Cal Crutchlow has completed a private test at Motegi, the same track where he will make a wild-card entry for Yamaha in the factory’s home Japanese MotoGP.
Yamaha has officially confirmed that three-time MotoGP race winner and factory test rider Cal Crutchlow will make a wild-card entry at this year’s Motegi round, in Japan
After agreeing a deal to join BMW for the 2024 WorldSBK season, a move which might have ruled him out of ever competing in MotoGP, can Toprak Razgatlioglu be considered a generational talent?
The bombshell news that Toprak Razgatlioglu leaving Yamaha has been confirmed, which means a new manufacturer in WorldSBK, or even MotoGP will be signing the Turkish star next season.
Toprak Razgatlioglu may have been given his second runout on a Yamaha MotoGP bike, however, a lack of speed and adaption from WorldSBK to MotoGP are concerns that persist, all of which could mean a delayed move to Grand Prix racing, again.
Fabio Quartararo was fifth fastest when it came to top speed on the opening day of the Sepang MotoGP test, however, the improvements made by Yamaha may have come at a cost.
Ahead of 2023 MotoGP testing in Malaysia, spare a thought for the test riders that could be out in the physically exhausting heat and humidity of Sepang for double the number of days compared to the race riders.
Francesco Guidotti, Team Manager of the factory KTM MotoGP team, has called the media ban that was imposed on journalists for the Sepang Shakedown test, which has since been reversed, ‘unacceptable’.