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Liberty, which has owned F1’s commercial rights since 2017, announced at the start of April that it had acquired an 86% ownership stake of Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a deal valued at €4.2 billion.Following this, MotoGP Dorna sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta said his organisation was “not ruling out” the possibly of subsequent future shared race weekends with F1.At the recent Japanese ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Spaniard blitzed the existing lap record at the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole of the year, which he then converted to a dominant sprint victory.Vinales grabbed the holeshot off the line and beat the field by 2.294 seconds to claim back-to-back sprint victories in 2024.While pleased with his sprint win, Vinales felt his qualifying was more enjoyable but ‘doesn’t know’ ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Going without a win for three years before the Portuguese GP sprint, Vinales made it back-to-back wins in the half-distance races as he streaked away from the field.Securing the holeshot from pole, Vinales came under no trouble as he moved over two seconds clear of the pack over the 10 laps before eventually taking the chequered flag 2.294 seconds in front.Marquez scored his second successive ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

In a dramatic Q2 session, Vinales dominated on his factory Aprilia with the first ever sub-2m01s lap of the Circuit of the Americas to score his first pole since Valencia last year with a 2m00.864s.Vinales set the initial pace in the first half of the 15-minute Q2 session, doing so as pole favourite Martin suffered two falls.Martin could do no more than sixth on his Pramac Ducati, while Tech3 ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pedrosa, who retired from full-time competition at the end of the 2018 season, contested two wildcards in 2023 as part of his test rider role with KTM.The first was at the Spanish GP at Jerez, where the 31-time MotoGP race winner finished an impressive sixth in the sprint and seventh in the grand prix.He returned for the San Marino GP at Misano and went on to finish fourth in both races, narrowly ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Vinales comes into this weekend’s third round of the season in strong form, having scored a breakthrough first win on the Aprilia in the sprint race in Portugal three weeks ago.He was on course for a podium in the grand prix in Portugal before a gearbox issue caused him to crash out on the final lap.Vinales ended Friday’s running at the Circuit of the Americas second fastest and as the only ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pramac Ducati rider Martin demolished Francesco Bagnaia’s pole record at the Circuit of the Americas of 2m01.892s from last year with a 2m01.397s in Friday’s second practice.Though challenged late on by Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales, Martin held on to end Friday fastest of all as he looks to strengthen his 18-point lead in the standings in Saturday’s sprint.The Spaniard felt he still had more ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The eight-time world champion has won at COTA seven times since making his MotoGP debut in 2013, marking it as one of his most successful tracks in his career.But all of those wins came on the Honda and Marquez has moved to downplay expectations that he can add an eighth to his tally this weekend on the Gresini Ducati.Finishing Friday practice third overall, Marquez admits he is having to alter ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

While battling for what would have been fourth place, Bagnaia and Marquez collided on lap 23 of 25 of the Portuguese GP last month while trading places.The collision was deemed a racing incident by the FIM stewards, but Gresini’s Marquez felt the fault lay at Bagnaia’s door for a retaliation he felt was unnecessary.The incident marked the first flashpoint of the season Ducati was warned about ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Honda looked to have made genuine gains with its 2024 bike when it appeared at the Valencia test last November, but that proved to be a false dawn.HRC sits last in the constructors’ table with just eight points after the opening two rounds of the 2024 season, with Mir scoring a best of 11th in Portugal.Honda riders occupied the last four spots on the timesheets at the end of Friday’s practice ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Lap times improved dramatically in the hour-long afternoon session compared to FP1 earlier today, with Martin blasting the lap record set by Francesco Bagnaia last year of 2m01.892s with a 2m01.397s.The Pramac rider, who leads the standings by 18 points, beat FP1 pacesetter Maverick Vinales on the factory Aprilia by 0.076 seconds.Seven-time COTA race winner Marc Marquez was third with a late ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The duo was at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas on Friday to watch Trackhouse’s new MotoGP team in action, as they are racing in the same state this weekend at NASCAR’s Texas Motor Speedway event in Fort Worth.NASCAR is also represented by Hendrick Motorsports in the MotoGP paddock this weekend, as Jordan Taylor will demonstrate the Garage 56 Le Mans Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on track at ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Jarvis is 66 years old and has been at the helm of Yamaha's racing division for 26 years.As Yamaha team boss, the Briton played a very important role in the resurrection of the company in the mid-2000s.Together with Davide Brivio, he was able to convince Valentino Rossi to join the project in 2004 when the Italian was already a three-time champion with Honda.With Rossi, Yamaha took the title in ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

