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A battle between brothers for the championship: The winners and losers from MotoGP’s Spanish GP

He did it at last! No longer can Alex Marquez be called Mr Second Place. And make no mistake, this was a thoroughly deserved success even though his brother and nemesis Marc dropped his GP25 into the gravel on Sunday.

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Move aside Acosta: Could Vinales be KTM’s new talisman?

These are tough times for KTM in MotoGP. The RC16 has chronic vibration niggles. The latest version of the bike appears to be slower than last year’s. The broader KTM company has been placed into administration. Star factory rider Pedro Acosta is being linked with any number of moves to…

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Move aside Pedro Acosta: Could Maverick Vinales be KTM’s new talisman?

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Why Alex Marquez was angry despite comeback from double crash at Jerez

Alex Marquez appears to be the man least impressed by his remarkable comeback after two crashes on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Marc Marquez turned down the paycheck of a lifetime from Honda, here's why

Marquez was reportedly offered €100 million to stay with Honda for another four years, but obviously declined, instead joining Ducati

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KTM's struggle to survive is very much bleeding into its racing

After declaring insolvency, and a restructuring, the company was supposedly saved. But recent events have casted doubt on the marquee’s future.

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How MotoGP's 'other' manufacturers are making life easy for Ducati

Today marks exactly one year since a motorcycle other than a Ducati won a grand prix in MotoGP. Even then it came as a surprise in a championship dominated by the Bologna bikes. Maverick Vinales’s dominance at the 2024 Americas Grand Prix for Aprilia proved to be the archetypal flash…

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Marquez’s perfection, Bagnaia’s affliction: Winners and losers from MotoGP’s Qatar GP

Was Losail ever really a ‘weak circuit’ for Marc Marquez? He said both before and after the weekend that it was, but his performance in Qatar totally belied that idea – to the point where you wonder if the Spaniard was simply playing along with the narrative spun by a media…

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Martin’s comeback day goes to plan — but not all is well at Aprilia

Defending world champion Jorge Martin enjoyed a thoroughly successful first day aboard the factory Aprilia RS-GP in Qatar. The Spaniard was upbeat following his comeback Friday that panned out as well he realistically could have hoped. But what might have given him pause for thought – after coming down from…

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Jorge Martin makes progress in track comeback while Aprilia struggles

Martin enjoyed a good first day back in Qatar. But the team's progress has some questioning if his practice times were because of his injury, or the bike

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How MotoGP could show the way on free tyre changes at red flags

When the first attempt at starting Sunday’s MotoGP Americas GP was red-flagged, and then restarted with everybody allowed to change to their ‘dry’ bikes, massive anger broke out in the Trackhouse Aprilia pit. Team principal Davide Brivio was incensed that his rider Ai Ogura – one of three to have…

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Where the underdogs prevail — even Honda: Winners and losers of MotoGP at COTA

A wet weekend gave way to a chaotic race day at the Americas GP, as an aborted start kicked off a day of unexpected storylines

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Red flag “not fair” to riders who gambled for Americas GP

Americas GP winner and runner-up Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez have called for more clarity on the rules surrounding late bike swaps ahead of a warm-up lap, following the chaotic scenes ahead of Sunday’s race.

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Marc Marquez explains his startline bike switch before Americas GP

Marc Marquez has explained that leaving the grid ahead of the Americas GP was a carefully calculated move that exploited both his knowledge of the rule book and the psychology of his competitors.

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Francesco Bagnaia claims eventful first win of 2025 in the MotoGP Americas GP

Francesco Bagnaia wins chaotic Americas GP after Marc Marquez crashes out, handing Alex Marquez the world championship lead.

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Confidence “must be coming back” says Bagnaia after MotoGP Americas GP sprint

Bagnaia's confidence returns after battling M

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Francesco Bagnaia feeling more confident after MotoGP Americas GP sprint battle

Bagnaia's confidence returns after battling Marquez, leading him on three occasions, and finishing third in the Americas GP sprint.

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What a wet Friday at COTA taught us about MotoGP for 2025

A new surface, wet-to-dry conditions, and a few humbling/unexpected rider moments paints a remarkably different portrait of what to expect this 2025 season

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What we learned about the 2025 MotoGP season from COTA's rainy Friday

A new surface, wet-to-dry conditions, and a few humbling/unexpected rider moments paints a remarkably different portrait of what to expect this 2025 season

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Bagnaia focused on Qatar as recovery point in MotoGP title battle

A few days ago, at the launch of a new sports road bike in Rome, Ducati Team CEO Claudio Domenicali claimed that Francesco Bagnaia’s season would really begin in Qatar — where a run of tracks more suited to his taste begins.

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Bagnaia: Problems aboard Ducati were worse last year

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says his problems getting comfortable aboard the GP25 on the first two weekends of this season are no worse than they were in the early part of 2024. But the Italian understands this season’s issues are costing him more in the light of the competition…

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Room to improve for Bagnaia on Fridays in battle against MotoGP team-mate Marquez

Francesco Bagnaia may have been upbeat following his fall in practice for the Argentina Grand Prix, but the Italian will be aware that the sketchy Fridays cannot continue if he wants to challenge his factory Ducati team-mate Marc Marquez in MotoGP 2025.

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What to expect at the MotoGP Argentina GP

The Argentina Grand Prix is back on the MotoGP calendar this season after a year’s absence, with Termas de Rio Honda staging the second round of the championship this weekend.

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Where Honda and Yamaha stack up at the start of 2025 MotoGP season

Honda won the inter-Japanese contest in the Thai Grand Prix after Johann Zarco finished seventh on the best of the RC213Vs, four places ahead of the highest-placed Yamaha of Jack Miller.

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Where Yamaha and Honda stack up at the start of 2025 MotoGP season

Honda won the inter-Japanese war in the Thailand Grand Prix after Johann Zarco finished seventh on the best of the RC213Vs, four places ahead of the highest-placed Yamaha of Jack Miller.

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