Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP bike's "horrible" grip "unacceptable" Quartararo ended Monday’s running at the Qatar test just under six tenths off the best pace in 10th on his factory Yamaha. Motorsport · Feb 20, 2024
Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP bike’s “horrible” grip “unacceptable” Quartararo ended Monday’s running at the Qatar test just under six tenths off the best pace in 10th on his factory Yamaha. Autosport · Feb 20, 2024
Ducati's Dall'Igna "very disappointed" to lose key tech man to Yamaha Bartolini, Ducati's vehicle performance engineer and Dall'Igna's right-hand man, left the Italian manufacturer to join rival Yamaha as the Japanese brand went on a recruitment drive to bolster its technical line-up in an attempt to return to the front of the field. Autosport · Feb 14, 2024
Quartararo had "initial contacts" with other MotoGP teams At the age of 24, Quartararo is now in his sixth season in MotoGP, a class in which he won the title in 2021 and in which he has always competed on a Yamaha. Autosport · Feb 13, 2024
Quartararo spoke to Rins more at test than to Morbidelli in four years as MotoGP team-mates Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title. Motorsport · Feb 12, 2024
Quartararo spoken to Rins more at test than Morbidelli in four years as MotoGP team-mates Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title. Autosport · Feb 12, 2024
What we learned from the Sepang MotoGP test As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out. Motorsport · Feb 9, 2024
What we learned from MotoGP's Sepang 2024 test As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out. Autosport · Feb 9, 2024
Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP team still chasing mechanical grip "missing since 2019" The Japanese manufacturer had been testing an upgraded version of the M1 across the two tests at Sepang this month in its pursuit to close the gap to the front and become a race-winning force in MotoGP again. Autosport · Feb 9, 2024
MotoGP Sepang test: Bagnaia under lap record to lay down marker on final day Under a cloudy sky that provided cooler conditions for the start of the track action, the two-time MotoGP world champion's 1m56.682s remained the time to beat throughout the day, with several challenges coming up short over a single lap attack. Autosport · Feb 8, 2024
MotoGP Sepang test: Bastianini goes under lap record for Ducati to top day two In the morning session Martin, who headed the opening day of action at Sepang, was the first rider under the existing lap record with a 1m57.273s, fending off a challenge from KTM’s Brad Binder. Motorsport · Feb 7, 2024
MotoGP Sepang test: Martin sets the pace for Ducati on opening day Last year’s championship runner-up Martin set a time of 1m57.951s on the GP24 Ducati to head Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta by 0.269s following eight hours of running on a hot and sunny day in Malaysia. Autosport · Feb 6, 2024
Quartararo 'not feeling any better' on 2024 Yamaha MotoGP bike but sees potential Quartararo heads into the new season on the back of Yamaha’s first winless MotoGP campaign in two decades, as the Iwata marque lost more ground to its European rivals in the development race last year. Autosport · Feb 5, 2024
Yamaha reveals 2024 MotoGP livery ahead of Sepang test In a presentation in Malaysia on Monday, 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo and new Yamaha recruit Alex Rins provided a first glimpse of the paint scheme they will carry on their respective bikes this year. Motorsport · Feb 5, 2024
Autosport · Feb 3, 2024 MotoGP rookie Acosta tops Sepang shakedown test Reigning Moto2 champion Acosta, who will ride a GasGas Tech3 KTM in his debut season in MotoGP, posted the quickest time of the three days of running on the final session on Saturday.
Autosport · Jan 17, 2024 What MotoGP’s 2023 crash stats say about the sprint format Like them or lump them, sprint races are here to stay in MotoGP. Their introduction may have been sudden and overwhelming, but the primary aim of them was to get more people interested in the series. And a look at the trackside figures for 2023 reveals that was definitely the…
Autosport · Dec 26, 2023 How a struggling MotoGP sophomore saved his career but highlighted a wider issue Gresini Ducati rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio scored points on just six occasions in 2022. His haul at the end of that season was a slender 24, a full 87 points adrift of the next Ducati rider in the standings. His fellow rookie Marco Bezzecchi, had a higher peak too, managing a…
Autosport · Dec 23, 2023 Ranking the top 10 riders of the 2023 MotoGP season The 2023 MotoGP season proved to be one of the most competitive campaigns for the series, as the championship battle between Ducati duo Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin raged until the final race of an historic campaign that also saw sprints introduced for the first time.Bagnaia ultimately won out by…
Autosport · Dec 11, 2023 The big dilemma facing Valentino Rossi's MotoGP team in 2024 At the end of 2022, due to the economic instability that the RNF team was displaying, Yamaha did not renew its contract with Razlan Razali's squad, a circumstance that left the Iwata-based manufacturer with only two M1s on the 2023 grid. If we take into account the testimony of all…
Autosport · Dec 8, 2023 Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP team has “really short time” to convince me to stay The French rider made his debut with Yamaha at the Petronas SRT satellite squad in 2019 and won the title with the factory team in 2021, ending a seven-year drought for the brand.
Autosport · Dec 6, 2023 Alex Marquez was blocked by Yamaha from joining SRT in MotoGP The 2019 Moto2 champion made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with the factory Honda squad, replacing three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo when he retired at the end of 2019.
Autosport · Dec 4, 2023 The Marquez problem Yamaha is about to face with its MotoGP superstar Want to know how bad the 2023 season was for Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo? Even with double the number of races than the previous season, the 2021 world champion could only score 172 points – 76 less than he scored in 2022 with three victories on his way to runner-up…
Motorsport · Nov 28, 2023 Quartararo: Yamaha still too far from MotoGP rivals after 2024 test Tuesday’s outing in Valencia marked the true first test of the 2024 season, with Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales leading the way.
Autosport · Nov 28, 2023 Quartararo: Reality is Yamaha still too far from rivals after latest 2024 MotoGP test Tuesday’s outing in Valencia marked the true first test of the 2024 season, with Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales leading the way.
Motorsport · Nov 26, 2023 Bagnaia: Ducati did "everything perfect" to defend MotoGP title Bagnaia and Pramac title rival Jorge Martin came into the championship decider in Valencia split by 14 points after the latter won the sprint on Saturday.