Yamaha’s 2020 MotoGP bike has been designed to make it easier to battle in the pack, says the Iwata marque’s group leader Takahiro Sumi. The appointment of Sumi as the head of the M1 project was one of a number of organisational…
Andrea Iannone’s appeal hearing to have his FIM doping ban overturned has been set for February 4, which means he will miss the first running of the MotoGP pre-season. The Aprilia rider tested positive for an anabolic steroid over the winter from…
Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis believes the manufacturer has addressed a problem of “internal islands” that had hampered its premier-class form in the past years. In the aftermath of two disappointing campaigns, Yamaha made a host of organisational changes ahead of the…
Next up in our list of the biggest motorsport stories of the year is the arrival of the man widely regarded in MotoGP as the biggest threat to Marc Marquez’s dominance: Fabio Quartararo. Arguably the most surprising storyline of the 2019 MotoGP…
Pramac Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says his superb performance in the opening pre-season test of 2019 in Sepang was “maybe the biggest problem” of what turned out to be a difficult rookie MotoGP season. The 22-year-old had been snapped up by Ducati…
Alex Marquez says his elder brother and Honda teammate Marc has already indicated he isn’t prepared to “tell him much” to help ease his transition to MotoGP. The younger Marquez brother made his first outing as a Repsol Honda rider in last…
Casey Stoner has opened up on a fresh battle with chronic fatigue that has left him unable to stay fit enough to do any meaningful riding. The retired two-time MotoGP champion revealed on the latest episode of the Rusty’s Garage podcast that…
The doctor who operated on MotoGP champion Marc Marquez’s shoulder says the Honda man will not be fully fit for the start of testing in 2020. The Honda rider partially dislocated his right shoulder in a heavy crash during qualifying at Sepang,…
Jorge Lorenzo called time on his MotoGP career after a torrid 15 months at Honda. But he left unanswered questions over a results recovery. Cal Crutchlow, who rode two of the same factory bikes as Lorenzo, believes there were signs of a…
Yamaha boss Massimo Meregalli admits the updated 2020 engine coming for February’s Sepang test won’t be “something bigger” to the one run in the Valencia and Jerez tests, despite star rider Valentino Rossi stating “we need more” after sampling the latest motor…