Category: Motorcycle

Honda communicated on Wednesday that it had filed an appeal with the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) concerning the modification of the penalty imposed on Marc Marquez. Sanctioned with two long-laps after having hit Miguel Oliveira in Portugal, Marc Marquez should have taken his penalty at the Argentine Grand Prix this weekend, relying on the decision...

Hit by Marc Marquez this Sunday in the second round of the Portuguese Grand Prix, Miguel Oliveira (Aprilia) withdrew for the GP of Argentina to be held this weekend. A few hours earlier, Marquez had to give up too at the next deadline due to a broken thumb. “The most important thing is that Miguel...

Honda announced on Monday morning the package of Mark Marquez for the Argentine GP, scheduled from March 31 to April 2. “Returning to Spain for further examinations, Marc Marquez suffered a displaced intra-articular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand, says the press release. He was operated....

Unlike Fabio Quartararo, Marc Marquez or Valentino Rossi before him, Francesco Bagnaia chose to wear number 1, which had disappeared from the MotoGP grid since 2012. And the Italian perfectly assumed his rank of World Champion this Sunday at the opening seasonal in Portimao. Winner of the first sprint race in history on Saturday, Bagnaia...

Johann Zarco (Ducati Pramac, 4th in the Portuguese Grand Prix, at the Canal + microphone): ” It was awesome ! From the last seven laps I was able to have good speed compared to the others and when there were three laps left I thought it would be nice to be able to attack. I...

From the first experience, sprint races have already claimed a victim. Knocked down by compatriot Luca Marini on the second of twelve laps of the sprint race won by his Ducati teammate Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini suffers from a fracture of the right scapula. Hospitalized in Portimao, the Italian will not take part in the...

The night from Friday to Saturday was trying for the GasGas team, which lost one of its two pilots in an accident. Pol Espagaro was the victim of a violent road trip during the second practice sessionand the medical report after the examinations taken at the hospital in Faro mentioned damage to the spine. “The...

Marc Marquez (Honda) will therefore go down in MotoGP history as the first rider to start from pole position in a sprint race, this Saturday afternoon, as part of the Portuguese Grand Prix. On a circuit in the Algarve in Portimao, bathed in sunshine, the reigning world champion set the best time with a 1’37”226...

The MotoGP riders had a special second free practice session at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Scheduled to last 60 minutes, it dragged on for more than 1h50 after being twice interrupted due to red flags, the first time for a technical reason and the second for a heavy fall by Pol Espargaro, long supported at...

This time, the 2023 MotoGP season is well and truly underway. In Portimao, it was Alex Marquez and Gresini Racing Ducati who were quickest in action in the first free practice session of the Portuguese Grand Prix. The Spaniard set the fastest time on the Algarve circuit in 1:38.782, just six hundredths off the track...