MotoGP

Pol Espargaro says he is “really convinced” he can replicate his KTM podium success on the Honda in 2021 amid questions asking if he is regretting his next MotoGP move. As first revealed by Autosport earlier this year, Espargaro will join Marc Marquez at the factory Honda squad next season, with Alex Marquez being moved

Honda technical manager Takeo Yokoyama says HRC is having to try “more than expected” to get the 2020 RC213V to work with the new Michelin MotoGP rear tyre construction. Michelin introduced a new rear tyre carcass for the 2020 season which offers better grip and durability in race situations. But it has had a profound

Franco Morbidelli says he is “looking forward to fighting” with his mentor Valentino Rossi next year when both become MotoGP team-mates at Petronas SRT. Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi signed a one-year deal last weekend with Yamaha to be a fully-supported works rider at SRT for 2021. He will join his VR46 Academy

Aleix Espargaro admits he is “not really enjoying” riding his Aprilia MotoGP bike at the moment as he is “fighting for very bad positions”. Espargaro has only cracked the top 10 once this season, when he was 10th at the Czech Grand Prix, and currently sits 17th in the standings on 22 points after finishing

Fabio Quartararo admits he “can’t replace” Valentino Rossi when the Frenchman steps up to the factory Yamaha squad in 2021 and is simply “taking his bike”. Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi will take Quartararo’s place at Petronas SRT next season, after a one-year deal with the Malaysian outfit and Yamaha was announced last

Franco Morbidelli admits his fourth in the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix left him “angry”, but believes this is “positive” as it shows he is “on a great level”. Morbidelli led the first eight laps of the Barcelona race from pole on his Petronas SRT Yamaha before being passed by team-mate and eventual winner Fabio Quartararo

Aleix Espargaro admits he is “not really enjoying” riding his Aprilia MotoGP bike at the moment as he is “fighting for very bad positions”. Espargaro has only cracked the top 10 once this season, when he was 10th at the Czech Grand Prix, and currently sits 17th in the standings on 22 points after finishing

Ducati has announced it has chosen Francesco Bagnaia to replace the outgoing Andrea Dovizioso for the 2021 MotoGP season, while Johann Zarco steps up to Pramac as a works rider. Dovizioso announced during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend in August that he would not be extending his stay with Ducati beyond the 2020 season. Numerous

Petronas SRT Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo says his victory in the Catalan Grand Prix was the “best moment of my life” and “better” than his maiden wins at Jerez in July. Quartararo dominated the opening rounds of the year in July at Jerez, but struggled from Brno through to the second Misano race – scoring just

Honda’s Alex Marquez “expected a bit more” from the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix finishing 13th and 17 seconds off the lead owing to a mistake over his front tyre choice. Marquez made a step forward in adapting to the RC213V in his rookie season in the Emilia Romagna GP at Misano, where he finished a

KTM’s Pol Espargaro says he has “never been so inconsistent” in a MotoGP season as he is now after crashing out of Sunday’s Catalan Grand Prix. Espargaro crashed out of Sunday’s race at Catalunya while running eighth on the 13th lap, losing him ground in the championship as he drops to 51 points adrift of

Fabio Quartararo returned to the top step of the podium and at the top of the MotoGP world standings after claiming victory in last Sunday’s Catalan Grand Prix. Quartararo endured a difficult run from Brno to the second Misano outing, failing to score a podium having dominated the opening two rounds of the year at

LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami feels he had a “great chance to win” the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix, but sluggish opening laps meant he got stuck behind Ducatis. The Japanese rider had pace comparable with the frontrunners during the race-simulation FP4 session on Saturday, but gave himself work to do in the race after qualifying. Nakagami

KTM’s Brad Binder says the final laps of his MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix were “like riding in the rain” after his soft rear tyre dropped off significantly. Binder started from 10th in Sunday’s race, but dropped four places on the opening lap and could only recover to ninth when he started to lose grip. In

Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi admits, while mathematically he can still win, his MotoGP title hopes have “closed” after crashing from second place in the Catalan Grand Prix. Running in the podium battle from the off, Rossi found himself in second on lap 14 when Petronas SRT’s Franco Morbidelli made a mistake at the first corner. But

