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What riders are back on MotoGP grid for Czech GP?

The upcoming Czech Grand Prix’s entry list has been revealed, with reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin set to return for just his second race weekend this season.

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Martin amongst those to return to MotoGP at Czech GP

The upcoming Czech Grand Prix’s entry list has been revealed, with reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin set to return for just his second race weekend in 2025.

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KTM and Aprilia ready for two days of private MotoGP testing at Misano

Following the season opener on 2 March, the 2025 MotoGP season has already completed its first three stops: the Grand Prix of Thailand, Argentina, and the United States. The next scheduled event is the Qatar GP, set to take place from April 11 to 13.

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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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What Espargaro learned about Marquez from his time at Honda

Pol Espargaro was surprised to see how Marc Marquez was able to tame an increasingly difficult Honda MotoGP bike during their time as team-mates in 2021-22.

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Why Marc Marquez will have the hardest fight of his career in MotoGP 2025

The 2024 MotoGP season is tipping into the final third of the calendar, but there is a school of opinion that the 2025 championship is already decided.

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MotoGP San Marino GP: Martin sets the pace in opening practice

Jorge Martin was just over a second away from his MotoGP lap record at Misano and a slender 0.037s faster than Aragon winner Marc Marquez in opening practice for the San Marino Grand Prix.

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Espargaro: Acosta must understand the best rider doesn’t always win in MotoGP

KTM test rider Pol Espargaro feels Pedro Acosta must understand that the best rider doesn’t always win races and titles in MotoGP, with his RC16 not yet a match to the dominant Ducati GP24s.

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Ducati’s MotoGP advantage will begin to disappear from 2025, reckons Espargaro

KTM test rider Pol Espargaro believes Ducati will slowly lose its stranglehold on MotoGP from next year, as the changes it has made to its MotoGP programme start to bite.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Bagnaia wins sprint after Martin penalty, Marquez crashes out

Francesco Bagnaia put himself level with Jorge Martin in the MotoGP points standings with victory in the sprint race for the Austrian Grand Prix, while a crash cost Marc Marquez a likely podium finish.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Martin smashes lap record and beats Bagnaia to crucial pole

Jorge Martin obliterated the Spielberg lap record to take pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix, beating pre-qualifying favourite Francesco Bagnaia.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Martin tops FP1 as Acosta suffers major crash

Jorge Martin led a 1-2 for Pramac in the opening practice for the Austrian Grand Prix after a late red flag caused by Pedro Acosta.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Martin leads Morbidelli in FP1 as Acosta suffers heavy crash

Jorge Martin led a 1-2 for Pramac in the opening practice for the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix after a late red flag caused by Pedro Acosta's crash.

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MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia leads factory Ducati 1-2

Bagnaia - who was demoted from second to fifth due to a grid penalty - claimed the lead at Turn 2 on the opening lap and never looked back, taking the chequered flag by 0.8s over team-mate Bastianini, as championship leader Jorge Martin had to settle for third. At the…

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Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season promotion to KTM in MotoGP 2024?

The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso. But ahead of the fifth round of the season in…

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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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MotoGP 2025: Full rider line-up revealed

While seven races are still to run this year, the grid for the 2025 MotoGP season is already complete.

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Portimao track undergoes key safety changes ahead of MotoGP round

Over the last few years, riders have been calling for the gravel traps at the circuit near Portimao to be altered due to what they felt was a dangerous size of stone being used.

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Why the impact of Acosta's MotoGP debut is bigger than his results

Pedro Acosta's ninth place finish in Qatar last Sunday does not reflect the rookie's impact on the opening round of the MotoGP world championship or his future with KTM.

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Five MotoGP riders who need a big 2024 season

The 2024 MotoGP season is almost upon us and all eyes are firmly on Marc Marquez as he makes his Ducati debut with Gresini Racing. The eight-time world champion’s move from Honda to the satellite Gresini squad has dominated headlines ever since it was first suggested last September. Following pre-season…

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What we learned from the Sepang MotoGP test

As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out.

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What we learned from MotoGP's Sepang 2024 test

As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out.

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Tech3 MotoGP team reveals 2024 livery as Acosta gears up for debut

The 2024 season will mark the sixth for Herve Poncharal’s team in MotoGP as a KTM satellite partner, and second under the GasGas moniker after undergoing a rebrand in 2023.

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Fernandez ends “mentally tough” rookie year assured of “level” to be in MotoGP

Fernandez was promoted to MotoGP as the reigning Moto2 champion, moving to the KTM-backed Tech3 squad alongside Pol Espargaro.

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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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