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Espargaro: It’s "painful" Acosta isn't winning because of KTM's limitations

Acosta has been one of the best performers of the 2025 season, but he is yet to stand on the top step of the podium

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Pol Espargaro: It’s "painful" Pedro Acosta isn't winning because of KTM's limitations

Acosta has been one of the best performers of the 2025 season, but he is yet to stand on the top step of the podium

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Marini’s first 2025 MotoGP crash due to being "too clean" - Espargaro

Luca Marini suffered his first crash in 2025 after an overtake on Pol Espargaro went wrong - but not because he was too aggressive

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Luca Marini’s first 2025 MotoGP crash caused by being "too clean" - Pol Espargaro

Luca Marini suffered his first crash in 2025 after an overtake on Pol Espargaro went wrong - but not because he was too aggressive

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MotoGP British GP: Bastianini wins, Martin snatches points lead from Bagnaia

Enea Bastianini claimed only his second MotoGP victory as a factory Ducati rider in the British Grand Prix, as Jorge Martin finished second to snatch the points lead away from Francesco Bagnaia.

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Espargaro set to become Honda MotoGP test rider

Espargaro announced ahead of last week's Catalan Grand Prix that he will retire at the end of the 2024 season, bringing to an end a 20-year career in the MotoGP paddock that has so far yielded three premier class victories with Aprilia.

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MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro takes home pole, Marquez only 14th

On Thursday ahead of this weekend’s sixth round of the 2024 season, Espargaro grabbed a first pole of the season with a new lap record of 1m38.190s at the end of a dramatic Q2.

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MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro ends Friday practice on top, Marquez into Q1

Espargaro won both the sprint and the grand prix at Barcelona last year, and ended Friday for the 2024 event 0.072 seconds clear of KTM’s Brad Binder after the South African suffered a pair of falls in the second session.

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Espargaro unimpressed by MotoGP stewards' approach after French GP incidents

Aprilia rider Espargaro had a run-in with two different riders during last Sunday's race at Le Mans as he tumbled from running third in the opening stages to a disappointing ninth at the finish.

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Espargaro: Aprilia needs to improve MotoGP engine to fight at the front

Aprilia has debuted an updated version of the RS-GP in pre-season testing at Sepang, with a lot of work put in on introducing new aerodynamic devices on the bike.

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"Big mistake" to hold MotoGP Valencia GP at 3pm, says Espargaro

KTM factory rider Jack Miller crashed out of the lead on lap 19, with Alex Rins, Augusto Fernandez and Enea Bastianini all ending up in the gravel in similar incidents.

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Espargaro: MotoGP must improve contract respect between teams and riders

Since Marc Marquez and Honda agreed to mutually part ways with a year left on his deal for 2024 so he can join Gresini Ducati, contracts have been the major talking point.

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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Martin heads Aprilia duo in first practice

Martin set a time of 1m31.811s on his Pramac Ducati with just 40 seconds left on the clock, taking the top spot by 0.102s from long-time pacesetter Vinales.

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Espargaro moved aside for Acosta’s MotoGP arrival at Tech3 in 2024

Espargaro signed to return to KTM and Tech3 for the 2023 season following two difficult years at Honda, following his first stint with the Austrian marque from 2017 to 2020.

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Espargaro: Indian GP safety issues show how united MotoGP riders are

India is scheduled to host its first-ever MotoGP round this weekend at the Buddh International Circuit which was built to host Formula 1 races between 2011 and 2013, when it was dropped from the calendar.

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“Speechless” Espargaro dedicates maiden Aprilia MotoGP 1-2 to Bagnaia

Bagnaia was involved in a horrific incident on the opening lap of the grand prix while leading, after he was flung from his Ducati exiting Turn 2.

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Espargaro dedicates maiden Aprilia MotoGP 1-2 at Catalan GP to Bagnaia

Bagnaia was involved in a horrific incident on the opening lap of the grand prix while leading, after he was flung from his Ducati exiting Turn 2.

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MotoGP riders “not relaxed” about lack of info on India track improvements

For the first time in its history, MotoGP will race in India later this month after a deal was struck to host the event last year.

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Espargaro "knew Binder had touched the green" in Assen MotoGP battle

The Aprilia rider proved correct with his assessment of Binder’s mistake at Turn 8 on the last lap, with confirmation of the South African’s one-place demotion coming moments after the chequered flag.

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Mir “scared” of repeating Lorenzo’s Honda MotoGP failure

The 2020 world champion switched to the factory Honda squad for this season after Suzuki quit the series at the end of last year.

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Espargaro: Aprilia “has to prove” its Ducati-beating bluster in MotoGP now

Having already taken a grand prix win in the opening five rounds of 2022, Aprilia has just one podium to its credit in 2023 so far – a second for Maverick Vinales in the Portuguese Grand Prix.

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Pol Espargaro gives first update since horror Portugal MotoGP crash

Espargaro was thrown from his GASGAS-branded KTM in the latter stages of FP2 at the season-opener in Portugal last month and hit an unprotected tyre barrier.

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Espargaro: KTM is beating Aprilia “with a worse bike” in MotoGP

The Spaniard qualified on pole for the sprint and grand prix at Jerez last weekend, but could only manage a best of fifth on Sunday having crashed in the Saturday contest.

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MotoGP Jerez poleman Espargaro was “angry” when rain fell before qualifying

Espargaro snatched his first pole of the 2023 season in a dramatic qualifying at Jerez, the Spaniard beating KTM’s Jack Miller by 0.221 seconds with a final lap of 1m37.216s.

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Bastianini pulls out of MotoGP Spanish GP weekend with injury

The four-time MotoGP race winner suffered a broken shoulder blade after Luca Marini collided with him in the sprint race at the Portuguese GP in March.

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