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Ducati MotoGP team manager Davide Tardozzi says losing up to 12 points would be an acceptable outcome at the Indonesian Grand Prix this weekend. He was referring primarily to lead factory rider Marc Marquez, who is in the thick of the world championship fight but does not have a...
Enea Bastianini has framed his stellar Japanese Grand Prix performance as a breakthrough moment in a difficult couple of years. The Tech3 KTM rider has battled since leaving the factory Ducati squad at the end of 2024, with highlights few and far between. But he set the track ali...
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MotoGP’s championship leader Jorge Martin claimed pole position in a thrilling qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix, beating Marc Marquez to the top spot by a tenth of a second.Martin had been the slower of the two factory Aprilia riders for much of the weekend, but he upped the...
Marc Marquez says he will go on the “attack” from Saturday onwards at the Japanese Grand Prix, admitting he faces a deficit to KTM rival Pedro Acosta.A year after wrapping up his seventh MotoGP title at Motegi, the factory Ducati rider ended the opening day of running in third pl...
Alex Rins joked he 'shat his pants' when Jack Miller leaned on the bike while giving him a taxi ride back to the pitlane at the end of Friday Practice for the Japanese Grand Prix.Rins’s factory Yamaha bike ran out of fuel shortly after he crossed the finish line in the hour-long...
Japan marks the start of the Asia-Pacific leg of the 2026 MotoGP season, with five races scheduled over the next six weeks.Francesco Bagnaia won the 2025 Japanese GP aboard the factory Ducati, but the track has been completely resurfaced since then, making any comparisons to last...
As previously revealed by Motorsport.com, Honda confirmed on Thursday that Red Bull will return as a sponsor of its factory MotoGP team, four years after the energy drinks brand used Marc Marquez's departure as a way out of its agreement with HRC.Red Bull and Monster, the two lea...
Francesco Bagnaia does not expect to repeat his Japanese Grand Prix victory this year, saying a “top seven” finish is the most he can hope for.The factory Ducati rider dominated last year’s MotoGP weekend at Motegi, qualifying his bike on pole position and winning both races in c...
Pedro Acosta’s decision to join Ducati for MotoGP 2027 was motivated by a desire to beat Marc Marquez on the same machinery rather than a more lucrative contract, according to his current team KTM.Acosta will replace three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia at the factory Duca...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Marc Marquez says his lack of speed in the Austrian Grand Prix week so far is entirely down to a specific tyre rear casing Michelin has brought for the Red Bull Ring.After scoring back-to-back double wins at Aragon and Misano, the factory Ducati rider has been on the back foot th...
Jorge Martin has admitted that he is “scared” about potentially needing surgery after developing arm pump at last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.The factory Aprilia rider was leading at Misano when his pace spectacularly collapsed because of the condition, leaving him a distant...
Pedro Acosta completed a perfect first day at KTM's home race as the factory star headed the way in Practice at the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday. Acosta, who is seeking his first MotoGP win before leaving KTM at the end of the year, will be joined in Q2 on Saturday by joint cham...
The Austrian Grand Prix marks KTM's home event, with Pol Espargaro backing factory rider Pedro Acosta for the top spot on Sunday. But while the RC16 is expected to perform well at the Red Bull Ring, the fight for victory is likely to come down to Ducati and Aprilia.Out of the two...
Francesco Bagnaia has hit back at a video in which he appeared to claim Ducati was preventing him from fine-tuning his bike, insisting his comments were “completely taken out of context”. After another disastrous race at Misano last weekend, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was seen...
Alex Marquez believes his brother Marc Marquez was never at risk of losing the lead of the San Marino Grand Prix, saying the factory Ducati MotoGP rider was “playing” with his rivals.In the closing stages of Sunday’s MotoGP race at Misano, the top three riders were separated by j...
Marc Marquez admitted that his MotoGP title rivals have handed him a “present” in recent races after taking the championship lead at the San Marino Grand Prix.The factory Ducati rider romped to victory at Misano on Sunday after polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the openin...
Jorge Martin dropped from first to fifth place in the San Marino Grand Prix due to arm pump, the factory Aprilia rider has revealed, with the problem serious enough for him to consider surgery.The Spaniard emerged as a surprise victory contender in Sunday’s MotoGP race at Misano...
Marco Bezzecchi will start MotoGP's San Marino Grand Prix from pole position after setting a new lap record in Saturday's qualifying session.The factory Aprilia rider smashed the Misano circuit record to clinch his second consecutive pole position, and fourth overall of the seaso...
Marco Bezzecchi smashed the Misano circuit record to claim his second consecutive pole position of the 2026 MotoGP season at the San Marino Grand Prix.The factory Aprilia rider posted an incredible time of 1m29.982s on his first run in qualifying, beating reigning MotoGP champion...
Marco Bezzecchi says he was not ‘worried’ to see Jorge Martin so far down the order in Practice for the San Marino Grand Prix, as he backed his Aprilia squadmates to bounce back on Saturday.While Bezzecchi came close to breaking the lap record in Practice aboard the factory RS-GP...