RNF heads for its home Malaysian MotoGP hoping pre-season testing knowledge can boost the chances of Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez but aware ‘heat is not a good friend of the Aprilia RS-GP’.
Ahead of double World Superbike champion’s Alvaro Bautista much anticipated return to MotoGP as a wild-card at Sepang this weekend, here are the occasions when a one-off ride has resulted in a surprise podium finish.
World Superbike champion Alvaro Bautista continues to play down the prospect of making a Troy Bayliss-style return to MotoGP at the end of this season.
One of several fallers on the opening day of the Portimao MotoGP Test, Aleix Espargaro was concerned more by arm pump issues that led to him finishing earlier than expected.
A world champion for eight out of ten seasons between 2010-2019, Marc Marquez admits he’s missed the pressure of fighting at the front of MotoGP in recent years.
Not only is Ducati’s reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia confident of avoiding last year’s slow start to the new MotoGP season, but he’s also not afraid of any wet weather.
Although he’s using last season’s RS-GP22 Aprilia bike, second-year MotoGP rider Raul Fernandez has credited the Noale manufacturer for making him feel like a ‘factory rider’.
Jack Miller has finally completed his first real time attack simulation of day three at the Sepang MotoGP Test, after suffering a crash at turn one before lunch.