The MotoGP World Championship may be running at a record 20 rounds, stretching from Argentina to Japan, but there is still currently no event on the African continent.
The full line-up of MotoGP stars past and present tackling the famous Hillclimb at next weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (July 13-16th) is as follows:
World Superbike champion Alvaro Bautista continues to play down the prospect of making a Troy Bayliss-style return to MotoGP at the end of this season.
Francesco Bagnaia put in a strong early lap to sit on top of the timesheets as late crashes for Johann Zarco and Marc Marquez caused lap cancellations aplenty at the Sachsenring.
Former MotoGP race winner and Moto2 champion Toni Elias announced his surprise retirement from racing following a fifth place in Sunday’s Road America Superbike race.
By the end of this year, the MotoGP manufacturers and Dorna are expected to have agreed on the future technical rules for the 2027-2031 contract cycle.
Qatar’s request to move its season-opening MotoGP round plus the late arrival of India were among the factors for this year’s off-balance world championship calendar.
The recent controversy over rider penalties was among the topics put to guest Jeremy McWilliams on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.
Reigning Moto3 champion Izan Guevara has already been picked out as a future MotoGP star by the likes of Marc Marquez, Gigi Dall’Igna and Jorge Lorenzo’s father Chicho.
Fastest in both winter tests so far, Luca Marini looks to have a fighting chance of replicating Enea Bastianini’s satellite Ducati MotoGP wins in 2023.
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta joined F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali in visiting Qatar over the weekend, where they were given an update on the extensive modifications taking place at the Lusail Circuit.
If Aprilia can continue its upward MotoGP trend following the loss of technical concessions, it will be the first manufacturer not to take a step back the following season.