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Jonas Folger to replace Pol Espargaro
Jonas Folger has been called-up to make a MotoGP return in place of the injured Pol Espargaro at the GASGAS Tech3 team.
Vinales has found ‘more flow’, new set-up ‘suiting my riding style’
Maverick Vinales is ‘curious’ to see whether he and Aprilia can continue their form from Portimao and remain in the hunt for victory at the Argentina MotoGP.
Aleix: Pol ‘very lucky, a rider cannot hit the wall like this’
Pol Espargaro may have suffered extensive injuries during his Friday practice accident at the Portimao MotoGP, but brother Aleix believes he was ‘very lucky’ it wasn’t worse.
‘Really tough to prepare overtake’ - Quartararo frustrated by same problems
2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo says the same issues when it comes to overtaking as last season were the cause of his inability to finish where his race pace suggested he could, or perhaps should have in Portimao.
Alex Rins gets Marc Marquez's chassis for Argentina
The knock-on effect of Marc Marquez’s absence from this weekend’s Argentine MotoGP round is that Alex Rins will be able to use an updated Honda chassis.
Bagnaia on title rivals: ‘Marquez, Enea not in the battle after what happened’
Francesco Bagnaia believes Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini are not his main MotoGP rivals at the moment after picking up injuries in Portimao.
‘Because it’s Marquez, everybody wants to put the knife in’
While the saga of when, or if, Marc Marquez will serve his double long lap penalty from Portimao rumbles on, MotoGP riders hope there will be more clarity and consistency in future.
Jack Miller: Everybody doubts me
Jack Miller was delighted ‘to prove people wrong, again’ during a stunning KTM debut at the Portimao MotoGP season-opener.
Alex Marquez ‘still riding Ducati too much like a Honda, Marc is ‘not happy…’
Alex Marquez says he’s not the right person to provide a timeline for Marc Marquez’s return to MotoGP action.
Marc Marquez penalty referred to MotoGP Court of Appeal
Repsol Honda’s protest against the ‘modification’ of Marc Marquez’s double long-lap penalty has been referred to the MotoGP Court of Appeal.
Yamaha: ‘We have work to do’, Morbidelli ‘working hard to find something’
Franco Morbidelli says Yamaha are ‘working hard’ to find more performance after a dismal opening round of the 2023 MotoGP season.
Paolo Simoncelli: 'I know someone who would have had fun in MotoGP Sprints'
Paolo Simoncelli, father of the late Marco Simoncelli and team owner of the SIC58 Moto3 squad, has given his first impressions of the new MotoGP weekend format and Sprint race.
Mir: ‘Better riding alongside Marquez’, important to have ‘him in the garage’
As he continues to adapt to the RC213V, 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir was hoping to do so with Marc Marquez alongside him.
Marquez drops hint fuelling rumours about a new girlfriend
It hasn’t been a great week for Marc Marquez - but there might be some good news.
Keith Huewen: ‘Marc Marquez will do whatever it takes’
Marc Marquez’s roller-coaster weekend at the Portimao season-opener is among the topics on this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen.
Marc Marquez penalty twist: Repsol Honda appeal FIM 'modification'
The aftermath of Marc Marquez’s collision with Miguel Oliveira in Sunday's Portimao MotoGP season opener has taken another twist.
Marquez crash “not red mist, it’s a rookie error - I’m slightly sympathetic”
Marc Marquez’s crash at the Portuguese MotoGP was not anger-induced “red mist”, says BT Sport’s Michael Laverty, who has offered him sympathy.
Jack Miller: Weird being on other side of Ducati power!
After enjoying Ducati power for the previous five years, Jack Miller found the tables were turned during Sunday’s season-opening Portimao MotoGP race.
RNF demand Stewards impose harsher penalties after Marquez-Oliveira clash
RNF Aprilia have demanded more severe penalties be imposed by FIM Stewards, in the wake of the Marc Marquez-Miguel Oliveira crash.
Pol Espargaro injury update - “a very long recovery process”
Pol Espargaro must undergo jaw surgery and has a “complicated” back injury which will keep him out of MotoGP for some time, Aleix Espargaro has said.
Bastianini injury update - avoids surgery, plots comeback…
Enea Bastianini hopes to return at the Grand Prix of the Americas because he will not need to undergo surgery.
“They have no idea, I don’t know what they’re doing” - Quartararo slams stewards
Fabio Quartararo has hit out at the MotoGP stewards after he feels inconsistent penalties were handed out at the season-opener in Portimao.
Marc Marquez must face penalty whenever he returns after rule clarification
Marc Marquez will be hit by a double long lap penalty in the next race which he is fit to compete in, the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel have clarified.
Marini: Ducati’s first big problem? “Never happened to me before”
After looking like a contender for victory due to his performances in pre-season testing, Luca Marini instead endured ‘a nightmare’ opening round to the 2023 MotoGP season as he crashed out of both races.