by Kyle Francis | Motorsport Week Brad Binder says he is satisfied to bag his first top ten result since Austria in the European Grand Prix, despite having to serve an early long-lap penalty. The South African has struggled for form since securing a shock debut MotoGP victory in only his third start in the Czech […]
By: Peter McLaren Valentino Rossi posts a negative Covid-19 test result and can travel to Valencia, but still needs another negative to take part in the MotoGP weekend. After continuing to post a positive PCR (Covid) result on Tuesday, putting his Valencia MotoGP return in doubt, Valentino Rossi recorded a negative test result today (Thursday). That means the […]
Peter McLaren crash.net Valentino Rossi faces missing more MotoGP races after continuing to register positive Covid-19 results. Valentino Rossi has spoken of his sadness and surprise after recording another positive Covid test, putting his planned return to MotoGP action at Valencia this weekend in doubt. Valentino Rossi Getty Images The nine-time world champion was forced to miss […]
Lewis Duncan sports.yahoo.com Marquez has been absent since his aborted comeback effort at the Andalusian Grand Prix a week after breaking his right arm in the season-opening Jerez race. Requiring a second operation on his arm after breaking the plate inserted into the bone at home ahead of August’s Czech GP, Marquez has been sidelined […]
Story by: Peter McLaren Crash.net With three rounds remaining, Suzuki’s Joan Mir holds a 14-point lead at the head of the MotoGP World Championship standings. The only rider in the title top-six yet to win a race, Mir has risen to the top courtesy of more podiums (six) than any of his rivals during a wild season […]
KTM’s Brad Binder will have to serve a long lap penalty in the European Grand Prix for colliding with Jack Miller on the opening lap of the MotoGP Teruel GP. Binder and Pramac Ducati rider Miller were coming through from the fifth row of the grid in Sunday’s Aragon race when the former clattered into the rear […]
Story by: Mat Oxley Suzuki’s GSX-RR may be down on top speed at Aragon but the bike is the current master of Michelin’s MotoGP tyres. Plus Fabio Quartararo’s pressure disaster and Alex Marquez’s insight into the mysteries of Honda’s RC213V Suzuki took the lead in the four-stroke MotoGP world championship for the first time at […]
Nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this weekend’s Aragon MotoGP. Rossi, who travelled back to his to his home in Tavullia, Italy after last weekend’s French Grand Prix, confirmed on Thursday he woke up with slight fever and underwent two tests for COVID-19. “The ‘quick PCR test’ result […]
KTM’s Brad Binder says the amount of grip on offer from Michelin’s MotoGP tyres was “insane” after finishing his first race in the rain at the French Grand Prix 12th.Rookie Binder, along with the likes of Alex Marquez, Iker Lecuona, Fabio Quartararo, Joan Mir, Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira had very limited wet MotoGP experience […]
Danilo Petrucci is a wet weather master, but until now the Italian was always the bridesmaid in the rain. But no longer, as the number 9 put in a stunner in the French Grand Prix to take his second premier class win and first in the wet. It’s Ducati’s first victory at the Sarthe circuit […]
KTM’s Brad Binder says he’s not happy with the number of mistakes he has made in his rookie MotoGP season and believes he has “missed a lot” of points-scoring opportunities. The 2016 Moto3 world champion has had an impressive rookie season so far in MotoGP, which included a maiden victory in August at the Czech Grand […]
Darryn Binder claimed his first world championship win at the Moto3 Catalunya Grand Prix in Barcelona Darryn Binder came out on top when the frantic final lap concluded for his maiden win in the Catalunya Moto3 Grand Prix. The elated CIP Green Power rider had been in contention for the entire race distance, keeping his […]
The season began pretty well for Maverick Vinales in Jerez as the Spaniard took two podiums and a solid haul of points, but after a tough race in Brno, a dramatic Austrian GP and then a high-speed bailout in Styria, ‘Top Gun’ arrived at Misano poised to hit back. Last weekend it didn’t quite go to plan, […]
Darryn Binder will switch from KTM to Honda machinery after signing with Petronas Sprinta Racing for the 2021 Moto3 World Championship season Petronas Sprinta Racing has announced it has signed Darryn Binder for the 2021 Moto3 World Championship as it looks to maintain the momentum of its current title bid with John McPhee. Brother of […]
