The 2020 MotoGP season welcomed another new winner, as Tech3’s Miguel Oliveira snatched a shock maiden victory in the Styrian Grand Prix. The Portuguese rider capitalised on a last-lap tussle between fellow KTM rider Pol Espargaro and Pramac Ducati’s Jack Miller to claim victory in the 900th premier class race. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo endured

MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix podium finishers Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro offered sympathy for Joan Mir after the red flag denied the Suzuki rider a maiden victory. Mir had looked one of the strongest riders throughout the Styrian weekend, and was in total control of the race with a 2.4-second gap to the chasing pack

Maverick Vinales ignored advice from MotoGP brake supplier Brembo to run a new system for the Styrian Grand Prix after Yamaha riders suffered numerous issues in the Austrian GP. The hard-braking nature of the Red Bull Ring caused numerous riders to suffer from overheating brakes during the Austrian GP weekend. Brembo brought new material for

Franco Morbidelli admits he was “a little bit shy” early in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix at Turn 2 a week after his horror Austrian GP accident with Johann Zarco. Morbidelli escaped a near-200mph collision with Zarco at the fast Turn 2 kink without serious injury during the first Red Bull Ring race and was

Andrea Dovizioso doesn’t feel Ducati has “the situation under control” to be a consistent 2020 MotoGP title challenger, despite closing in on the points lead in the Styrian Grand Prix. Following his Austrian Grand Prix win, Dovizioso was a damage-limiting fifth at the second Red Bull Ring race on Sunday after a late mistake dropped

Pol Espargaro says he and Jack Miller wanted MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix victory “too hard” in their last-lap duel and “gave it” to Miguel Oliveira. The KTM rider led from lap seven to the final tour, but an overly defensive line at Turn 3 allowed Pramac’s Miller to overtake him on the run into the

Alex Rins says he ‘doesn’t understand’ why Maverick Vinales didn’t pull out of the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix when he knew he had brake issues before his dramatic failure. Vinales brought out the red flag in Sunday’s Red Bull Ring race when he was forced to jump from his Yamaha at 130mph when its brakes

Fabio Quartararo admits he doesn’t feel “as confident” a MotoGP title contender as he did following his two Jerez victories after a tough Czech Republic/Austria triple-header. After dominating the opening Spanish and Andalusian Grands Prix last month, Quartararo registered a seventh at Brno, an eighth in the Austrian GP and could only muster 13th in

Joan Mir is “angry” that Pol Espargaro was not forced to drop a place from third in the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix for exceeding track limits at the final corner. KTM’s Espargaro was battling with Jack Miller for victory in Sunday’s restarted Styrian GP at the Red Bull Ring when he was forced out wide

Andrea Dovizioso says his lowly ninth in MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix qualifying was the result of “something strange that never happened” to the Ducati rider before. Dovizioso stormed to victory in the Austrian GP last weekend and has been amongst the favourites for the win in this weekend’s second Red Bull Ring race. The Ducati

Pol Espargaro has secured both his and KTM’s maiden MotoGP pole position in a dramatic qualifying for the Styrian Grand Prix. Here’s how and when you can watch the race. With the Red Bull Ring hosting the second leg of its double-header, polesitter Espargaro will be hoping to secure his first MotoGP win having seen

Honda has announced MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will remain out of action for a further two to three months due to his broken right arm. After breaking his arm in a crash during the 2020 MotoGP season-opener at Jerez last month, Marquez underwent an initial surgery two days later as part of a brave

Johann Zarco admits he is “unhappy” with his MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix pitlane start penalty, but believes it “is not the end of the world”. The Avintia Ducati rider was handed the punishment for his part in the heavy crash with Franco Morbidelli in last week’s Austrian GP, which almost led to Maverick Vinales and

Pol Espargaro admits he “still cannot really believe” the pace KTM has been showing in MotoGP in 2020, but wants to see how the bike stacks up against Marc Marquez. The reigning world champion has been absent since breaking his right arm in a heavy crash during the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez last

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro believes Johann Zarco’s pitlane start penalty for the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix collision with Franco Morbidelli is “not enough”. Zarco was deemed to have caused the horror collision with Morbidelli last Sunday at the Red Bull Ring, when he moved over under braking through the Turn 2 kink and left the Petronas

