MotoGP

Liberty Media is set to earn approval from the European Union antitrust authorities in its bid to acquire MotoGP owners Dorna Sports. This is according to Reuters, that claimed a €4.2billion deal will get the stamp of approval by the competition EU watchdog European Commission in the coming weeks. It comes after Liberty, which also owns Formula 1, announced plans…

Electric motorcycles have made tremendous strides over the last decade. Today, impressive offerings are finally overcoming their biggest hurdle: an abysmal riding range. We have seen many electric motorcycles “promise” over 200 miles of riding range, but most sadly remain on paper. However, one radical 200+ mile electric motorcycle has finally materialized into a drool-worthy production bike. This cruiser-esque EV…

World champion Jorge Martin revealed that he was afraid he might never ride again during the lowest moments of his current injury layoff. Martin crashed in a pre-season training ride and will not attempt to race for his new team, Aprilia, until the next (and fourth) event of the season in Qatar. He did however make his first appearance in…

There’s something brewing in the world of e-mobility—and it’s not just another wave of e-scooters or futuristic superbikes priced like small condos. As cities get tighter and environmental pressure stacks up, the next big thing isn’t necessarily bigger. It might actually be smaller, simpler, and smarter.  And that’s where a bike like the Dirtfreak GE-N3 from Japanese e-mobility manufacturer Yotsuba…

The factory Aprilia team has confirmed that MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin will return from injury at this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix. Martin, who has missed the first three weekends of the year following a pre-season Supermoto training accident, had already expressed his desire to return to action in Doha when he visited the paddock at the Americas GP last month. Now…

The MotoGP™ Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar 2025 will light up Lusail International Circuit (LIC) from April 11-13, marking the fourth round of the 2025 championship and the event’s 21st edition at LIC. Fans will experience the championship’s only night-time racing on the iconic 5.38km track with its 16 corners. The weekend features the thrilling MotoGP™ Tissot Sprint Race,…

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Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna has hit out at his Aprilia counterparts for how they revealed their request to allow world champion Jorge Martin to test aboard his MotoGP bike ahead of his return from injury. Senior Aprilia figures Paolo Bonora (team manager) and Massimo Rivola (CEO) first raised the proposal of a mid-season change to testing regulations in the…

A South Wales police officer who was driving a van that followed two teenage boys before they died in an electric motorbike crash will not face criminal charges, prosecutors have said. Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, were captured on CCTV travelling on a Sur-Ron bike moments before they crashed in Ely, Cardiff, on May 22, 2023. The driver…

MotoGP’s race direction has given Autosport an in-depth analysis of the chaos that unfolded on the Grand Prix of the Americas starting grid in unstable weather conditions. The Austin event called for quick thinking given several things failed to go as planned – including the safety car crashing into the barriers just 45 minutes before the race start, although this…

American Racing Moto2™ Team Enters Seventh Consecutive World Championship Season MotoGP, continuing its mission to bring American riders back to the highest level of international motorcycle racing. Since 2019, the team has always featured at least one American rider in its Moto2 lineup. This year, it is fielding Joe Roberts et Marcos Ramirez in the intermediate Grand Prix category but…

Unveiled at Eurosatory last year, at SOFINS the Spectre tactical electric motorcycle, developed by Etendard, part of the French MCE5 group, found itself in its ideal environment, that of Special Forces MCE5 was founded in the year 2000 with the ambition to accelerate the introduction of new technologies. The first was to feasibility studies and preliminary tests of VCRi technology….

Marc Marquez sealed a third consecutive pole position of the season at the Americas Grand Prix meaning it is his first qualifying hat-trick since 2019.  The factory Ducati rider, who has also won both sprint races and grands prix this season, will lead an all-Ducati front row alongside Fabio di Giannantonio (VR46) and younger brother Alex Marquez (Gresini). It is…

A San Diego Police cruiser. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego_ A motorcyclist suffered a pelvic fracture Saturday after a collision in Mission Beach, San Diego police said. Just before 2:30 p.m., the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department was dispatched to the 3700 block of Mission Boulevard. A 35-year-old male was riding an electric motorcycle northbound on Mission, along…

Following the season opener on March 2, the 2025 MotoGP season has already completed its first three stops: the Grand Prix of Thailand, Argentina, and the United States. The next scheduled event is the Qatar GP, set to take place from April 11 to 13. Before that, however, the test and development teams from some of the premier class outfits…

Austin, Texas-based Bonnell is a new-ish electric two-wheeler brand with a foundation in all-terrain racing. With a distributed team across the US, Australia, Hong Kong, and China, it’s been making electric mountain bikes for a bit, and now, it wants to muscle in on dirt bike territory with two models slated to arrive later this year. The simply named 805…

Just 30 minutes before the start of the MotoGP race, light rain appeared, prompting race officials to declare a flag-to-flag race, resulting in total chaos. Everything started to go wrong with the unexpected arrival of rain and a crash involving Fabio Quartararo as he made his way to the grid on the formation lap. Once on the grid, all the…

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has inaugurated the country’s first geared electric motorbike plant, set up by MATTER Company at Changodar, Ahmedabad. The Chief Minister stated that the state government is dedicated to establishing Gujarat as the nation’s hub for green energy. “On this occasion, Chief Minister Patel extended his greetings on Chaitri Navratri-Durgashtami and highlighted that under the dynamic…

Francesco Bagnaia took full advantage of his factory Ducati team-mate Marc Marquez crashing out of the lead to take an emotional victory in a chaotic Americas GP. Bagnaia made no mistake after inheriting the lead from Marquez, who had won every sprint and grand prix of the season up until today. The error was enough for Marc Marquez to lose…