Ducati

Many couldn’t believe their eyes when a ‘Mapping 8’ dashboard message flashed up for Fabio di Giannantonio in the closing stages of the Qatar MotoGP.

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says it is ‘unacceptable’ that Qatar winner Fabio di Giannantonio does not have a MotoGP ride for 2024.

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”.

Jorge Martin has pointed the finger firmly at a ‘bad tyre’ for leaving his 2023 MotoGP title hopes on the ropes in Qatar.

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.

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'.

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.

Senior Ducati management caused a stir at Sepang when they refused to rule out the possibility of Pramac's MotoGP title contender Jorge Martin being moved to the Official team in place of Enea Bastianini.

Jorge Martin says he is prepared to risk a tyre pressure penalty rather than lose too much performance in the title-deciding final MotoGP rounds.

Having beaten Francesco Bagnaia in the Sprint, Jorge Martin went into Sunday’s Malaysian MotoGP confident of trimming Bagnaia’s title lead down to single digits.

Enea Bastianini used his first front-row start of the season to fight for a podium throughout Saturday’s Malaysian MotoGP Sprint race.

Fermin Aldeguer may also have moved into rumoured contention to take over Marc Marquez’s Repsol Honda seat, but Fabio di Giannantonio insists he is "taking steps forward” towards securing a MotoGP future.

Marco Bezzecchi must take points off Francesco Bagnaia to keep his mathematical MotoGP title hopes alive at Sepang this weekend.

Luca Marini outlines how the ‘amazing job’ being done by MotoGP title contender Jorge Martin appears on the shared Ducati data.

Alvaro Bautista has won his second consecutive WorldSBK championship after peerless champion’s victory in Race 1 of the season-finale at Jerez.

Results from race 1, round twelve - the final weekend of the 2023 World Superbike season at Jerez.

Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia saw his 2023 title lead cut to 18 points after a frustrating seventh place in the Buriram Sprint race.

Luca Marini was in the action in the Thailand MotoGP sprint from the off and collected a top three finish, but could not catch eventual winner Jorge Martin

Jorge Martin picked up where he left off after an absence of a sprint race in Australia and is already looking ahead for what the result means for Sunday’s Thailand Grand Prix

Results from Superpole for the twelfth and final round of the 2023 World Superbike Championship at Jerez in Spain.

Jorge Martin made it five in a row after a rapid recovery from his start evolved into a dominant sprint race win in Thailand, with Francesco Bagnaia down in seventh.

With the MotoGP title momentum already suddenly swinging back in Francesco Bagnaia’s favour, the Italian warns he expects to be very strong at the upcoming rounds.

For most of Saturday’s Australian MotoGP, Jorge Martin’s soft tyre gamble looked like a smart move that was set to slash Francesco Bagnaia’s title lead.

Pol Espargaro took the decision to step back from MotoGP racing and make way for Pedro Acosta in 2024 with good grace.