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Results from Race 1, round 11 of the 2023 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

Results from Superpole, round 11 of the 2023 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

Axel Bassani is one step closer to becoming a factory WorldSBK rider after confirming his exit from Motocorsa Ducati.

Iker Lecuona has confirmed he will stay with Honda in 2024, but it remains unclear whether that will be in WorldSBK or MotoGP.

Toprak Razgatlioglu says he’s taking extra risks to try and catch WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista.

Johann Zarco says Marc Marquez needs to show a more ‘calm and controlled’ side after the six-time MotoGP champion has been impacted by crashes and injuries again in 2023.

Pol Espargaro contemplated retirement during some of the darkest moments following his Portimao MotoGP accident but is now focused on a comeback and believes “I still have some speed to show”.

Miguel Oliveira has played down his chances of making a return to MotoGP action at next week’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.

Giacomo Agostini believes six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez should stay at Repsol Honda as “they are almost there”.

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.

Marc Marquez’s double Long Lap penalty for colliding with Miguel Oliveira in Portimao has been annulled by the by MotoGP Court of Appeal.

Aprilia Racing CEO, Massimo Rivola, expects problems to arise between star riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales, but how they deal with them throughout the 2023 MotoGP season will be key.

Stefan Bradl will replace the injured Marc Marquez at this weekend’s MotoGP of the Americas at COTA, while Joan Mir is looking to complete a full weekend after missing out on the Grand Prix in Argentina.

In a year where he started the season fully fit for the first time since 2020, Marc Marquez hopes of becoming a MotoGP title contender once again already appear to be in dire straits.

Pol Espargaro may have suffered extensive injuries during his Friday practice accident at the Portimao MotoGP, but brother Aleix believes he was ‘very lucky’ it wasn’t worse.

Marc Marquez’s roller-coaster weekend at the Portimao season-opener is among the topics on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.

The aftermath of Marc Marquez’s collision with Miguel Oliveira in Sunday's Portimao MotoGP season opener has taken another twist.

Fabio Quartararo has hit out at the MotoGP stewards after he feels inconsistent penalties were handed out at the season-opener in Portimao.

After looking like a contender for victory due to his performances in pre-season testing, Luca Marini instead endured ‘a nightmare’ opening round to the 2023 MotoGP season as he crashed out of both races.

Despite scoring points on his Honda debut in Portimao, Alex Rins has been left frustrated after calling his inability to overtake other MotoGP riders a ‘disaster’.

Fabio Quartararo scored just 8 out of 37 points during MotoGP’s season-opener, at the same Portimao track where he won by over five-seconds in 2022.

After seeing a home podium slip away on the final lap of Saturday’s Sprint, Miguel Oliveira led the opening lap of Sunday’s main MotoGP race.

MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia says the Sprint nor the main race are the problem for recent crashes and injuries, but that it’s the ‘approach of the rider’ that is causing accidents.

Marc Marquez has apologised for causing the violent impact with home star Miguel Oliveira in Sunday’s Portuguese MotoGP race.