MotoGP

Jorge Lorenzo has rubbished rumours linking him with a return to Ducati in 2021, but admits he feels he’s still “capable” of winning the MotoGP title with the “right tools”. Three-time premier class world champion Lorenzo retired from racing at the end of the 2019 campaign following a miserable debut season on the factory Honda,

On this day in 2013, Valentino Rossi clambered onto the top step of the Assen podium to celebrate his first win in over two years. Truly banishing the demons of his Ducati nadir, it would be the catalyst for much more in the ensuing years Following four fallow years with a new frontman in Blaze

Jorge Lorenzo arrived at Valencia in 2013 as the outsider for that year’s MotoGP world title. Ultimately coming up short against Marc Marquez, the way the Yamaha star rode that race was a work of art, Oriol Puigdemont remembers The final round of the 2013 season at Valencia saw Marc Marquez crowned as the youngest

Andrea Dovizioso will line up on the grid for the 2020 MotoGP season-opener at Jerez after undergoing successful surgery on a left collarbone break on Sunday. The Ducati rider was taking part in the Emilia Romagna regional motocross championship event on Sunday in Faenza in Italy when he crashed heavily onto his left side. Dovizioso

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso has broken his left collarbone in a motocross crash on Sunday in Italy and will undergo surgery this evening. Dovizioso was taking part in a motocross race in the Emilia Romagna regional championship in Italy on Sunday when he crashed and landed on heavily on his left shoulder, according to

The latest MotoGP rider market moves have been completed, with Danilo Petrucci joining KTM as expected, but rather unexpectedly being placed at Tech3 for 2021. Confirming his Ducati exit at the end of this year earlier this month, Petrucci visited the KTM factory in Austria last week, where meeting were said to have been “positive”.

Tech3 MotoGP boss Herve Poncharal says Danilo Petrucci joining his team in 2021 as a factory rider proves KTM sees it as an equal rather than simply a customer outfit. On Thursday KTM announced its full line-up for its works squad and satellite Tech3 team, with Petrucci moving to the latter alongside rookie Iker Lecuona

Bradley Smith has used the MotoGP Misano test to alter his physical and mental preparation “from tester to rider” for Aprilia ahead of filling in for the suspended Andrea Iannone. One-time MotoGP race-winner Iannone is currently battling an 18-month ban for a doping violation after an illegal steroid was found in his system following a

KTM has officially announced that Danilo Petrucci has signed for the Austrian marque to join Tech3 for 2021, with Miguel Oliveira promoted to the factory team. Petrucci confirmed earlier this month that he would be leaving Ducati at the end of this season, and was reported by Italian press to have visited KTM with his

Scott Redding had a hard time with the “professional aspects” of MotoGP and is more suited to a career in World Superbikes, believes his former team boss Francesco Guidotti. Redding raced in MotoGP from 2014 to ’18, riding for Honda, Ducati and Aprilia in that time, before switching to British Superbikes last year and winning

The MotoGP rider market for 2021 continues to shake up as Danilo Petrucci is now set to join KTM in place of Honda-bound Pol Espargaro. Petrucci confirmed earlier this month that he will be leaving Ducati at the end of the year as former Pramac team-mate Jack Miller moves up to the works Ducati squad

Aprilia has confirmed to Autosport that test rider Bradley Smith will replace Andrea Iannone for as long as he is under suspension for a doping violation. One-time MotoGP race winner Iannone was hit with an 18-month ban earlier this year after an illegal steroid was found in his system following a drugs test during last

Double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner thinks it’s “disappointing” Valentino Rossi will end up at a satellite team in 2021 and feels he is “more beatable” the longer he continues. Rossi has lost his ride at the works Yamaha team to 2019’s breakout rookie Fabio Quartararo, though is set to take the Frenchman’s place at

Fabio Quartararo admits securing his debut MotoGP win is not essential before his graduation to the factory Yamaha squad next year, but will still “try with all my might”. The 20-year-old enjoyed a breakout maiden season in MotoGP last year with Petronas SRT aboard the ‘B-spec’ customer Yamaha, scoring seven podiums on top of six

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says the Italian marque is Andrea Dovizioso’s “best choice”, as both parties are yet to agree on terms to continue in MotoGP beyond 2020. Dovizioso has been part of the Ducati fold since 2013, and has won 13 races with the brand as well as taking it to runner-up spot

