race. It was his first season in the intermediate class, before...
Luca Marini admitted that he is fortunate to have avoided serious consequences after flying debris from Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha struck him in the chest at the Austrian Grand Prix.Qualifying a distant 15th on the grid, Marini spent much of Sunday’s race outside points-scoring po...
The Austrian Grand Prix marked a shift from MotoGP’s established order, as a manufacturer that had been fighting for its survival just one-and-a-half years ago claimed a thoroughly deserved win.The championship lead changed hands once again as track characteristics and tyres play...
Maverick Vinales will put his injured left shoulder to the test at the Red Bull Ring on Monday to assess whether he can return to action at next month’s Japanese Grand Prix.The Tech3 rider has stepped up his physical preparation in recent weeks and rode a road-going sports bike a...
Pedro Acosta told himself that another crash in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix could see him reach the end of his third MotoGP season without a grand prix victory. Having thrown away a certain win in the sprint race a day earlier, the pressure was high on Acosta to build on his pra...
World championship leader Jorge Martin has confirmed that he will not undergo any surgery for arm pump in the foreseeable future.This follows the Aprilia rider getting through a physically demanding Austrian Grand Prix without any major recurrence of the issue that had destroyed...
Marc Marquez said he considered pulling out of the Austrian Grand Prix at one stage as brake issues significantly hampered his performance in Sunday’s MotoGP race.The factory Ducati rider started from the front row of the grid but finished a distant fifth at the end of a topsy-tu...
There has never been much doubt about Pedro Acosta’s quality or talent, but since making his MotoGP debut three years ago, he had been waiting for KTM to give him a bike to challenge for a grand prix win.That wait finally ended at the Red Bull Ring, KTM’s home circuit, where Acos...
Pedro Acosta claimed his maiden MotoGP victory with a dominant performance at the Austrian Grand Prix, while Jorge Martin extended his points lead over Marc Marquez with second.Lining up fourth on the grid, Acosta dropped to fifth at the start but quickly recovered lost ground, p...
Leaving aside private tests with test riders, the 2026 MotoGP testing calendar had two dates scheduled for race riders to have a first contact with the new Pirelli tyres, which in 2027 will replace the current supplier.The first of these tests took place on the Monday after the C...