MotoGP

The MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix on Sunday has been pushed back by an hour as part of a shake-up to the rest of the weekend schedule, beginning on Saturday. The opening practice session for the Aragon GP on Friday was delayed by 35 minutes to allow for the track to warm to a safe temperature

Maverick Vinales topped a Yamaha 1-2-3 in a delayed first practice of the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix as championship leader Fabio Quartararo crashed. The first 45-minute session of the Aragon weekend was delayed by over half an hour owing to the extremely low temperatures, as Michelin’s tyres need a minimum of around 12 degrees on

Maverick Vinales says he was inspired to start the MotoGP French Grand Prix without launch control because he saw KTM’s Dani Pedrosa do so successfully at the Algarve test. Yamaha’s Vinales opted to start last Sunday’s wet Le Mans race without use of the electronics launch control system as he had tried several in practice

Valentino Rossi will miss this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix and likely next week’s Teruel GP after testing positive for COVID-19, becoming the first MotoGP rider to do so. MotoGP has been operating tight restrictions to quell the spread of COVID-19, though it has recorded several cases from paddock members – including Moto2 rider Jorge Martin,

The factory Honda MotoGP squad is set to agree a new two-year title sponsorship deal with Spanish oil giant Repsol, Autosport has learned. Repsol became title sponsor to the works Honda outfit back in 1995, beginning one of the most enduring partnerships in MotoGP and yielding 15 riders’ world titles spread between Mick Doohan, Valentino

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso says he “paid” for going with the wrong tyres in Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix and “almost crashed 10 times” in the last laps as a result. Dovizioso ran in the lead battle for much of the 26-lap contest at Le Mans, but struggled with a drop-off in grip in the closing

Aleix Espargaro believed he could replicate his brother Pol’s MotoGP podium success at KTM on the Aprilia before this season, and says the Austrian marque must be “an example”. Pol Espargaro has managed three podiums so far in 2020 aboard the factory KTM, the latest of which coming last weekend when he finished the wet

Alex Marquez “agrees” with the critics of his form on the Honda in his rookie MotoGP season, admitting he is “not as fast I want” to be, especially in qualifying. The younger Marquez brother was selected by Honda to replace the retiring Jorge Lorenzo for the 2020 season, though this move was questioned owing to

A “heartbroken” Bradley Smith says the electronics on his Aprilia MotoGP bike “let me down” and led to his crash out of the top 10 in the French Grand Prix. Smith topped the wet FP1 session at Le Mans on Friday and stormed through from 19th on the grid to run seventh by the fourth

KTM’s Brad Binder says the amount of grip on offer from Michelin’s MotoGP tyres was “insane” after finishing his first race in the rain at the French Grand Prix 12th. Rookie Binder, along with the likes of Alex Marquez, Iker Lecuona, Fabio Quartararo, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira had very limited wet MotoGP

Petronas SRT’s Franco Morbidelli says his MotoGP French Grand Prix took a “whirl downwards” after his “strange” qualifying and ended up crashing out on lap 17. Morbidelli was fighting for pole position in the early stages of Saturday’s Q2, but a “strange” inability to improve his lap time in his second run on fresh tyres

Jack Miller says his MotoGP French Grand Prix retirement was the result of having to switch to his second bike for the wet race which already had an engine issue. After qualifiying second, the Pramac rider led briefly on the opening lap of Sunday’s Le Mans race and remained in the lead battle up until

Maverick Vinales comes away from finishing a distant 10th in the MotoGP French Grand Prix “more positive” and feels he only needed a stronger qualifying for a different result. Sunday’s Le Mans race was a bruising one for Yamaha, with the top M1 Fabio Quartararo in ninth, with Vinales trailing him 10th while both Valentino

Valentino Rossi “didn’t understand” why he crashed on the opening lap of the MotoGP French Grand Prix and called his third-successive non-finish a “great shame”. The Yamaha rider started from 10th and was in the middle of the pack on the run up to the Dunlop chicane on the opening lap of Sunday’s Le Mans

Fabio Quartararo says his battle for ninth place on the last lap of the MotoGP French Grand Prix with title rival Joan Mir was “like a fight for victory”. Both Petronas SRT’s Quartararo and Suzuki rider Mir struggled in their first wet MotoGP race, with both riders dropping down the order early on and eventually

