MotoGP News

MotoGP 2019: Half Term Rider Ratings
MotoGP
07/16/2019 - 13:40
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While MotoGP enjoys its summer holidays, it is time to crunch the numbers to see who heads up Crash.net’s Rider Ratings across the opening nine rounds of 2019.

MotoGP Gossip: Ducati, Honda team bosses spark controversy
MotoGP
07/16/2019 - 13:26
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The summer break hasn’t stopped the latest MotoGP controversy triggered by exchanges between Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti and Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig.

Ricciardo: MotoGP riders won’t like Silverstone resurfacing
MotoGP
07/13/2019 - 12:36
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Daniel Ricciado says MotoGP riders “are going to kick up a fuss” over sections of the Silverstone resurfacing due to bumps

Quartararo: I’ve still not had a big fight against Marquez, Rossi
MotoGP
07/12/2019 - 12:21
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Fabio Quartararo says the next stage of his MotoGP progression is “to have a big fight with people like Marquez and Rossi”

Binder more than deserves MotoGP ride – Poncharal
MotoGP
07/11/2019 - 11:36
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Red Bull KTM Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal sees Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira as his own ‘dream team’ for 2020 after handing the South African his MotoGP debut

MotoGP Gossip: Honda dismiss Lorenzo retirement rumours
MotoGP
07/10/2019 - 14:00
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The latest MotoGP gossip round-up with Honda shooting down Jorge Lorenzo retirement rumours and reaction to Marco Melandri’s own retirement

Puig: Marquez, Honda will forget points advantage in Brno
MotoGP
07/11/2019 - 10:49
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Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig says Marc Marquez’s strong points lead won’t be counted within the team once the MotoGP season restarts

Binder to replace Syahrin at Red Bull KTM Tech3 for 2020
MotoGP
07/10/2019 - 13:29
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Brad Binder will make his MotoGP debut at Red Bull KTM Tech3 in 2020 MotoGP with Hafizh Syahrin axed from the team.

MotoGP 2020 - Rider line-up
MotoGP
07/10/2019 - 13:15
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The riders that have so far been announced for the 2020 MotoGP season, following Brad Binder's new Red Bull KTM Tech3 contract...

Honda confirms Brno as Lorenzo comeback target
MotoGP
07/10/2019 - 10:24
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Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig confirms Jorge Lorenzo is aiming to comeback from injury at the first round after MotoGP’s summer break

Points for Rabat as 2020 rumours grow
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 08:24
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Competitive race for Tito Rabat in Germany, but is it too late to save his Avintia seat for 2020?

Miller: We're just arguing over the 'peanuts' for 2020
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 08:23
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'Hopefully we can get [the 2020 deal] sorted before Brno, put all that shit behind us and focus on riding' - Jack Miller, German MotoGP.

Jonas Folger plans full Moto2 return in 2020
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 08:24
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'I've made the decision that I want to race again in Moto2 next year' - Jonas Folger.

Dovizioso: Ducati needs a strategy for the future
MotoGP
07/07/2019 - 18:02
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Andrea Dovizioso calls on Ducati to address the issue inherent in his bike’s “DNA”; suggests the factory would be better placed working toward 2020 than focussing on smaller short-term gains.

Oliveira, Tech3 'sad' as best of season slips away
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 08:14
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Miguel Oliveira shows what might have been with fastest KTM lap despite early fall, and bike damage, in the German MotoGP race.

Pasini in, Corsi out at Tasca Racing
MotoGP
07/10/2019 - 11:53
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Mattia Pasini will contest the rest of the 2019 Moto2 world championship with Tasca Racing by replacing Simone Corsi

Rossi loses 20-seconds in a season, seeks answers
MotoGP
07/08/2019 - 15:21
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Valentino Rossi perplexed by Sachsenring MotoGP pace: 'I'm 20 seconds slower than last year. Not five years ago… This is very difficult to understand. We need to find our bike'.

'Pleased' Aleix Espargaro goes down fighting
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 08:22

'When you end a race with a crash, you are usually angry about it, but today I am pleased' - Aleix Espargaro, German MotoGP.

Pol Espargaro: I was doing dirt track
MotoGP
07/09/2019 - 05:34

Pol Espargaro's hard rear tyre was 'finished' by half-distance at the German MotoGP: 'We need to think about what's going on'

German MotoGP - Rider Ratings
MotoGP
07/08/2019 - 12:08

The latest MotoGP rider ratings following the German round at Sachsenring

Rins ‘a few kph faster, then…’
MotoGP
07/07/2019 - 18:33
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Alex Rins admits a mistake led to the second crash that cost him a potential podium finish in as many weeks; turns attentions to securing second in the world championship.

Morbidelli 'in survival mode'
MotoGP
07/08/2019 - 12:04
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Franco Morbidelli 'couldn’t attack anymore, I was just in survival mode' during second half of German MotoGP.

Petrucci: Ducati on the limit, we need something more
MotoGP
07/08/2019 - 10:02
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'We won at Mugello. We fought for the podium until Barcelona. Now the gap is becoming bigger' - Danilo Petrucci certain Ducati riders could do no more in the German MotoGP.

Miller takes a gamble, 'main goal' achieved
MotoGP
07/08/2019 - 10:42

Jack Miller makes the soft tyre last the distance at Sachsenring, brings it home 'bumper-to-bumper' with factory Ducati riders and now heads the Independent MotoGP standings.