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Current Moto2 standings leader Gardner – who races for the Ajo KTM squad – will make his premier class debut in 2022 - while his team-mate Raul Fernandez has been linked to a promotion having made a stellar start to his rookie campaign. After a poor start to the season for Petrucci and team-mate Iker Lecuona

Current Moto2 points leader Gardner – son of 1987 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner – was announced by KTM on Wednesday as having signed a deal to step up to MotoGP next year with Tech3. Gardner previously raced with Herve Poncharal’s squad in Moto2, though only scored three top 10 results across the 2017 and

Vinales began working with Garcia in 2019, having parted ways with ex-Jorge Lorenzo crew chief Ramon Forcada at the end of the 2018 season following a dip in form. Forcada went on to become Franco Morbidelli’s crew chief while Garcia’s arrival in the Vinales camp rekindled a relationship which yielded the 2013 Moto3 world championship.

The Swiss rider was involved in a horrible accident during qualifying for the Moto3 Italian Grand Prix and was airlifted to hospital in Florence in a very serious condition. Tragically, he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning and passed away surrounded by his family. MotoGP held a one-minute silence ahead of Sunday’s race in

After an emotional Italian GP, where Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier tragically died from injuries sustained in a crash at Mugello, the MotoGP paddock travels to Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya one week on. Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo extended his MotoGP championship lead to 24 points with victory at Mugello, with Pramac Ducati’s Johann Zarco moving up

The current Moto2 world championship leader will remain in the KTM fold to make his premier class debut, while also returning to Tech3 having competed for the French team in 2017 and 2018 in the intermediate category. Fresh from his first win of the 2021 Moto2 campaign last time out in Mugello, Gardner will also

Binder has spent much of his road racing career with KTM, coming through the Red Bull Rookies Cup into Moto3 in 2012 before joining KTM’s main Ajo Motorsport squad in 2016. The South African dominated the season to win the Moto3 crown before spending three seasons in Moto2 with the Ajo KTM squad – finishing

Rins was expected to be a major player in the championship in 2021 having finished third in the 2020 standings on his GSX-RR.  But so far Rins has scored just 23 points from the first six races, having crashed out of victory contention in Portugal, slid out of a strong top six result in Spain

The Frenchman qualified on pole for the 23-lap Mugello race and fended off early resistance from Pramac’s Johann Zarco following a lap-two crash for leader Francesco Bagnaia to go on to dominant for his third win of the year. This came in spite of the sizable top speed disadvantage Yamaha is carrying in 2021, but

Tributes flooded in on social media on Sunday following the announcement, while the paddock observed a minute of silence ahead of the MotoGP race in Dupasquier’s honour. The decision to continue racing courted a strong response from some riders, with Francesco Bagnaia feeling it was incorrect to race, while Danilo Petrucci said he felt “dirty”

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira headed Mir for second place at the chequered flag in Sunday’s 23-lap Mugello race, but was subsequently demoted to third for narrowly exceeding track limits on the run into the Casanova right-hander on the final lap. MotoGP’s current rules stipulate that a rider will be automatically demoted a place should they exceed

On Saturday at the Italian Grand Prix, 19-year-old Moto3 rider Dupasquier was involved in a horrible accident in Moto3 qualifying and sustained injuries which would ultimately prove fatal. At the time it happened, a replay of the accident was shown on the world feed coverage before live shots of his trackside medical assistance was continually

Bastianini smacked into the back of his Ducati stablemate Zarco as they warmed up their brakes on the way to their grid slots just before the start of Sunday’s 23-lap Mugello race. The Avintia rider was unable to take the start as a result, while Zarco had to complete the race with some cosmetic damage

The Swiss 19-year-old Dupasquier tragically died from injuries sustained in a horror qualifying crash on Saturday at Mugello, with the FIM announcing his passing just before Sunday’s Moto2 race. A moment of silence was held on the grid ahead of the MotoGP race, but track action in Moto2 and MotoGP carried on as normal. Bagnaia,

Quartararo smashed the lap record around Mugello, logging a 1m45.187s laptime to secure his fourth consecutive MotoGP pole – beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia after the Italian headed the field in the second and third practice sessions.  Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco continued his impressive start to the season by completing the front row, as Aprilia’s

