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Ex-Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio has revealed the Japanese marque reached out to him through Facebook to enquire if Valentino Rossi would be interested in joining for its MotoGP comeback. Brivio helmed Suzuki’s MotoGP squad from 2013 to 2020, guiding it back to world championship status again last season with Joan Mir, before announcing his

MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini remains in a “fragile” condition as he battles COVID-19 in hospital in Italy, but doctors says his recent progress has offered a “more optimistic” prognosis. The double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss was taken ill with COVID-19 just before Christmas and was taken to hospital in Imola.

KTM has revealed its first pictures of double MotoGP race winner Miguel Oliveira as part of its factory team line-up for 2021 alongside Brad Binder. Oliveira made his MotoGP debut in 2019 with KTM at the satellite Tech3 squad, remaining with Herve Poncharal’s outfit in 2020 despite being asked to step up to the Austrian

The 2021 MotoGP season will begin with back-to-back races in Qatar followed by the Portuguese Grand Prix in April as part of COVID-19-enforced changes to the calendar. MotoGP issued a provisional 20-race calendar for 2021 late last year, though delays and postponements were expected as the COVID-19 situation worsened across the world over the winter.

Gresini MotoGP boss Fausto Gresini remains in intensive care with COVID-19 as his condition remains “serious” due to his lungs being “hit hard” by the virus. The double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss took ill just before Christmas and was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola. Due to his worsening condition he

Ducati will remain in MotoGP until at least 2026 after signing a new agreement with organisers Dorna Sports. The new deal covers the 2022 to 2026 MotoGP world championship seasons, with the Italian manufacturer becoming the second marque to confirm its long-term motorcycle grand prix racing plans after KTM reconfirmed its place in MotoGP until

Marc Marquez’s crew chief Santi Hernandez says Stefan Bradl “would make much more sense” to stand-in for the injured six-time MotoGP world champion again in 2021 than Andrea Dovizioso. Marquez has been absent since breaking his right arm in last year’s Spanish Grand Prix and has since undergone three operations to correct the injury –

Pol Espargaro reckons he will be “super nervous” ahead of his first test on the Honda MotoGP bike, calling it a moment he has always “been trying to imagine”. The 2013 Moto2 world champion joins the factory Honda squad for 2021 following a four-year stint with KTM from 2017-2020, during which time he scored six

Share this article on Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Alpine finally confirmed on Sunday ex-Suzuki MotoGP boss Davide Brivio’s appointment to its Formula 1 team as racing director. News of Brivio’s departure from Suzuki – as first reported by Autosport – sent shockwaves around the MotoGP paddock, not least as it comes just months after he

Three-time 500cc world champion Wayne Rainey doesn’t believe his arch MotoGP rival Kevin Schwantz gets enough credit for his “tremendous” 1993 title win. Rainey and Schwantz’s rivalry in the 500cc era of MotoGP in the late 1980s and early 1990s is one of motorcycle racing’s most iconic. From 1990-1992, Rainey won the premier class crown

Suzuki MotoGP project leader Shinichi Sahara says the marque will be “more united than ever” in the wake of team manager Davide Brivio’s shock exit. The Japanese manufacturer announced last week Brivio would be stepping down from his role as team manager after eight years, with Autosport revealing he is set to become CEO of

MotoGP has confirmed two extra days of testing and a shakedown have been added to the schedule in Qatar in March following the cancellation of the Sepang test. Earlier this week, MotoGP announced it had cancelled what was set to be the opening three-day pre-season test of 2021 at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia after

MotoGP race winner Alex Rins admits he initially thought team boss Davide Brivio’s exit from Suzuki “was a joke” when the Italian told him of his decision. Suzuki confirmed last week long-time team manager Brivio would be leaving the Japanese manufacturer having helmed the squad for the past eight years. This came days after Autosport

MotoGP teams will meet online with Dorna Sports and the FIM on Thursday to discuss the possibility of moving the date of the 2021 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix. On Tuesday MotoGP announced it had cancelled the Sepang pre-season test in Malaysia after a state of emergency due to an escalation in COVID-19 cases in the

MotoGP’s opening pre-season test of 2021 due to take place in Malaysia next month has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MotoGP had been due to hold its now traditional two three-day pre-season tests in Malaysia at the Sepang International Circuit on 19-21 February and in Qatar at the Losail International Circuit on 10-12

