Following acute tyre difficulties for some riders during today's sprint race at Motegi, MotoGP tyre supplier Michelin has taken the extreme step of banning the soft compound for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix.
Following acute tyre difficulties for some riders during today's sprint race at Motegi, MotoGP tyre supplier has taken the extreme step of banning the soft compound for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix.
Pramac’s Jack Miller says he can “almost guarantee” that Michelin will mandate the untested hard tyre for the Japanese Grand Prix after several MotoGP riders faced severe tyre degradation in the sprint.
Japan marks the start of the Asia-Pacific leg of the 2026 MotoGP season, with five races scheduled over the next six weeks.
Francesco Bagnaia does not expect to repeat his Japanese Grand Prix victory this year, saying a “top seven” finish is the most he can hope for.
Pedro Acosta’s decision to join Ducati for MotoGP 2027 was motivated by a desire to beat Marc Marquez on the same machinery rather than a more lucrative contract, according to his current team KTM.
On a tough weekend for Ducati in Austria, one of the few positives was a mild return to form for factory rider Francesco Bagnaia.
Francesco Bagnaia has provided a radical suggestion for the new qualifying system under discussion for 2027.
Fabio Quartararo sees no similarities between his situation and the one currently facing Francesco Bagnaia, who cannot find an explanation for his slump in performance while his team-mate Marc Marquez is flying.
Francesco Bagnaia has hit back at a video in which he appeared to claim Ducati was preventing him from fine-tuning his bike, insisting his comments were “completely taken out of context”.
Francesco Bagnaia says his Ducati behaves “very, very differently” to the other bikes in the marque’s line-up, with no clear explanation for the contrast.