Joan Mir says “one bad race is allowed” this season after finishing 11th and ceding two more points to Fabio Quartararo in the standings in the MotoGP French Grand Prix. The Suzuki rider struggled to 14th in qualifying having been unable to get temperature in his tyres at a cold Le Mans, an issue which

Tech3’s Miguel Oliveira says Pramac rider Francesco Bagnaia “was acting childish” after the pair had a run-in on track during MotoGP qualifying for the French Grand Prix. Bagnaia came across a touring Oliveira on the run through the La Chapelle section at Turns 5 and 6 at Le Mans early in Q2 while on a

Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci expects “10 riders can fight for the podium” in Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Having had to come through Q1, Petrucci qualified his works Ducati on the front row at Le Mans for the first time since his Italian Grand Prix-winning weekend at Mugello last year. Having been a

French Grand Prix polesitter Fabio Quartararo insists his strategy for Sunday’s Le Mans race won’t change owing to MotoGP title rival Joan Mir’s worst qualifying result of the season. Petronas SRT’s Quartararo and Suzuki’s Mir are split by eight points at the head of the MotoGP standings, with Quartararo blitzing the field for a home

Fabio Quartararo led in crash-strewn MotoGP French Grand Prix third practice, while a late fall for title rival Joan Mir dropped him into Q1. The dry conditions in FP3 meant improvements on Friday afternoon’s best efforts were immediate, with Quartararo the first big mover on the combined order as he leaped from 11th to third.

MotoGP starts up its second consecutive triple-header after a one-week break with the French Grand Prix. Here’s how to watch qualifying. After a damp start to the race weekend at Le Mans, Jack Miller topped Friday practice for Pramac Ducati in FP2 as tricky conditions led to a number of crashes late on in the

Fabio Quartararo says he took a cautious approach to Friday’s MotoGP practice for the French Grand Prix, worried the damp conditions meant he could “lose the championship” with a mistake. The Petronas SRT rider was 18th at the end of the fully wet FP1 session at Le Mans on Friday and currently sits outside of

Bradley Smith topped a wet first practice for the MotoGP French Grand Prix on the Aprilia ahead of home hero Johann Zarco on the Avintia Ducati. Smith’s future beyond this weekend is uncertain as Andrea Iannone’s appeal to have his 18-month doping ban overturned will be heard on Thursday and could be in a position

LCR’s Cal Crutchlow admits his right arm is still “not in a great situation” ahead of the MotoGP French Grand Prix, a month after arm pump surgery. After sustaining the injury in a free practice crash at the season-opening Spanish GP, Crutchlow underwent an operation following August’s Styrian Grand Prix and was forced to miss

Maverick Vinales says this weekend’s revised French Grand Prix schedule, in which MotoGP will race before Moto2, will be an important opportunity to understand the behaviour of his Yamaha. Vinales has typically struggled with grip in the early parts of races on his Yamaha, forcing him into recovery rides after showing race-winning pace throughout practice.

After one week’s rest, MotoGP gears up for a second straight triple-header which starts at Le Mans with the French Grand Prix. Following a torrid run of results, Fabio Quartararo returned to the fore with victory at the Catalunya GP ahead of Suzuki’s Joan Mir and the pair have formed a small breakaway at the

Triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo insists Yamaha is not “wasting” his talents as a test rider through a lack of mileage on the M1 this year. After retiring from racing at the end of 2019 following his tough sole season on the factory Honda, Lorenzo returned to Yamaha in the winter as its official

Leopard Racing says “things are being negotiated” for it to make a step to MotoGP in 2022 as a satellite operation, though it admits it has a way to go. The current agreement between MotoGP organisers Dorna Sports and the International Race Teams’ Association (IRTA) expires at the end of the 2021 season, as well

KTM’s Brad Binder says he’s not happy with the number of mistakes he has made in his rookie MotoGP season and believes he has “missed a lot” of points-scoring opportunities. The 2016 Moto3 world champion has had an impressive rookie season so far in MotoGP, which included a maiden victory in August at the Czech

Fabio Quartararo admits he is “not really thinking” about beating future team-mate Maverick Vinales in the 2020 MotoGP campaign ahead of his move to the works Yamaha squad in 2021. Quartararo will join Vinales at the factory Yamaha team next year after both were signed to two-year deals with the Japanese manufacturer back in January.