It’s hard to deny how the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team made their mark during their very first year in MotoGP. Last season was full of drama, spectacles, and amazing results which ironically started with doubts and worries related to a new team and relatively questionable choices of riders. (more…)
MotoGP 2020 is just around the corner and Sepang International Circuit (SIC) is already started selling the tickets for the 2020 Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix at ‘early bird’ prices! The very special promo in conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year is only happening from 25 January 2020 – 31 January 2020. (more…)
Getting a good start of a MotoGP is crucial for any rider, no matter the track and Yamaha was one of the leading factories that have suffered during the 2019 season. After witnessing the success of the holeshot device used by Ducati on their Desmosedici GP19, Yamaha is looking to deploy their very own version before the winter test session at Sepang International Circuit (SIC). (more…)
PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (PSRT) achieved a level of success that other MotoGP teams could only dream of, and the new PETRONAS Sprinta lubricant is a key component.
Looking back to the 2019 season, the team won both the Independent Team and Rookie of the Year Award picking up a total of six pole positions and seven podium finishes. In fact, PSRT secured fourth overall in the team standings, behind three factory teams and in front of another three – all in their debut year as a satellite team. (more…)
It’s not even 2020 yet and already talks about the recently retired Repsol Honda rider, Jorge Lorenzo, making a MotoGP comeback for next season. We’re still not sure on what his new role will be in the MotoGP paddock but rest assured, it won’t be competing in the races (at least, not anytime soon). (more…)
The FIM have unveiled the 2020 MotoGP provisional calendar. The championship will have 20 races next year.
While most venues and dates look similar, the Thai round in Buriram will be moved from October to March. The schedule will also see the addition of Kymiring in Finland in July for the first time.
The Thai MotoGP race takes over from WorldSBK. The latter series saw a large drop of spectators since MotoGP was introduced to the country.
So, instead of the usual opener in Qatar followed by the two races in the USA and Argentina, Thailand slots in after Qatar.
The campaign continues in Europe with the Spanish round in May, continuing afterwards with France, Italy, Catalunya, Germany, Netherlands, the aforementioned Finland. The riders and teams get a well-earned 3-week break before continuing in Czech Republic, Austria, Great Britain, San Marino and finally Aragon.
The next three fly-away rounds are familiar to followers i.e. Japan, Australia, Malaysia in November and ending in Valencia.
There will be two winter testes for the MotoGP field. The first will be in Sepang from 7th to 9th February. The second test is in Qatar, one week before the 2020 season kicks off.
It has been quite a turbulent MotoGP silly season with a number of high profile jumps. From Jorge Lorenzo signing with Honda to Andrea Iannone getting an Aprilia seat, the next hot piece of news confirms Moto2’s Joan Mir moving up to Team Suzuki Ecstar for the next two seasons. (more…)
After quite a number of riders confirming their seats for the 2019 and 2020 MotoGP seasons like Johann Zarco with KTM and Aleix Espargaro with Aprilia, the long-awaited extension for Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati has finally been confirmed, folks. (more…)
Just before things kick off at the 2018 HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France, Aleix Espargaro has confirmed his contract extension with the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini squad for another two seasons. This means that the 28-year-old Spaniard will be piloting the Aprilia RS-GP until the end of 2020. (more…)
MotoGP rider Johann Zarco has finally confirmed all the suspicions regarding where his riding career will head next season. It was recently announced that he’ll be joining the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team for 2019 and 2020 and will be riding the KTM RC16 machinery. (more…)
It looks like the 2019 MotoGP ‘silly season’ has started super early with the signing of Francesco Bagnaia to move up to the premier class with Pramac Ducati. The news of the young Italian signing a two-year MotoGP deal was announced by himself and the SkyVR46 racing team on Twitter. (more…)
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