AUTHOR Mat Oxley Sunday’s San Marino GP was a remarkable event for Valentino Rossi. The 41-year-old may have missed taking his 200th premier-class podium by a fraction of a second, but four of his protégés finished first and second in the Moto2 and MotoGP races. VR46 Academy riders Franco Morbidelli and Pecco Bagnaia stood on the top two steps of […]
Tech3 team boss Herve Poncharal says the factory KTM squad’s line-up of Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira for the 2021 season is MotoGP’s “dream team”. With Pol Espargaro departing KTM for Honda at the end of the current campaign, the Austrian marque has promoted Oliveira from Tech3 to join Binder to spearhead its efforts in […]
KTM MotoGP rookie Brad Binder says he is “not at all” thinking about challenging for the 2020 world championship despite sitting fourth in the points after the first five races. Binder has been one of the standout performers of this “chaotic” 2020 season, with the rookie winning his first grand prix just three races into his premier […]
Motorsport fans have been left stunned by another terrifying MotoGP incident that saw Maverick Vinales lucky to escape serious injury. The horror incident came at turn one of the Styrian Grand Prix, forcing the race to be restarted after a red flag. Vinales was flying towards the first corner when he realised his brakes weren’t working […]
Miguel Oliveira scored his and Red Bull KTM Tech 3’s first MotoGP victory with a double overtake on the last corner in a stunning finale at the Styrian Grand Prix on Sunday. MotoGP 2020: Pol on pole! Espargaro and KTM to start from the front for first time A scary crash for Maverick Vinales led […]
Pol Espargaro will start the Styrian MotoGP from pole position for the first time in his career as he rewarded both himself and KTM the best possible opportunity to challenge for a much desired victory on home soil at the Red Bull Ring. Pol Espargaro will start the Styrian MotoGP from pole position for the first time […]
The South African was right behind Johann Zarco’s Ducati when it collided with Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha with the riders racing at full throttle. Zarco and Morbidelli were sent flying, while their bikes carried on, becoming potentially lethal projectiles.That both motorcycles missed hitting Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales was as miraculous as it was extraordinary. Rossi later admitted that […]
Andrea Dovizioso survived a chaotic Austrian GP to fly to a first 2020 MotoGP victory in a race interrupted by a lengthy red flag period. Dovizioso struggled to keep up with an inspired Pol Espargaro-who had moved his way up from fifth to wrangle the lead away just a few laps in- in the early […]
Maverick Vinales fired to a surprising pole position for Yamaha at the Red Bull Ring by just 0.068 over Pramac Racing’s Jack Miller. The Spaniard narrowly escaped having to contest Q1 after the Austrian circuit dried out in the closing stages of FP3 on Saturday morning, allowing him to improve his combined standings position from […]
Former MotoGp world champion Valentino Rossi believes KTM can be genuine title contenders in 2020 and said rookie Brad Binder’s victory at the Czech Republic Grand Prix is proof of how far they have come. Binder, 25, claimed his first MotoGP win in Brno on Sunday and the KTM team could have had two riders […]
The stunning Czech MotoGP triumph of South African rookie Brad Binder at the weekend did not go unnoticed in the highest office in the African state. Reacting to the victory in central Europe by the 24-year-old in only his third elite division race, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Binder had made all South Africans proud. “We […]
Brad Binder took a sensational first MotoGP victory for him and his KTM outfit after passing Franco Morbidelli late on in the Czech grand prix at Brno. Binder-who took the start from seventh- made a strong start to establish himself in the top five early on as he managed to pass team-mate Pol Espargaro and […]
A second operation on Marc Márquez’s fractured arm will force him to miss this weekend’s MotoGP race in the Czech Republic. HRC test rider Stefan Bradl will take his place Stefan Bradl will take Marc Márquez’s Honda seat in this weekend’s Czech Republic Grand Prix, after the reigning champion had a second operation on his fractured arm. […]
