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MotoGP: Race Direction Issues Penalties for Towing
Race Direction has come down hard on riders dawdlilng on the racing line looking for a tow. Punishments have been handed out to a grand total of 17 riders in all three classes.Punishment is...
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Saturday Summary at Sachsenring: Why the Hondas Are Fast, & Who Can Stop...
Is the run of Yamaha domination about to come to an end? After winning seven out of eight races, the Yamaha YZR-M1 certainly looks like the best bike on the grid, so on paper, it should continue to...
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Sunday Summary at Silverstone: Controlling The Uncontrollable, &...
The key to success in motorcycle racing is to control the variables which you can control, and adapt to the ones which you can’t.The British round of MotoGP at Silverstone turned out to be all about...
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MotoGP: Casey Stoner Fined €5,000 for Punching Randy de Puniet in Warm-Up...
The tenor of temper tantrums and drama in the MotoGP paddock seemingly escalates with each passing day, as the Warm-Up session at Le Mans saw further scuffles from MotoGP riders. Punching Randy de...
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MotoGP Race Direction Summons Marco Simoncelli
It seems MotoGP’s Race Direction is not done with Italian Marco Simoncelli. Despite giving the San Carlos Honda Gresini Rider a ride-through penalty at the French GP for his entanglement with Dani...
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Valentino Rossi Gets Three Penalty Points for Sepang Clash
Valentino Rossi has been given three penalty points for the "Sepang Clash" with Marc Marquez during the MotoGP race at Sepang. The pair tussled after Jorge Lorenzo passed Marquez for second place early...
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Valentino Rossi Appeals Sepang Penalty to CAS, Asks for Suspension of Penalty...
Valentino Rossi has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the penalty imposed upon him at Sepang for his role in the incident between Marc Marquez and himself. Rossi...
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Rossi to Start from Back of Grid, As CAS Rejects Injunction
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Valentino Rossi’s request for a stay of his penalty, given to him at Sepang. The three-point penalty, handed to him at Sepang for the incident he was...
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MotoGP’s Race Direction To Be Altered in Wake of Sepang
Race Direction is to be altered in the wake of the clash in Sepang between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. A proposal to split the responsibilities of Race Direction is to be adopted at the next...
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MotoGP Rules Update: Stewards Disciplinary Panel Confirmed, Tire Pressure...
As we reported on Tuesday, changes are to be made to Race Direction. At a meeting in Geneva on Thursday, the Grand Prix Commission decided to change the way disciplinary matters are handled by Race...
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Opinion: More Knee-Jerk Rule Changes Come to MotoGP in Response to the Sepang...
Farewell, MotoGP penalty point system, we barely knew you. In a press release issued today (and rather bizarrely, leaked to a Spanish journalist two days ago) the FIM announced that the Grand Prix...
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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Qatar: Moto2 Madness, And The Dawning of a New Era
May you live in interesting times, runs an apocryphal Chinese curse. The first Grand Prix of 2016 certainly provided us with plenty of events which might be termed interesting, in both the common sense...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Argentina: Tire Challenges
We have been here before, of course. The history of problems with spec tires is long and varied. In 2012, at Assen, the tires of several riders, including Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies, ended up losing...
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The Mugello Moto2 Mix-Up: Who is to Blame?
The Moto2 class has not had a lot of luck with their starts in 2016. First there was Qatar, where a mass jump start saw some riders called in for a ride through, some issued with a time penalty, and...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: Dealing with Danger, Data-Driven...
What does the MotoGP paddock do the day after a rider dies? Carry on as normal. Or nearly normal: bikes circulate, riders compete, but conversations are more hushed, the mood muted. The whole paddock...
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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: On Healing Races, A Reconciliation of...
On Friday, a young man died in a freak crash at the Circuit de Catalunya, and we mourned him. On Saturday, we went through the motions, picking up the rhythm of a normal race weekend, but in a state of...
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Friday MotoGP Summary at Misano: Surprises, Fast Yamahas, On-Track Disputes,...
Every day that sees MotoGP motorcycles circulating in earnest is an interesting day, but some are more interesting than others. Friday at Misano was one of those days which last, throwing up surprises...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Misano: Fast Laps, The Definition of Legal, & The...
It is hard to overstate just how important pole position is at Misano. It is a tight and tortuous track, with few opportunities to pass. Small differences in practice and qualifying become magnified...
View ArticleRain Puts Question Marks on MotoGP Opener in Qatar
Dorna is working on several different scenarios to ensure the MotoGP race at Qatar goes ahead this weekend. All options are still open: the race could be held at night, on a wet track, on Sunday during...
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