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Valentino Rossi opens up on emotion of Pecco Bagnaia’s glory
Valentino Rossi has explained the personal feeling of watching his protege Francesco Bagnaia claim the MotoGP championship.
FIRST LOOK: Miller to KTM, Bastianini to Ducati - photos of riders on new bikes
Here are the first photos of the 2023 MotoGP rider line-up on their new bikes.
Aleix Espargaro’s ‘dream’ snatched away, Aprilia ‘angry and disappointed’
Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia’s historic MotoGP season came to a bitter end at Valencia where an early technical issue handed third in the world championship to Enea Bastianini.
Joan Mir: ‘Wow, what a shame. I don’t understand Suzuki’s decision’
2020 world champion Joan Mir remains mystified by Suzuki’s decision to quit MotoGP, after the team’s victorious farewell at Valencia on Sunday.
Bagnaia: ‘Second position was not allowed’, VR46 academy ‘incredible’
New MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has credited the VR46 academy for making a huge difference in his career, and that the level of its riders is ‘incredible.
FIM MotoGP Awards: All the winners from the 2022 season
The end-of-season FIM MotoGP Awards ceremony took place on Sunday evening after the Valencia finale.
Binder: Pecco and Fabio ‘were having a full ding-dong, pretty cool to watch’
A spectator to the fierce battle between Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia at the Valencia MotoGP, Brad Binder called it ‘pretty cool to watch’, although it cost himself ‘a ton of time’.
Rins: ‘A lot of emotions came to me, I was crying saying goodbye on the grid’
Alex Rins gave Suzuki the perfect leaving gift after winning the Japanese manufacturer’s final race in MotoGP at Valencia, a Grand Prix that brought ‘many emotions to my body’, said Rins.
Bagnaia and Bastianini? Ducati: “We don’t need them to be friends”
Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini “might be a challenge” for Ducati to manage in 2023 because they don’t share the close relationship of previous duos, admits Paolo Ciabatti.
Marc Marquez to test 2023 Honda ‘concept’, ‘Pecco deserves title’
Marc Marquez’s hopes of finishing the 2022 MotoGP season with a podium, and possibly breaking Honda’s win drought, were in trouble from the start of Sunday’s Valencia race.
Valentino Rossi reopens rift with Marc Marquez: “He just looks bad…”
Valentino Rossi reopened his longstanding rivalry with Marc Marquez by insisting his foe “looks bad” when discussing their notorious 2015 incident.
MotoGP champion Bagnaia: ‘I recognised that I had a problem, ups and downs...’
A brutally honest Francesco Bagnaia has conceded that mistakes during the early stages of the 2022 MotoGP season made him understand that he had ‘a problem' and that he 'was a rider with good speed but not consistency’.
Bagnaia: ‘I was feeling this weight to give title back to Ducati, to Italy’
Francesco Bagnaia has officially become Ducati’ second-ever MotoGP world champion and the first Italian to win the title since ‘mentor, leader’ Valentino Rossi.
The party that Martin, Rins, Binder joked about in the cool down room
The season finale at the Valencia MotoGP might pave the way for a party for the riders with something to celebrate after Jorge Martin joked about drinking “water!”
Heartbroken Quartararo watched Bagnaia celebrate: “I had to turn off the TV”
Fabio Quartararo was emotional and teary-eyed as he admitted to switching off the TV to stop watching Francesco Bagnaia’s celebrations.
The stunning all-time records set by champion Bagnaia
Francesco Bagnaia has set some eye-opening records as he triumphed by becoming 2022 MotoGP champion.
Rins wins in Valencia as Bagnaia is crowned MotoGP champion
Francesco Bagnaia has officially been crowned the new MotoGP world champion after finishing ninth at the Valencia Grand Prix.
RNF Yamaha unveils special livery for Valencia MotoGP
This is the special livery that the RNF team of Cal Crutchlow and Darryn Binder will use in today’s Valencia MotoGP season finale.
Zarco fastest in final MotoGP Warm-up session of the season
Johann Zarco started the final Race day of the 2022 MotoGP season in perfect fashion as he finished fastest for Pramac Ducati.
Luca Marini: Fabio has ‘beautiful pace’ but ‘impossible to win’
Luca Marini believes it is ‘impossible’ for Fabio Quartararo to get the victory he needs to have any chance of snatching the MotoGP title on the Valencia finale.
Marco Bezzecchi: Scary fire, marshal hug, Rossi ‘sees what I feel’
Marco Bezzecchi’s Saturday got off to a scary start when a fast accident left his VR46 Ducati in flames.
Miller: ‘Clearly I got carried away, again my crew chief lied to me…’
Whether it would have been enough for pole position at the Valencia MotoGP, Jack Miller felt there was more potential to be shown in qualifying before suffering a turn two crash.
Marquez: I know Fabio will push, if he crashes and hits me I will understand
Marc Marquez says he fully understands the situation Fabio Quartararo faces in his battle for the MotoGP title and that any mistake that could lead to contact or worse won't be viewed too harshly from his end.
Bagnaia outlines plan if Quartararo is “close to me” - he won’t rely on Miller
Francesco Bagnaia is not reliant on Ducati teammate Jack Miller to help him thwart Fabio Quartararo at the Valencia MotoGP - but does want some assistance from his team.