Jack Miller’s KTM move sets up the possibility of the Australian making history as the first rider to win ‘MotoGP’ races on three different brands of bike.
KTM's motorsports director Pit Beirer does not believe that batteries are the ‘near future’ of motorcycles over 125cc and would resist any move to introduce hybrid engines into MotoGP.
Jack Miller says he can’t wait to try the new MotoGP Sprint races, which have been added to the Saturday schedule for all 21 rounds of the upcoming season.
The MotoGP race weekend schedule gets its biggest shake-up in recent memory with the addition of a Saturday Sprint race and reduction in free practice for 2023.
If Ducati's MotoGP rivals hoped that the new-for-2023 front ride-height ban might cause a drop in performance for the Desmosedicis, they are likely to be disappointed.
Having already duelled for race victories last season, reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia expects an ‘intense’ battle with new factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini in 2023.
The MotoGP World Championship has produced four different title winners - Marc Marquez, Joan Mir, Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia - on four different brands of bike, in the past four seasons.
All six manufacturers won MotoGP races over the past two seasons, but some feel the technical sophistication of the current machines has reduced rider impact.
Winning the MotoGP title is an enormous task, but only a few riders have then been able to successfully defend their crown the following season.
Sebastien Ogier has described his dominant performance at Rallye Monte-Carlo – the first round of the 2023 World Rally Championship – as the “perfect weekend” for him and Vincent Landais.
There’s no sugar coating the fact that 2022 was a punishing season for Alex Marquez, who suffered the worst results of his premier-class career during his final season on Honda machinery.