Aprilia MotoGP rider, Andrea Iannone, has lost his appeal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The result? A four-year ban from any motorsports sanctioned under the FIM. Oof. (more…)
It was a historic moment for Suzuki in MotoGP yesterday as both of the Suzuki Ecstar riders, Joan Mir and Alex Rins, secured a 1-2 finish at the European GP in Valencia, Spain. To top things off, Joan Mir got his first-ever premier class victory as well as extended his lead in the 2020 MotoGP championship title chase. (more…)
Maverick Vinales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) will start this Sunday’s race from pitlane no matter how good he performs in today’s qualifying sessions. Why? The Yamaha factory team had no other choice but to bring in a sixth engine, which counts as a penalty for Vinales in the form of a pitlane race start. (more…)
The KTM squad will have one less rider on the MotoGP grid this weekend in Valencia as Iker Lecuona from the Red Bull KTM Tech3 squad has been in close contact with someone who was found positive for COVID-19. This news was officially shared on the Tech3 Facebook and Twitter pages with a message from its team principal, Herve Poncharal. (more…)
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP rider, Valentino Rossi, plans to arrive in Valencia, Spain with hopes to be able to compete in this weekend’s round but there’s a catch. He needs to test negative for COVID-19 twice in 48 hours and the first one has come out negative, which is very good for The Doctor. (more…)
This weekend marks the last triple-header MotoGP round of the 2020 championship season which will be in Valencia and Portimao. Repsol Honda has confirmed that their star rider, Marc Marquez, will not be returning to his beloved Honda RC213V this weekend and maybe, the rest of the season. (more…)
The 2020 MotoGP world championship has three rounds left and the battle is on between the top six riders who are only separated by 32 points. Leading the charge is Suzuki Ecstar’s Joan Mir and everyone is preparing for the upcoming double-header in Valencia, Spain followed by Portimao in Portugal. (more…)
Three rounds remain in the 2020 MotoGP world championship season and Aprilia will be completing it with Lorenzo Savadori, one of the manufacturer’s test riders. The 27-year-old Italian will be competing on the Aprilia RS-GP together with the Aprilia Racing Team Gresini main rider, Aleix Espargaro. (more…)
The second wave of COVID-19 is currently on a high in Spain, which is why the country has declared a national state of emergency to help curb the spread of the virus. The Spanish government has concluded that this state of emergency will last 15 days, which comes to our next question – Will the MotoGP round in Valencia be affected two weeks from now? (more…)
The Gran Premio de Teruel MotoGP round in Aragon, Spain yesterday witnessed Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) taking home his second ever premier class victory and with stunning fashion. The style that he did so reminded us of the great Jorge Lorenzo where Morbidelli took the holeshot and left everyone in the dust. (more…)
Just when you thought the 2020 MotoGP world championship could not get any more exciting, Aragon GP delivered some of this year’s finest masterclass ridings from the likes of Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins and Joan Mir, as well as Repsol Honda’s Alex Marquez. (more…)
Nine-time MotoGP world champion, Valentino Rossi, will miss this week’s Aragon GP and most likely the next round at the same venue after testing positive for COVID-19. He was only discovered to be positive yesterday at his hometown of Tavullia, Italy after feeling a bit sore and feverish upon returning from Le Mans, France. (more…)
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