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Keith Huewen: My MotoGP rider of the year? It can be only one person…
Best rider, bike, team manager and… haircut! Just some of the categories up for grabs in the Crash.net MotoGP podcast Christmas special, featuring Keith Huewen.
MotoGP: Suzuka 8 hours not ruled out for Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati beyond 2023
Luigi Dall’Igna, General Manager of Ducati Corse, has not ruled out a future appearance at the Suzuka 8 Hours for MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia.
Ducati: MotoGP title win with Francesco Bagnaia ‘even better’ than Casey Stoner in 2007
After mounting one of the greatest comebacks in MotoGP history, Francesco Bagnaia’s title success in 2022 has been called ‘even better’ than Ducati’s maiden championship win with Casey Stoner in 2007, according to Ducati CEO, Claudio Domenicalli.
Cal Crutchlow: 2023 MotoGP wild-cards? ‘Here and there’ a nightmare
With no satellite MotoGP team, Yamaha will rely on the input of factory test rider Cal Crutchlow more than ever next season.
Pirro: When I first tried the Ducati, I understood why Valentino Rossi failed
During his ten years as a Ducati test rider, Michele Pirro has seen the Desmosedici progress from a bike abandoned by Valentino Rossi to the dominant force on the MotoGP grid and 2022 world champions with Francesco Bagnaia.
MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia: ‘Being the reference can be a double-edged sword’
After clinching his first MotoGP title and Ducati’s first since Casey Stoner in 2007, Francesco Bagnaia knows he's become the rider with a target on his back.
MotoGP: Marc Marquez: ‘I had the worst relationship with Rossi, it was like a divorce’
‘I had the worst relationship with Rossi’ - Marc Marquez has opened up about why things turned sour between the eight-time world champion and former MotoGP rival Valentino Rossi.
MotoGP: Enea Bastianini: ‘I’m here to try and win the title, everyone will fend for themselves’
Enea Bastianini has admitted he must work together with MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia next season, but that when it comes to racing ‘everyone will fend for themselves’.
Behind-the-scenes: Inside a MotoGP safety commission conversation
A rare glimpse has been obtained into a MotoGP safety commission conversation - and into the things that MotoGP riders debate and disagree on.
Valentino Rossi on Yamaha and Ducati today: “They must decide, the game changed”
Valentino Rossi has warned his old team Yamaha that they must “do more” because they are in “great difficulty”.
Marc Marquez’s injury hell: “A thousand doubts - when ghosts appear…”
Marc Marquez’s perseverance through the agony of surgeries and recoveries is just about rediscovering himself as a motorcycle racer, says Alex Marquez.
Fabio Quartararo, Jack Miller, Aleix Espargaro and co explain the true horror of a MotoGP crash
“Horrible, horrible” - “Everything goes into slow motion”.
‘Dude, can you imagine his smile?’ - Randy Mamola's most exciting MotoGP rider move for 2023
Randy Mamola says Miguel Oliveira’s switch to Aprilia is ‘probably’ the most exciting MotoGP rider move for 2023.
Dani Pedrosa: “Valentino Rossi’s strategy wasn’t to be fastest - he would block, agitate you”
Dani Pedrosa has criticised Valentino Rossi for a style designed to block his rivals, saying he “braked 15 metres” after everyone else.
Dani Pedrosa ‘doubted’ whether he could ‘dominate MotoGP bike’
With 31 wins and 112 podiums to his name in the MotoGP class, it’s fair to say Dani Pedrosa had a stunning premier class career, even though the KTM test rider once doubted whether he could make the transition from 250cc machines.
MotoGP: Valentino Rossi: ‘It’s hard to lose with a smile, but to continue racing you have to lose’
After taking MotoGP by storm and winning seven world championships in nine years, Valentino Rossi failed to win another premier class title from 2010 to 2021.
KTM: Pol Espargaro coming back ‘really interesting’, Brad Binder ‘special’
KTM is not only changing three of its four riders for next season but importing a pair of competitors, Pol Espargaro and Jack Miller, with experience of multiple MotoGP machines.
MotoGP: Maverick Vinales was left ‘discouraged and disillusioned’ in final season at Yamaha, time with Aprilia ‘will come’
Maverick Vinales admits he was left ‘discouraged and disillusioned’ during his final season with Yamaha before securing an unlikely ride at Aprilia, which has since helped turn his MotoGP career around.
Marc Marquez injury update - “I don’t know” what my arm can do
Marc Marquez has confessed that he still doesn’t have full understanding of what his troublesome right arm can do.
Why does Marc Marquez ride through pain? “He wants to beat Valentino Rossi”
Marc Marquez’s inspiration to battle through his injuries is to beat Valentino Rossi’s tally of MotoGP championships, says Neil Hodgson.
“It costs €70 million to get on the MotoGP podium!” Can KTM be a force with Jack Miller and Brad Binder?
KTM’s top bosses believe that it takes an investment of €70 million (£60m / $75m) to have success in MotoGP.
Motocross injuries for Fabio Quartararo, Andrea Dovizioso
Fabio Quartararo, who finished the 2022 MotoGP season with an injured finger from a practice accident at Sepang, has suffered further damage to his hand in a motocross training accident.
MotoGP: Marc Marquez on horror highside in Indonesia: “Unconscious, we are human, didn’t want to ride again”
Marc Marquez admitted he was knocked unconscious and didn’t want to ride again after his horrific MotoGP crash in Indonesia.
MotoGP: Jack Miller: Decision to join KTM ‘was mine only’, time at Ducati ‘a game-changer'
Jack Miller has stated that leaving Ducati for KTM was 'my' decision and ‘mine only’, while his time at Ducati was a ‘game-changer’ for his MotoGP career.