Marquez followed Vinales on both of their runs in Q1 at Mugello on Saturday, with the Honda rider using this to sail through to Q2 while Vinales ultimately missed out and will start 13th. Visibly frustrated with Marquez – who even followed Vinales through pitlane when he tried to find clear air – the Yamaha

The 19-year-old Swiss rider Dupasquier is in a “very serious condition” in hospital in Florence following a horrible accident during qualifying for the Moto3 race. Quartararo admitted it was hard initially for him to regain his focus when the delayed FP4 session finally got underway following the accident, but would go on to claim pole with

Pleasant conditions for the start of FP3 meant combined timesheet improvements were had almost instantly, with KTM’s Miguel Oliveira – armed with the RC16’s new chassis and fuel – jumping up to fourth overall and top in the session with a 1m46.331s early doors. Pramac’s Johann Zarco fired in a 1m46.201s moments later to take

Much like Peter Gabriel in 1986, Mugello has bathed in red rain in MotoGP’s last three Italian Grands Prix at the stunning ribbon of tarmac nestled in Tuscany’s gorgeous green hills. Andrea Dovizioso battled through illness to win his first-ever dry MotoGP race in 2017 on the Desmosedici, while Jorge Lorenzo finally dragged a victory

The biggest tech battleground in MotoGP in recent times has come in the form of the holeshot start device first introduced by Ducati in the latter stages of 2018. Starting off as simply a device which lowered the rear of the bike for the start to improve acceleration by keeping the front wheel down, it

Bagnaia comes into this weekend’s Mugello race second in the championship and just a point off the lead having scored three podiums in 2021’s first five races. Ducati has won the Italian GP at Mugello for the event’s last three editions and is favourite to continue that run following back-to-back victories for Jack Miller at

The nine-time world champion returns home to Mugello following its coronavirus-forced 2020 cancellation in the throes of his worst-ever grand prix season, having scored just nine points from the first five races. A seven-time winner at Mugello in MotoGP, Rossi also holds seven premier class wins at next week’s Catalan GP venue Barcelona and eight

The M1 was one of the slowest bikes in terms of top speed in 2020, with that fact remaining in 2021 owing to a freeze on engine development in the winter as a result of COVID cost-saving measures. Ducati has been the conquering force at Mugello for the last three Italian GPs, with the latest

Jack Miller secured back-to-back MotoGP wins in a stunning charge at the French GP at Le Mans, coming back from two long-lap penalties for speeding in the pitlane, in a chaotic flag-to-flag race. Miller, who had the option of a second year on his factory Ducati contract taken up by the Italian manufacturer earlier this

In a precarious economic climate where the need to control escalating costs is paramount, Formula 1’s key stakeholders approved a power unit development freeze from 2022 back in February. But it’s a move that the MotoGP factories are not even contemplating, and for a variety of reasons. Pressure from F1’s promoters and rule makers –

The Italian marque signed Bagnaia to a two-year deal with its works squad beginning in 2021, but Miller only had a firm one-season contract with an option for a second. Miller – who has been part of the Ducati family since 2018 when he joined Pramac – came under pressure at the start of 2021

Double Moto2 world champion Zarco signed directly to Ducati last year to join the Avintia satellite squad – a move Ducati worked hard to convince him to make, after the French rider dismissed the squad as “not a top team”. The relationship between Zarco and Ducati has blossomed since, with the marque promoting him to

The 2020 MotoGP runner-up has a two-year deal in place with SRT that runs to the end of 2022, but SRT is yet to confirm its future plans beyond this season. Yamaha has been linked in tying up with Valentino Rossi’s incoming VR46 team from 2022, though rumours suggest a deal between VR46 and Ducati

Martin suffered several fractures in a heavy crash during practice for last month’s Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao, which required surgery. The MotoGP rookie was forced to miss his home round at Jerez and last weekend’s French GP at Le Mans as a result, with 2014 Moto2 world champion and former Avintia Ducati rider Tito

After losing his place with the factory Ducati squad for 2021 – with whom he raced between 2013 and 2020 – Dovizioso is taking a sabbatical in 2021 with a view to preparing for a full-time MotoGP return next year. Dovizioso agreed to test the Aprilia RS-GP at Jerez last month, carrying out a second