GasGas sets date for Pol Espargaro’s return

GasGas sets date for Pol Espargaro’s return

Pol Espargaro is on track to make his return to action in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship before the summer hiatus, his GasGas Tech 3 Racing team has confirmed. The Spaniard has been out of action since the opening round when a high-side in Friday practice left him with a litany of injuries that have…

23 Isle of Mann TT Wins Dunlop

23 Isle of Man TT wins for Dunlop

Michael Dunlop has equalled John McGuinness’ record of 23 Isle of Man TT wins after dominating the Superbike race on his Honda ahead of Peter Hickman. The Ulsterman opened up his TT account for 2023 with an emphatic victory in the Supersport class on Saturday to notch up his 22nd career win. Leading every single…

Michael Dunlop Supersport TT IOMTT 2023

Dunlop Draws First Blood in Supersport TT Race

Michael Dunlop set himself up for a potential record-breaking race week on the 2023 Isle of Man TT by dismissing the challenge of Peter Hickman and Dean Harrison to clinch victory in the first Supersport TT race. Fresh from his scene stealing lap record performance in the final Qualifying Practice session of the week on…

Scott McLaughlin qualifies second Detroit 2023

McLaughlin Qualifies Second for Detroit Grand Prix

A racy Scott McLaughlin couldn’t quite get the job done to snatch pole for Sunday’s Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix on the streets of Detroit. The #3 Team Penske Chevrolet qualified second, three tenths of a second slower than Alex Palou’s pole-winning time of 1:01.8592s around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile (2.65km) street circuit. “Tough old joint, you’re…

Michael Dunlop IOMTT 2023

Michael Dunlop Smashes Lap Record IOMTT 2023

The Isle of Man TT Races were set alight on Friday as Michael Dunlop unofficially broke the outright lap record with a stunning lap of 135.531mph on the Hawk Racing Honda, almost six tenths of a second inside Peter Hickman’s official lap of 135.452mph set in the 2018 Senior TT Race. Hickman wasn’t far behind…

Shane Van Gisbergen at the Thrift Newcastle 500 Supercars 2023

Triple Eight Camaro Subject to Protest

Triple Eight’s sensational one, two finish in today’s Supercars Gen3 opener in Newcastle is subject to a post-race protest. A Motorsport Australia spokesperson has confirmed that a protest has been received following the 250km encounter. The cars were held in parc ferme after the race, with sources indicating the protest is related to driver cooling.…

The 2022 Grid

2023 MotoGP Rider Lineup So Far

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 Tech3 KTM Factory Racing

Remy Gardner off to WSBK in 2023

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 Honda Indy Grand Prix of Toronto

McLaughlin misses crucial Toronto restart

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.…

Daniel Ricciardo at the 2022 Miami Grand Prix

Ricciardo – I’m not walking away

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…