Honda has officially announced it has signed Pol Espargaro for the 2021 MotoGP season, while Cal Crutchlow has been moved aside at LCR to make way for Alex Marquez. Last month Autosport revealed Espargaro would be leaving KTM at the end of the year to join six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez at Honda in

Franco Morbidelli will remain with Petronas SRT Yamaha in MotoGP until 2022 after signing a new two-year deal with the outfit. Morbidelli joined the team for his sophomore campaign in the premier class last year aboard current-spec Yamaha machinery, and ended up 10th in the standings having managed a best result of fifth place on

MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports’ CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta says preserving the series’ current competitiveness is more important than swelling the calendar again in light of the coronavirus crisis. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced MotoGP to field a revised 13-race schedule at just eight circuits in 2020 instead of the original 20 planned events, marking the shortest

Honda MotoGP riders Marc and Alex Marquez will wear special helmet designs for next week’s Spanish Grand Prix to show solidarity to all those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak has infected more than 12 million people worldwide and killed some 548,000, with Spain one of the hardest-hit countries in Europe. Having caused

MotoGP will not have a grand prix in the United States this season due to coronavirus, after the Circuit of the Americas announced its next event will be in April. The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on the scheduled 2020 season, with all races through June on the original calendar either cancelled or postponed. Last

Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of MotoGP promoters Dorna Sports, says his organisation will “help to find” a place on the 2021 grid for Britain’s only full-time premier class rider Cal Crutchlow. Last month Autosport revealed that KTM’s Pol Espargaro would be joining Marc Marquez at the factory Honda squad in 2021, with Alex Marquez set to

Andrea Dovizioso’s manager admits his MotoGP rider is now considering taking a sabbatical in 2021 should contract negotiations with Ducati fully break down. Talks between Ducati and Dovizioso over a renewal beyond the 2020 season have been a protracted affair, with the Italian marque wanting to renegotiate the terms for the current campaign owing to

MotoGP rookie Brad Binder insists he isn’t worried about KTM’s development in 2021 stalling owing to the lack of experience with the bike within its ranks next year. KTM will field two rookies in 2020 in Binder at the works team and Tech3’s Iker Lecuona, while Binder’s team-mate Miguel Oliveira faces a truncated sophomore season

Petronas SRT MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo will face an FIM hearing during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend for allegedly breaching private testing rules. On Thursday morning, MotoGP governing body the FIM issued a statement noting it had received a complaint that a rider and team had breached private testing rules. Rules state private testing for

Tech3 MotoGP team boss Herve Poncharal says it’s not “completely crazy” for the KTM satellite to be in contention for podium or top five finishes in the condensed 2020 season. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the 2020 MotoGP season to be shortened to 13 rounds, although spaces have been left for flyaway races in November

Jorge Lorenzo has rubbished rumours linking him with a return to Ducati in 2021, but admits he feels he’s still “capable” of winning the MotoGP title with the “right tools”. Three-time premier class world champion Lorenzo retired from racing at the end of the 2019 campaign following a miserable debut season on the factory Honda,

Jorge Lorenzo arrived at Valencia in 2013 as the outsider for that year’s MotoGP world title. Ultimately coming up short against Marc Marquez, the way the Yamaha star rode that race was a work of art, Oriol Puigdemont remembers The final round of the 2013 season at Valencia saw Marc Marquez crowned as the youngest

Andrea Dovizioso will line up on the grid for the 2020 MotoGP season-opener at Jerez after undergoing successful surgery on a left collarbone break on Sunday. The Ducati rider was taking part in the Emilia Romagna regional motocross championship event on Sunday in Faenza in Italy when he crashed heavily onto his left side. Dovizioso

On this day in 2013, Valentino Rossi clambered onto the top step of the Assen podium to celebrate his first win in over two years. Truly banishing the demons of his Ducati nadir, it would be the catalyst for much more in the ensuing years Following four fallow years with a new frontman in Blaze

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso has broken his left collarbone in a motocross crash on Sunday in Italy and will undergo surgery this evening. Dovizioso was taking part in a motocross race in the Emilia Romagna regional championship in Italy on Sunday when he crashed and landed on heavily on his left shoulder, according to

The latest MotoGP rider market moves have been completed, with Danilo Petrucci joining KTM as expected, but rather unexpectedly being placed at Tech3 for 2021. Confirming his Ducati exit at the end of this year earlier this month, Petrucci visited the KTM factory in Austria last week, where meeting were said to have been “positive”.

