Marc Marquez wants to stay at Ducati. Ducati want to keep Marc Marquez. On the surface this should be the easiest contract negotiation in MotoGP history. Two parties. One obvious outcome. Yet weeks into discussions, nothing is signed. The reason tells you everything about where Marquez’s head is right now.Most Points Agreed, One Sticking PointMarquez has confirmed that talks with…
There is a statistic sitting in the Ducati garage that nobody in Bologna wants to look at. Five MotoGP grands prix without a win. It is their longest such run since 2021, and the factory Ducati Lenovo Team have not even stood on a Sunday podium since the Japanese Grand Prix in 2025, a drought that stretches back further than…
The deals are done. Everyone knows it. Pedro Acosta to Ducati. Jorge Martin to Yamaha. Ai Ogura alongside him. David Alonso to Honda. Dani Holgado to Gresini. The paddock has been an open secret for months.So why has nobody announced anything?The answer is one that says as much about MotoGP’s commercial structure as it does about any individual rider or…
American motorsport has never lacked confidence. From NASCAR’s thunder to IndyCar’s oval wars, the US has always known how to make racing loud, proud and unmissable. MotoGP, for all its brilliance, has never quite cracked that code. Justin Marks thinks he knows why, and he is not shy about saying it.Now in his third season as the only American team…
MotoGP’s Brazilian Nightmare Triggers Goiania OverhaulMotoGP’s long-awaited return to Brazil delivered drama, but not the kind anyone wanted. Now, the Ayrton Senna International Circuit in Goiania is undergoing targeted asphalt repairs after a race weekend that exposed serious surface vulnerabilities, just weeks after R$55 million had been invested to bring the venue up to FIM standards.The Sports and Leisure Secretariat…
There is a brutal irony playing out inside the Ducati camp right now.Alex Marquez, the rider who finished runner-up in the 2025 MotoGP World Championship, is currently eighth in the standings with just 28 points from the opening three rounds. He is not fighting for podiums. He is not pressuring the leaders. He is, by his own admission, just trying…
The team that Fausto Gresini built spent the best part of 2025 as one of the most exciting stories in MotoGP. Alex Marquez finished runner up in the championship. Fermin Aldeguer arrived from Moto2 as one of the most coveted young talents in the sport. The Faenza garage was buzzing.Twelve months later, both riders are leaving. The bikes for 2027…
Joan Mir is one of the most frustrating stories of the 2026 MotoGP season so far. Not because he is slow. Quite the opposite. The problem is that he keeps throwing it all away.Three rounds in. Three Sunday DNFs. Three points on the board. That is the brutal reality facing the 2020 world champion right now. His teammate Luca Marini,…
The on track action at COTA was gripping. But the most important meeting of the MotoGP weekend did not happen on the Circuit of The Americas. It happened in a hospitality suite, over a table, between the men who actually run this sport.MotoGP manufacturers left Austin feeling “happy” after a crunch meeting with Liberty Media during the US Grand Prix…
Three rounds in. Fabio Quartararo has finished 14th, 16th and 17th. All four Yamaha riders occupied the bottom four positions in Sunday’s race at COTA. And the man who won the 2021 MotoGP world championship on a Yamaha inline four is now saying things publicly that no manufacturer ever wants to hear from its lead rider.“The problem isn’t that I’m…