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Di Giannantonio to stay at VR46 until 2026 after Ducati MotoGP deal

Fabio Di Giannantonio will continue to race for VR46 until the 2026 MotoGP season after agreeing a deal with Ducati, Autosport has learned.

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MotoGP German GP: Vinales on record pace in FP2 as Marquez suffers huge crash

Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales topped second practice for the MotoGP German Grand Prix with a new lap record, as a massive crash left Marc Marquez out of Q2 in 13th.

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Quartararo outlines his preference for Pramac’s 2025 MotoGP line-up

Fabio Quartararo wants Pramac to prioritise signing one-time MotoGP race winner Fabio Di Giannantonio for 2025 when it becomes a Yamaha satellite team.

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Ducati hints at reduced factory bike presence on 2025 MotoGP grid

Ducati’s general manager Gigi Dall’Igna says it is aiming to field only three factory GP25 MotoGP bikes in 2025, reducing its works machinery from four units.

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Pramac announces Ducati split, move to Yamaha MotoGP structure

Pramac has announced that it will part ways with Ducati at the end of the current MotoGP season to become a satellite Yamaha team in 2025. As revealed by Autosport on Thursday, the Italian outfit will bring the curtain down to a relationship that began almost two decades ago in…

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The Ducati MotoGP power dynamics Bagnaia must now manage

Reigning double MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia believes Marc Marquez “is smart and he'll understand” how to maintain Ducati’s success in 2025.

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Aprilia signs Bezzecchi to partner Martin for 2025 MotoGP season

Aprilia has signed VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi on a multi-year contract to partner Jorge Martin at its factory MotoGP team from 2025.

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Bezzecchi set to join factory Aprilia MotoGP team in 2025

Current VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi is finalising a move to the factory Aprilia MotoGP for the upcoming MotoGP season, Autosport understands.

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Why a Pramac/Yamaha MotoGP union is best for all parties

Ducati finally opted to retain Marquez rather than give Martin a the factory team ride, with the championship leader switching to Aprilia for 2025.These moves will have a decisive influence on the future plans of Pramac, who is seriously considering giving up competing with the Ducati bike, with whom it…

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MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia leads factory Ducati 1-2

Bagnaia - who was demoted from second to fifth due to a grid penalty - claimed the lead at Turn 2 on the opening lap and never looked back, taking the chequered flag by 0.8s over team-mate Bastianini, as championship leader Jorge Martin had to settle for third. At the…

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MotoGP 2025: Full rider line-up revealed

While seven races are still to run this year, the grid for the 2025 MotoGP season is already complete.

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Marini bemused by his Honda MotoGP pace in 2024 - but just how bad is it?

The Italian has endured a torrid switch from the VR46-run Ducati he raced last year to the factory Honda in 2024.

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Why Marquez is the key to Pramac's continuation with Ducati in MotoGP

Pramac has until the summer to unilaterally validate the agreement that would allow it to remain the only team with full factory support from Ducati in 2025 and 2026. Renewing the agreement would maintain its current conditions, so that the two riders in its line-up would be hired directly by…

Autosport

2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Spanish GP

The Pramac Racing rider lost the front end of his bike under braking for Turn 6 causing him to retire from the race lead, handing victory to Francesco Bagnaia.

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Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP satellite team "must be an extension of the factory"

The Japanese marque has been without a customer outfit since the end of the 2022 season, when the former RNF squad elected to sign a multi-year deal with Aprilia.

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Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP satellite team “must be an extension of the factory”

The Japanese marque has been without a customer outfit since the end of the 2022 season, when the former RNF squad elected to sign a multi-year deal with Aprilia.

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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…

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Ducati MotoGP boss got “positive” response from Marquez, Bagnaia after Portugal clash

While battling for what would have been fourth place, Bagnaia and Marquez collided on lap 23 of 25 of the Portuguese GP last month.

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VR46 intends to stick with Ducati but pushes for a MotoGP factory bike

Valentino Rossi’s VR46 squad made its MotoGP premier class debut in 2022 after agreeing a deal with Ducati for one factory-specification bike that went to Luca Marini, and a year-old bike that went to Marco Bezzecchi.

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MotoGP: All to know about the 2024 season - rider line-up and schedule

Francesco Bagnaia became a two-time MotoGP champion after sealing the 2023 title in the Valencia season finale last year. He edged out title rival Jorge Martin to clinch back-to-back championships in impressive fashion, as Bagnaia finished the year with a podium in each of the final seven races. Now it…

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MotoGP 2025: Full rider line-up revealed

While seven races are still to run this year, the grid for the 2025 MotoGP season is already complete.

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Di Giannantonio "surprised day by day" by VR46 MotoGP team's approach

The Italian joined VR46 for the 2024 season after losing his Gresini ride to Marc Marquez for this year.

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The rivals and challenges Marc Marquez must overcome in MotoGP 2024

The greatest rider of his generation is now on machinery from the dominant manufacturer. Is Marc Marquez ready to banish his recent struggles for Honda and reclaim his crown? As Orwell once wrote, ‘there’s time for everything except the things worth doing’. In Marquez’s case, the thing worth doing is…

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Moto2 star Aldeguer set for MotoGP debut in 2025 with Pramac

The Spanish rider finished third in last year's Moto2 world championship and proved one of the sensations of the season in which he accumulated a total of five wins, including the last four rounds of the campaign.

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Di Giannantonio not looking to prove a point to Marquez in MotoGP 2024

Eight-time grand prix world champion Marquez made the shock decision to quit Honda a year early to join the satellite Gresini Ducati squad for 2024, following a miserable 2023 campaign on the RC213V.

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