MotoGP returns from a three-week break since the Portuguese GP at the end of March after the Argentina round was cancelled due to a lack of government funding.Aptly, the Circuit of the Americas is also the first round to be staged since it was announced that US media giant Liberty had acquired Dorna Sports in a deal worth €4.2 billion.COTA has been partially resurfaced since MotoGP's last visit ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Spaniard scored a first win for Aprilia since joining the marque in 2021 in the sprint race three weeks ago in Portugal and was a factor in the fight for victory in the grand prix.But a worsening gearbox issue, while he was running in second, led to him slowing down onto the final lap, before causing him to crash out seconds later at Turn 1.Vinales says Aprilia’s analysis of the issue ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The eight-time grand prix world champion has won seven times at the Circuit of the Americas in his MotoGP career, starting with his maiden victory in 2013.Winning every year at COTA between 2013 and 2018, Marquez last won at the circuit in 2021.Having achieved a first sprint podium on the Gresini Ducati in Portugal last month, many have viewed Austin as the place where Marquez could get his first ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Spaniard took a surprise first Honda victory at the Circuit of the Americas 12 months ago when he rode for the LCR squad, which would transpire to be HRC’s only visit to the top step of the podium all season.Having swapped one uncompetitive bike for another in the factory Yamaha for 2024, Rins says he comes to Texas “dreaming” about a repeat win.But, having struggled in the first two ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Like Honda, Yamaha is benefiting from the operational and technical advantages approved at the end of last year in an attempt to help the manufacturers most in need from a performance point of view.One very beneficial aspect of the concessions is the possibility for the race riders to carry out private test days, limited only by the number of tyres available - which has also increased.Another ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The 26-year-old made his MotoGP debut with Pramac in 2021 and has been a part of its roster ever since, enjoying the privilege of factory machinery.Had he won the 2023 MotoGP title, he would have gained automatic promotion to the Ducati factory team for this season in place of Enea Bastianini.With his future at Pramac already in doubt beyond this year, as the 2023 championship runner-up eyes a ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Liberty Media announced earlier this month that had acquired 86% of Dorna Sports in a blockbuster deal worth €4.2 million, which it hopes to finalise by the end of 2024.While the American media giant has yet to discuss what plans it has to grow MotoGP’s popularity, it is likely its efforts with Formula 1 will act as the blueprint.Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Americas Grand Prix – a key ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Last week Yamaha announced it had re-signed Quartararo to a new two-year contract, reportedly worth around €12 million per season, taking him through to the end of 2026.It comes as Yamaha has continued to struggle for form in the first round of 2024 and Quartararo admitted discussions with rival teams.Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Americas Grand Prix, the 2021 world champion says a meeting ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

На конец сезона 2023 Рысь выглядела явно подуставшей, немолодой, но все еще крепкой девчонкой, безо всяких нареканий проехавшая со мной 10 тыс. км за сезон (в т.ч. 4500 км в отпуске по не самым хорошим дорогам нашей Родины) и ни разу не закапризничав: Читать дальшеПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Trackhouse has joined MotoGP this year after taking over from previous owners RNF and CryptoDATA, running two Aprilias for Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez.The last few months have been a whirlwind for the American squad, which has had to build the structure to compete in MotoGP virtually from scratch. Little by little, stability has come to a team that was living in permanent uncertainty and ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Valentino Rossi’s VR46 squad made its MotoGP premier class debut in 2022 after agreeing a deal with Ducati for one factory-specification bike that went to Luca Marini, and a year-old bike that went to Marco Bezzecchi.Motorsport.com understands that VR46 has the option to renew with Ducati for 2025 and 2026, with the option set to expire at the end of May, but the team would have to settle for ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

В последние годы CFMoto все более активно охватывает рынок, выпуская новые модели. Совсем недавно бренд выпустил байк Ibex 450 начального уровня. Закончив с шумихой вокруг нового Ibex 450, CFMoto теперь активно позиционирует планирующий запуск в массовое производство флагманской модели линейки MT: 1250MT. Однако, подробности пока не раскрываются. И нам остается, только догадываться о характеристиках нового байка. Благо CFMoto довольна предсказуема, и мы можем сделать некоторые прогнозы.Просмотреть полный текст статьи