KTM won't race with a 'super engine' in 2021 MotoGP season

Morbidelli is the only one of Yamaha's four riders in 2021 not to have factory-supported current-spec machinery, with the Italian remaining on the lesser 'A-spec' M1.This is despite winning three of Yamaha's seven grand prix victories last year and finishing the campaign as its top rider in second place in the standings, 13 points off title-winner Joan Mir and four places clear of Maverick ...Keep reading

Vinales enters his fifth season with the factory Yamaha squad in 2021 coming off the back of a largely difficult 2020 campaign.Though a winner at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Vinales only scored two further podiums and ended up sixth in the standings as the leading 2020 M1 rider - with Franco Morbidelli on the lesser 'A-spec' Yamaha just 13 points from the title in second.Vinales in the ...Keep reading

Three-time MotoGP race winner Quartararo steps up to the factory Yamaha squad from Petronas SRT for this season in a straight swap with SRT-bound Rossi.During their seven years together at the factory Yamaha squad, Rossi and Lorenzo developed a fierce rivalry, which led to a wall being erected in the garage to split their teams and culminated in a bitter fallout while contesting the 2015 ...Keep reading

Yamaha signed Fabio Quartararo to take Rossi's place for 2021 at the start of last year, with the veteran Italian remaining a factory-backed rider with a switch to SRT.Vinales feels Yamaha has lacked unity within its ranks "for the last three years" and, now there is no longer the division within the garage of having "Valentino's team" and "my team", believes the Japanese marque can be more ...Keep reading

The 2021 season marks the Japanese manufacturer's 60th year in grand prix racing, having made its debut in the world championship back in 1961.Yamaha has won 17 premier class riders' titles during its premier class tenure, beginning with Giacomo Agostini in 1975. Its most recent sucess came in 2015 courtesy of Jorge Lorenzo.The current agreement between Dorna and the manufacturers comes to ...Keep reading

For the first time since his return from Ducati in 2013, nine-times grand prix world champion Valentino Rossi will not form a part of the Yamaha's factory line-up.Eight-time MotoGP race winner Vinales - who joined Yamaha from Suzuki in 2017 - remains with the squad, with three-time race winner Quartararo making the step up from Petronas SRT.Yamaha's livery is largely similar to that it ran ...Keep reading

The factory Ducati outcast has joined Tech3 for 2021 after signing directly with KTM, and will ride as a factory-supported rider at Herve Poncharal's squad.The double MotoGP race winner signed with KTM before it demonstrated its race-winning form during the coronavirus-truncated 2020 season, but says he knew KTM's potential following the step forward it had made with its RC16 in 2019.When ...Keep reading

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MotoGP has implemented a freeze on engine development for 2021, with all but KTM (as it lost concessions in 2020) and Aprilia (because it still has concessions) racing this season with last year's motors.Normal update regulations outside of aerodynamic fairings and engines will still apply, but the stability in the rules will likely mean bike development won't be ...Keep reading

Eight of 2020's 14 grands prix were won by riders at satellite teams, with Fabio Quartararo and Petronas SRT team-mate Franco Morbidelli responsible for three each, while Tech3's Miguel Oliveira won twice.Both Oliveria and Quartararo were riding factory-supported machinery, while 2020 runner-up Morbidelli was on what Yamaha dubs its 'A-spec' M1 - which is essentially a 2019 bike.In 2021 ...Keep reading

KTM scored three wins across its fourth year in the premier class last season, with Binder securing the Austrian marque's first MotoGP win in just his third race at the Czech Grand Prix.PLUS: Why Binder was destined to lead KTM in MotoGPTech3's Miguel Oliveira - who is now Binder's team-mate at the factory squad - added two more to this tally at the Styrian and Portuguese GPs.Though it ...Keep reading

This season will mark KTM's fifth in the premier class having made its debut back in 2017, and will be its third supplying machinery to Tech3.Last year proved to be a banner season for KTM, with rookie Brad Binder securing the marque its maiden MotoGP victory at the Czech Grand Prix, with Miguel Oliveira adding two more to its tally with Tech3 at the Styrian and Portuguese GPs.PLUS: Why ...Keep reading

Marquez broke his right humerus in a crash during the latter stages of last year's Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez and immediately underwent surgery to have a plate fitted to the bone.He attempted a comeback just days later at the second Jerez race, but had to abandon it after qualifying as the strain of his efforts damaged the metalwork.PLUS: The true Marquez blunder that caused lasting ...Keep reading

In 2016, Dorna signed a five-year agreement with MotoGP's independent teams running from 2017-2021 safeguarding the signed-on outfits for that duration and ensuring (among other things) increased financial support.The IRTA was founded in 1986 and has acted as a voice for grand prix racing's teams in MotoGP's decision-making process.This latest agreement will continue to strengthen Dorna's ...Keep reading

The Australian said at the end of last season that he felt his three-season stint with Pramac from 2018-2020, in which time he scored nine podiums, "closed a few mouths".Miller's efforts in 2018 and 2019 both on track and in developing the Desmosedici netted him promotion to Ducati's factory squad for 2021 before last season got underway.Speaking at Ducati's official 2021 launch ...Keep reading

Ducati comes into 2021 with an all-new rider line-up at its factory squad, with Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia stepping up from Pramac.The Italian manufacturer's 2021 machines feature a slightly altered, more predominantly red livery compared to what it ran last season, while also confirming long-time sponsor Lenovo as its title partner.Ducati will be looking to defend its constructors' ...Keep reading

Marquez broke his right humerus in a crash during the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix last July and underwent an operation immediately afterwards, before being cleared to ride the following weekend in the Andalusian GP.This aggravated his injury and ultimately led to him requiring two more operations over the rest of the year, with the six-time MotoGP world champion missing the entire ...Keep reading

Marquez won the 2019 Moto2 title before stepping up to MotoGP with Honda, scoring the marque's only podiums last year with a brace of seconds in France and in Aragon.Bastianini prevailed in a season-long scrap for the title in the intermediate class in 2020 and will make his MotoGP debut in 2021 with the Avintia Ducati squad.Asked if Marquez's performances in 2020 when he was reigning ...Keep reading

The fire started at around 11pm on Friday night with firefighters from Termas de Rio Hondo tackling the blaze along with help from other fire and rescue services from nearby towns and regions.The cause of the fire is still unknown but it is thought to have devastated the majority of the pits, the press room and the VIP areas but fortunately it has not caused any injuries.AHORA | Fuerte ...Keep reading