Josh Brookes says leaving Ducati makes him ‘sad’ as riding the Panigale V4 R is ‘infectious’, while Tom Sykes looks set for a return to WorldSBK following a difficult return to BSB.
Is Fabio Quartararo feeling the pressure in his MotoGP title defence or was Thailand a simple blip? Jack Miller has fuelled the fire ahead of the Australian MotoGP.
With his chances of retaining the WorldSBK Championship on the rocks, Toprak Razgatlioglu has brought up the idea of technical issues potentially being the most likely way for the Yamaha rider to claw his way closer to Alvaro Bautista.
Alvaro Bautista dominated the first WorldSBK race of the Catalan weekend, while Toprak Razgatlioglu suffered an unexpected drop after pushing his rear tyre ‘too much’ to try and keep pace with the Ducati rider.
With Remy Gardner officially confirmed as his replacement at GRT Yamaha, Garrett Gerloff has agreed to a deal with BMW that is expected to see him line-up alongside Loris Baz in 2023.
After bringing you the news that Remy Gardner was close to agreeing a switch to WorldSBK, GRT Yamaha have now confirmed the Australian from 2023 onwards.
Winner of at least two races for the third consecutive WorldSBK weekend, Toprak Razgatlioglu is well and truly back in the championship hunt following a wild round seven of the 2022 season.
Following his controversial battle with WorldSBK series leader Alvaro Bautista in race two at Magny-Cours, Jonathan Rea has hit out at the Spaniard’s team-mate Michael Ruben Rinaldi after the pair were involved in their own tussle that resulted in contact on several occasions.
For the first time in 2022 Garrett Gerloff finished as the top Yamaha rider in a WorldSBK race, after the American also claimed his first top five result in what’s been a disappointing season to this point.
On a day where his two title rivals faltered, Alvaro Bautista kept his cool to take an eighth WorldSBK victory of the season and extend his championship lead to over 50 points.
Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea have seen their WorldSBK title hopes suffer another damaging blow after suffering completely different, but equally costly crashes in race one at Magny-Cours.
Repsol Honda MotoGP test rider Stefan Bradl has revealed that moving to WorldSBK in 2017 was one of his biggest ‘mistakes in life’, while also recalling his early thoughts about Marc Marquez.
As long as 120% is given, Michael Ruben Rinaldi does not ‘care’ where he finishes during the Magny-Cours WorldSBK races this weekend, as rumours regarding his future continue to circulate.