MotoGP

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 21. The fourth Sunday of November sees World MotoGP Champions Team Suzuki Ecstar on track for the final round of the season in Estoril, Portugal. A week after Joan […]

Tricky MotoGP on the unfamiliar highly technical and spectacular Autodromo Internacional Do Algarve track

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 21. Grid positions for the Portuguese GP: Alex Rins: 10th – 1’39.467 Joan Mir: 20th – 1’40.290 Team Suzuki Ecstar took to the highly technical and spectacular Autodromo Internacional […]

MotoGP Danilo Petrucci still struggling to find himself comfortable on his bike

Portuguese GP. Fourth-row start for Andrea Dovizioso, twelfth in qualifying at Portimão. Danilo Petrucci, in eighteenth, will start from the sixth row Andrea Dovizioso, fourth at the end of FP3, set the twelfth fastest time […]

Pabio Quartararo wins the BMW M Award in MotoGP for the first time

November 21, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Portimão. A premiere for the iconic BMW M Award: In the 2020 season, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo was the fastest qualifier in MotoGP, which saw him added to the list of winners of this special competition […]

Challenge for Ducati on Narrow Portimão Track with MotoGP Engine Power

Portuguese GP. Andrea Dovizioso ends with the seventh-fastest time the first day of free practices at Portimão. Nineteenth Danilo Petrucci. Andrea Dovizioso sets the seventh fastest time overall at the end of the first day […]

Thrilling footage and close times at MotoGP Algarve International Circuit in Portimao Day One

November 21, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 20. Combined practice times: Joan Mir: 6th – 1’39.732 (+ 0.315) Alex Rins: 17th – 1’40.213 (+ 0.796) The first day of action at the Algarve International Circuit in […]

Ducati ready for tough and challenging last round of the 2020 MotoGP season

November 19, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The Ducati Team is ready to get back on track this weekend for the fourteenth and final round of the 2020 season; the Portuguese Grand Prix. The venue for the event, which returns to the […]

MotoGP Season Reaches Grand Finale Portimão Algarve Circuit

November 19, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 18. Team Suzuki Ecstar and the MotoGP World Championship paddock will head to the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal for the first time this weekend as the season reaches […]

THE MAN WHO MADE HISTORY WITH SUZUKI

November 16, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. JOAN MIR’S PROFILE – Updated. CAREER: Joan Mir Mayrata (Palma de Mallorca, 1997) has not had the archetypal career path into MotoGP. In fact, his beginnings in motorcycling […]

Suzuki’s Golden Years 1909 to 2020 from cotton to MotoGP

November 16, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. A lookback at the history of Suzuki as a cotton loom works in 1909 to moving to motorcycles and ultimately world motorcycling’s most prestigious accolade. CHAPTER 1 – […]

Joan Mir Champion after 20 years since Kenny Roberts Jr MotoGP title

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. After a long wait of 20 years since the last title with Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000, Joan Mir has brought the MotoGP World Championship title back to […]

Ducati quite satisfied with today’s result at MotoGP Valencia

Andrea Dovizioso, closes the Valencia GP in Cheste in the top ten, in eighth place, after recovering from seventeenth on the grid; Danilo Petrucci, hindered by a problem with the left grip, ends a suffered […]

Momentous day for Suzuki at MotoGP Valencia

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA RACE RESULTS: Alex Rins: 4th (+ 3.697) Joan Mir: 7th (+ 8.703) The penultimate race of the year, the Valencia GP, […]

Suzuki’s World Champions from 1962 to 2020

A HISTORY OF SUZUKI WORLD CHAMPIONS Team Suzuki Press Office – November 15. Suzuki’s World Champions from 1962 to 2020. Ernst Degner – 1962: Degner designed Suzuki’s new 50cc and 125cc racing machines in 1961, […]

Bad luck for Husqvarna with crash on the final corner at Moto3 Valenciana

2020 MotoGP reached the fourteenth of fifteen rounds with the second outing in a week at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia. For the second time in seven days gentle Spanish sunshine graced race day […]

Ducati far back on the grid for start of MotoGP Valencia

Fifth-row start for Danilo Petrucci, fifteenth in qualifying for the Valencia GP. Andrea Dovizioso will start from seventeenth on the grid, from the sixth row. Jack Miller, almost takes pole position with the Ducati Desmosedici […]

Weather Conditions Deteriorate at MotoGP Valenciana

November 14, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 14. Grid positions for the Valencia GP: Joan Mir: 12th – 1’30.988 Alex Rins: 14th – 1’31.594 The MotoGP field found a damp start to proceedings on Saturday morning […]

