MotoGP

MotoGP moves on to Portimao for its final round of the 2020 season, the Portuguese Grand Prix, after Joan Mir wrapped up the riders’ title. Mir completed his stunning world title charge by securing seventh place at last weekend’s Valencia GP and with it sufficient points to seal the championship with a round to spare.

Honda’s Alex Marquez says new MotoGP world champion Joan Mir was “more intelligent and more regular” than the rest of the field in 2020. Mir was crowned the 2020 world champion last Sunday at the Valencia Grand Prix after coming home a safe seventh after starting from 12th. The Suzuki rider put one hand on

MotoGP world champion Joan Mir says his respectful rivalry with team-mate Alex Rins was “part of the success” Suzuki has been able to enjoy in 2020. Mir was crowned MotoGP champion with a round to spare last time out at the Valencia Grand Prix, after crossing the line in a safe seventh. The world champion

KTM test rider Mika Kallio will replace Iker Lecuona at Tech3 in the final round of the 2020 MotoGP season in Portugal. Lecuona missed the European GP earlier this month after being forced into a 10-day quarantine when his brother and assistant tested positive for coronavirus. The Spanish rider was initially cleared to take part

Honda’s Alex Marquez has said his injured left wrist suffered in a violent MotoGP qualifying crash was “sleeping” during the Valencia Grand Prix and it “difficult to finish the race”. Marquez was thrown from his RC213V during the opening stages of Q1 on Saturday at Turn 11 and struck the ground with an impact of

Valentino Rossi believes more than simply having a good test team, Yamaha needs to have a “serious” testing programme if it is to improve its troubled MotoGP challenger. Yamaha is the manufacturer with the most wins this season, having tallied up seven from the 13 grands prix run so far. But three of those have

Suzuki team boss Davide Brivio said he only started to think about winning the 2020 MotoGP world championship when Joan Mir took the points lead at the Aragon Grand Prix. Mir became Suzuki’s first MotoGP champion since Kenny Roberts Jr in 2000 when he sealed his maiden premier class crown in last Sunday’s Valencia Grand

Joan Mir ended a 20-year wait for Suzuki in Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix when he won the 2020 MotoGP world championship. The 23-year-old’s rise to MotoGP title glory was rapid, making his Moto3 debut in 2016 before winning the title the year after. A single season in Moto2 gave way to his MotoGP debut last

Suzuki’s Joan Mir said he struggled more than at any other MotoGP race in 2020 during a “nightmare” Valencia Grand Prix, despite securing a maiden premier class crown. Mir finished the penultimate round of the campaign in a safe seventh position having started from 12th, which was enough to secure him the MotoGP title and

Maverick Vinales concedes Yamaha “didn’t have anything” to fight for the MotoGP title in the latter part of the season, following Joan Mir’s championship success at the Valencia Grand Prix. Suzuki ride Mir finished Sunday’s race in seventh to clinch the 2020 title with a round to spare and a gap of 29 points. Vinales

Fabio Quartararo admits he hasn’t had a good feeling on his Petronas SRT Yamaha since the Le Mans race last month after crashing out of the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix. Quartararo was forced into a recovery ride when he ran off track at Turn 2 on the opening lap of Sunday’s race, before crashing out

Snipers Honda’s Tony Arbolino won the Valencia Grand Prix to set up a three-rider Moto3 title finale in Portugal, with Albert Arenas’ championship lead now seven points after finishing fourth. Despite missing the first Aragon round due to a COVID-19-enforced quarantine, Arbolino is now just 11 points adrift of Arenas after claiming his first win

Honda MotoGP rider Alex Marquez has escaped with a bone marrow edema in his left hand following his violent crash in qualifying for the Valencia Grand Prix. Marquez suffered a vicious highside in the opening stages of Q1 at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit’s Turn 11 right-hander, landing heavily on his backside. Despite being slow to

Valencia Grand Prix polesitter Franco Morbidelli admits “we still need to aim” for the 2020 MotoGP title despite his very slim hopes. Morbidelli trails Suzuki’s Joan Mir by 45 points in the standings with a maximum of 50 up for grabs across the final two rounds. The Petronas SRT rider qualified on pole with a

Petronas SRT’s Franco Morbidelli dominated a tense third practice for the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix as both Alex Rins and Fabio Quartararo missed the Q2 cut. A light sprinkling of rain ahead of the session posed a potential problem for those outside of the top 10 on combined times looking to bag a place in

