Cal Crutchlow is preparing to start his 10th season in MotoGP this year and while he had been weighing up retirement the delays to the start of the 2020 campaign have given him time to think about his career and next steps.
Francesco Bagnaia says he hopes to battle on track with the same success he has found in the MotoGP Virtual Race series after winning the second event by beating Maverick Vinales in a last-lap scrap which saw the Italian take to the grass for his race-winning overtake.
MotoGP’s Virtual Race series returns for a second event over the Easter weekend with lights out at 14:00 BST on Sunday April 12 th as 10 riders including defending ‘champion’ Alex Marquez battle for victory.
Defending MotoGP Virtual Race ‘champion’ Alex Marquez predicts both Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Quartararo to remain his key challengers in this weekend’s second race.
- Max Biaggi says he misses his rivalry with Valentino Rossi from their racing days, both the good and the bad days, and feels the pair clashed because “we were different people”.
Turning up to Le Mans in May 2012 the rumours were rife about Casey Stoner considering retirement from MotoGP as defending world champion aged just 26.
With MotoGP producing arguably its most competitive era of racing, the 2019 season saw plenty of races decided on the last lap and on many occasions the final corner. Here’s a recap of those dramatic moments from last year. Qatar Grand Prix – Dovizioso wins by 0.023s from Marquez
From the 2000 British Grand Prix to the 2017 Dutch TT (and counting), Valentino Rossi tops the all-time list for most world championship race wins in MotoGP’s premier class to give him a multitude of options for which could be his best.
- Former Honda team manager Livio Suppo says he suggested both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa should retire after one lap of the infamous 2015 Valencia MotoGP finale to avoid being part of the controversial conclusion of the world title fight between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, but the idea
While both Marc and Alex Marquez relished the return to competition, albeit virtually, the brothers have led the calls to fight the coronavirus spread which they hope will result in returning to ‘real’ racing sooner.
As a new MotoGP decade begins, albeit with a slight delay to the start of the 2020 world championship season, it is an ideal moment to reveal who is the greatest of all time across each decade.
Looking to keep his followers entertained during the ongoing widespread shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, Marc Marquez hosted a live Q&A covering a wide variety of topics including how he sees the 2020 MotoGP season shaping up.
Three weeks is a long time for a lot to happen in any sport but in this unprecedented period amid the coronavirus pandemic MotoGP’s picture changes even quicker.
As the coronavirus pandemic strips back the worldwide motorsport calendar, one left-field solution offered has been to run events without spectators and while any racing is better than no racing even that idea remains out of reach.
In the latest MotoGP gossip round-up, Andrea Dovizioso has his say on the influence Jorge Lorenzo had at Ducati during his two-stint at the team, a decision on Andrea Iannone’s anti-doping case is expected and Valentino Rossi on his tyre life worries.