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Franco Morbidelli will race on a Ducati bike in the 2024 MotoGP championship after satellite team Pramac announced on Monday that it had signed the Italian for next season. “I’m very happy that Franco will become part of our family for 2024: I have a very good relationship with him,” said Pramac team principal Paolo Campinoti in a statement. Morbidelli …

The inaugural MotoGP Bharat is set to take place at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida between September 22 and 24. Jack Miller of Australia and Bull KTM Factory Racing prepares to start on the grid during the MotoGP race during the MotoGP Of San Marino - Race at Misano World Circuit on September 10, 2023. Brad Binder of South …

Oliveira followed up his maiden victory in Styria in August by taking the title at Portimao in what was his first race in the premier class in his home country. Portimao: Miguel Oliveira made the most of home advantage to win the last MotoGP race of the season in Portugal on Sunday. The KTM Tech 3 rider’s triumph means there …

MotoGP 2020: Portuguese Miguel Oliveira grabs maiden pole position in home race

Sunday’s race, held in front of empty stands due to the pandemic, provides Morbidelli with a chance to clinch second place in the world championship behind Mir. Portimao: Miguel Oliveira will start his home Portuguese Grand Prix from the front of the grid after emerging quickest in qualifying on Saturday to claim his maiden MotoGP pole. Joan Mir’s hopes of …

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Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli produced a masterclass to keep the Suzuki duo of Alex Rins and Joan Mir at bay and claim his second win of the season with victory at the Teruel Grand Prix on Sunday. Rins finished second behind the Italian, while championship leader Mir, who has yet to win a race this season, was third, extending his …

For the first time since Makoto Tamada in Valencia 2004, a Japanese rider will start a MotoGP race from pole position after Takaaki Nakagami put up a mesmerising Q2 MotorLand Aragon display at the Teruel Grand Prix. The HRC star set a 1:46.882 to beat Franco Morbidelli by 0.063 seconds, as Alex Rins earns his first front row start of …

Franco Morbidelli took pole position for the Catalonia MotoGP on Saturday as three Yamaha bikes claimed the entire front row for this weekend’s race at the Montmelo circuit. Morbidelli’s time of 1 min 38.798 sec came on his final qualifying lap and handed the Italian his first ever MotoGP pole, 0.210sec ahead of fellow Yahama-SRT rider Fabio Quartararo. It was …

Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli produced a dominant display to win the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday after team mate Fabio Quartararo was forced to retire from the race at Misano. Italian Morbidelli, who started second on the grid, finished in 42 minutes, 2.272 seconds to comfortably beat Pramac Racing's Francesco Bagnaia and secure his first MotoGP win. Spain's Juan …

Franco Morbidelli won the San Marino MotoGP on Sunday as Andrea Dovizioso took the championship lead from Fabio Quartararo who crashed out of the race. talian Morbidelli’s victory at Misano Adriatico ahead of countryman Francesco Bagnaia and Suzuki’s Spanish rider Joan Mir was his first ever in motorcycling’s elite class. The only thing I can say is thanks to my …

Incredibly, Rossi managed to compose himself after the close call and after the race was restarted came home in fifth place. Spielberg bei Knittelfeld, Austria: World motorcycling superstar Valentino Rossi said a stray bike, travelling at around 320 kmh, almost “killed me” in a horrifying near-miss at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. Zarco’s free-wheeling Ducati also came desperately close …