With the MotoGP title momentum already suddenly swinging back in Francesco Bagnaia’s favour, the Italian warns he expects to be very strong at the upcoming rounds.
Having completed his first MotoGP event since May at Mandalika, Alex Rins’ recovery took a step back when he was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s Australian round.
While Maverick Vinales joined his fellow riders in supporting the decision to cancel Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint on safety grounds, he felt they should have done a sighting lap as a final check of the track conditions.
Celestino Vietti’s scary accident at the end of the 280km/h Phillip Island main straight was a major factor in halting the Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
Future MotoGP rider Pedro Acosta can be crowned the 2023 Moto2 world champion in Thailand this weekend, despite falling on the sighting lap in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.
The MT Helmets MSI team has issued a ‘clarification’ after Diogo Moreira revealed he had lost consciousness in a fall on the sighting lap at the Australian Moto3 Grand Prix, but still took part in the race.
Luca Marini has underlined that strong gusts of wind, rather than heavy rain, was the decisive factor in abandoning Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint race.
Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli felt sorry for the Phillip Island fans, after worsening weather prevented Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint from taking place.
Marc Marquez and Repsol Honda team-mate Joan Mir shared the opinion of most riders that cancelling Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint race had been the right decision.
Moto3 rider Kaito Toba has been suspended from opening practice at next weekend’s Thai Grand Prix and fined 1,000 euros for behaving ‘in a disrespectful and abusive manner towards Officials’.
For most of Saturday’s Australian MotoGP, Jorge Martin’s soft tyre gamble looked like a smart move that was set to slash Francesco Bagnaia’s title lead.
Marc Marquez was the only rider to risk the soft rear tyre at the Australian MotoGP last season and got within 0.186s of what would have been his only victory of the year.