May 31, 2024

For its home race, Aprilia has five RS-GPs on the grid with its two factory team riders, the Trackhouse Racing duo and wildcard Lorenzo Savadori.Vinales was the best of them at the top of the timesheets in the first 45-minute practice of the Mugello weekend, the Spaniard setting a 1m46.140s on a fresh medium rear tyre in the closing stages.He headed 2021 world champion Quartararo on the factory …Keep reading

As Max Verstappen confessed on Saturday, an inability of the car to ride the kerbs in the same way as rivals, whilst also failing to deal with Monte Carlo’s bumpy track surface, meant inherent weaknesses had been ‘found out’ now that the squad no longer had a comfortable performance margin at the front.There appeared no immediate answer for what triggered Red Bull’s troubles, with the team …Keep reading

Pramac rider Jorge Martin leads the championship on 155 points heading to Ducati’s home race, with reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia his closest challenger on 116 points.Gresini’s Marc Marquez sits only two points further adrift in third, despite racing on a year-old bike.2024 MotoGP Italian Grand Prix session …Keep reading