Joan Mir “Luckily I’m fine after the crash” at Valencia MotoGP

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 13. Combined practice times: Alex Rins: 9th – 1’30.947 (+ 0.325) Joan Mir: 12th – 1’31.080 (+ 0.458) The riders were back on track today for the penultimate round […]

MotoGP Valencia Ducati not able to be as fast soft tires and tries to understand why

November 14, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Positive start of the weekend for Andrea Dovizioso, sixth overall at the end of Day 1 of free practices for the Valencia GP at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, as he closes only 304 […]

Big Stakes for Suzuki’s Joan Mir at MotoGP Valencia Ricardo Tormo circuit

November 12, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 11. One week after the European Grand Prix, the Valencia Grand Prix will host the penultimate round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship season – also at Ricardo Tormo […]

Ducati Team returns to Valencia for the penultimate Grand Prix of the 2020 MotoGP season

November 11, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The MotoGP World Championship returns to action for the second consecutive time at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Cheste (Spain), which, after hosting the European GP last Sunday, will set the stage also for the […]

Ducati is second in the Manufacturers’ classification after MotoGP Grand Prix in Valencia

The Ducati Team riders both finished in the top ten in the twelfth round of the MotoGP World Championship, held today in the dry at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo of Cheste. After two days of […]

European MotoGP Grand Prix Tricky for Ducati

The mixed wet-dry conditions of the Spanish race track complicated the Ducati Team riders qualifying as Dovizioso and Petrucci will start from the twelfth and nineteenth positions on the grid respectively in tomorrow’s European Grand […]

Suzuki very happy as today was really difficult at European MotoGP

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 7. Grid positions for the European GP: Alex Rins: 2nd – 1’40.475 Joan Mir: 5th – 1’40.704 The second day of action for the European Grand Prix saw treacherous […]

WEEKEND MOTORCYCLE RACING ACTION – NOVEMBER 8th

November 7, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 7. The second weekend of November sees Team Suzuki Ecstar on track at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia for the first of two back-to-back races. In today’s final […]

2 young Italian riders to make their 2021 MotoGP debut on Ducati Desmosedici GP bikes

Ducati Corse is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the Esponsorama Racing team and riders Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini, thanks to which the two young Italian riders will make their […]

Danilo Petrucci crashes at MotoGP Valencia in final minutes

November 7, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Andrea Dovizioso ends the first day of free practices of the European Grand Prix in Valencia with the eighth time. Petrucci closes in eighteenth position following a crash After a first wet session, Andrea Dovizioso […]

MotoGP triple-header series which will close the 2020 championship

November 7, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 6. Combined practice times: Alex Rins: 6th – 1’33.157 (+ 0.629) Joan Mir: 10th – 1’33.405 (+ 0.882) MotoGP track action resumed today at Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia […]

Inspiration Friday: Speed Danger Adrenaline & Femmes Fatales!

November 6, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Grab a martini, shaken, not stirred as Total Motorcycle brings you another blockbuster Inspiration Friday: Speed Danger Adrenaline & Femmes Fatales! No Netflix subscription required. Mr. Nogues is “Back in Black” with a vengeance in […]

MotoGP title race is hotting up as the end of the season edges ever closer

November 4, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 4. After a short break, Team Suzuki Ecstar and the MotoGP World Championship return to action this weekend at Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia for what will be dubbed […]

First time in 19 years MotoGP Championship won’t end at this famous Spanish race track

November 4, 2020 Michael Le Pard

It will be the Circuit Ricardo Tormo of Cheste, situated on the outskirts of Valencia, to host the European GP this weekend, the first of the last three consecutive Grands Prix for the 2020 MotoGP […]

Suzuki Announces it will now complete in this Premier motorcycle endurance world road racing championship

November 4, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 4. Participation of the factory team Yoshimura SERT Motul Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) will participate in the premier motorcycle endurance world road racing championship series held by the International […]

Sim Racing: Ducati MotoGP eSport champion was unlucky once again

October 31, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Following an accident on the first lap and a connection problem, the Ducati Corse eSport team rider closes in tenth place Race 1 at Misano Adriatico; AndrewZh also finishes tenth in Race 2 at Phillip […]

Inspiration Friday: MotoGP Extreme Bagger Racing!

