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The Gresini Ducati rider failed to get out of Q1 two weeks ago at the French GP but managed to recover from 13th on the grid to finish second in both the sprint and grand prix at Le Mans.At this weekend’s Catalan GP, Marquez qualified a lowly 14th due to difficulties in extracting the best from fresh soft rubber but recovered to third in both races.But speaking after the grand prix, Marquez ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Bagnaia looked on course to take the sprint victory on Saturday when he crashed out of the lead on the final lap.Biding his time in the first half of the race, Bagnaia reeled in Pramac's Martin to overhaul him on lap 19 of 24, before streaking away by 1.740 seconds to score his third grand prix win of the season.It moves him back up to second in the standings, though Martin has still extended his ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Всем доброго дня! Полтора года не писал ничего в байкпосте, хотя и мотоциклов много сменил, и на события прошлый год был богат! Исправляюсь :) Начну с последних новинок: всего пару недель назад получил из ТК ПЭК эту конфетку BMW R1200R Уже катаемся каждый день, уже полным ходом готовимся к разным обслуживаниям и ремонтам. Это же старая BMW, как могло быть иначе? :) Сейчас в поиске мотосервиса с прямыми руками и желанием работать =D Просмотреть полный текст статьи

The 18-lap Moto3 contest opened up Sunday’s race programme and proved to be another typical Barcelona slipstream fest.Championship leader Alonso prevailed as he faced high pressure on the final lap to score a fourth win of the season.The Aspar CFMoto rider was one of numerous names to take turns heading the field at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but crucially led the pack onto the final ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Gresini Ducati rider is quickly adapting himself from the Honda he rode for 11 years to the GP23 he has now, scoring podiums in four of the six sprints and twice in the previous two grands prix.But his last three weekend podiums have come after being forced to fight back from poor qualifying results, with his brace of runner-up spots in France happening after he started 13th.At Barcelona this ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The reigning world champion enjoyed an eventful early part of the 12-lap sprint as he battled back from being shuffled down to fourth.When KTM’s Brad Binder crashed out of the lead on lap seven, Bagnaia was released into first place and looked on course to score a first sprint win since the 2023 Austrian GP weekend.But at Turn 5 on the final lap, he crashed and registered a third sprint DNF of ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Trackhouse Racing rider qualified a career-best third for himself and the American team on Saturday morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.Fernandez, riding the 2023-spec Aprilia that won last year’s sprint and GP at Barcelona, took the lead on lap three of 12 and quickly broke away from the pack by almost a second.But on lap five, Fernandez crashed out at Turn 10, which he explained ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Set to end a barren sprint run without a win on Saturday since last year’s Austrian GP, Bagnaia fell off his factory Ducati at Turn 5 on the last lap of 12 while eight tenths clear of Aprilia’s Espargaro.Espargaro, who started from pole but got beaten up in the early laps, had recovered to second on lap eight and was promoted to the lead when Bagnaia crashed.It marks his first sprint win of ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

On Saturday ahead of this weekend’s sixth round of the 2024 season, Espargaro grabbed a first pole of the season with a new lap record of 1m38.190s at the end of a dramatic Q2.For much of the session, it looked like reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia would take pole on the factory Ducati having set the best pace at the end of the first runs of Q2.But a blistering final lap from Espargaro ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