Fabio Quartararo admits Friday at the MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix was “one of the worst days of the season”, after finishing 16th overall on his Petronas SRT Yamaha. Quartararo’s championship hopes are all but gone following a crash last weekend in the European GP, in which he remounted to take a lowly 14th place, while

Cal Crutchlow says he “knew I’d made the right decision” to stop racing in MotoGP in 2021 and become Yamaha’s test rider upon seeing his daughter’s reaction to the news. Yamaha confirmed on Friday morning Crutchlow would replace Jorge Lorenzo as its official test rider in 2021. Crutchlow had been linked to a race seat

KTM MotoGP rider Brad Binder says it was “cool to see” Andrea Dovizioso’s comments about him following last Sunday’s European Grand Prix. Binder recovered from an early long lap penalty – a legacy of his clash with Jack Miller at the Teruel GP last month – to beat Dovizioso in the closing stages to finish

Pol Espargaro says he is not “super nervous” to score his maiden MotoGP win with KTM in 2020, admitting his best chance of victory might already be gone. Espargaro has been a part of KTM’s MotoGP team since its first season in 2017 and has been widely hailed for his role in turning the Austrian

Andrea Dovizioso explained his decision not to sign for Aprilia as a MotoGP race rider in 2021 was because the marque currently isn’t “the situation I need for my career”. Dovizioso confirmed on Tuesday he would be taking a sabbatical in 2021, having not found the right project for him in MotoGP to continue, and

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso says it was “not nice” to see the pace Brad Binder had over him in the MotoGP European Grand Prix despite the KTM rider serving a penalty. Binder was forced to serve a long lap penalty early in the race as punishment for his first-lap collision with Jack Miller in the Teruel

Honda rookie Alex Marquez says Joan Mir’s sophomore MotoGP season in 2020 is a “really good example” for him to follow for his second year in 2021. Suzuki rider Mir can wrap up the 2020 MotoGP title this weekend in the Valencia Grand Prix after opening up a 37-point lead in the standings with his

MotoGP is preparing for its penultimate round of the 2020 season, with the title potentially set to be decided at the Valencia Grand Prix. After securing his maiden MotoGP race win in last weekend’s European GP, Joan Mir moved 37 points clear at the top of the riders’ standings and can seal the 2020 title

Andrea Iannone says the four-year doping ban handed to him on Tuesday has “ripped my heart apart from my greatest love”, as it leaves his MotoGP career in tatters. On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Iannone had not presented enough substantial evidence to prove he ingested a banned steroid accidentally through contaminated

Moto2 race winner and Valentino Rossi protege Marco Bezzecchi has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Andrea Iannone at Aprilia for the 2021 MotoGP season. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday it had rejected Iannone’s appeal to have an 18-month doping ban overturned, having not submitted sufficient evidence to back up

Outgoing Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso has officially announced he will take a sabbatical from MotoGP in 2021, confirming Autosport’s reports. The 15-time MotoGP race winner announced in August during the Austrian Grand Prix he would not be renewing his contract with Ducati beyond 2020. At the time, the Italian admitted he didn’t have a plan

Valentino Rossi says Suzuki team boss Davide Brivio’s ability to “fuse” the Japanese factory with its MotoGP race team based near Milan is the reason for its stellar 2020 season. Suzuki is nearing victory in all three world championships this season, with Joan Mir needing just a podium finish in this week’s Valencia Grand Prix

KTM’s Pol Espargaro admits there was a point in 2020 when he thought his race-winning potential from the Austrian MotoGP races was unrepeatable. Espargaro enjoyed a strong August on the RC16, showing pace for victory at Brno before a collision with Johann Zarco, and scored a pole position at the Styrian Grand Prix before going

Joan Mir’s maiden MotoGP victory in the European Grand Prix came at a crucial moment, as it strengthens his championship lead to 37 points with two rounds to go. The Suzuki rider led home the Japanese marque’s first 1-2 in the premier class since 1982, with team-mate Alex Rins now joint-second in the standings with

Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo admits both Suzuki MotoGP riders Joan Mir and Alex Rins look “really unbeatable” after their European Grand Prix 1-2. Mir headed Rins to secure his first MotoGP victory on Sunday at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit and also led Suzuki’s first 1-2 in the premier class since 1982, with the former moving