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says it’s “difficult” to understand the strong and weak points of the KTM as its riders are all extracting performance differently. The RC16 has been one of the strongest bikes on the 2020 grid, with rookie Brad Binder guiding the KTM to its – and his – maiden MotoGP win

Safety at the Red Bull Ring has been called into question again for MotoGP after last weekend’s huge accident between Franco Morbidelli and Johann Zarco. The pair collided at the fast Turn 2 kink under braking for the uphill Turn 3 right-hander, with Zarco moving off-line and leaving Morbidelli with nowhere to go but into

Pol Espargaro says he was “shocked” by fellow KTM MotoGP rider Miguel Oliveira’s post-Austrian Grand Prix comments on their collision and said they showed a “huge lack of respect”. Tech3 rider Oliveira collided with Espargaro on lap nine of last weekend’s Red Bull Ring race after the latter had run wide. No action was taken

After a dramatic Austrian Grand Prix, MotoGP stays at the Red Bull Ring for the second leg of the double-header with the Styrian GP. With the paddock reflecting on a stunning Austrian race that was overshadowed by a huge crash involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP will return to action at the same track

Valentino Rossi says he knows Johann Zarco “did not intentionally” cause the horror MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix clash with Franco Morbidelli, but still called it an “error of assessment”. Morbidelli crashed into the rear of Zarco’s Avintia Ducati as the Frenchman moved slightly off-line under braking for Turn 3 through the fast left kink of

Pramac’s Jack Miller says Andrea Dovizioso’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix win on the backdrop of his uncertain future shows he’s a “true champion at heart”. Dovizioso’s split from Ducati at the end of the 2020 season was confirmed on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, with the Italian later admitting he has no “plan B”

Cal Crutchlow says a gear change error led him to believe his LCR Honda had developed an issue in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix, which dropped him to 15th. Crutchlow was running inside the top eight when he suddenly dropped to the back of the pack on lap 14 of the restarted Red Bull Ring

MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo says he sees Austrian Grand Prix winner Andrea Dovizioso as “more” a title contender than Yamaha stablemate Maverick Vinales. Dovizioso scored his first victory of the 2020 season in last weekend’s Red Bull Ring race, which moved him up to second in the standings and only 11 points behind Petronas

Suzuki’s Alex Rins says he “felt like winning” the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix was possible before he crashed out passing Andrea Dovizioso for the lead. Rins ran in the lead group from the off in the restarted 20-lap Austrian GP and was lapping faster than the Ducati’s ahead of him, passing Pramac’s Jack Miller for

Johann Zarco will undergo surgery on Wednesday after a fracture in his wrist was discovered on Monday following his horror MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix shunt. The Avintia Ducati rider was involved in a high-speed collision with Franco Morbidelli on lap nine of Sunday’s Austrian GP, after the Petronas SRT rider hit the back on the

Andrea Dovizioso insists his victory in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix didn’t prove a point to Ducati just a day after his departure for 2021 was announced. Dovizioso’s manager Simone Battistella announced on Saturday ahead of qualifying at the Red Bull Ring that the Italian would not be renewing his deal with Ducati beyond 2020,

KTM will be able to unseal and develop its MotoGP engines in the event it loses its results-based concessions at the end of the 2020 season. The concession system grants new manufacturers and those with little recent success in the premier class to develop their engines throughout a season, while non-concession manufacturers (Honda, Yamaha, Ducati,

Miguel Oliveira has suggested that Pol Espargaro should think about changing his approach to racing as “it seems questionable” following the KTM duo’s collision in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix. Factory KTM rider Espargaro was struggling in the restarted Austrian GP due to a switch to the soft rear tyre – having run out of

Franco Morbidelli says Johann Zarco’s line into Turn 3 in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix which led to a horror collision showed “little love” for both riders. The Petronas SRT rider and Zarco were involved in a terrifying collision on lap nine, with Morbidelli clipping the rear of the Avintia Ducati as both headed through

A day after quitting Ducati for 2021, Andrea Dovizioso won a dramatic MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix which was red-flagged early for a horror accident involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli. Morbidelli collided with Zarco’s Ducati on the run through the ultra-fast Turn 2 on lap nine of the original start, with the Avintia bike vaulting