Maverick Vinales says he “lost the way” in setting up his Yamaha for the Catalan Grand Prix weekend, which contributed to his lowly ninth-place finish in Sunday’s MotoGP race. The Yamaha rider had strong race pace throughout practice and was expected to challenge for victory on Sunday, but got swamped on the run to Turn

VR46 rider Luca Marini extended his championship lead after prevailing in a tense battle with Marc VDS’ Sam Lowes in the Moto2 Catalan Grand Prix. Valentino Rossi’s half-brother Marini did his chances of a MotoGP step up for 2021 no harm by beating Lowes by 0.981 seconds to open up a 20-point lead in the

KTM’s Pol Espargaro says Sunday’s MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix will come down to “who cares less” about crashing as the degradation of the preferred soft rear tyre will be “huge”. Most riders have struggled for grip and tyre durability at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya circuit this weekend, with most already favouring the softest rear tyre

Valentino Rossi admits his age prompted him to question his MotoGP future during a tough 2019 season, but says he “didn’t trust” those doubts. The nine-time grand prix world champion’s deal to remain with Yamaha and join Petronas SRT in 2021 was officially confirmed on Saturday after months of discussions. Next year will mark Rossi’s

Valentino Rossi’s deal to join the Petronas SRT Yamaha squad in 2021 and extend his MotoGP career has been made official after months of discussions. The nine-time grand prix world champion was moved out of the factory Yamaha squad for 2021 at the start of the year to make way for Fabio Quartararo to join

The visor tearoff from Fabio Quartararo’s helmet which ended Jack Miller’s Emilia Romagna MotoGP race has been put up for auction to raise money for charity. Miller’s Ducati sucked in the discarded tearoff on the main straight at Misano on the second lap of last Sunday’s grand prix. The piece of plastic ended up chocking

A member of Honda working for the LCR MotoGP team has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been immediately isolated, as are those who were in direct contact. LCR confirmed on its social media channels that someone from Honda has tested positive for the virus, while the three with Category 1 contact have been isolated

Ducati boss Paolo Ciabatti says the Italian marque has delayed its 2021 rider announcements to “leave the stage” clear for Valentino Rossi and Petronas SRT to confirm their deal. Ducati had been expected to confirm the make-up of its 2021 line-ups this weekend, with Francesco Bagnaia set to join Jack Miller at the factory squad,

Honda’s Alex Marquez says his struggles in extracting lap time from the RC213V on fresh soft tyres in qualifying is because he trying to gain time “in Moto2 style”. After winning the 2014 Moto3 title, Marquez stepped up to Moto2 with Marc VDS where he spent five seasons – two more than fellow MotoGP rookies

Aleix Espargaro says Andrea Iannone’s visit to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was “very good news for Aprilia” and encountered a “different” MotoGP race winner. Iannone is currently serving an 18-month doping ban after testing positive for a steroid during last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix. The Italian is currently awaiting a hearing with the Court

MotoGP completes its current triple-header at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with the Catalunya Grand Prix. With a sixth different winner from the opening seven races, as Maverick Vinales claimed victory at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP, the most unpredictable season in MotoGP history has continued as the paddock heads to Barcelona for the rescheduled Catalunya GP.

Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo admits it’s “difficult to win a race” in MotoGP on the Yamaha if he is not leading, due to the bike’s lack of power. The Yamaha has won four times this season in the hands of Quartararo at the Jerez double-header, his team-mate Franco Morbidelli in the San Marino Grand Prix,

Injured MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez admits he “expected much more” from erstwhile 2020 standings leader Fabio Quartararo after his double victory at Jerez in July. Marquez has been out since an aborted comeback attempt from a broken right arm suffered in a crash in the Spanish Grand Prix, and looks set to be sidelined

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso is “still not able” to adapt his braking style to suit the 2020 Michelin MotoGP rear tyre after finishing eighth in a “strange” Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Dovizioso has struggled with the additional grip the new construction rear tyre is providing, which is pushing the front of his bike on the way

Alex Marquez admits his seventh in the MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was “not real” because the high attrition, but believes his pace was strong enough for the top 10. The Honda rider qualified down in 17th as he continues to struggle to extract the maximum on a fresh soft tyre on the “radical” RC213V