MotoGP French Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP rider rankings Who among the MotoGP field shone through the French Grand Prix chaos – and which riders let themselves down?
MotoGP ‘They don’t exist’ – MotoGP stewards’ meeting brings no closure A crunch Le Mans meeting between MotoGP riders and the stewards’ panel led to subsequent confusion about certain decisions the following day
MotoGP MotoGP may be waiting until 2025 for an ultra-hyped debut KTM looks increasingly likely to keep Pedro Acosta out of the limelight – at least for another year. Simon Patterson outlines the current situation, including why KTM doesn’t want to rush a prize MotoGP prospect
MotoGP Anger in check – but Quartararo brands Yamaha updates ‘useless’ Fabio Quartararo may be keeping any anger in check, but he isn’t afraid to call out Yamaha’s stalled MotoGP progress – describing the parts it tried at the Jerez test “useless”
Motorcycle racing Massive NW200 controversy explained as leading team exits Road racing royalty Peter Hickman and fellow star Josh Brookes bowed out of the North West 200 amid a huge stewarding scandal
MotoGP VIP car enters live track in Le Mans MotoGP weekend ‘mistake’ A driver “mistake” has led to a VIP car entering the track during the first Moto3 practice of the Le Mans MotoGP weekend
MotoGP Marquez sees glaring loophole in MotoGP’s new penalty rules Marc Marquez says the MotoGP penalty system needs to be modified further to prevent potential reputational damage to the series because initial changes made following his and Honda’s appeal against a double long-lap penalty decision being rewritten opened a significant loophole
MotoGP MotoGP’s main rider market protagonist drops a big 2024 hint Will Jorge Martin stay in the Ducati MotoGP fold at Pramac or activate a clause that would let him replace Franco Morbidelli at Yamaha? His latest hint is a change of tone
MotoGP The ‘unimaginable frustration’ of a spluttering MotoGP title bid Aleix Espargaro feels he is succeeding at “the most difficult thing” in MotoGP – but it’s not being reflected in the results
MotoGP French GP sets stage for a welcome MotoGP epilogue Danilo Petrucci is back in Ducati colours at Le Mans this weekend. No-one’s expecting him to reach the heights of his factory stint, but the circumstances of this outing should make it a more satisfying appearance than his original sign-off
MotoGP The questions Marc Marquez’s MotoGP return will answer Marc Marquez will return to MotoGP action at Le Mans for the first time in a month and a half – and with a plethora of unanswered questions facing him
MotoGP Court scraps Marquez’s penalty for Portugal MotoGP shunt The FIM Court of Appeal has decided to scrap Marc Marquez’s long-lap penalty carried over from the opening race of the 2023 MotoGP season in Portugal
Motorcycle racing World Superbikes is having the season MotoGP feared After a run of superb seasons, the World Superbike Championship is being utterly dominated by Ducati’s reigning champion Alvaro Bautista in 2023. Simon Patterson looks at why it’s happened and what it means for the series
MotoGP 'I think 2024 will be my last MotoGP season' - Aleix Espargaro Aprilia MotoGP racer and 2022 title contender Aleix Espargaro has hinted exclusively to The Race that 2024 might be the final season of his career in the premier class
MotoGP Petrucci’s shock Ducati MotoGP return could be more than just fun Danilo Petrucci is surprised and delighted that he’s about to race a works Ducati in MotoGP again, but also aware the French Grand Prix is a genuine opportunity for him to star
MotoGP Lorenzo’s Yamaha claim is brash – but not without merit Jorge Lorenzo believes Yamaha could’ve prevented its current MotoGP crisis had he stayed on as a test rider
MotoGP Fernandez has surgery he’s sure will change his MotoGP season Arm problems have wrecked Raul Fernandez’s second MotoGP season so far. Now he’s had the surgery he’s been counting on to turn things around
MotoGP Injured Oliveira replaced for Le Mans MotoGP round Miguel Oliveira will be missing a MotoGP round for a second time this year, due to a separate injury sustained in a crash at Jerez
MotoGP ‘Working the refs’ risks becoming a required new MotoGP tactic Two nearly-identical incidents in the Jerez MotoGP race got two different penalty outcomes from the stewards. Did rider theatrics have an influence?