Fabio Quartararo waltzed yesterday’s Andalusian Grand Prix, dancing through the fieriest pit of hell with all the self-assurance of a young man who knows exactly where he’s headed. El Diablo’s second MotoGP victory in eight days confirmed the 21-year-old as 2020 title favourite and as France’s most successful premier-class rider in more than 70 years of […]
Fabio Quartararo sealed his second consecutive pole at Jerez for Petronas SRT after Maverick Vinales lost his provisional pole effort to a track limits infringement. Vinales led the first runs in Q2 with a blistering 1:37.102, while Quartararo could only manage a lap good enough for third early on just behind Pramac Racing’s Francesco Bagnaia. […]
Brad Binder learned in his debut MotoGP race last weekend at Jerez that premier class riders aren’t the “superheroes” they seem and now believes he “deserves to be here”. KTM rider Binder finished his debut race 13th, though displayed podium pace after running off track in the early stages out of the top 10 and […]
Just two days after surgery on a fractured right arm, defending MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will be returning for a stunning comeback in Sunday’s second race of the season (7:30 a.m. ET, NBCSN) after receiving medical clearance, according to the MotoGP site. Marquez, who was injured during a crash in the July 19 season opener, was declared […]
Marquez had a titanium plate fixed internally to his right humerus Image: Getty MotoGP champion Marc Marquez successfully underwent surgery on his right arm Tuesday after suffering a horrifying injury during a race on Sunday. The six-time MotoGP champion had a titanium plate fixed internally to his right humerus and will spend the next two […]
In his debut MotoGP™ race, the South African proved he had the race pace to match eventual race winner Fabio Quartararo When a 21-year-old takes pole position, a debut race win by nearly five seconds and does it all in only his 20th premier class race, it’s difficult to justify awarding the rider of the […]
Honda riders Marc Marquez and Cal Crutchlow are set for surgery after their separate crashes during the Spanish MotoGP weekend at Jerez. For three riders, the opening weekend of the 2020 MotoGP season did not end well as they are in a dangerous position to miss the upcoming round at the same venue next weekend. The […]
The MotoGP world championship finally gets underway at Jerez on Sunday, behind closed doors and more than four months late, with Marc Marquez going for a seventh top-class title to match Valentino Rossi who is “99 percent” certain this will not be his farewell season. Marquez, the 27-year-old Spaniard who won MotoGP world titles in […]
Belated, truncated and isolated, but better late than never, the MotoGP season resumes in Spain on Sunday 19th July. “Resumes” because the first round in Qatar took place right as the first COVID-19 travel restrictions bit. The smaller classes – 675cc Moto2 and 250cc Moto3 – happened to be there already, having just completed their final preseason […]
Brad Binder welcomes Danilo Petrucci’s arrival at KTM next season, believes the Italian’s MotoGP-winning Ducati experience will complement work of Dani Pedrosa; ‘everything he brings seems to be an improvement’ Brad Binder has praised KTM’s decision to sign Danilo Petrucci for the 2021 MotoGP season, following the loss of Pol Espargaro. Binder will spend his rookie MotoGP campaign […]
With Pol Espargaro looking set to be announced as Honda’s second MotoGP rider for 2021, Marc Marquez’s brother Alex will consequently be replaced after a single season alongside his sibling in the team. The thinking behind such a move is perceived as harsh by many, not in the least because the younger Marquez is yet […]
Valentino Rossi has admitted that he anticipates only sadness whenever he does complete his final race, and that retiring this year might even be easier given the absence of crowds. Rossi’s ride at the factory Monster Energy Yamaha team will be taken next year by Fabio Quartararo after the seven-time premier class champion, who struggled […]
Marc Marquez doesn’t need to change teams to prove he is the best, according to grand prix legend Giacomo Agostini With six MotoGP World Championships to his name, Marquez is well on the way towards surpassing Agostini’s record total of eight premier class titles and stands to achieve them all with Repsol Honda. Marquez recently […]