Danilo Petrucci is thought to have agreed a deal to join the KTM factory MotoGP team for the 2021 season, Autosport understands. As reported in recent weeks by Autosport, Pol Espargaro will leave KTM for the factory Honda squad alongside Marc Marquez in 2021. Petrucci confirmed recently that he will be leaving Ducati at the

Avintia MotoGP boss Raul Romero says he is “counting on” keeping Johann Zarco in 2021 and Ducati hasn’t indicated otherwise, amid rumours of a Pramac move for the Frenchman. Despite initial reservations about joining the customer Ducati squad towards the end of last year, Zarco signed a deal in the winter to join Ducati and

Danilo Petrucci and KTM have had a “very positive” first meeting, according to Petrucci’s manager, as the outgoing Ducati MotoGP rider eyes a switch to the Austrian marque in 2021. Petrucci confirmed recently that he would be leaving Ducati at the end of this year, with Jack Miller stepping up from Pramac to take his

Pol Espargaro admits the Honda and Ducati MotoGP machines are the “dream bikes” to fight for the title, as he gets set to leave KTM at the end of the 2020 season. Last month, Autosport revealed that 2013 Moto2 champion Espargaro has agreed a deal to join the factory Honda squad in 2021 alongside reigning

Jack Miller says he feels “ready to guide” Ducati to the MotoGP world championship again, as he gets set to step up to the factory team in 2021. One-time MotoGP race winner Miller was announced last month by Ducati as one half of its factory team line-up for the 2021 season, having been part of

KTM’s racing director Mike Leitner has ruled out the Austrian marque filling the Honda-bound Pol Espargaro’s MotoGP seat in 2021 with Dani Pedrosa. Last month Autosport revealed that 2013 Moto2 champion Espargaro would be leaving KTM at the end of the year to join Marc Marquez at the factory Honda team, after a deal was

As MotoGP’s July start at Jerez draws ever closer, last week promoters Dorna Sports revealed the full revised calendar for the coronavirus-delayed 2020 season. Dorna has put together a sensible 13-round calendar all based in Europe, with Jerez, Red Bull Ring, Misano, Aragon and Valencia holding two events. The door has been left ajar for

Future factory Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo says reigning world champion Marc Marquez has forced the entire championship to train harder, and has prompted the Frenchman to rethink his approach. Marquez stepped up to MotoGP in 2013 as reigning Moto2 champion, and has since won the title six times in the last seven years and

MotoGP has unveiled a 13-round European calendar for the coronavirus-delayed 2020 season, with options for overseas races at the end of the year tentatively outlined. The outbreak of coronavirus has forced the current MotoGP campaign into a hiatus dating back to the aborted Qatar Grand Prix at the start of March, with all rounds since

Retired MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner has suggested that Marc Marquez “squeezed” him out of his test role with Honda in 2015 as he “didn’t want me around”. Stoner made his MotoGP debut in 2006 with LCR Honda, before moving to Ducati where he won the Italian marque’s only premier class title to date in

MotoGP has announced it will not race at Mugello in a revised 2020 season, with the news coming amid rumours the circuit could host a Formula 1 round this year. The outbreak of COVID-19 forced MotoGP to cancel the Qatar Grand Prix back at the start of March, with the subsequent 10 events scheduled to

The World Anti-Doping Agency wants Aprilia MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone’s competition ban extended from 18 months to four years, as the appeals process begins. Iannone tested positive for a banned steroid he’d ingested through contaminated meat during last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. Though his defence was upheld by judges in the FIM hearing back

Aprilia has announced it has secured the services of Aleix Espargaro for at least two more years, beginning with the 2021 MotoGP season. The elder Espargaro brother joined the Italian manufacturer in 2017 after losing his Suzuki ride to Andrea Iannone, and scored Aprilia’s joint-best ever result of sixth on his debut on the RS-GP

Fabio Quartararo doubts Petronas SRT is any less professional than the works Yamaha outfit he will join in 2021, which should sway Valentino Rossi’s decision to extend his MotoGP career. Last year’s breakout star Quartararo will replace nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi at the factory Yamaha squad next year, following a debut 2019

After the bombshell report from Autosport last week that Pol Espargaro is set to join Honda in 2021, KTM faces an uncertain MotoGP future. Just as it looked to be heading towards the front of the MotoGP field, KTM has been dealt a blow by the impending loss of its spearhead, as well as the