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What is a wildcard in MotoGP and why is it used?

The 2023 MotoGP season had six riders enter selected grands prix as a wildcard entry, which is a concept that has a long history in the series.

Motorsport

Raul Fernandez set to get 2024 Aprilia MotoGP bike at Jerez

Fernandez was the only rider within the Aprilia contingent to start the season with last year’s bike, with team-mate Miguel Oliveira getting the latest-spec machinery in 2024 following the takeover of RNF Racing by American outfit Trackhouse.

Autosport

What is a wildcard in MotoGP and why is it used?

MotoGP has a wildcard system in place which can bring many benefits to a constructor - but what is it?

Autosport

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Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season promotion to KTM in MotoGP 2024?

The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso. But ahead of the fifth round of the season in…

Autosport

Our MotoGP Photo Journal Will Have You Hyped for Next Year's Race

When you have the talents of photographer Sam Bendall at your disposal for the COTA round of MotoGP, you let him loose.

RideApart

Red Bull Stunt Motorcyclist Has Rear Brakes Straight Off a Drift Car

Stunt rider Aaron Colton uses a twin brake caliper setup on his Triumph stunt bike to do all the wild stuff he's able to do and it's straight off a drift car.

RideApart

Marquez: Rossi-like Acosta can't be ruled out of MotoGP title fight

Ahead of the fourth event of the season at Jerez this weekend, Acosta is fourth in the standings, just two points behind third-placed Maverick Vinales and five points behind second-placed Enea Bastianini.

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Zarco: Honda 'doesn't need to be pessimistic' about MotoGP form

Honda’s downturn in performance has continued into the new campaign, with the RC213V still lagging behind rivals despite the work that went into upgrading the bike over the winter.

Autosport

Espargaro considering Aprilia test rider role, but MotoGP future still open

The 34-year-old has been racing full-time in MotoGP since 2012 and has been with Aprilia since 2017, developing it into a race-winning package in that time.

Autosport

MotoGP schedule: When is the next MotoGP race and where will it be held?

MotoGP is gearing up for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans at the Bugatti circuit. Last year’s grand prix was won by Marco Bezzecchi, who took the victory during the world championship’s 1000th grand prix weekend. The victory was the Italian's second grand prix win last year, after taking…

Autosport

Oliveira reckons MotoGP “looks too easy” on TV now

Oliveira was speaking of his experiences at Trackhouse Racing’s NASCAR facility in Concord, North Carolina, prior to last weekend’s Americas Grand Prix.

Autosport

Did You Know MotoGP Teams Have 11 Different Brake Rotor Options?

Brembo has been supplying MotoGP teams for decades, but I didn't realize how many brake rotor options are available for the teams. You won't believe how many.

RideApart

How MotoGP brakes work: Secrets of stopping a 220mph bike

The bikes’ 1000cc engines produce 270hp but their tiny contact patches and lack of downforce relative to cars costs them dearly in lap time when compared to a Formula 1 machine.

Motorsport

Acosta: MotoGP paddock 'needs more people like Kevin Schwantz'

MotoGP is going through a transitionary phase, as it looks to re-establish its global mainstream standing following recent years of declining interest in the wake of the retirement of Valentino Rossi.

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Quartararo: Marquez's Honda MotoGP exit "woke a lot of people up" at Yamaha

Earlier this month, Quartararo inked a fresh multi-year deal with Yamaha, keeping him with the Iwata-based manufacturer until at least the end of the 2026 season.

Motorsport

COTA: F1 and MotoGP double-header possible but not probable

Earlier this month it was announced that Liberty Media, the American entertainment company which also owns F1, acquired an 86% stake in Dorna Sports, valuing the MotoGP, WorldSBK and MotoE promoter at €4.2 billion.

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Quartararo: Marquez's Honda exit "woke a lot of people up" at Yamaha

Earlier this month, Quartararo inked a fresh multi-year deal with Yamaha, keeping him with the Iwata-based manufacturer until at least the end of the 2026 season.

Autosport

Who is riding at the 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix?

Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin leads the championship coming into his home event at Jerez, after third and fourth last time out in America kept him 21 points clear in the standings.

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2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Americas GP

The Pramac Racing rider stood on the podium in the opening two grands prix including a victory in Portugal as well as the Qatar sprint race.

Autosport

Tank Slappers Podcast: MotoGP Americas GP review

Thrown a career lifeline by Aprilia after his acrimonious split with Yamaha midway through 2021, Vinales had so far failed to deliver the kind of results expected of him.

RideApart

We’re Drooling All Over Aprilia’s SE-09 SBK RSV4 And Tuono V4 Factory

Aprilia’s RSV4 And Tuono V4 Factory are now offered in a limited SE-09 SBK edition. The new models commemorate Max Biaggi’s success back in 2009.

Autosport

The obstacles Yamaha has to overcome to have a satellite MotoGP team in 2025

After 26 seasons at the helm of Yamaha, Britain's Lin Jarvis revealed last weekend in an interview with Autosport that 2024 will be his final year as the brand's most senior executive. Before closing this chapter, Jarvis managed to extend 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo's contract until the end of…

RideApart

Without Circuit of the Americas, I Wouldn't Be Here

After 10 years, RideApart's Jonathon Klein returns to Circuit of the Americas for MotoGP with Red Bull and recalls his history with the track.

Motorsport

Vinales: Aprilia MotoGP win has a “different value” to Suzuki, Yamaha triumphs

Having looked rapid all weekend in Austin, polesitter Vinales was able to fight back from a first corner clash that dropped him to 11th to take an incredible victory in Sunday’s main race - his first as an Aprilia rider and the 10th of his career.

Motorsport

Why MotoGP’s COTA thriller was just what Liberty wanted to see

A staple of American sports is the ‘Make Some Noise Meter’ on Jumbotron TVs inside their stadiums – a clearly-faked decibel level monitor that encourages the excitable home fans to whoop even more loudly, which is usually employed to put off the opposition on a third down or a free throw.

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