Italian Moto3 Grand Prix, Mugello - Warm-up ResultsPosRiderNatTeamBikeTime1Deniz ÖncüTURRed Bull KTM Tech3(KTM)2m 7.234s2Ryusei YamanakaJPNMT Helmets - MSI(KTM)2m 8.224s3Izan GuevaraSPAValresa GASGAS Aspar Team(GASGAS)2m 9.103s4Mario AjiINAHonda Team Asia(Honda)2m 9.105s5Carlos TataySPACFMOTO Racing PruestelGP(CFMOTO)2m 9.293s6David MuñozSPABOE Mot...

Gresini rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio will start a MotoGP race from pole position for the first time in his career, leading an all-Ducati top five on the grid.VR46 duo Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini will join him on the front row of the grid, with Johann Zarco starting fourth on the Pramac bike and factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia lining up f...

Qualifying was run under spots of rain as thunder rumbled around the Mugello circuit on Saturday afternoon, with Q1 initially beginning on wet tyres before a switch to slicks despite marshals still waving rain flags.The Q2 pole shootout session was ultimately completed on slick tyres, with Gresini rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio using his knowledge of...

Di Giannantonio claimed a stunning maiden MotoGP pole after battling former Moto2 rival Bezzecchi during the closing stages of Q2.  After advancing from Q1 along with Marc Marquez, Di Giannantonio was one of four riders directly behind the Repsol Honda rider who suffered a big highside at turn two, leading to his RC213V catching fire [first lap out...

The Italian has had a largely under-the-radar start to his MotoGP career on his 2021-spec Gresini Ducati, taking a best of 13th last time out at Le Mans, while 11th in Indonesia was his best qualifying performance.Di Giannantonio used the tricky conditions in Q1 at Mugello to top the session and progress to Q2, where he used his knowledge of the ev...

The decision, announced after qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, has been made due to ongoing struggles with the upper arm bone he fractured in 2020. Marquez will travel to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota on Tuesday, May 31 for surgery, under the direction of Dr. Joaquin Sánchez Sotelo. He will then return to Spain to begin his recovery...

On Saturday after qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, Honda announced that Marquez would be travelling to Rochester, Minnesota to have a fourth operation on the right arm he badly broke back in 2020.Marquez has suffered with the arm ever since he returned to action last April, with his problems only heightened by a radically overhauled 2022 Hond...

With eight premier class race winners failing to advance through Q1, it meant a surprising qualifying result was very possible at the Italian MotoGP. That’s exactly what we got as rookies delivered incredible performances, Marc Marquez suffered another big highside which led to his Honda catching fire and championship contenders could only battle f...

Italian Moto2 Grand Prix, Mugello - Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamBikeTime1Aron CanetSPAFlexbox HP40(Kalex)1m 51.121s2Pedro AcostaSPARed Bull KTM Ajo(Kalex)1m 51.246s3Sam LowesGBRElf Marc VDS Racing Team(Kalex)1m 51.279s4Celestino ViettiITAMooney VR46 Racing Team(Kalex)1m 51.381s5Mattia PasiniITAInde GASGAS Aspar Team(Kalex)1m 51.465s6Ai OguraJP...

  Moto2 escaped the worst of the weather as the thunder, lightning and rain arrived at Mugello in time for MotoGP Q2 but had settled by the time Aron Canet set the best lap of the weekend to claim pole at round eight - the Italian Grand Prix. One of several riders to top the timesheets as the lap times dropped and confidence on the drying track cam...

Honda announced this at Mugello in a press conference on Saturday following qualifying, with Marquez set to head to America next week for an operation at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.  Marquez badly broke his right arm at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020, which ultimately ruled him out of that entire campaign as he underwent three operations on the i...

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*1'46.156s9/9352k2Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*+0.088s9/9350k3Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.171s9/9353k4Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0.227s8/8352k5Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.3...

Having only scored one pole before in his entire grand prix career, Di Giannantonio guided his Gresini-run 2021-spec Ducati from Q1 to a maiden pole to lead an Italian 1-2-3 ahead of VR46 duo Marco Bezzecchi and Luca Marini. Rain appeared not long into the preceding FP4 sessions and meant the first 15-minute shootout session in qualifying started i...

After three practice sessions in bond-dry conditions, FP4 became a preview for qualifying as rain hit the Mugello circuit.  As more and more rain started to fall, Marquez headed out of pit lane on slick tyres, a decision he regretted with immediate effect.  As he rode around the outside of Fabio Quartararo, Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi, Marquez ...

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Qualifying (1) ResultsPosRiderNatTeam1Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*2Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)3Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)4Michele PirroITADucati Test Rider (GP22)5Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)6Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16)7Joan MirSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)8Alex MarquezSPALCR H...

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (4) ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)1'46.614s3/5351k2Marco BezzecchiITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)*+0.433s3/8345k3Marc MarquezSPARepsol Honda (RC213V)+0.461s3/6344k4Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16)+0.535s4/9344k5Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.535s4/6346k6...

On Friday at the Italian Grand Prix, RNF announced it had reached a two-year deal with Aprilia to become its satellite squad from 2023.This brings an end to a four-year relationship between RNF – and formerly Petronas SRT – and Yamaha, which yielded six victories and a runner-up spot in the championship for Franco Morbidelli in 2020.RNF, which only...

  Deniz Oncu took his second pole of the season ahead of round eight of the championship - the Moto3 Italian Grand Prix - after placing himself perfectly on track to gain a speed advantage and the top spot in the session. The Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider expertly left himself enough of a marker in front to chase down, while also working out a slipstrea...

Italian Moto3 Grand Prix, Mugello - Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamBikeTime1Deniz ÖncüTURRed Bull KTM Tech3(KTM)1m 56.811s2Daniel HolgadoSPARed Bull KTM Ajo(KTM)1m 56.908s3Dennis FoggiaITALeopard Racing(Honda)1m 57.094s4Sergio GarciaSPAValresa GASGAS Aspar Team(GASGAS)1m 57.232s5Izan GuevaraSPAValresa GASGAS Aspar Team(GASGAS)1m 57.236s6John McPh...

The Monster Energy Yamaha Team Principal has also claimed he was ‘surprised’ by the timing of RNF Racing's decision, as an announcement was made during a meeting between both sides. After joining MotoGP in 2019 as Petronas Yamaha, the Razlan Razali-owned team - rebranded as WithU RNF for 2021 - remained with Yamaha for this season as part of its th...