MotoGP
Farewell Phillip Island, you’ve been great!
This weekend MotoGP says a sad farewell to its greatest circuit, renowned for creating the closest racing in the series' history
Mat Oxley
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MotoGP title fight: Aprilia’s first 1-2-3-4 result but Márquez is the real winner
Marc Márquez left Mandalika without losing ground in the championship after Aprilia’s dominance unravelled in the sprint, while Bezzecchi’s Sunday win kept him in the title fight and Acosta hit out at Liberty’s new promo fines
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MotoGP’s new weekend format: reduced costs and less predictable racing?
Sweeping changes to the MotoGP schedule have been requested by the teams. But will they reduce costs and improve the racing or make MotoGP even more dangerous?
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Motegi MotoGP: Márquez has the momentum, but Mandalika curse looms large
Marc Márquez’s Motegi sprint/race double moved him to within two points of championship leader Jorge Martin but he’s in trouble with MotoGP bosses and has some work to do if he’s to repeat that feat in Indonesia this weekend
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Will WSBK champ Bulega have his revenge in MotoGP?
Can Nicolo Bulega do something that’s never been done before? And what exactly is the point of having both World Superbike and MotoGP when from next year the motorcycles in both series have never been closer?
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Honda tops latest 850cc MotoGP tests, as prototypes lap faster than this year's bikes
Honda led MotoGP’s 850 development race at Red Bull Ring on Monday. And it looks like the 850s will be faster than the 1000s, defeating the primary reason for the rules rewrite
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Austrian MotoGP: Acosta shows what he can do with equal machinery
Pedro Acosta’s talent has long been compromised by below-par machinery. A different tyre spec in Austria finally gave the KTM star a bike as good as the rest and he didn’t waste the opportunity
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Misano MotoGP: Márquez back in machine mode
Marc Márquez scored his fifth victory from the last seven races to take the MotoGP championship lead, almost doubling Jorge Martin’s score in the same period and tripling Marco Bezzecchi’s
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More open garages in the MotoGP paddock, as Moto2 and Moto3 teams get new set-up
Moto2 and Moto3 will remain a part of the main paddock, based in open garages, so fans with paddock access can watch teams at work
MotoGP
MotoGP title battle: where will Márquez attack and where will he have to defend?
Nine races to go in what’s looking like a three-way title fight between Marc Márquez and Aprilia team-mates Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi. Márquez’s injuries mean he will be able to attack at some tracks but will be forced onto the defensive at others, so which is which?
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MotoGP's last four-stroke win - before the odds were stacked in its favour
It’s fifty years since Giacomo Agostini became the last rider to win a MotoGP race aboard a 500cc four-stroke, in the face of racing against 500cc two-strokes
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Growing local opposition threatens MotoGP’s Adelaide street circuit
Fifteen months from now, MotoGP plans to host the 2027 Australian Grand Prix in an Adelaide park, but growing local resistance has triggered a parliamentary inquiry into the project
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