Acosta first rider to break MotoGP's newest rule

Luca Marini suffered his first crash of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint because he was “too clean” trying to overtake, according to KTM’s Pol Espargaro.Marini and Espargaro were battling for eighth position when they came to blows on lap 7, with Marini falling off his Honda and retiring from the race.The incident ended the Italian’s perfect record in 2025 ...Keep reading

Luca Marini suffered his first crash of the 2025 MotoGP season in the Malaysian Grand Prix sprint because he was “too clean” trying to overtake, according to KTM’s Pol Espargaro.Marini and Espargaro were battling for eighth position when they came to blows on lap 7, with Marini falling off his Honda and retiring from the race.The incident ended the Italian’s perfect record in 2025 ...Keep reading

Pol Espargaro talks his collision with Luca Marini in the Malaysian GP sprint

To watch Max Verstappen methodically but seemingly inevitably reeling in the previously dominant Mercedes pairing of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, it's easy to forget that just over three months ago speculation was rampant that he had lost interest in this season and was even planning his exit from Red Bull.Whereas last season Verstappen began with the fastest car on the grid, only for that ...Keep reading

To watch Max Verstappen methodically but seemingly inevitably reeling in the previously dominant Mercedes pairing of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, it's easy to forget that just over three months ago speculation was rampant that he had lost interest in this season and was even planning his exit from Red Bull.Whereas last season Verstappen began with the fastest car on the grid, only for that ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer has revealed he wondered if he “wasn’t ready” for MotoGP at the start of 2025.

Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month.While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race weekends since that success at Motegi.“This result is more ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says he is now having to accept the limitations of his KTM

Francesco Bagnaia says his latest resurgence in a period of dramatic peaks and troughs in MotoGP carries more weight than his dominant weekend in Japan last month.While he saw Japan as an outlier result, Saturday’s pole and sprint win in Malaysia was at least consistent with incremental progress made over the difficult two race weekends since that success at Motegi.“This result is more ...Keep reading

Factory KTM rider Pedro Acosta has been hit with a fine of €2000 for breaching MotoGP’s new restart rule that was introduced ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.Acosta crashed the RC16 at Turn 1 with about 2m45s left on the clock in Q2, before remounting and going on to qualify fifth on the grid.However, this was in contravention of a new regulation announced on Thursday ...Keep reading

McLaren ditched its ‘repercussion’ system to put full focus on stopping Max Verstappen in his Formula 1 title fight against Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, revealed team boss Andrea Stella. Verstappen has put himself in contention for the 2025 crown against the previously dominant McLaren duo by winning three of the past four grands prix, plus last week’s Austin sprint. Piastri is ...Keep reading

The full starting grid for the 2025 Malaysian MotoGP race.

McLaren ditched its ‘repercussion’ system to put full focus on stopping Max Verstappen in his Formula 1 title fight against Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, revealed team boss Andrea Stella. Verstappen has put himself in contention for the 2025 crown against the previously dominant McLaren duo by winning three of the past four grands prix, plus last week’s Austin sprint. Piastri is ...Keep reading

After a season in which he has operated mostly in the shadow of his brother Marc, Alex Marquez delivered his most forthright comments of the year after sealing a historic 1-2 in the world championship for the Marquez family.Among other revelations, he opened up about his nerves during Saturday’s sprint at Sepang, how some parties “undervalue” him and Ducati’s lack of progress with the ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez has made a bold claim against his critics after securing second in 2025 standings

Alex Marquez has made a bold claim against his critics after securing second in 2025 standings

After a season in which he has operated mostly in the shadow of his brother Marc, Alex Marquez delivered his most forthright comments of the year after sealing a historic 1-2 in the world championship for the Marquez family.Among other revelations, he opened up about his nerves during Saturday’s sprint at Sepang, how some parties “undervalue” him and Ducati’s lack of progress with the ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer has lost his Malaysian MotoGP Sprint podium after being handed a post-race time penalty.