After a brief pause for breath, the reshuffled 2020 MotoGP season resumes with the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno. Reigning world champion Marc Marquez has already been ruled out of action for Repsol Honda having undergone a second surgery on his broken right arm, which sees HRC test rider […]
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Johann Zarco took a shock MotoGP pole position for Avintia Ducati at the Czech Grand Prix after a late crash for Fabio Quartararo, while Andrea Dovizioso was only 18th. Zarco put the KTM on the front row at Brno one year ago in wet conditions, but a week later had […]
Takaaki Nakagami led a tight MotoGP Czech Grand Prix FP1 by 0.011s seconds from Joan Mir, while Maverick Vinales crashed early in the session. Vinales lost the front of his factory Yamaha early on the way into the penultimate left-hander at Turn 13 five minutes into the session, a cold […]
Fabio Quartararo says he “made two steps backwards” in the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix owing to grip issues, which left him seventh in “most difficult” race of his career. The championship leader started from second at Brno and ran in that position in the early laps, but was quickly demoted […]
Fabio Quartararo says he “made two steps backwards” in the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix owing to grip issues, which left him seventh in “most difficult” race of his career. The championship leader started from second at Brno and ran in that position in the early laps, but was quickly demoted […]
© LAT Images Binder: Debut win after three races MotoGP Czech Grand Prix winner Brad Binder says his dream of scoring a premier class victory coming in just his third race is “scary”. Binder stunned on Sunday at Brno by charging to the front of the Czech GP on lap […]
Johann Zarco says Brad Binder is “doing the job that I was not able to do” at KTM, after he took his maiden MotoGP win at the Czech Grand Prix. Rookie Binder dominated the race at Brno on Sunday to score his and KTM’s first ever MotoGP victory in just […]
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales says he was “very lucky” to even finish 14th in the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix having battled an “impossible” lack of grip from the first lap. Vinales started from fifth on the grid, but slipped to eighth after the opening lap and continued to tumble down the […]
Pol Espargaro says Johann Zarco could have avoided the contact which took him out of the MotoGP Czech Grand Prix, but says the Avintia rider “didn’t want” to. The KTM rider endured an unlucky weekend at Brno, with a yellow flag infringement – which he protested, but to no avail […]
MotoGP Czech Grand Prix winner Brad Binder says his dream of scoring a premier class victory coming in just his third race is “scary”. Binder stunned on Sunday at Brno by charging to the front of the Czech GP on lap 13 to dominate by 5.2 seconds to score his […]
Brad Binder dominated the Czech Grand Prix to claim a shock maiden win for him and KTM in MotoGP, while points leaders Fabio Quartararo, Maverick Vinales and Andrea Dovizioso struggled. In just his third race in the premier class, 2016 Moto3 champion Binder was promoted to the factory KTM team […]
Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia prevailed in a tense battle in the Czech Grand Prix to claim his first win in Moto3, while Albert Arenas opened up his championship lead again. Gresini rider Gabriel Rodrigo muscled his Honda into the lead from second on the grid at the start, though he […]
The Avintia MotoGP team has apologised to Fabio Quartararo for celebrating when he crashed in Czech Grand Prix qualifying, which guaranteed Johann Zarco a shock pole. Zarco fired in a 1m55.687s in the closing stages of Q2 on Saturday to take over top spot on his year-old Ducati run by […]
The MotoGP paddock has detected its first positive COVID-19 case in a member of Dorna Sports’ TV crew, but the Czech Grand Prix weekend is not expected to be affected. MotoGP has deployed strict protocols amidst the coronavirus pandemic in order to get its delayed 2020 season under way last […]
Following Johann Zarco’s stunning pole position for the Czech Republic Grand Prix, the entire MotoGP grid has been shaken up. Here’s how and when you can watch the race. Zarco, competing on a year-old Ducati, shocked the paddock to charge to pole position at Brno beating the Petronas SRT Yamaha […]
Andrea Dovizioso admits “I don’t know what happened” in MotoGP Czech Grand Prix qualifying, after managing a career-worst 18th at Brno. The Ducati rider was unable to secure a place into Q2 at the end of FP3 and struggled through the Q1 session, eventually ending up 18th with a lap […]
Pol Espargaro says he is “pissed off” at having lost his second-fastest MotoGP Czech Grand Prix qualifying lap due to a late yellow flag and will appeal the decision. The KTM rider fired in a 1m55.779s lap in the closing stages of qualifying at Brno, which put him into a […]
Franco Morbidelli topped a frantic MotoGP FP3 ahead of the Czech Grand Prix, with Alex Rins, Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller propping up a volatile Q1 group for qualifying. Just 0.257 seconds covered the top 10 at Brno on Saturday morning, with Petronas SRT’s Morbidelli edging late-improver Johann Zarco on […]
With MotoGP roaring back into action after a short breather, Brno hosts the Czech Grand Prix which is round three of the reshuffled 2020 season. Here’s how to watch qualifying. Reigning world champion Marc Marquez remains out of action following further surgery to fix the plate in his broken right […]
Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso is “worried” about the “crazy” consumption and movement of the rear tyre at Czech Grand Prix venue Brno, which he says has “never happened” before. The Brno circuit hasn’t been resurfaced since 2008, and over the years the asphalt has degraded to the point where […]