Luca Marini and Esponsorama team-mate Enea Bastianini respond to the news that VR46 will move to MotoGP next season, uncertainty over satellite Ducatis.
Fausto's wife Nadia Padovani becomes Gresini Racing CEO, committed to 2022 Independent team; 'We’re currently speaking with several manufacturers and in a matter of few weeks we will reveal the details of our MotoGP project'.
Aleix Espargaro matches the best MotoGP result for the Aprilia RS-GP; 'We are still not perfect to fight for victories and podiums, but we are very close… I think this year we will finish on the podium, 100%.'
Aleix Espargaro gives the Aprilia RS-GP its most competitive race yet in terms of time. Left frustrated by tenth place but confident that other circuits 'will be fun and we can challenge the top guys'.
Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia finish less than six-seconds from victory at the Qatar MotoGP season-opener; 'We showed that the pre-season was not a joke, that we are better than ever and able to fight with the top riders'
Aleix Espargaro feels Sunday's Qatar MotoGP race may not turn out as many expect; 'Everybody is saying we will have a big group, I'm not that sure... but there is no doubt the Ducatis will lead the first part of the race.'
Aleix Espargaro 'can't wait for Andrea Dovizioso to try the Aprilia in Jerez and see his reaction', believes the Italian 'can be a very good MotoGP test rider'.
Past flashes of MotoGP pre-season form have fallen flat, but Aleix Espargaro insists the scorching Qatar performance of the 2021 Aprilia was no desert mirage: 'We deserve to dream because this bike works good. We are competitive.'
'I remember when he fight with Capirossi, because I follow all the races'. Valentino Rossi shares his memories of good friend and MotoGP legend Fausto Gresini, who sadly passed away last week after his battle against Covid-19.
Gresini Racing will be the first electric team to run under the Indonesian flag with Matteo Ferrari and Andrea Mantovani confirmed as the team's riders for 2021.
Suzuki MotoGP project leader Shinichi Sahara admits Davide Brivio's unexpected departure as team manager has made the factory's quest for a satellite team more complicated.
Today, January 20, would have been Marco Simoncelli's 34th birthday. The charismatic Italian, winner of the 2008 250cc World Championship, was competing in only his second season of MotoGP when he lost his life at Sepang in 2011.
Suzuki project leader Shinichi Sahara is not excluding the possibility of a satellite MotoGP team for 2022, despite disruption caused by the departure of factory team manager Davide Brivio.
The departure of Cal Crutchlow (35), Andrea Dovizioso (34) and Tito Rabat (31) means Aleix Espargaro now becomes the second-oldest rider on the MotoGP grid, after Valentino Rossi.
More positive news has emerged from the intensive care unit of the Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi hospital in Bologna, where MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini is being treated for severe respiratory problems after contracting Covid in late December.