Following Fabio Quartararo’s victory at the British GP, the Yamaha rider holds a commanding 65-point lead in the riders’ world championship over defending champion Joan Mir, with the Suzuki rider conceding after the Silverstone race the 2021 title was out of his reach. At Aragon all eyes will be on Aprilia, following Aleix Espargaro’s historic
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Last Sunday Yamaha confirmed 15-time MotoGP race-winner Dovizioso will end his sabbatical in this month’s San Marino Grand Prix when takes over the SRT M1 to be vacated by factory team-bound Franco Morbidelli. Dovizioso is due to continue with SRT in whatever guise it becomes in 2022 following the Malaysian squad’s MotoGP exit at the
Dixon made his MotoGP debut last weekend at the British GP filling in for the injured Franco Morbidelli on SRT’s ‘A-spec’ Yamaha. Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow had been filling in at the Austrian double-header, but Maverick Vinales’ ousting from the factory Yamaha team forced the marque to call up Crutchlow to replace the Spaniard.
The nine-time MotoGP race-winner was ousted from the factory Yamaha squad earlier this month following a suspension by the team after he deliberately tried to damage his bike in the Styrian Grand Prix. Vinales had already made the decision to quit Yamaha a year earlier than his current contract period was due to expire as
Last weekend’s British GP was the first MotoGP event in the UK since 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced last year’s race to be cancelled. Silverstone welcomed a sold out crowd for the event, with over 142,000 people attending the event across the weekend. In conjunction with Towcester Community Larder, which takes surplus groceries and
The nine-time MotoGP race winner rode the RS-GP for the first time at a private test at Misano on Tuesday and Wednesday following his dismissal from the factory Yamaha squad earlier this month. Aprilia has now confirmed Vinales – who has signed a deal to race for the marque for 2022 – will make his