Michelin has pledged to trawl through Jorge Martin’s tyre data and report any findings after the Pramac rider’s claim that the 2023 MotoGP championship has been “decided by a bad tyre”.
Fermin Aldeguer got a far from perfect start but worked his way back into the race, then powered away for a third win in a row in the Moto2 Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail.
Miguel Oliveira’s injury-ravaged MotoGP campaign has continued with the RNF rider suffering a 'broken right scapula' in the Qatar Sprint, while Aleix Espargaro sustained 'a small fracture of the fibula' in the same incident.
Joe Roberts took back his Lusail lap record after a flurry of fast laps late in qualifying for the Moto2 Qatar Grand Prix before the session was ended prematurely by a red flag.