Tech3 MotoGP boss Herve Poncharal says Danilo Petrucci joining his team in 2021 as a factory rider proves KTM sees it as an equal rather than simply a customer outfit. On Thursday KTM announced its full line-up for its works squad and satellite Tech3 team, with Petrucci moving to the latter alongside rookie Iker Lecuona

Bradley Smith has used the MotoGP Misano test to alter his physical and mental preparation “from tester to rider” for Aprilia ahead of filling in for the suspended Andrea Iannone. One-time MotoGP race-winner Iannone is currently battling an 18-month ban for a doping violation after an illegal steroid was found in his system following a

KTM has officially announced that Danilo Petrucci has signed for the Austrian marque to join Tech3 for 2021, with Miguel Oliveira promoted to the factory team. Petrucci confirmed earlier this month that he would be leaving Ducati at the end of this season, and was reported by Italian press to have visited KTM with his

Aprilia has confirmed to Autosport that test rider Bradley Smith will replace Andrea Iannone for as long as he is under suspension for a doping violation. One-time MotoGP race winner Iannone was hit with an 18-month ban earlier this year after an illegal steroid was found in his system following a drugs test during last

The MotoGP rider market for 2021 continues to shake up as Danilo Petrucci is now set to join KTM in place of Honda-bound Pol Espargaro. Petrucci confirmed earlier this month that he will be leaving Ducati at the end of the year as former Pramac team-mate Jack Miller moves up to the works Ducati squad

Scott Redding had a hard time with the “professional aspects” of MotoGP and is more suited to a career in World Superbikes, believes his former team boss Francesco Guidotti. Redding raced in MotoGP from 2014 to ’18, riding for Honda, Ducati and Aprilia in that time, before switching to British Superbikes last year and winning

Double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner thinks it’s “disappointing” Valentino Rossi will end up at a satellite team in 2021 and feels he is “more beatable” the longer he continues. Rossi has lost his ride at the works Yamaha team to 2019’s breakout rookie Fabio Quartararo, though is set to take the Frenchman’s place at

Fabio Quartararo admits securing his debut MotoGP win is not essential before his graduation to the factory Yamaha squad next year, but will still “try with all my might”. The 20-year-old enjoyed a breakout maiden season in MotoGP last year with Petronas SRT aboard the ‘B-spec’ customer Yamaha, scoring seven podiums on top of six

Danilo Petrucci is thought to have agreed a deal to join the KTM factory MotoGP team for the 2021 season, Autosport understands. As reported in recent weeks by Autosport, Pol Espargaro will leave KTM for the factory Honda squad alongside Marc Marquez in 2021. Petrucci confirmed recently that he will be leaving Ducati at the

Ducati sporting director Paolo Ciabatti says the Italian marque is Andrea Dovizioso’s “best choice”, as both parties are yet to agree on terms to continue in MotoGP beyond 2020. Dovizioso has been part of the Ducati fold since 2013, and has won 13 races with the brand as well as taking it to runner-up spot

Avintia MotoGP boss Raul Romero says he is “counting on” keeping Johann Zarco in 2021 and Ducati hasn’t indicated otherwise, amid rumours of a Pramac move for the Frenchman. Despite initial reservations about joining the customer Ducati squad towards the end of last year, Zarco signed a deal in the winter to join Ducati and

Danilo Petrucci and KTM have had a “very positive” first meeting, according to Petrucci’s manager, as the outgoing Ducati MotoGP rider eyes a switch to the Austrian marque in 2021. Petrucci confirmed recently that he would be leaving Ducati at the end of this year, with Jack Miller stepping up from Pramac to take his

Pol Espargaro admits the Honda and Ducati MotoGP machines are the “dream bikes” to fight for the title, as he gets set to leave KTM at the end of the 2020 season. Last month, Autosport revealed that 2013 Moto2 champion Espargaro has agreed a deal to join the factory Honda squad in 2021 alongside reigning

Jack Miller says he feels “ready to guide” Ducati to the MotoGP world championship again, as he gets set to step up to the factory team in 2021. One-time MotoGP race winner Miller was announced last month by Ducati as one half of its factory team line-up for the 2021 season, having been part of