MotoGP

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez made his first public press appearance since July last Monday at Honda’s launch event and offered an update on his injury situation. The Spaniard has been out of action since his aborted comeback attempt at the second round of the 2020 season at Jerez just days after surgery on

The Spaniard has been out of action since his aborted comeback attempt at the second round of the 2020 season at Jerez just days after surgery on the arm he broke in the Spanish Grand Prix. A further two surgeries later and Marquez’s arm is finally beginning to show signs of healing, with Marquez taking

The Pramac Ducati MotoGP squad has pulled the covers off of its 2021 livery, which will be raced by its all-new line-up of Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin. This will be Pramac’s 19th season in the premier class as a standalone team (it did race in 2004, but in conjunction with the Pons team) and

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez insists he “never thought I will not race again” during his injury layoff in 2020 after breaking his arm at the Spanish Grand Prix. Marquez broke the humerus in his right arm in a crash in the latter stages of the opening round of the 2020 season and wouldn’t

The Pramac Racing team will present their new duo, composed of Johann Zarco and Jorge Martin, this Monday 22 February. Johann Zarco fans have only a few more hours to wait before seeing him for the first time with the Pramac Racing suit. Transferred from the Esponsorama Racing team after his good 2020 season, the

League One English football club MK Dons will sport a special one-off shirt this weekend in its fixture against Oxford United celebrating Joan Mir’s 2020 MotoGP world championship victory. Mir ended a 20-year title drought for Suzuki last year when he won the 2020 MotoGP crown with a race to spare, having amassed one grand

Marquez broke the humerus in his right arm in a crash in the latter stages of the opening round of the 2020 season and wouldn’t race again following an aborted comeback attempt at the Andalusian GP. Following a second operation to fix the plate inserted into his arm during his first surgery – which broke

Fausto Gresini passed away on Thursday February 23 due to health problems linked to his Covid-19 infection. In 2017, he told his story in an interview delivered to MotoGP.com. The opportunity to immerse yourself in the life of the Italian driver and sporting director, with this story told by Dorna. “Above all, I dreamed of

Double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini has died at the age of 60 in hospital in Italy after a two-month battle with COVID-19. The Italian was taken ill with the virus just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola. As his condition worsened, he was transferred to

Tributes to double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Fausto Gresini have flooded in from the MotoGP paddock following his death on Tuesday. Gresini was taken ill with COVID-19 just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola, before being transferred to a specialist COVID care ward in Bologna. On Tuesday, the

Gresini was taken ill with COVID-19 just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola, before being transferred to a specialist COVID care ward in Bologna. On Tuesday, the Gresini team announced the Italian had lost his two-month battle with COVID at the age of 60. Dorna Sports’ CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta led tributes

It’s a sad day for the world of motorcycle racing and Grand Prix racing. Fausto Gresini, a former driver who has been turned into a team boss, died on Tuesday, February 23, almost two months after contracting Covid-19. Dorna Sports press release: Unfortunately, the news broke this Tuesday morning. After a long fight, the Covid-19

The Italian was taken ill with the virus just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola. As his condition worsened, he was transferred to a specialist COVID care ward in Bologna, where he remained up to his death. Having initially been put into a coma and onto assisted breathing, Gresini showed signs

The factory Honda MotoGP team has unwrapped its 2021 challenger at an event with new rider Pol Espargaro and six-time world champion Marc Marquez. HRC’s 2021 factory launch event signalled Marquez’s first public appearance in Repsol colours since aborting his comeback from a broken arm during last July’s Andalusian Grand Prix. Marquez will be joined

The two events, both run by the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, traditionally sit at opposite ends of their respective schedules, with Albert Park opening the F1 season in March and Phillip Island hosting MotoGP in October. However, ongoing travel restrictions due to the pandemic have forced the postponement of this year’s F1 race, which is

Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez admits he doesn’t know when he will make his return to racing from injury, and confirms he will not ride in the Qatar test. The Honda rider broke his right humerus in a crash during last July’s Spanish Grand Prix, and has been out of action since making an

