After completing his first MotoGP laps since fracturing his right leg at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been declared unfit for the remainder of the Japanese MotoGP weekend.
With Francesco Bagnaia’s MotoGP title lead reduced to just 13 points after crashing out in India, solving his braking woes is the top priority for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez is keeping his cards close to his chest, but former MotoGP title rival and Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo thinks a Gresini Ducati move is ‘done’.
Absent since fracturing his right tibia and fibula at Mugello in May, Alex Rins has been passed fit to make a MotoGP return for LCR Honda at Motegi this weekend.
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
Three wins over the last three MotoGP seasons is far from the usual standards set by Repsol Honda and Marc Marquez, with the latter averaging eight wins per season prior to 2020.
Aprilia Racing CEO, Massimo Rivola, expects the new MotoGP Sprint format to suit Aleix Espargaro as the Spaniard ‘will have less time to prepare for the race’.
After clinching his first MotoGP title and Ducati’s first since Casey Stoner in 2007, Francesco Bagnaia knows he's become the rider with a target on his back.
Jack Miller has stated that leaving Ducati for KTM was 'my' decision and ‘mine only’, while his time at Ducati was a ‘game-changer’ for his MotoGP career.
Jorge Lorenzo believes a fully fit Marc Marquez is still the best rider in MotoGP and that the last three titles could have been won by the Repsol Honda man, had injury not derailed his domination.
Marc Marquez might not be at the level he’s aiming for ahead of an intended 2023 MotoGP title challenge, however, the Honda rider is feeling ‘better and better’ after his return to action last month.
Aleix Espargaro says basic problems have cost him and Aprilia in recent rounds and that winning the 2022 MotoGP title is unlikely with just two races to go.