MotoGP

Zarco ‘would be proud’ to help turn Honda around amid LCR offer

Johann Zarco likes the idea of being the rider to turn Honda’s MotoGP programme around and he’s got a 2024 offer from LCR. But he’d rather stay at Ducati. The problem is, it needs his works-spec bike for Marco Bezzecchi and wants to move Zarco to World Superbikes

MotoGP

Silverstone sprint a miserable nadir for MotoGP’s big three

MotoGP’s Silverstone sprint was poor for Pecco Bagnaia and atrocious for Fabio Quartararo, and Marc Marquez all but admitted that he gave up. Why did the three biggest names on the grid do so badly?

MotoGP

Alex Marquez gets first MotoGP win in sprint, Bagnaia flounders

Alex Marquez claimed his first MotoGP race win in the Silverstone sprint as big names including championship leader Pecco Bagnaia struggled in damp conditions

MotoGP

Bezzecchi tops MotoGP qualifying crashfest at soaked Silverstone

Marco Bezzecchi was among the many fallers in MotoGP qualifying at a drenched Silverstone – but did escape with pole position

Formula 1

What Ricciardo’s hit-and-miss reality means for his F1 return

The second race of Daniel Ricciardo’s F1 comeback was more a case of riding out the lows without looking completely lost in the AlphaTauri. Even if that’s not the best-case scenario it has its benefits

MotoGP

Why Rossi’s team won’t get what it wants from Ducati for 2024

Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team thinks Ducati giving it a 2024-spec bike next season would solve a lot of MotoGP problems for all involved. Ducati’s not keen. The Race heard the reasoning from both sides

MotoGP

First impressions of Honda’s new ‘crazy downforce’ MotoGP aero

The new Honda aero package making its MotoGP race weekend debut at Silverstone is a “massive” change that is still in a very early stage of development, according to Takaaki Nakagami

MotoGP

Pol Espargaro ‘mentally destroyed’ by first day back in MotoGP

Tech3 Gas Gas rider Pol Espargaro admits his first day back riding in MotoGP in British Grand Prix practice after a long injury absence “mentally destroyed” him

MotoGP

MotoGP exclusive: Ducati on Bezzecchi plan, potential Zarco exit

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says Marco Bezzecchi will likely have to move to Pramac to have a works-spec MotoGP bike next year, in a move that would come at the expense of Johann Zarco

MotoGP

Why MotoGP’s long-awaited rule hinges on random checks for now

MotoGP’s new tyre pressure monitoring system has been three months in the making, but now it’s finally being introduced it won’t be applied to every bike on the grid each time. The series has clarified why that’s the case to The Race

MotoGP

Monster Espargaro lap puts Aprilia on top at Silverstone

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro was nearly seven tenths clear in an otherwise closely-matched second MotoGP practice at Silverstone

Formula 1

Mooted name change for Red Bull’s other F1 team is problematic

Suggestions of what the AlphaTauri F1 team could be renamed from 2024 are now doing the rounds. That raises concerns for Scott Mitchell-Malm, who says in the current closed-shop environment identity absorption cannot be encouraged