Pertamina, title sponsor of the Indonesian MotoGP round and SAG Moto2 team, is ‘in discussions’ to replace Mooney as main sponsor of Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team.
Sito Pons has officially confirmed that Pons Racing will hand its Moto2 grid places to the MT Helmets - MSi team and step away from grand prix racing in 2024.
With his first Sunday MotoGP points of the year finally in the bag, Marc Marquez will be hoping his ‘calm approach’ now brings his first home Catalunya points since 2019 this weekend.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi claims he’s unfazed by the mounting pressure surrounding his factory Ducati WorldSBK seat for 2024, and instead convinced that if he performs at his best, then ‘I won’t lose my seat’.
McLaren could be set for a disappointing start to the 2023 F1 season after the team failed to hit the development goals with their car, according to CEO Zak Brown.
While wet conditions may have affected the second consecutive WorldSBK test at Jerez, Toprak Razgatlioglu was able to make significant progress in an area that has previously been a struggle.
Winner of 14 WorldSBK races in 2022 which was one more than his title-winning season, Toprak Razgatlioglu was ‘outstanding all year’ according to his Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning.
New WorldSBK champion Alvaro Bautista has pointed to his prior experience in MotoGP as the leading reason for why he conserved tyre life better than his rivals in 2022.
WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista jokes ‘I need that Yamaha don’t help Toprak Razgatlioglu’ as conversations with Ducati Corse General Manager, Gigi Dall’Igna, are taking place after each race in order to improve the Panigale V4 R for 2023.
With his chances of retaining the WorldSBK Championship on the rocks, Toprak Razgatlioglu has brought up the idea of technical issues potentially being the most likely way for the Yamaha rider to claw his way closer to Alvaro Bautista.
Without a WorldSBK victory since round three of the season in Estoril, Jonathan Rea’s hopes of becoming a seven-time Superbike champion appear to be getting smaller with each race that goes by.