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Does Valentino Rossi miss MotoGP? “I stopped late but don’t give a damn!”
Valentino Rossi has admitted he retired from MotoGP too late and has described how the championship has changed over the years.
Yamaha to push ahead with 2023 engine despite Valencia setback
Yamaha’s 2023 MotoGP engine is ‘85%' decided despite a mystifying lack of performance at the Valencia test.
Bastianini on first Bagnaia meeting: “Immediately talking - happy if I beat him”
Enea Bastianini has detailed his first meeting with new teammate Francesco Bagnaia in the red of the factory Ducati team ahead of a partnership which could prove to be rocky.
Alex Marquez ‘felt good from first run’ on Ducati debut
After spending his entire MotoGP career with Honda, Alex Marquez stepped from the winless 2022-spec RCV to the title-winning Ducati Desmosedici GP22 on his Gresini debut at the Valencia test.
New footage reveals Quartararo heartbreak - “what p****** me off the most…”
Fabio Quartararo and his team’s emotional reaction to losing the MotoGP title fight has been revealed in newly released footage.
Puig agrees with Marc Marquez: ‘We expected more’
Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig has backed up Marc Marquez’s mediocre assessment of the prototype 2023 Honda delivered at the Valencia MotoGP test.
Brad Binder: ‘Ton of things’ to try on new KTM, Jack ‘pretty good straightaway’
After seeing his last chance to avoid a winless MotoGP season slip away by 0.396s in the Valencia race, Brad Binder had a ‘ton of things to try’ when presented with a new KTM prototype at the following test.
Marini: ‘Perfect’ test, inspired by Bastianini for 2023, VR46 vs Pramac
Luca Marini brought the curtain down on his second year as a MotoGP rider by being fastest for VR46 Ducati at the Valencia test.
“Martin wants to show that we made a mistake!” Ducati assess riders…
Jorge Martin is motivated by proving Ducati bosses wrong for overlooking him for the factory seat, said Davide Tardozzi.
Valentino Rossi’s honest verdict on VR46’s Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi
Valentino Rossi has laid out a challenge to “raise the level” of his VR46 Academy - and has predicted how Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi will fare next season.
Ducati “interest” in Marc Marquez? “If Honda don’t improve…”
Marc Marquez will always be of interest to Ducati but “they don’t really need him like before”, says his ex-manager Emilio Alzamora.
Bagnaia’s ups and downs: I won’t make “certain mistakes” again
Francesco Bagnaia became the first rider to become MotoGP champion with five DNFs in the same season.
Keith Huewen: ‘Heaven sent’ debut - has Aprilia found another star?
The Valencia MotoGP title decider and post-race headline this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
Bagnaia appeals for Bastianini peace: “Essential to avoid disagreements!”
Francesco Bagnaia has appealed to Ducati to ensure there is no in-fighting with Enea Bastianini next season.
Valentino Rossi “sorry” for Ducati nightmare - “they would like me” to test bike
Valentino Rossi has revealed that Ducati want him to test the 2023 prototype bike that his protege Francesco Bagnaia will ride.
Marc Marquez tests Repsol renewable fuel: ‘Didn’t notice a difference’
Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has tested biofuel for the first time after completing 12 laps on a RC213V-S at the Madrid Jarama-RACE circuit.
Alex Marquez’s awkward Honda exit: “Here’s the bike, I’m leaving!”
Alex Marquez has detailed his departure from Honda after a “disaster” of a final race in a terrible MotoGP season.
This is why Valentino Rossi is a big step closer to his four-wheel dream
Valentino Rossi will remain racing sportscars in 2023 and a switch to BMW is with a view to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Morbidelli backs up Quartararo’s engine fears, Yamaha ‘will investigate’
After finding improved performance with Yamaha’s first specification of its 2023 engine at Misano, Fabio Quartararo was left shocked at seeing no performance gains in Tuesday’s Valencia MotoGP Test relative to the previous 2022 engine, something Franco Morbidelli has since backed him up on.
Oliveira 4th but first day with Aprilia ‘strange’, Fernandez ‘couldn’t sleep’
Miguel Oliveira finished the post-season Valencia MotoGP Test highest of all the riders that changed teams, even though the former KTM rider described it as a ‘strange day’.
Miller: ‘I adapted easier than expected’, misses out on ‘laps in anger’
‘I had fun, did a lot of laps, happy with the result’ - those were some of the words used by a content Jack Miller after the Australian made his KTM debut at the Valencia MotoGP test.
Bastianini: Factory Ducati ‘amazing, more stable on the rear’
While it wasn’t change of manufacturer for Enea Bastianini, the former Gresini Ducati rider made his much-anticipated factory debut during Tuesday’s one-day MotoGP test, finishing tenth.
‘Something wrong, weird’: Quartararo's 2023 engine ‘not faster’
Impressed by previous versions of the 2023 Yamaha engine, Fabio Quartararo got a nasty surprise during testing at Valencia on Tuesday.
Marquez left bemoaning Honda: “We need more to fight for championship”
Marc Marquez could not hide his disappointment after testing his 2023 Honda at the Valencia MotoGP test and warned: “I expected more but it isn’t there”.