On Thursday ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix, three-time MotoGP race winner Espargaro announced he will be retiring from racing at the end of the season.This has opened up a prime factory spot on the grid for 2025, which has already been linked to several high-profile names.In recent weeks, Enea Bastianini’s manager Carlo Pernat has spoken about approaches he has made to Aprilia about signing the ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Barcelona has typically been a strong venue for Yamaha over the years, though the low-grip nature of the circuit has worked against the M1 lately with its traction issues.Despite this, at one point in second practice it looked like both factory Yamaha riders could secure a direct place in Q2 for Saturday’s qualifying. However, in the end, only Alex Rins was able to break into the top 10 come ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Gresini Ducati rider was expected to fight for a first MotoGP win on the Desmosedici coming to Barcelona after back-to-back grand prix podiums at Jerez and Le Mans.But he downplayed this ahead of the weekend as Barcelona has typically been a weaker track for the six-time MotoGP world champion, who has only won twice in the premier class at the circuit.On Friday, having finished second in FP1 ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Current points leader Martin and eight-time world champion Marc Marquez have emerged as the prime candidates to partner Francesco Bagnaia at Ducati in 2025, with Enea Bastianini unlikely to get a contract extension after the end of his current two-year deal.Pramac’s Martin has strengthened his bid for a promotion within Ducati with an exceptional run of results in the opening five rounds of the ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Espargaro won both the sprint and the grand prix at Barcelona last year, and ended Friday for the 2024 event 0.072 seconds clear of KTM’s Brad Binder after the South African suffered a pair of falls in the second session.For the second round in succession, six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will have to go through the Q1 qualifying session after failing to do better than 12th in second ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The sixth round of the 2024 campaign began with the two riders vying for a factory team Ducati seat for 2025 setting the pace across the first 45-minute practice of the weekend.Marquez set the early pace on his Gresini Ducati and led for much of the session before Martin – shod with fresh soft rubber – took over in the closing stages with a 1m39.579s.KTM’s Brad Binder completed the top three ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Thanks to Espargaro's efforts since 2017, the RS-GP has become one of the grid's best packages, with the Spaniard having won three times on it since 2022 and Maverick Vinales taking victory at the Americas Grand Prix in April.Both Espargaro and Vinales are on expiring deals, though it wasn't inconceivable to see both signing new contracts beyond 2024.A darling of Aprilia management, Vinales is ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

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Whenever an 'exceptional press conference' is quickly ushered into the MotoGP weekend schedule for a single rider, it usually means only one thing: retirement.Growing up in nearby Granollers, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya seemed like the perfect place for 34-year-old Aleix Espargaro to begin winding down a MotoGP career that began in 2004 with a 24th-place finish in the 125cc Valencia Grand ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The championship’s two Japanese manufacturers have been working hard over the last few months to close the gap to their European rivals and return to the forefront after years of decline.Both have been taking advantage of the new concession system introduced by MotoGP this year by holding a number of private tests, but there appears to be a stark difference in how quickly the new parts actually ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

«Когда я верхом на байке, я ни о чем не задумываюсь. Я просто еду» (Чарли Фалько) К своему мотоциклу Наташа шла несколько лет. В 2020-м мы вместе пошли в школу, но инструктор, принимавший внутренний экзамен, оказался феноменальным мудаком: он не стеснялся едко комментировать действия учеников, порой орал матом… В общем после пары неудачных попыток Наташа сгорела. Однако истинная женщина не может просто так взять и отпустить ситуацию. Поэтому свой первый мотоцикл в 2021 году я выбирал с прицелом и на жену. На всякий случай. Тут нас тоже ждало фиаско. Несмотря на кучу жопотестов в салонах, 650 двухкотловый Гусь оказался для нее слишком высоким, тяжелым и с широченным рулем. Читать дальшеПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The 34-year-old Spaniard will make the announcement on Thursday afternoon ahead of his home Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona, where he won both the Saturday and Sunday races last year.Espargaro’s current Aprilia contract expires at the end of this year and he had already admitted at the signing of this deal two years ago that he expected it to be his last.Despite telling media at the Americas GP ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pramac's Jorge Martin leads the championship by an extended margin of 38 points following his stunning victory at Le Mans a fortnight ago.Gresini rider Marc Marquez now sits third in the championship and only two points off-second placed Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati).The trio are again expected to battle for victory on MotoGP's second visit to Spain in 2024, having locked out the podium in France ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Last week, Motorsport.com announced that the Buddh International Circuit round, initially scheduled for 20-22 September, is set to be axed from the calendar after the race promoters breached a contract with Dorna Sports.In response to that, Pushkar Nath Srivastava, CEO of the Indian promoter, stated that the event would take place: "The race is planned. Everything that is flying around is rumours ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

MotoGP will visit the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend for the Catalan Grand Prix. Last year’s race was won by Aprilia Racing’s Aleix Espargaro in his second victory of the year. The Spaniard’s first win in 2023 came at the British Grand Prix, where he was able to beat Francesco Bagnaia and Brad Binder. Valentino Rossi holds the record for most wins at the Catalan GP, taking ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Earlier this month MotoGP announced the framework for its 2027 rules revolution, which is headlined by a switch from 1000cc to 850cc engines and a reduction in aerodynamics.The aim of MotoGP’s rules reset is to improve the on-track spectacle, while also becoming more road relevant, sustainable and cost-effective.However, the move to a small engine formula has led to fears that MotoGP bikes could ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи