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Yamaha MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo said he needed to “disconnect from racing” after a frustrating outing at the Australian Grand Prix last weekend. Quartararo started the Phillip Island weekend on a strong note, putting his M1 on pole position with record-breaking pace in qualifying. While few expected him to feature in the podium fight given Yamaha’s relatively poor race pace ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio believes Aprilia has closed the gap and is probably “ahead” of Ducati in the MotoGP pecking order following Raul Fernandez’s victory in the Australian Grand Prix. Phillip Island marked the second weekend in a row where Aprilia had a clear advantage over the rest of the field, having previously dominated the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend. But while a ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

MotoGP has confirmed the return of the Repsol brand after the lubricant supplier ended its Honda partnership at the end of the 2024 campaign. Repsol will become the official lubricant supplier to Moto2 and Moto3 next year, as well as serving as a title sponsor at a grand prix and enjoying prominent trackside branding throughout 2026. This comes after Autosport reported earlier this month ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Yamaha's MotoGP test rider Augusto Fernandez will compete in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix with the aim of boosting the Iwata-based manufacturer's new V4 engine project. The constant pressure Fabio Quartararo is putting on Yamaha to make progress in the development of its new V4-powered bike has led the Japanese manufacturer's engineers to enter Fernandez in the Malaysian event. The ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia had by far the fastest bike at Phillip Island and deservedly won the Australian Grand Prix. There’s no debate about that. But at the previous round in Indonesia, its star rider Marco Bezzecchi arguably had an even bigger advantage over rivals, and yet Ducati came out on top thanks to Gresini rookie Fermin Aldeguer. Could Ducati have repeated that success in Australia, with Bezzecchi ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

The Australian Grand Prix wasn’t as chaotic or unconventional as the previous round in Indonesia, but it did throw a surprise winner as Raul Fernandez claimed his maiden victory in MotoGP. Fabio di Giannantonio flew the flag for Ducati in second, while Marco Bezzecchi bounced back from a penalty to complete the podium. KTM endured a tough weekend, with Honda and Yamaha also largely ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pramac rider Jack Miller admitted he “let everybody down”, including his team, with a race-ending shunt at the Australian Grand Prix. Miller emerged as a surprise frontrunner at Phillip Island last weekend, qualifying on the front row of the grid for the first time since 2023 before finishing a solid fourth in Saturday’s sprint. In the main race on Sunday, he dropped from third on the ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Trackhouse MotoGP boss Davide Brivio joked that it was “feeling pressure” from the American squad’s success in NASCAR after achieving a debut win at the Australian Grand Prix. Raul Fernandez led the majority of the race at Phillip Island from fourth on the grid, taking Trackhouse’s satellite Aprilia RS-GP to victory lane by 1.4s. It marked the first victory in MotoGP for the North ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Trackhouse first appeared as a race team in 2021 when they entered the NASCAR Cup Series as an unremarkable single-car team. However, when they bought Chip Ganassi Racing in its entirety, they shocked the NASCAR world and got everyone to pay attention to them, and not for the last time. Since then, Trackhouse has branched out and now fields three full-time entries in the Cup Series, as well as ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Francesco Bagnaia says he crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix because he was determined not to finish last again after a dreadful showing in Saturday’s sprint. Starting the race from 14th on the grid after a three-place penalty for impeding a rival in qualifying, Bagnaia initially lost ground and dropped as low as 18th in the early stages of the race. However, he mounted an impressive ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez has opened up on the mental toll of his struggles early in the 2025 MotoGP season after scoring a breakthrough victory in the Australian Grand Prix. Fernandez endured the worst possible start to the year after breaking a finger on his left hand on the opening day of pre-season testing at Sepang. While he was able to make a comeback at the following test in ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi says he never bought into the narrative that he could win the Australian Grand Prix after receiving a double long penalty on Thursday. Bezzecchi was always going to face an uphill battle at Phillip Island, having been penalised at the start of the weekend by the stewards for causing a collision with Ducati’s Marc Marquez in Indonesia. But the Aprilia ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Raul Fernandez dominated the Australian Grand Prix to score his maiden MotoGP victory, as pre-race favourite Marco Bezzecchi salvaged a podium finish after his penalty. Trackhouse rider Fernandez emerged on top in an early battle with Pedro Acosta and then capitalised on Bezzecchi’s double long lap penalty to take the chequered flag with a 1.4s at Phillip Island. VR46’s Fabio di ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Johann Zarco has discarded some new parts on his Honda MotoGP bike during the Australian Grand Prix sprint as he continues to struggle to regain form in the second half of the 2025 season. The Frenchman had been Honda’s top performer ever since joining the Sakura-based manufacturer in 2024 after a two-year stint at Pramac Ducati, with a victory in the rain-hit French GP in May being the ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Ducati MotoGP star Francesco Bagnaia endured another miserable afternoon in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, finishing more than 30 seconds off the lead with no clear answers for his lack of pace. Bagnaia started 11th on the grid but quickly fell back, dropping to 19th by lap four. He lost another position to LCR rookie Somkiat Chantra, only to regain a spot late when Gresini’s Fermin ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Marco Bezzecchi has admitted that he was “quite scared” that he had damaged his Aprilia MotoGP bike after an unfortunate collision with a seagull on the warm-up lap of the Australian Grand Prix sprint. A flock of seagulls gathered on the start/finish straight before the formation lap got underway at Phillip Island, with Bezzecchi striking a wayward bird as he set off from pole ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo believes he made a mistake by opting for the medium front tyre after finishing a distant seventh in the Australian Grand Prix sprint. Quartararo scored his fifth pole position of the season in qualifying earlier on Saturday morning, but his race unravelled immediately at the start as he made a poor launch and dropped to fifth on the opening lap. He lost ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi bounced back from a costly first-lap mistake in Indonesia to claim an emphatic victory in the sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix. Bezzecchi passed the Trackhouse Aprilia of Raul Ferandez with three laps to run and then escaped into the distance to score his third sprint win in four weekends. Fernandez held on to second, with Pedro Acosta completing the podium ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

