MotoGP Bagnaia becomes Ducati’s first MotoGP champion since 2007 Ducati’s Pecco Bagnaia clinched the 2022 MotoGP world championship with a cautious ninth at Valencia, as Alex Rins won in Suzuki’s final race
MotoGP MotoGP’s sole 2023 rookie graduates as Moto2 champion The sole MotoGP rookie entered for 2023 will arrive to the series as a Moto2 champion, Augusto Fernandez sealing the title in Valencia
MotoGP RNF MotoGP team to race special livery for new majority owner MotoGP team RNF will run a bright-coloured livery in the Valencia finale, to mark the arrival of a new majority owner
MotoGP Bagnaia’s ‘take some risks’ plan for MotoGP title decider MotoGP championship leader Pecco Bagnaia’s plan for the Valencian Grand Prix will have to involve “taking some risks”, despite the fact that a crash is by far the likeliest way in which he could lose the 2022 title
MotoGP Fear of bike exploding prompted Bezzecchi’s anger at marshal Marco Bezzecchi says his conduct in manhandling a marshal during MotoGP practice at Valencia was caused by a fear that his burning Ducati bike could explode any moment
MotoGP Bullish Quartararo sounds liberated by MotoGP title plight Whatever Fabio Quartararo does at Valencia on Sunday, he’s probably going to lose the 2022 MotoGP world championship. And it feels like he’s thriving in the situation he finds himself in
MotoGP ‘Really strange’ – Fernandez’s second head injury scare of 2022 Raul Fernandez’s Valencia MotoGP practice crash required the Tech3 KTM rookie to visit the hospital for a CT scan – and he found it “really strange” to be left with marks on his forehead for the second time this season
MotoGP Quartararo outqualifies Bagnaia, Martin on MotoGP finale pole Fabio Quartararo’s hopes of a MotoGP championship miracle remain alive after he qualified four places ahead of rival Pecco Bagnaia on row two for the Valencia Grand Prix, as Jorge Martin took pole again
MotoGP MotoGP rookie sanctioned for ‘physical contact with marshal’ MotoGP stewards have judged Marco Bezzecchi to have acted “in an aggressive and unprofessional manner” towards a Valencia marshal
MotoGP What went on in MotoGP’s Valencia practice three crashfest A red flag-interrupted third MotoGP practice at Valencia sends both Fabio Quartararo and Pecco Bagnaia to Q2 – but only just
MotoGP Quartararo’s ‘really good day’ widens his MotoGP title path Fabio Quartararo’s 2022 MotoGP title dream requires a pair of Valencia outcomes that appear unlikely – but, as of Friday, the Yamaha man at least showed he has the potential to hold up his end of the bargain
MotoGP MotoGP’s ‘jungle’ awaits Bagnaia if he doesn’t speed up Francesco Bagnaia’s low-key start to the Valencia MotoGP weekend has injected a glimmer of intrigue into what has largely looked as a formality of a title decider – because the Italian may have to face up to MotoGP’s ‘jungle’
MotoGP Ducati 1-2-3 in second Valencia practice, but Bagnaia only ninth Luca Marini led a Ducati 1-2-3 in the second MotoGP practice at Valencia, but points leader Francesco Bagnaia was only ninth
MotoGP Quartararo tops opening Valencia MotoGP practice, Bagnaia 17th Fabio Quartararo led the opening practice session for the MotoGP title decider in Valencia, with points leader Pecco Bagnaia only 17th
MotoGP Yamaha’s startling MotoGP admission of Razgatlioglu regret Franco Morbidelli’s MotoGP season has been rough enough for Yamaha to admit it perhaps should’ve turned to Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2021
MotoGP ‘Wasting time and money with me’ – Espargaro’s Honda epilogue Pol Espargaro says being cut off from Honda’s MotoGP development process has made him feel like the marque is “wasting time and money with me”
MotoGP Is an era-ending MotoGP title unfairly ‘belittled’? Ahead of Suzuki’s final race before it exits MotoGP, Joan Mir has admitted he thinks his 2020 title with the manufacturer is undervalued. Does he have a point?
MotoGP MotoGP podcast: The miracle Quartararo needs in Valencia The Race MotoGP Podcast previews the season finale in Valencia, in which Fabio Quartararo will hope to pull off an unprecedented comeback
MotoGP MotoGP successes and failures Valencia will draw a line under A number of MotoGP partnerships come to an end at Valencia this weekend. How well did they work out as a whole, and who will be looking back on this weekend as the final chapter of something good, or best forgotten?
