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Factory Honda MotoGP outfit is set to hold talks on an agreement for a new two-year title sponsorship deal with Spanish oil magnate, Repsol as Racetrackmasters.com has learnt. Repsol became title sponsor to the works Honda outfit back in 1995, beginning one of the most enduring partnerships in MotoGP and yielding 15 riders’ world titles…
Valentino Rossi “didn’t understand” why he crashed on the opening lap of the MotoGP French Grand Prix and called his third-successive non-finish a “great shame”. The Yamaha rider started from 10th and was in the middle of the pack on the run up to the Dunlop chicane on the opening lap of Sunday’s Le Mans…
Ducatti rider Danilo Petrucci won a dramatic French MotoGP ahead of Alex Marquez who is a Repsol Honda rookie, while the title contenders Fabio Quartararo and Suzuki’s Joan Mir struggled throughout the race. There was a brief delay before the race could officialy start due to a very heavy downpour at the Le Mans, the…
Fabio Quartararo beat Jack Miller to MotoGP pole in a dramatic French Grand Prix qualifying, with Joan Mir only 14th after failing to get out of Q1. Qualifying was delayed owing to an oil spill caused by Miguel Oliveira’s Tech 3 KTM expiring 13 minutes into FP4. When Q2 finally got under way, Yamaha took…
Jack Miller slides his way to the top of the timesheets in second free practice for the French MotoGP at Le Mans, +0.7s up on Takaaki Nakagami and Johann Zarco. Jack Miller climbed to the top of the timesheets in second free practice for the 2020 French MotoGP at Le Mans as tricky, slippery track…
Bradley Smith topped a wet first practice for the MotoGP French Grand Prix on the Aprilia ahead of home hero Johann Zarco on the Avintia Ducati.Smith’s future beyond this weekend is uncertain as Andrea Iannone’s appeal to have his 18-month doping ban overturned will be heard on Thursday and could be in a position to…
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow admits that his arm is not yet in a good situation ahead of the French MotoGP a month after arm pump surgery. Cal Crutchlow underwent a surgery to correct arm pump following the Styrian Grand Prix back in August but was forced to miss the two Misano rounds after developing complications…
Six engineers from the Monster Energy Yamaha team will miss the French MotoGP which will be held this weekend at Le Mans. This comes after one of the engineers tested positive for the disease as the team confirmed on Thursday. In a statement, Yamaha said, “Yamaha Motor Co Ltd and Yamaha Motor Racing Srl regret…
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi were like kids in a candy store today at the Portimão MotoGP Official Test. The pair had a blast riding YZF-R1 bikes to get familiar with the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP test rider Jorge Lorenzo also attended today’s sessions, riding the…
Stefan Bradl was joined by his teammate Alex Marquez in Portugal for the first MotoGP test at the Portimao circuit, both riders familiarizing themselves with the new track. The Algarve International Circuit will debut on the 2020 MotoGP World Championship calendar as the final round of the series, November 20 to 22. Ahead of its…