Winners & Losers from MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix Who was crying and who was smiling after the trip to Japan? Motorsport · Oct 5
Enea Bastianini: "I've been waiting a long time for this moment" The Italian just missed out on a podium at Motegi, but it was only the second time all year that another KTM beat Pedro Acosta to the finish Motorsport · Oct 4
Vinales set for Tech3 KTM comeback at Japanese GP Having missed seven races across two separate spells this year, Maverick Vinales will be making a comeback at Motegi on 1-3 October Autosport · Sep 28
Tech3 KTM confirms Maverick Vinales’ comeback for Japanese GP Having missed seven races across two separate spells this year, Maverick Vinales will be making a comeback at Motegi on 1-3 October Motorsport · Sep 28
Marc Marquez now counting Pedro Acosta as MotoGP title contender The reigning world champion is now expecting a four-way showdown in the title fight Motorsport · Sep 22
Bagnaia admits tech throwbacks but won't confirm Ducati GP24 rumours While it’s clear Francesco Bagnaia has been allowed to ‘go retro’ with this factory Ducati, he neither confirmed nor denied stories that he had ridden Franco Morbidelli’s GP24 at Misano Autosport · Oct 2, 2025
Acosta taking positives after “stupid mistake” costs Motegi sprint win Pedro Acosta has admitted that crashing out of the Motegi MotoGP sprint race whilst leading was a “stupid mistake” but the Tech3 GasGas star intends to take the positives out of the experience. Autosport · Oct 5, 2024
Nissan suggests NDDP moniker no longer suited to #3 drivers Chiyo and Takaboshi were paired up at NDDP (short for the Nissan Driver Development Programme from which they both graduated) for the 2022 season, which coincided with NISMO taking over the running of the #3 car from B-Max Racing. Motorsport · Nov 16, 2023
Nissan’s Takaboshi regrets not pitting after losing Motegi win Takaboshi and his team-mate Katsumasa Chiyo commanded the majority of the 63-lap race, with Chiyo leading the opening stint from pole and Takaboshi stretching a 12-second lead over the field after taking over the #3 NDDP Racing Z on lap 25. Motorsport · Nov 5, 2023
SUPER GT preview show: Who will win the final showdown? Toyota heads into the finale with the advantage, as TOM'S pair Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata take a seven-point lead to Motegi over NDDP Nissan rivals Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi. Motorsport · Nov 2, 2023
Bagnaia can take “deep breath” after solving Ducati MotoGP braking issues The reigning champion was an encouraging second-fastest on the opening day of the Motegi weekend, only 0.029 seconds shy of pacesetter Brad Binder on the KTM. Motorsport · Sep 29, 2023
Crutchlow “not massively happy with development process” at Yamaha in MotoGP The three-time MotoGP race winner has been Yamaha’s lead test rider since retiring from full-time competition at the end of the 2020 season. Autosport · Sep 28, 2023
Toyota facing dilemma over WEC junior Miyata’s 2024 plans When Miyata was unveiled earlier this year as Toyota’s latest Japanese protege in the World Endurance Championship, he initially was optimistic that his new role wouldn’t prevent him from continuing to race in SUPER GT with the TOM’S squad. Motorsport · Sep 1, 2023
Lawson "grateful" to qualify P3 after Motegi Q2 worries Red Bull junior Lawson was outpaced only by Mugen team-mate Tomoki Nojiri and Dandelion's Kakunoshin Ota in Saturday's Q2 shootout, ending up within 0.282s of Nojiri's pole time. Motorsport · Aug 19, 2023
Motorsport · Nov 8, 2022 Honda feels SUPER GT title battle was lost at Sugo Honda has pinpointed September's rain-affected SUPER GT race at Sugo as the decisive moment in this year's title battle after losing out to Nissan.
Motorsport · Oct 6, 2022 SUPER GT title contenders gather for vital Motegi test Three of the six cars competing for this year's SUPER GT title have gathered at Motegi for a two-day tyre test, something Bertrand Baguette believes will be 'really important' for next month's finale at the same track.
Autosport · Oct 2, 2022 Super GT Autopolis: Honda boosts title hopes with 1-2 finish Honda's boosts its Super GT title hopes with a 1-2 in the penultimate round at Autopolis, as Real Racing duo Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita took a first win of 2022.
Motorsport · Oct 2, 2022 Autopolis SUPER GT: Honda boosts title hopes with 1-2 finish Honda's hopes of taking the SUPER GT title were given a timely boost with a 1-2 finish in the penultimate round of the season at Autopolis, as Real Racing duo Koudai Tsukakoshi and Nobuharu Matsushita took a first win of 2022.
Motorsport · Aug 23, 2022 Nojiri knows title approach “may not be interesting to watch” Tomoki Nojiri has conceded that his approach to winning the Super Formula title “may not be that interesting to watch” as he closed in on a second crown at Motegi last weekend.
Autosport · Aug 21, 2022 Super Formula Motegi: Sekiguchi beats Hirakawa in thrilling duel Yuhi Sekiguchi claimed his first Super Formula race victory since 2019 after beating his Impul team-mate Ryo Hirakawa in a thrilling battle.
Motorsport · Aug 20, 2022 Hirakawa reveals leaking visor caused Motegi spins Ryo Hirakawa has revealed that water getting inside his visor caused him to spin off during Saturday's Super Formula race at Motegi.