HRC’s factory launch event signalled Marquez’s first public appearance in Repsol colours since aborting his comeback from a broken arm during last July’s Andalusian Grand Prix. Marquez will be joined by 2013 Moto2 world champion Espargaro, who joins from a four-year stint with KTM and marks HRC’s third different factory team rider in as many

The Honda rider broke his right humerus in a crash during last July’s Spanish Grand Prix, and has been out of action since making an aborted comeback at the following week’s Andalusian GP having just undergone surgery. Marquez has had two operations since, the latest in December – where he underwent a bone graft –

An Australian official Ducati MotoGP rider: this will be the story of Jack Miller in 2021, but this is not the first time this has happened. He takes over from Troy Bayliss (2003-2004) and Casey Stoner (2007-2010). Australian fever has gripped Ducati again. After fielding an official 100% Italian team in 2019 and 2020 (Danilo

Team Suzuki Ecstar have confirmed that the new colors of Joan Mir and Alex Rins will be unveiled on March 6, on the sidelines of the Losail test. Will the Suzuki Monster Energy imagined by @MotogpLivery (Twitter) in June 2020 come true? The answer will be known on March 6 at 10 am, the time

Fourth season at LCR Honda Idemitsu and fourth showing for Takaaki Nakagami, still dressed in red and white in 2021. This year, the team has added a touch of gold to the fairings of its RC213V. Here are the first photos. LCR with Honda until 2022, and more if affinities Cecchinello: “Nakagami has shown he

Nakagami will once again carry the colours of petroleum company Idemitsu in his fourth season in the premier class, having made his debut with the Honda satellite squad in 2018. The Japanese rider enjoyed his best campaign so far in 2020, claiming pole position in the Teruel GP and coming close to a maiden podium

The LCR team has pulled the covers off Alex Marquez’s 2021 MotoGP challenger, as the 2019 Moto2 world champion joins the Honda satellite squad this season. Marquez was extracted from his Marc VDS Moto2 contract and placed at the factory Honda squad for 2020 after triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement during

Alex Marquez admits there was a stage in his rookie MotoGP season where he had to stop his world champion brother Marc giving him advice as it became too much. The 2019 Moto2 world champion stepped up to the factory Honda squad in 2020 and was meant to partner his six-time title-winning brother Marc Marquez

Marquez was extracted from his Marc VDS Moto2 contract and placed at the factory Honda squad for 2020 after triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo announced his retirement during the final race weekend of 2019. Despite an initially difficult start to his rookie season, Marquez would turn into one of Honda’s leading lights, scoring the

MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini is once again in a critical condition and in a medically induced coma as he continues to battle COVID-19 in hospital in Italy. The double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss was hospitalised with COVID-19 on 27 December, with his time in a specialist care unit in Bologna

Bradley Smith has yet to be officially ruled out of the Aprilia MotoGP adventure. He’s waiting for the decision and doesn’t want to be a test pilot. Meanwhile, he prepares for the launch of a team in the Spanish league. Who, Bradley Smith or Lorenzo Savadori, will be nominated by Aprilia alongside Aleix Espargaro for

Morbidelli is the only one of Yamaha’s four riders in 2021 not to have factory-supported current-spec machinery, with the Italian remaining on the lesser ‘A-spec’ M1. This is despite scoring three of Yamaha’s seven grand prix victories last year and finishing the campaign as its top rider, 13 points from the title in second and

Born on February 17, 1993, Marc Marquez turns 28 at the dawn of the 2021 season. Valentino Rossi was the same age at the start of the 2007 season. Where was he at this point in his career? Which of the two champions is ahead of the other? Despite losing the 2020 season unsuccessful due

Yamaha MotoGP team boss Lin Jarvis says 2020 championship runner-up Franco Morbidelli deserves a factory-spec M1, but it simply wasn’t possible to give him one for 2021. Morbidelli is the only one of Yamaha’s four riders in 2021 not to have factory-supported current-spec machinery, with the Italian remaining on the lesser ‘A-spec’ M1. This is