Daniel Holgado claimed his first pole of the year under the floodlights as the title fighters lined up behind in qualifying for the Moto3 Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Qatar MotoGP at Lusail, round 19 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
The risk of a tyre pressure penalty means that even riders who are out of reach of their opponents can no longer afford to back off in the closing stages of a MotoGP race.
VR46 team director Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has revealed that Fermin Aldeguer isn’t the only Moto2 rider in contention to take over Luca Marini’s MotoGP seat for 2024.
After the four Hondas had been left bottom of the timesheets in opening Qatar MotoGP practice, Marc Marquez managed to snatch an unlikely top ten place for direct Q2 access in the evening.
One of the complexities for a factory to manage when its riders are fighting each other for the MotoGP title, is a natural desire to hide their bike set-up and riding style secrets.
Red Bull KTM has taken rear wing design to a new level of complexity by unveiling this sophisticated multi-plane aero on Jack Miller’s bike during opening MotoGP practice in Qatar.
Following some close passes at the end of opening MotoGP practice in Qatar, Marco Bezzecchi and Pol Espargaro continued to carve each other up on the slowdown lap after the chequered flag.
Marco Bezzecchi may have slipped out of mathematical MotoGP title contention at Sepang last Sunday, but he can wrap up third in the world championship in Qatar this weekend.
If the other six Ducati riders pick a side in the Francesco Bagnaia vs Jorge Martin MotoGP title battle, the reigning champion looks to have the most 'friends'.
Jorge Martin has pledged to throw caution to the wind in the remaining pair of rounds as he seeks to overturn Francesco Bagnaia’s 14-point MotoGP title lead.
With title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin now among 14 riders to have received an Official Tyre Pressure warning, there are fears post-race penalties could have an impact on the MotoGP World Championship outcome.