MotoGP has announced that it is proactively changing the schedule for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday due to the expected windy weather at Phillip Island. The grand prix has now been pushed back by an hour to “ensure the best possible conditions”, with the start times for the Moto2 and Moto3 races also adjusted accordingly. MotoGP’s headline event of the weekend will now take place ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo claimed his fifth pole position of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Australian Grand Prix, as Ducati’s streak of front-row starts in MotoGP came to an end. Heading to Saturday’s qualifying session, Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi was the favourite for pole position, having topped Friday practice by almost three tenths of a second. In the second half of Q2 ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio is faster than Aprilia on long run pace and could be the favourite for victory in the Australian Grand Prix, believes fellow Ducati rider Alex Marquez. After two uneventful weekends in Japan and Indonesia, di Giannantonio returned to the sharp end of the pack at Phillip Island on Friday, ending up as the top non-Aprilia rider in third place. While he faced a ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Pedro Acosta says MotoGP should stick to its original schedule for the Australian Grand Prix if wind is the only matter of concern and there is no risk of poor visibility due to rain. Heavy winds reaching speeds of up to 50km/h are forecast on Sunday, prompting several riders, including Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia, to suggest that the race should be brought forward by a day. Many point to ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Yamaha has been chosen by Dorna as the exclusive manufacturer for the Moto3 grid starting in 2028, coinciding with the introduction of new 700cc engines, Motorsport.com has learned. The championship's rightsholder has long been working on a plan to shake up the smallest category in the grand prix paddock, with the clear goal of cutting costs for teams — many of which are struggling to afford ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Aprilia feels it would be “very difficult” for Marco Bezzecchi to win the Australian Grand Prix with a double long lap penalty, despite him showing record-breaking MotoGP pace in practice. Having been in dominant form all weekend in Indonesia earlier this month, Bezzecchi carried that form into Phillip Island, as he led a 1-2 for the Noale-based marque on Friday afternoon. With more than ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia is leading calls for MotoGP to move the Australian Grand Prix to Saturday amid concerns over strong winds forecast for Sunday at Phillip Island. Bagnaia said he plans to raise the issue with the Safety Commission, as wind is expected to reach up to 50 km/h on race day. There is precedent for such a move, with MotoGP having advanced the Melbourne race to Saturday ...Keep readingПросмотреть полный текст статьи