October 30, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Inspiration Friday, MotoGP Extreme Bagger Racing: Mix Harley-Davidson and Indian 13 full-sized 700lb baggers with professional WorldSBK and Superbike racers and pour onto the MotoGP Laguna Seca Raceway track and what do you have? The […]

New Chief Competition Officer for AMA Pro Racing American Flat Track

October 30, 2020 Michael Le Pard

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 29, 2020) – After the successful completion of the 2020 Progressive American Flat Track season, AMA Pro Racing is pleased to announce a key addition to its management team. Effective Monday, […]

Italian SBK Champion to substitute current Aprilia MotoGP Racer

October 28, 2020 Michael Le Pard

LORENZO SAVADORI TO DÉBUT IN MOTOGP WITH APRILIA THE ITALIAN SBK CHAMP WILL BE ASTRIDE THE APRILIA RS-GP THROUGH THE END OF THE 2020 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Noale, 27 October 2020 – Lorenzo Savadori will […]

LOPEZ PUSHES TO 11th POSITION IN SECOND Moto3 ARAGÓN RACE

October 25, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The climate during Free Practice and Qualification was more favourable to the riders and it was a little easier to find grip thanks to the higher temperatures compared to the Grand Prix of Aragón a […]

Double MotoGP podium for Rins and Mir keep Suzuki on top

October 25, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 25. GRAN PREMIO LIQUI MOLY DE TERUEL RACE RESULTS: Alex Rins: 2nd (+ 2.205) Joan Mir: 3rd (+ 5.376) Back under the lights for the second race in as […]

Uphill race for Ducati considering starting position at MotoGP Teruel at MotorLand Aragón

October 25, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Danilo Petrucci, coming from the seventh row of the grid, finishes tenth at the Grand Prix of Teruel; Andrea Dovizioso closes in thirteenth place, as he was hindered back by arm pump issues and the tyre […]

Difficult qualifying position for Ducati at Teruel MotoGP at MotorLand Aragón

October 24, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The Ducati Team riders completed a difficult qualifying at the Spanish race track as Dovizioso will start from seventeenth on the grid and Petrucci nineteenth. Andrea Dovizioso will start from the sixth row of the […]

Team Suzuki Ecstar are back on track at Motorland for the Teruel Grand Prix

October 24, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 23. Combined practice times: Joan Mir: 5th – 1’48.182 (+ 0.400) Alex Rins: 7th – 1’48.190 (+ 0.578) Following a brilliant race in Aragon last weekend, which saw Alex […]

Teruel MotoGP complexity brings difficult day for Ducati Team

October 24, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Danilo Petrucci closed with the seventeenth time overall on Friday, as the lack of grip in the middle of the corner prevented him from improving; Andrea Dovizioso couldn’t go beyond the eighteenth time overall on […]

So everyone is telling me that I’m the new MotoGP World Championship leader

October 23, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 23. Joan Mir looks back on last weekend’s Aragon GP where he raced to third place and took over the MotoGP Championship. “So everyone is telling me that I’m […]

New MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix two days after Aragon MotGP

October 22, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 21. Just days after the Aragon GP, Team Suzuki Ecstar are preparing to take to the track once more for what will be called the Teruel Grand Prix – […]

This MotoGP team had a sensational victory at the weekend’s Aragon GP

October 22, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 21. Alex Rins talks about his sensational victory at the weekend’s Aragon GP – “My team are always by my side and we work very hard together.” “What an […]

Cold temperatures and the strong winds welcome Ducati at Teruel MotoGP

October 21, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Just a few days after the Grand Prix of Aragón, which took place last Sunday in Alcañiz, the MotorLand Aragón race track gets ready to host the MotoGP World Championship once again for its eleventh […]

Ducati Test ends with positive feelings for Scott Redding and Michael Rinaldi

October 20, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The 2021 season has already started for the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati team which this morning got back on track with Scott Redding and Michael Rinaldi for the first test in view of the 2021 […]

Superb MotoGP victory from Ducati’s Alex Rins

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 18. GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE ARAGÓN RACE RESULTS: Alex Rins: 1st Joan Mir: 3rd (+ 2.644) Team Suzuki Ecstar’s riders headed into Aragon’s 23 lap race with confidence and […]

MotoGP Ducati reduces gap from the top of the standings

Dovizioso closes the tenth round of the 2020 MotoGP season in seventh place, recovering from thirteenth on the grid; the rider from Forlì keeps himself in the fight for the title as he is now fourth […]

Difficult race on Cold Tires Challenged Ducati at Aragón MotoGP

Danilo Petrucci will start from the third row of the grid in the MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix scheduled for tomorrow at the MotorLand Aragón circuit in Alcañiz, Spain. As he was eighteenth at the end […]

Usual 1 Hour Delay Delays MotoGP Aragon Start