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Honda tops MotoGP’s Sepang Shakedown test as Espargaro goes fastest

The first official test for the new season concluded on Saturday, as teams brought new innovations to Sepang

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Honda tops MotoGP’s Sepang Shakedown as Aleix Espargaro goes fastest

The first official test for the new season concluded on Saturday, as teams brought new innovations to Sepang

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Bagnaia and Pirro explain how MotoGP concessions narrowed Ducati’s edge

Bagnaia and Pirro assess the impact of the concession system on Ducati’s advantage in MotoGP

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How concessions narrowed Ducati’s edge in MotoGP

Bagnaia and Pirro assess the impact of the concession system on Ducati’s advantage in MotoGP

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Nicolo Bulega will replace Marc Marquez at Ducati for final two MotoGP races

Ducati’s World Superbike rider will replace the injured Marquez in the Portimao and Valencia rounds

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Ducati confirms Marc Marquez replacement for rest of MotoGP 2025

The seven-time MotoGP champion is skipping the rest of the 2025 season due to injury

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Ducati reveals replacement for injured Marquez at MotoGP Australian GP

Pirro to contest his first race of 2025 as Marquez continues recovery from Mandalika injury

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Ducati announces injured Marc Marquez’s stand-in for Australian GP

Michele Pirro will contest his first race of 2025 as Marc Marquez continues recovery from Mandalika injury

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Pirelli buoyed by MotoGP tyre test ahead of 2027 takeover

MotoGP teams got their first taste of Pirelli on Tuesday, in a test that included a sprint race simulation

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Pirelli happy with first trial of 2027 MotoGP rubber

MotoGP teams got their first taste of Pirelli on Tuesday, in a test that included a sprint race simulation

Autosport

Quartararo tops MotoGP’s Sepang shakedown test for Yamaha

Factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo topped the times in this week’s MotoGP shakedown test at Sepang with a last-minute flier.

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Di Giannantonio will try to “annoy” Marquez and Bagnaia on Ducati GP25

Fabio di Giannantonio says he will try to “annoy” Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia when he is on the same equipment as the factory Ducati riders in MotoGP next year.

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Ducati trials two-way radio communication in Barcelona MotoGP test

Ducati test rider Michele Pirro was able to exchange spoken messages with team manager Davide Tardozzi over radio during Tuesday's MotoGP test in Barcelona.

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MotoGP Barcelona GP: Nakagami tops opening practice from Acosta

LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami led the way in the first MotoGP practice for the Barcelona Grand Prix after completing a late run on fresh tyres.

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Marquez set to ride both Ducati GP25 and GP24 bike in Barcelona test

Marc Marquez is set to ride Ducati’s current-spec GP24 as well as a GP25 prototype in next week’s Barcelona MotoGP test, according to the marque’s test rider Michele Pirro.

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Marquez set to ride both Ducati GP25 and GP24 bikes in Barcelona test

Marc Marquez is set to ride Ducati’s current-spec GP24 as well as a GP25 prototype in next week’s Barcelona MotoGP test, according to the marque’s test rider Michele Pirro.

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Pirro to ride Di Giannantonio's Ducati in Barcelona GP and 2025 test

Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will be drafted in at VR46 for the final round of the 2024 MotoGP season at Barcelona, Motorsport.com has learned.

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Espargaro considering Aprilia test rider role, but MotoGP future still open

The 34-year-old has been racing full-time in MotoGP since 2012 and has been with Aprilia since 2017, developing it into a race-winning package in that time.

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Ducati: COTA MotoGP podium “essential step” for Bastianini

Bastianini is in the final year of his two-season contract with the factory Ducati squad and was spared demotion for 2024 by Pramac’s Jorge Martin not winning the title in 2023.

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New Ducati fairing has "really good potential", says Bagnaia

First spotted on the Ducati of test rider Michele Pirro at last week’s shakedown, the new aerodynamic package combines the stepped layout on the side of the bike with a diffuser at the bottom of the fairing - two parts that were separately trialled last year.

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Gallery: The F1-inspired aero devices spotted in MotoGP's Sepang test

Miguel Oliveira, Trackhouse Racing Team (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images) Jack Miller, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images) Michele Pirro, Pramac Racing (Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images) Pedro Acosta, Tech3 GASGAS Factory Racing (Photo by: Gold and…

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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.

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MotoGP Japanese GP: Martin wins shortened race to narrow Bagnaia's points lead

Pramac Ducati rider Martin followed up his sprint win on Saturday with another virtuoso display to grab his second grand prix victory in three rounds, and his third of the season, albeit with just 12 of the scheduled 24 laps being completed.

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MotoGP Japanese GP: Martin wins rain-shortened race, Marquez P3

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MotoGP Italian GP: Alex Marquez leads Quartararo in FP1

Marquez topped the 45-minute session with a time of 1m46.121s, which put him 0.087s ahead of Quartararo and 0.104s clear of KTM’s Brad Binder, as three different manufacturers finished inside the top three.

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