The MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez due to run at the start of May has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the fifth race to be scrapped. The COVID-19 outbreak is now centered on Europe, with Formula 1 recently…
Maverick Vinales says Jorge Lorenzo’s Barcelona MotoGP wildcard will be “important” for Yamaha to allow it to properly test new parts and hopes there will be more outings for Lorenzo. Yamaha announced earlier in the month that Lorenzo will make his MotoGP…
As Yamaha and Suzuki look to the future and plan to curtail Honda’s dominance, Ducati’s options are limited to what it already has In the three days between 28 and 30 January 2020, Yamaha banged its metaphorical fist on the table with…
The FIM and Dorna Sports have announced that the MotoGP Argentine Grand Prix has been postponed a day after it was confirmed as the new season opener. The outbreak of coronavirus and ever-tightening travel restrictions led to MotoGP having to cancel its…
The Ducati MotoGP team is planning to conduct a two-day private test in Valencia at the end of March despite the entirety of Italy being under coronavirus quarantine. After a lockdown on numerous provinces affecting 16 million people was put into force…
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme has announced next week’s MotoGP season-opener in Qatar will not go ahead due to the coronavirus threat causing travel restrictions. The novel coronavirus – known as Covid-19 – originated in China and is reported to have infected…
KTM MotoGP rider Brad Binder says his strong laptime on the final day of pre-season testing in Qatar came as a surprise. Binder, who was chosen for the works KTM ride vacated by Johann Zarco for 2020, concluded the Qatar test ninth-fastest…
Aleix Espargaro has branded comments Aprilia MotoGP teammate Andrea Iannone made about the level of input he had in the bike’s development “super disrespectful”. Aprilia has radically overhauled its RS-GP for the 2020 season, which made a largely successful track debut at…
Alex Rins led a Suzuki 1-2 on the first day of the final MotoGP pre-season test in Qatar, while Honda rookie Alex Marquez crashed twice during the session. With just three more days of testing stand between now and the first race…
Double MotoGP race winner Alex Rins says Suzuki is “where I wanted to be” with its new bike after the first pre-season test of 2020 in Malaysia. Rins ended the test third overall with a lap just 0.101 seconds off the pace,…