The Suzuki MotoGP squad will not sign anyone to the role of team manager to replace Formula 1-bound Davide Brivio in 2021, Autosport understands. Autosport revealed last week Brivio was to leave his post at Suzuki to take on the role of CEO of the Alpine F1 team this year. Suzuki confirmed Brivio’s departure from

Gresini MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini’s condition is “improving” in hospital in Italy as he continues his fight with COVID-19. The double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss was taken ill with COVID-19 just prior to the Christmas break, before being admitted to hospital in Imola. He was transferred to a specialist COVID care

Andrea Dovizioso has laid the blame for his exit from the factory Ducati MotoGP team in 2021 after eight years on his strained relationship with Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. Dovizioso – who will take a sabbatical in 2021 – announced during last August’s Austrian Grand Prix weekend that he would not be renewing his

MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini’s condition remains serious as he continues to battle COVID-19, but is now conscious and stable in hospital. The veteran team boss and double 125cc world champion was taken ill just before the Christmas break when he tested positive for the virus. Gresini was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola as

Suzuki’s MotoGP squad has confirmed the departure of team boss Davide Brivio, ahead of his imminent switch to the Alpine Formula 1 team. As exclusively revealed by Autosport on Wednesday, Brivio is to make a surprise move to Alpine to become its CEO as part of a management restructure. While Alpine’s parent company Renault has

Gresini MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini is no longer in a medically induced coma due to COVID-19, but remains sedated and on mechanical ventilation. The veteran MotoGP team boss and 125cc world champion tested positive for the virus just before the Christmas break, before being admitted to hospital in Imola on 27 December. As his

Suzuki MotoGP project leader Shinichi Sahara says Davide Brivio’s decision to leave his role as team manager for a switch to Formula 1 with Alpine “was shocking” to him. On Wednesday, Autosport exclusively revealed Brivio would be leaving his role at Suzuki to become CEO of the Alpine F1 team in 2021. On Thursday morning

Gresini MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini’s condition remains serious but stable after he was hospitalised in late December following a positive COVID-19 test. Gresini tested positive for the virus just before Christmas and was hospitalised in Imola on 27 December. The veteran MotoGP team boss’ condition deteriorated, which necessitated him being transferred to a specialist

Andrea Dovizioso has named ex-Honda team-mate Casey Stoner as the “most talented by far” rival he faced in MotoGP. Fifteen-time MotoGP race winner Dovizioso will take a sabbatical from MotoGP in 2021 after quitting Ducati, with whom he had raced with since 2013. Dovizioso partnered double MotoGP world champion Stoner at the works Honda squad

Gresini MotoGP boss Fausto Gresini’s condition has shown signs of “slightly improving” in hospital having been placed into a medically induced coma due to COVID-19 The veteran MotoGP team boss was admitted to hospital on 27 December in Imola, Italy, after testing positive for COVID-19 just before Christmas. He was subsequently transferred to a hospital

Tech3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal admits he got “a little bit angry” when rumours of Andrea Dovizioso replacing Iker Lecuona for 2021 emerged during the 2020 season. Lecuona was drafted in to take the place intended for Brad Binder at Tech3 in 2020 when KTM opted to move the South African into its factory

MotoGP is working with the Malaysian government to allow the paddock to go to the first pre-season test without having to serve a minimum quarantine period. Travel restrictions remain in place worldwide heading into 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries tightening their borders in the wake of the spread of a new variant

Johann Zarco says his future Pramac Ducati MotoGP team-mate Jorge Martin “will have the talent to really adapt” to the premier class when he steps up in 2021. Autosport first reported earlier this year that Ducati had come to an arrangement with Moto2 race winner Martin to bring him into its fold at Pramac for

MotoGP is working with the Malaysian government to allow the paddock to go to the first pre-season test without having to serve a minimum quarantine period. Travel restrictions remain in place worldwide heading into 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries tightening their borders in the wake of the spread of a new variant

Gresini team boss Fausto Gresini has been hospitalised with COVID-19 in Italy having fallen ill shortly before Christmas. The veteran team owner tested positive for the virus last week and was hospitalised on 27 December at the Sant Maria della Scaletta in Imola. However, an update from the Gresini team says he was transported to