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Before the season started the hen-pecked Italian Pecco Bagnaia comically put forward a scientific explanation to why he is usually a bit rubbish in the sprint races – a fact that technically lost him the championship last year. The tipsy driving Italian rubbished the common belief that his substandard Saturday races were because he couldn’t…
After the catastrophic results of the weekend Italy declared a week of official mourning. As the country struggled to come to terms with what had been witnessed many villages paraded effigies of Lady Madonna through the streets with the Antichrist and his younger slightly more rubbish brother depicted as cruelly mocking her. Even the Vatican…
Last month in Sepang Aprilia went on the offensive blaming Michelin for the crash that saw their prized asset Jorge Martin shipped off to A&E. Technically the Italian scooter manufacturer didn’t accuse the tyres directly, instead they went into ‘politician mode’ stating that Martin’s bone-splintering tarmac tussle wasn’t his fault or the bike. The French…
Pre-season testing doesn’t really mean anything. But let’s pretend it does! Winners Fabio Quartararararo After some impressive results in the ‘rubbish bikes and noobs’ shakedown test last month we were all expecting Fabio to turn up in Sepang and receive a reality punch right in his beret. But instead he continued his great form despite…
The MotoGP Sepang Shakedown is a test aimed at the less interesting riders. Think of it as the kind of test that Ralf Schumacher would attend whilst his brother Michael stayed at home planning his next winter sports adventure holiday. The Shakedown gives us fans the first taste of MotoGP this year in a watered…
Monday morning Jan 20th. Instead of coffee brewing it was a fresh pot of outrage. BlueSky timelines were no longer about what people ate for breakfast but rather a 24/7 live feed of existential crises over Trump’s latest tweet. Safe spaces were popping up faster than vape shops, where you could go to escape the…
Friend of MGPNews Jorge ‘our boy’ Martin has made all MotoGP fans smile by deciding to race the number one plate on his Aprilia in 2025 before it’s handed back to Ducati at the end of the season. The Spaniard usually races with the number 89, which coincidentally is the number of times he punched…
We’re now at the most boring part of a MotoGP year…which given the 2024 season is quite a claim. Until testing finally happens in February all us fans can look forward to is seeing what minuscule design changes and new stickers each bike has for this season. But what if there was a way to…
Yamaha’s V4 appears The House of the Rising Beansprout has been suffering in MotoGP for quite some time. Once famed for their ingenuity, attention to detail and smooth faces the Japanese teams have been left behind and dishonoured of late leaving the great wave off Kanagawathe splashing over many mysterious three-quarter-human sized bags. For Yamaha…
Overrated F1 star Lewis Hamilton is said to have had ‘concrete discussions’ regarding investing in the KTM MotoGP team that’s rapidly heading to ‘the Third Reich’. Earlier in the year Hamilton, who doesn’t let anyone use his personal toilet as he’s scared of poo, was linked to buying into the Gresini Ducati team. Thankfully the…