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The Latest Breaking News from MotoGP

When does F1 and other motorsport series start in 2024?

Formula 1 is in the midst of its off-season, like many other motorsport championships, but it really is not long until racing gets back underway.

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Marciello joins Rossi for BMW debut in Bathurst 12 Hour

Marciello will drive a WRT-entered BMW M4 GT3 in the Australian endurance classic on February 18, sharing the car with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi and Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Maxime Martin.

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What is 'videometry', the technique that is sweeping MotoGP in 2024?

In a series where the differences are so tight and every thousandth of a second counts, any help is good for a rider to improve their lap time.

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Marquez “never had feeling” Ducati MotoGP bosses didn’t want him

The eight-time grand prix world champion will race for Gresini on a year-old Ducati in 2024, after his 11-year partnership with Honda came to a premature end last season following a difficult 2023 campaign.

Autosport

What is 'videometry', the technique that is sweeping MotoGP in 2024

In a series where the differences are so tight and where every thousandth of a second counts, any help is good for a rider to improve their lap time.

Autosport

How Qatar is heralding a new age for motorsport in the Middle East

Marking the series' first venture into the Middle East - doing so on the same year Formula 1 landed in Bahrain - the Qatar Grand Prix has become a mainstay on the calendar.

Autosport

Ducati “will never stop” its MotoGP satellite teams beating factory squad

The 2023 season saw the title battle go down to the wire between factory team Ducati rider and eventual champion Francesco Bagnaia, and Pramac’s Jorge Martin.

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When is F1 and every other motorsport series starting in 2024?

Formula 1 is in the midst of its off-season like many other motorsport championships, but it really is not long until racing gets back underway.

Autosport

Marini: Honda ‘has the power’ to return to the front in MotoGP soon

The multiple MotoGP podium finisher has joined the factory Honda squad on a two-year deal to replace Marc Marquez, who has signed for Gresini Ducati for 2024.

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Martin: Beating Marquez in 2024 will make me one of the best in MotoGP

Martin finished runner-up in the 2023 MotoGP title race to factory team Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia, having taken the championship battle down to the wire.

Autosport

The key Ducati MotoGP figure stepping aside when it may need him most

Ducati recently announced a major shake-up of its sporting leadership. With immediate effect, Paolo Ciabatti is stepping down as sporting director of Reparto Corse, the racing arm of the brand, to lead the new off-road structure from the position of general manager. His vacancy will be filled by Mauro Grassilli,…

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Marquez adapted "much faster than expected" to Ducati MotoGP bike

The Spaniard, who was under contract with Honda until the end of 2023, was finally allowed to speak about his first experience with the Ducati after the year ended.

Autosport

The young Italian embodying his legendary MotoGP team owner

Turning up to his final debrief of the 2023 MotoGP season with a beer in hand having been caught up in a lap one collision to quite eloquently slam Marc Marquez for being “the dirtiest” rider on the field summed Marco Bezzecchi up to a tee.

Autosport

The remarkable motorsport stories you may have missed in 2023

There was no shortage of headlines to result from a 23-race Formula 1 calendar in 2023, MotoGP's addition of sprint races at every round and the influx of manufacturers arriving into the World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class.

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Alex Marquez: Ducati ‘makes you feel important’ as a MotoGP rider

The 2019 Moto2 champion moved to Gresini Ducati for the 2023 season following a tough two-year stint with LCR Honda in 2021-22, where he failed to replicate his 2020 podium form when he was at the factory HRC squad.

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Speed Reads: Watch A Trials Rider Roar Through The Honda Collection Hall

Honda set a professional trials rider loose in Honda Collection Hall to show off the collection; MV Agusta opens new production line; Dorna for sale & more.

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Binder 'didn't accept limitations' of KTM MotoGP bike enough in 2023

Binder scored his best championship result in MotoGP with fourth in 2023, albeit 174 points behind Francesco Bagnaia.

Autosport

Ducati’s “new history” in MotoGP began in 2015 – Tardozzi

The Italian manufacturer has now won back-to-back riders’ titles with Francesco Bagnaia in 2022 and 2023, marking the first time in its MotoGP history that this has happened.

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How a struggling MotoGP sophomore saved his career but highlighted a wider issue

Gresini Ducati rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio scored points on just six occasions in 2022. His haul at the end of that season was a slender 24, a full 87 points adrift of the next Ducati rider in the standings. His fellow rookie Marco Bezzecchi, had a higher peak too, managing a…

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Ducati Eyeing Motocross Supremacy With New Ducati Corse Off-Road Division

Ducati is taking off-road racing seriously as they announce the launch of Ducati Corse Off-Road.

Autosport

How Bagnaia made MotoGP history in Ducati's Red Bull-esque 2023

The numbers posted by Ducati in the 2023 MotoGP season knocked down every historical wall its rivals had put up in the past. From 20 rounds, Ducati riders scored 17 wins – the most of any marque in a single campaign. It scored 17 pole positions, 43 podiums in total, managed eight…

Autosport

MotoGP Grid 2024: What is next season's rider line-up in MotoGP?

All rides are now confirmed for the 2024 MotoGP season, with seven teams changing its line-up.

Motorsport

Ducati's sporting director Ciabatti steps down from MotoGP team

The 66-year-old became Ducati’s sporting director in 2014, having previously served as its MotoGP project director and its Superbike programme director before that.

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Ducati’s sporting director Ciabatti steps down from MotoGP team

The 66-year-old became Ducati’s sporting director in 2014, having previously served as its MotoGP project director and its Superbike programme director before that.

Autosport

MotoGP working to have second US race, says Trackhouse owner

Following the collapse of RNF Racing at the end of the 2023 MotoGP season, NASCAR outfit Trackhouse – owned by Marks and the musician Pitbull – has taken over the grid slots vacated by the Malaysian squad.

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