After four races overseas since the start of March in Qatar, MotoGP returns to its spiritual homeland of Europe for the first of 12 straight races on the continent and 13 in total. The Algarve International Circuit near Portimao was brought onto the calendar in 2020 to help make up for the lack of travelling […]
The Australian – son of 1987 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner – beat Ajo KTM team-mate Raul Fernandez to an enthralling Moto2 crown last year and earned a promotion up to the premier class with the Austrian manufacturer. Placed at Tech3 on factory-backed machinery alongside Fernandez, both riders have struggled for form at the start […]
The six-time world champion has had a fraught start to the 2022 campaign and struggled to understand the radically revised Honda MotoGP bike, which is now more rear-biased to improve traction. Finishing fifth in the 2022 Qatar curtain-raiser, his first race since winning the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP after a pre-Portugal training crash left him with […]
Last weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas, the MotoGP paddock saw a different Marc Marquez. He was more serious than usual, more thoughtful and subdued, with less spark. His brother Alex declared that “he had never seen him so low in morale”. Despite celebrating the possibility of returning to racing after missing the […]
The Spaniard’s title defence last year proved difficult, as a lack of development on the GSX-RR meant he could do no better than third in the standings and failed to add to his victory tally. While Mir is yet to score a podium in 2022 while team-mate Alex Rins has two – including last weekend […]
The former MotoGP rider, who competed in the premier class from 2012 to 2021 and won twice with Ducati, will contest the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike season for the Warhorse Ducati squad. He made a stunning debut in the series at the Circuit of the Americas on the support bill to MotoGP, qualifying third and winning […]
The Australian has been part of Ducati’s stable since the 2018 campaign when he joined Pramac from Marc VDS Honda, and has been under a factory contract – first at Pramac, and then the factory squad – since 2019. PLUS: How ‘Beast’ mode is putting Ducati into 2022 MotoGP title contention During last week’s Americas […]
The Argentina race winner went from qualifying on pole and scoring victory at Termas de Rio Hondo to qualifying 11th and finishing there in the Circuit of the Americas race the week after. Espargaro owned up to his crash in Q1 which hindered his weekend as he allowed traffic frustrations to boil over, but […]
Bastianini has made a storming start to his second season in MotoGP, securing a maiden win in Qatar last month and returning to the top of the standings last weekend after claiming victory in the Americas Grand Prix. PLUS: How ‘Beast’ mode is putting Ducati in 2022 MotoGP title contention The Gresini rider – who is […]
The Suzuki rider has enjoyed a consistent start to the 2022 campaign after a year plagued by crashes in 2021 ruled him out of title contention early on. But after four races this season, Rins sits second in the championship and is the only other rider aside from double winner Enea Bastianini who has scored […]