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Alex Marquez was blocked by Yamaha from joining SRT in MotoGP

The 2019 Moto2 champion made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with the factory Honda squad, replacing three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo when he retired at the end of 2019.

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Pol Espargaro feels like he has reached “the beginning of the end” in MotoGP

The 2013 Moto2 world champion has raced full-time in MotoGP since 2014, with spells at Tech3 Yamaha, KTM, Honda and then back to KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad for 2023, scoring eight podiums in the process.

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First images of Marc Marquez on Ducati MotoGP bike revealed

The eight-time world champion made his MotoGP debut at the Valencia test in 2012 with the factory Honda team after stepping up from Moto2 as the title winner.

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MotoGP Valencia GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

Both the Moto2 and Moto3 championships were already decided coming into the final round of the 2023 season.

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VR46 announces Marini's departure, paving way for Honda MotoGP switch

Marini stepped up to the premier class in 2021 with the VR46-backed side of the Avintia squad, ahead of Valentino Rossi’s team’s takeover of the latter’s grid slots for 2022.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix

The championship battle took a dramatic swing in the Qatar Grand Prix as a new MotoGP winner took to the top step of the podium.

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MotoGP Malaysian GP: Tech3-bound Pedro Acosta wins 2023 Moto2 title

Acosta is one of the hottest prospects in the MotoGP paddock, making an immediate impact in his maiden grand prix season in Moto3.

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Espargaro admits Honda 2024 approach but will remain KTM MotoGP test rider

Espargaro raced with Honda in 2021 and 2022 having spent four seasons with KTM prior, before returning to the Austrian marque this year with the GasGas-branded Tech3 outfit.FEATURE: What compels a MotoGP rider to return to something that almost killed them?The eight-time podium finisher has lost his race seat at…

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Why Binder is a class above in the KTM MotoGP stable in 2023

Last weekend in Buriram, Binder put in another strong showing for KTM with a brace of seconds in the sprint and grand prix (though was demoted to third in the latter for exceeding track limits on the last lap).It marked his fourth Sunday podium of the year and sixth sprint…

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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix

Threats of extreme winds, which ultimately came to pass on Sunday and forced the sprint to be abandoned, forced MotoGP to bring the Australian Grand Prix forward to Saturday. But it proved a memorable one for a paddock stalwart who celebrated his long-awaited maiden win.

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Why MotoGP had "no choice" but to abandon Phillip Island sprint

Having already moved the sprint to Sunday and instead holding the main race of the weekend on Saturday in anticipation of bad weather, organisers abandoned efforts to hold the 13-lap race just half an hour before the scheduled start time of 1pm local time. It followed the earlier Moto2 race…

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MotoGP stars back call to cancel sprint amid rain, wind

The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix sprint race has been cancelled due to extreme weather at the famous Phillip Island circuit.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Sprint race cancelled due to poor weather

Series promoter Dorna took the decision at around 12.30pm local time on Sunday, half an hour before the 13-lap race was due to begin.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Arbolino takes Moto2 win amid crash carnage

Forecast rain and high winds turned the middleweight race at the Australian Grand Prix venue into a crapshoot, with no fewer than 10 riders falling before the race was called after just nine laps of the scheduled 23.

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Zarco admits he thought first MotoGP win ‘is not going to happen’

The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short.

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Zarco admits thoughts that first MotoGP win ‘is not going to happen’

The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Zarco steals win from Martin on last lap

Zarco took his first top-class win - and his first in grand prix racing since his title-winning 2016 Moto2 campaign - in sensational style, passing a rapidly fading Martin on the 27th and last lap.

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MotoGP further modifies Sunday Australian GP schedule

Series organiser Dorna announced following Saturday morning's MotoGP qualifying session that the race start times for all three classes will be brought forward by an hour.

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Espargaro: MotoGP must improve contract respect between teams and riders

Since Marc Marquez and Honda agreed to mutually part ways with a year left on his deal for 2024 so he can join Gresini Ducati, contracts have been the major talking point.

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The young MotoGP trailblazer striving to solve its age-old diversity problem

With no woman having ever competed in a full season of MotoGP or Moto2 – Gina Bovaird remains the only woman to have ever started a premier class race, albeit in the largely boycotted 1982 500cc French Grand Prix - and with just a handful having ridden in Moto3, top…

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MotoGP Indonesian GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

The 20-lap Moto3 contest kicked off proceedings on grand prix Sunday at the Mandalika Circuit, with poleman Moreira converting this to his maiden victory.

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Marquez admits MotoGP crew chief change “will be strange” at Gresini

The eight-time world champion has spent his entire stint in MotoGP working with Santi Hernandez as his crew chief, who stepped up to the premier class with him from Moto2.

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The timeline of Marquez's bombshell split with Honda in MotoGP

The Marquez/Honda tie-up has been one of immense success. Bringing the Moto2 champion up to MotoGP in 2013, Honda reaped the rewards instantly as the Spaniard scored his first grand prix victory in just his second race.

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What compels a MotoGP rider to return to something that almost killed them?

Life has a particularly cruel way of biting you on the arse. Pol Espargaro moved to the factory Honda squad for 2021, leaving behind a KTM project he in no small part was responsible for developing into a race winner, hopeful of taking the big next step in his MotoGP…

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MotoGP Japanese GP: Chantra, Masia take Moto2 and Moto3 wins

Thai rider Chantra scored only his second career win, and his first of 2023, in a dominant display from pole position, as he led every lap to lead a one-two for Honda Team Asia ahead of Ai Ogura.

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