Formula 1 Aston Martin names Vandoorne as F1 reserve driver for 2023 Mercedes F1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne will be part of the Aston Martin roster in 2023, potentially replacing Haas hopeful Nico Hulkenberg
MotoGP How real is Yamaha’s MotoGP dream of Valencia 2006 repeat? Fabio Quartararo’s mission impossible coming to Valencia invites a tempting comparison to the only other time in the MotoGP era so far that a rank outsider coming into the season finale left said season finale clutching the big trophy. But should it give Quartararo any hope of a repeat?
Formula 1 F1 podcast: How much flak does Mercedes deserve for Mexico? Was Mercedes’ strategy for F1’s Mexican GP ill-conceived from the start, or simply made to look worse by Daniel Ricciardo-enabled hindsight?
NASCAR Bizarre ‘wall-riding’ move puts Chastain into NASCAR folklore NASCAR’s Cup playoff system received one of its most iconic moments ever in the penultimate race of the 2022 season at Martinsville, as Ross Chastain used the wall to slingshot himself into the championship race
Formula 1 Red Bull thinks breach punishment could make it 0.5s slower Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner has provided an estimate of the laptime his team will lose as a result of the sporting penalty it’s agreed to for its overspend in 2021
MotoGP ‘Strange feeling in the gut’ – The muted end of a Honda career To keep his head up amid his struggles in the final stretch of his Honda MotoGP tenure, Alex Marquez “just checks where the Ducatis are”
MotoGP A Ducati MotoGP peer’s theory on how Bastianini helped Bagnaia A robust challenge from Enea Bastianini in the Malaysian GP may actually have helped MotoGP points leader Francesco Bagnaia see out a crucial win, according to the pair’s Ducati stablemate Luca Marini
Formula 1 F1 podcast: US GP duels, clashes and a bombshell penalty The battle for victory, two big incidents and an even bigger post-race decision are discussed in the US GP episode of The Race F1 Podcast
MotoGP Honda-bound Mir mulling surgery after Sepang arm surprise New Honda MotoGP signing Joan Mir may have to go under the knife in the off-season after suffering an unexpected case of arm pump
MotoGP Manager outlines Bastianini’s Ducati pressure/money dilemma Enea Bastianini has had to balance pressure from his MotoGP employer Ducati against bonus targets prescribed by his contract
MotoGP ‘Obviously nervous’ Ducati’s view on Bastianini attacking Bagnaia Davide Tardozzi admits Ducati MotoGP chiefs were “nervous” and having 2016 flashbacks as Enea Bastianini took on Francesco Bagnaia at Sepang
MotoGP Bagnaia wins tense Malaysian GP but must wait for MotoGP title Pecco Bagnaia is all but certain to win the 2022 MotoGP title after winning a very tense Malaysian Grand Prix battle with future team-mate Enea Bastianini, but Fabio Quartararo still has faint hope
MotoGP Morbidelli explains lapse that drew scathing Ducati remarks Franco Morbidelli has explained the circumstances behind his impeding of MotoGP points leader Pecco Bagnaia on Saturday at Sepang, which was described by Ducati as something “not expected from a professional rider”
MotoGP Bagnaia scolds himself for riding ‘nervous and angry’ MotoGP championship favourite Pecco Bagnaia admitted he’d mismanaged his two-crash Saturday at the Malaysian Grand Prix due to being “nervous and angry”
MotoGP ‘Others never cared’ – Why Marquez has no issue targeting Bagnaia Marc Marquez says he has no qualms about fixating on MotoGP title hopeful Francesco Bagnaia as a target to follow
MotoGP Quartararo: Small finger fracture least of my Sepang concerns MotoGP title hopeful Fabio Quartararo says he has bigger issues at Sepang than the small fracture he suffered in a practice crash
MotoGP MotoGP title rivals all crash or struggle in wild qualifying MotoGP’s main title contenders all faltered in a dramatic qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, as Jorge Martin delivered a stunning lap for pole
MotoGP Controversy and crash send Bagnaia to Sepang MotoGP Q1 MotoGP points leader Pecco Bagnaia will be the only title contender in Q1 at Sepang, after being held up and then crashing in practice
MotoGP Too harsh on Aprilia? Espargaro’s wretched Friday proves his point Aleix Espargaro’s firm assessment of his Aprilia MotoGP team’s readiness to fight for the title was backed up on the first day of the penultimate race weekend at Sepang – which on his side of the garage proved something of a disaster.
MotoGP ‘I’d be called a murderer’ – Zarco on Espargaro move Johann Zarco feels he would be labelled a “murderer” if he’d done the manoeuvre that left MotoGP rival Pol Espargaro saddled with a grid penalty for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang
MotoGP Crutchlow leads second Sepang practice, Bagnaia at risk of Q1 RNF Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow made the most of slick tyres on a drying track to end the second Friday MotoGP session at Sepang on top
