The European phase of the MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 World Championships officially begins this weekend with the Spanish GP. After a stopover in Portugal before the Grand Prix of the Americas, the paddock now settles in the Old Continent until September. At the moment, Jorge Martín leads in MotoGP. The Prima Pramac rider competes at home with a 21-point lead over Enea Bastianini (Ducati), so one thing is certain: if he loses the position, it can only happen in the main race. Maverick Viñales (Aprilia) seeks to replicate his performance in Austin, where he sits third in the championship, 24 poin ..read more

It is a very confident Brad Binder that who will be riding at the GP of Spain, as the rider is feeling fully recovered from his foot injury that limited him at the Americas. On a traditionally good track for his bike, Binder is certain he will do better this time around. The rider from KTM started saying on the preview of the weekend at spanish soil: ‘Jerez is going to be a cool weekend for us, last year was pretty good here and I think we are in a much better place than we did last year. I’m excited to get started, happy to be here and feel much better than I did last weekend’. Looking to wh ..read more

The MotoGP season hasn’t been easy for Honda. At the Grand Prix of the Americas about two weeks ago, they were clearly the least competitive constructor, unable to move beyond the back of the pack. Johann Zarco, from LCR Honda, refuses to let that affect his levels of optimism ahead of the Spanish GP. The Frenchman believes he could have some references to be more ready in Jerez: ‘Once again it’s going to be a good Grand Prix to get informations about the way is the bike, because in the last two races we were not ready for Sunday and I missed the Sunday. And here with all the laps Stefan Brad ..read more

Fabio Quartararo was focused on trying solutions on the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the MotoGP GP of the Americas. This weekend, the Monster Energy Yamaha rider will face the Spanish GP with a similar approach, before a testing day on Monday. The 2021 world champion said that, although Jerez has been a good track for Yamaha in the past, the focus will be testing items on the bike once again, in order to find solutions for the problems: – Looking at the last year, I don’t know what to say, but if we skip last year I think it’s a really good track for us. But at the moment I think the most important t ..read more

Dani Pedrosa is once again a wildcard for Red Bull KTM at the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix – just like last year. It’s something that has been rare since he became a test rider for the Mattighofen manufacturer in 2019. The Spaniard admitted he didn’t expect to compete again at Jerez in 2024: ‘I didn’t expect honestly to do this one again after last year. But things got a little bit interesting in the testing, so that’s why we choose to do it once again’. As for what led him to choose the Spanish GP for a wildcard, Pedrosa explained that there are solutions to test for which a competitive environ ..read more

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP will have very important updates on their bike ‘in the ‘in the not-too-distant future’ that can be crucial to help the team get out of the current situation, so believes Massimo Meregalli, as the test team continues to work. On a team statement, while previewing the next GP in Jerez, the Team Director said once again that the manufacturer is working hard to get back to a competitive stage, and that the team now comes to a very important moment of the season: ‘Though we have been working hard, we now enter one of the busiest periods of this season for Yamaha an ..read more

After the change that has shaken MotoGP, for all that it has meant at the moment and for what it may yet do to the rider market in the future, Marc Márquez admitted that he is happy with the way things are going as he feels at a higher level and where he can fight for the podium. After three rounds of the MotoGP world championship on the Desmosedici GP23, with the fourth round of the year taking place this weekend, Márquez spoke to TNT Sports, quoted by Motosan, about his current situation, which is quite different from what he’s been in recent years: ‘I’m enjoying it. It’s not the same going ..read more

Miguel Oliveira as managed to score points in every round of the MotoGP season so far, but not with the desired positions. Next up is the Spanish Grand Prix, where he aims to translate the improvements he’s been making with the Aprilia RS-GP into results. The Trackhouse Racing Portuguese rider was asked about his goals for Jerez, to which he replied: ‘I don’t know. Every weekend the first target is to get comfortable with the bike. We did a good step in Austin, so hopefully we can do another one here. To make that work and everything is about Friday’s afternoon. So we hope to perform tomorrow ..read more

This last sunday was for sure one of those days that Glenn van Straalen will certainly not forget for a long time, if ever, as the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing got to win a WSSP race at home, putting an end to a ten year fast of national riders winning at home, Assen.  Here is the first reaction on the race winner, right after the race: ‘I followed the guys into the pitlane to make a pitstop as I thought the last sector would be dry but, then it was so wet so I thought that the grip in the rain tyre would be really good. I had a good rhythm in the rain and it was just incredible to do goo ..read more

In recent years, Fabio Quartararo highlighted the lack of engine power as one of the main issues of Yamaha. Now with the engine now being stronger, Cal Crutchlow believes that other problems have emerged as a result. Speaking on the OMG! MotoGP podcast, the test rider emphasized that electronics are becoming a considerable issue: ‘Yes, they need power – that’s sure. But they only need it in the fourth, fifht and sixth gear at the end of the straight. I think it took a long time for me to explain to Yamaha that getting power we’re creating so many problems coming out of the corner that at the ..read more