With rumours of Toprak Razgatlioglu taking over Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha MotoGP ride extinguished by the Turkish star’s BMW move, might Morbidelli now be a contender to succeed Razgatlioglu in WorldSBK?
While Ducati Lenovo should finally be back to full rider strength for their home Italian MotoGP at Mugello, with Enea Bastianini re-joining Francesco Bagnaia, there’s been a new injury for another member of the team.
Enea Bastianini has stepped up preparations for a second attempt at returning from the fractured shoulder he sustained in the Portimao MotoGP season-opener.
Davide Tardozzi, Team Manager at Lenovo Ducati, has admitted the points gap likely facing Enea Bastianini after Mugello means team orders could be used later in the 2023 MotoGP season.
Despite speeds of 363.6km/h (225.9mph) being recorded at Mugello last season, a decrease in speed for MotoGP bikes is not expected unless an adjustment is also made to WorldSBK machines.
Despite several operations and injuries costing Marc Marquez the chance to add more MotoGP titles to his collection over the last three seasons, the Repsol Honda rider has admitted his on-track mentality will ‘always be the same’.
Marc Marquez says he’s 'not obsessed' with winning another MotoGP world championship right now after finding new motivations, however, that could change in the future after claiming his level is 'still there'.
The latest rider market rumours for 2023, Marc Marquez’s fourth arm operation, RNF’s switch from Yamaha and a lack of fans at Mugello are among the topics for this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
Alex Marquez said older brother Marc was ‘calm and relaxed’ by the decision to halt MotoGP racing and opt for further surgery on his problematic right arm.