The recent spate of official rider announcements means that the MotoGP rider line up for 2023 is nearly complete. The official confirmation by Aprilia that Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez would be racing in the RNF Aprilia squad brings the total of confirmed riders signed to 18. All of the factory seats are now occupied,…
Remy Gardner will ride in the Superbike World Championship for the GRT Yamaha team next year. Gardner’s MotoGP contract with KTM was not renewed, leaving him and manager Paco Sanchez mulling over a return to Moto2, where he is already a world champion, or a switch to production-based competition. The Australian will indeed head in the…
Scott McLaughlin admits he was “caught … off-guard” when he sank to ninth at the fourth and final restart at the Indy Toronto. McLaughlin had hovered around the cusp of the top five all afternoon and was fourth on merit when the IndyCar field took the green flag again on Lap 67 at Exhibition Place.…
Speculation over Ricciardo has been rife amid a disappointing 2022 season, while McLaren’s signing of IndyCar champion Alex Palou and recent test for Colton Herta have added intrigue to the situation. Ricciardo has a contract for 2023 but reports have suggested the Australian could quit at the end of the season as he struggles to…
Suzuki and Dorna Sports have reached an agreement, paving the way for the Japanese brand to quit MotoGP at the end of this year. The Hamamatsu manufacturer announced in May that it intended to pull out of the championship at season’s end. However, Suzuki would have to meet Dorna at the negotiating table, given…
It comes as no great surprise, but Andrea Dovizioso has ruled out continuing in MotoGP for the 2023 season. After splitting from Ducati at the end of 2020, then testing for Aprilia, the triple title runner-up returned to MotoGP race action with the Petronas (now RNF) Yamaha team last September, aiming to revive the kind…
Alex Rins is set to sign a factory contract directly with Honda to join LCR for the next two seasons, with an official announcement imminent. As reported earlier, Rins was in advanced negotiations with LCR to join the satellite Honda squad in 2023 following Suzuki’s shock decision to quit MotoGP at the end of the…
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez completed initial evaluations following his recent surgery with positive results. Two weeks after undergoing surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Marquez has undergone his first post-operative medical check. The assessment took place at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid with a medical team consisting of Dr. Joaquin Sánchez…
