After his highest-scoring weekend of the season at Mandalika, topped by a podium, Fabio Quartararo was left just 17th fastest on Friday at the Australian MotoGP.
Casey Stoner has opened up about whether he would have made the same decision as six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez, which was to leave Honda for Ducati.
Data from the cancelled Phillip Island qualifying in 2019 was behind the decision to move this weekend’s Australian MotoGP race forward to Saturday afternoon.
The extreme weather forecast for Phillip Island on Sunday means the Australian MotoGP race will now be held on Saturday, swapping places with the Sprint.
After snatching the MotoGP title lead back from Jorge Martin last Sunday in Mandalika, Francesco Bagnaia is fired up and ready for battle in Australia this weekend.
Marc Marquez will use a 2023-spec Ducati during the 2024 MotoGP season but has admitted he could ‘earn’ a more up-to-date package if his results are good.
Four days on from his race-leading accident at Mandalika, Jorge Martin was at least able to crack a joke: ‘It was the shortest MotoGP title lead in history!’
Casey Stoner retired in 2012 before the current MotoGP top three of Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi had even started their grand prix careers.
Fabio Quartararo says qualifying, just like the Indonesian MotoGP, will be crucial in setting him up for a strong performance at Phillip Island this weekend.
The Gresini team has no doubt that new superstar signing Marc Marquez can fight for race wins and the MotoGP title next season, as they also hope to convince him to stay for 2025.
Maverick Vinales admits he’s fully focused on Aprilia and that he will see out his current MotoGP contract with the Italian manufacturer, despite rumours of a switch to Honda.
Despite achieving his only MotoGP podium of last season at Phillip Island, where he finished in the wheeltracks of race winner Alex Rins, Marc Marquez has ‘zero expectations’ ahead of his return to Australia.
Enea Bastianini is confident it’s ‘only a question of time’ before he shows what he can do at the factory Ducati team but admits a lot of satellite riders are eyeing up his MotoGP seat.
Jack Miller heads to his home MotoGP at Phillip Island this weekend having made ‘big steps’ with KTM’s new carbon fibre chassis at the past two rounds.