MotoGP Espargaro gives first update since Portimao MotoGP crash Pol Espargaro has issued his first update on his condition in the five weeks since his horrific accident in practice for the opening round of the MotoGP season at Portimao
MotoGP Rider reaction mixed as MotoGP trials radio system again MotoGP used Monday’s post-race test at Jerez to trial its latest prototype radio system with three riders, but it was met with a mixed response from the field
MotoGP Binder: MotoGP stewarding dissuaded me from Bagnaia attack Brad Binder says he thought twice about lunging at Pecco Bagnaia at the end of the MotoGP Jerez race, as “racing isn’t how it used to be”
MotoGP Honda’s verdict on Kalex MotoGP chassis’ long-awaited debut The public debut of Honda’s Kalex MotoGP chassis yielded positive initial feedback, despite a technical problem
MotoGP VR46 1-2 in Jerez MotoGP test amid more Honda crashes Marco Bezzecchi led a VR46 Ducati 1-2 on the sole day of MotoGP testing at Jerez the Monday after the Spanish Grand Prix weekend
MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix 2023 MotoGP rider rankings A champion back on form, a returning masterclass, and two team-mates are among the best performers in The Race’s MotoGP rider rankings from the Spanish GP weekend at Jerez
MotoGP Oliveira’s crash injury ‘bigger than expected’ after hospital visit Miguel Oliveira’s injury in the aftermath of his Spaniard Grand Prix crash is more substantial than expected, his RNF Aprilia MotoGP team has revealed
MotoGP Honda’s highly-anticipated Kalex MotoGP chassis finally debuts Honda’s vaunted new MotoGP chassis built by German manufacturer Kaex has completed its first laps, with test rider Stefan Bradl taking to the track at Jerez on Monday morning during the championship’s first in-season post-race test
MotoGP ‘Clearly not a penalty’ – Was Quartararo hard done by? Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo were both bewildered by the sanction he received at Jerez – and there’s sympathy in the MotoGP paddock
MotoGP MotoGP’s ex-underdog needs to stop squandering chances Last year Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia’s unlikely MotoGP title challenge was the feel-good underdog story of the year – now they’re one of the chief underperformers in 2023
MotoGP Morbidelli penalised for Jerez MotoGP pile-up Franco Morbidelli will serve a long-lap penalty in the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez for his role in the incident that caused the MotoGP sprint to be red-flagged
MotoGP Pedrosa’s proven a point. But a MotoGP return doesn’t tempt him A run to sixth place in the sprint shows Dani Pedrosa could still make it work as a MotoGP full-timer. He just doesn’t want or need to
MotoGP ‘Totally a sprint crash’ – Riders on fiery Jerez MotoGP pile-up Franco Morbidelli says the Jerez MotoGP sprint crash in which he was hit by Takaaki Nakagami’s Honda was a direct consequence of the new format, as chaos returned to the Saturday race
MotoGP FIM launches women’s world championship as ‘final destination’ The FIM, motorcycle racing’s governing body, has announced that 2024 will mark the first season of an all-new women’s world championship
MotoGP Injured Bastianini abandons MotoGP comeback before qualifying Injured factory Ducati racer Enea Bastianini will miss another weekend of MotoGP action after parking his bike during free practice three at the Spanish Grand Prix
MotoGP ‘F**king fast’ Pedrosa lauded for rapid MotoGP comeback pace Many suspected Dani Pedrosa would do pretty well on his MotoGP return as a KTM wildcard at Jerez. But fastest of all in first practice was something else
MotoGP Jerez ace Quartararo’s dire form lays Yamaha misery bare Lacking single-lap performance and “not good” on pace, Fabio Quartararo sounds resigned to a tough weekend at a track he clearly loves
MotoGP Underused no more? Rins on Honda role and post-win targets Honda’s newest winner Alex Rins discusses his position with the brand and the differences to Suzuki in an exclusive interview with The Race
MotoGP What misplaced Jerez buzz says about MotoGP’s Marquez reliance It’s telling that some minor organisational tinkering sent the MotoGP paddock into a Marc Marquez frenzy at Jerez
MotoGP Bagnaia in crash explanation u-turn ‘after seeing the data’ After taking a closer look at his COTA crash, MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia has hinted it’s more on him than Ducati to prevent a repeat
MotoGP Marquez risked career-ending hand damage if he raced at Jerez Marc Marquez says he would’ve risked escalating his current hand injury to a career-ending degree if he had made his MotoGP return at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez
