As discussions between the manufacturers intensify over the future MotoGP technical rules, there is now a ‘stable majority’ for reducing engine size from 1000cc to 850cc from 2027.
Triumph has extended its contract as exclusive Moto2 engine supplier for a further five seasons, until 2029, and pledged a new racing gearbox for 2025.
Analysis by Aprilia has revealed that the engine which failed for Maverick Vinales in last Sunday’s German MotoGP race had been malfunctioning all weekend.
Is it time for Yamaha to join its MotoGP rivals in building a V4 engine or should the technical rules encourage Inline4s to stay on the grid via concessions?
Yamaha’s Portimao test performance and speculation over whether the factory should join its rivals with a V4 engine were among the topics on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
The difference in performance between the Triumph Moto2 engines is so small that some teams no longer attend the random lottery for distribution of new powerplants.
KTM's motorsports director Pit Beirer does not believe that batteries are the ‘near future’ of motorcycles over 125cc and would resist any move to introduce hybrid engines into MotoGP.
Fabio Quartararo may have won the 2021 MotoGP title, but by the second half of that season he was pleading for more engine performance to counter the formidable Ducati challenge in 2022.
The TV cameras may have focussed on the battle for race and world championship glory at the front of Sunday’s Malaysian MotoGP, but Cal Crutchlow revealed there was plenty of intense action further down the field.
Fabio Quartararo must have been pinching himself when he saw he was joint second on the top speed charts during the final morning of the Misano MotoGP test.
After splitting from Ducati and spending the start of 2021 on the sidelines, Andrea Dovizioso was convinced to take part in some MotoGP tests for Aprilia.
While Ducati's satellite GP22 riders will race the new engine in MotoGP this season, the factory team of Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller has switched to a 2021-2022 'mix'.