MotoGP Features

Marc Marquez has taken MotoGP by storm since his arrival in the premier-class in 2013.

Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio insists the factory never wavered from its strategy to retain both Alex Rins and Joan Mir for the next two seasons.

The MotoGP World Championship planned to hold its biggest ever 20-round season in 2020.

KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer is confident the factory has 'done its homework well' ahead of the delayed 2020 MotoGP World Championship.

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, two manufacturers withdrew from the MotoGP World Championship; Kawasaki (end of 2009) and then Suzuki (end of 2011). Kawasaki hasn’t been back, focussing its racing efforts on WorldSBK, while Suzuki returned to MotoGP at the end of 2014.

The only way Andrea Dovizioso or anyone else would be able to join KTM's MotoGP project next season is if one of the current riders turns down an offer to remain.

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The biggest visual difference for MotoGP's planned 'closed-door' races at Jerez in July will be the lack of any fans in the grandstands.

A final version of the coronavirus depleted 2020 MotoGP calendar isn't yet available, but the bulk of the revised season is increasingly clear.

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Joan Mir had finished pre-season testing for his rookie 2019 MotoGP campaign with the twelfth fastest lap time, 0.789s from the top and 0.404s behind team-mate Alex Rins.

Triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo raced for the factory Yamaha, Ducati and Honda teams during a memorable twelve years in the premier-class.

With the original MotoGP calendar subject to constant amendment in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the sport needs to balance salvaging some form of season with maintaining 'a credible number of races'.

Valentino Rossi is the only rider to have competed in every motorcycle grand prix season since the switch from 500cc two-strokes to 'MotoGP' four-strokes, in 2002.

Like everyone involved in MotoGP, Razlan Razali, team principal of Petronas Yamaha, is hoping for the best-case scenario of a return to racing in July or August.

It was set to be a topic which would dominate in the opening rounds of the 2020 MotoGP season as Valentino Rossi took his time to decide the next step in his illustrious career. But that call could already have been made.

Unpicking the Andrea Dovizioso enigma has remained an intriguing prospect throughout the Italian’s career from his quietly impressive early years in MotoGP’s premier class to emerging as Marc Marquez’s major world title rival.

With the 2020 MotoGP season delayed during the coronavirus crisis, the race calendar is set to undergo a major reshuffle.

The Marc Marquez we see at the track has become a very familiar figure highlighted by his unique riding style, impossible saves and aggressive racing which, more often than not, results in the Repsol Honda rider ending the weekend on the top step of the podium.

MotoGP's initial response to the coronavirus crisis will be a technical freeze until the 2022 season , but the cost-cutting measures can't end there.

MotoGP’s silly season had been set to erupt and rumble on throughout 2020 but with the campaign postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic all plans have been put on hold.

Turning up to Le Mans in May 2012 the rumours were rife about Casey Stoner considering retirement from MotoGP as defending world champion aged just 26.

With MotoGP producing arguably its most competitive era of racing, the 2019 season saw plenty of races decided on the last lap and on many occasions the final corner. Here’s a recap of those dramatic moments from last year.

In MotoGP’s ever-expanding race calendar, a return to Brazil has always been pinpointed as a key event to give the sport opportunity to flourish and relay roots in South America.