2023 Official MotoGP Pre-season Test - Sepang, Malaysia

Injured at Mandalika last season, Honda WorldSBK rider Iker Lecuona returns to Indonesia ‘ready to fight again’ after and build on a pair of top sixes at the Phillip Island opener.

Suzuki’s withdraw leaves Yamaha as the only MotoGP manufacturer using an Inline4 engine configuration, rather than a V4.

A world champion for eight out of ten seasons between 2010-2019, Marc Marquez admits he’s missed the pressure of fighting at the front of MotoGP in recent years.

Luca Marini might be staying on a 2022-spec Ducati in MotoGP this season, but it’s not exactly the same bike that he used last year.

Not only is Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia confident of avoiding last year’s slow start to the new MotoGP season, but he’s also not afraid of any wet weather.

Stung by his worst MotoGP season, Franco Morbidelli is seeking to switch from being a smooth rider to a ‘chameleon’ in 2023.

MotoGP’s new Sprint races might not be classed as ‘GPs’ but they could well provide the most memorable action of the weekend.

New technical developments were not confined to the bikes during the opening MotoGP test of 2023 at Sepang last weekend.

How would you rank the five MotoGP manufacturers after the opening test of the year at Sepang?

Enea Bastianini may have been a close fourth on the Sepang MotoGP test timesheets, but the new factory Ducati rider estimates he is only currently at 70-75% with the GP23.

It looks like an agreement could be near for riders whose contracts were signed before the announcement of MotoGP Sprint races in 2023.

A ‘frustrated’ Franco Morbidelli echoed the comments of Monster Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo at the end of the Sepang MotoGP test.

Fastest at the Valencia test last November, Luca Marini made it two out of two this winter by also leading the Sepang MotoGP test timesheets.

The Sepang MotoGP test came to a bittersweet end for Fabio Quartararo on Sunday.

Final lap times during Sunday’s third and last day of the 2023 Official Sepang MotoGP Test.

Having started the Sepang MotoGP Test with four different Hondas, Marc Marquez has narrowed it down to two machines for Sunday’s final day.

Final (6pm) lap times during Saturday’s second day of the 2023 Official Sepang MotoGP Test.

Former Suzuki MotoGP team-mates Joan Mir and Alex Rins were side-by-side on the day one timesheets at the Sepang test, in 17th and 18th places, for Honda.

Final lap times during Friday’s opening day of the 2023 Official Sepang MotoGP Test.

Factory Aprilia riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales gave a thumbs-up to the new Aprilia after the opening morning of 2023 MotoGP testing at Sepang.

A selection of pictures from the opening morning’s action at the 2023 Official Sepang MotoGP test.

Rookie Augusto Fernandez is the only full time MotoGP rider to have completed 2023 laps at Sepang ahead of this weekend’s official test.

After a long winter break, Fabio Quartararo is ‘excited’ to try the latest Yamaha engine during this weekend’s official Sepang MotoGP test.

Having kept their 2023 MotoGP aerodynamics under wraps for as long as possible, the latest downforce developments began to emerge during the Sepang Shakedown Test.