MotoGP, Moto3 and Moto2 Racing News, Results and Updates https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/motorcycle-racing/motogp/ Motorcycle Reviews, News on Motorcycles, Specs, Test & Race Results Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:52:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-UMC_LOGO_512x512-140x140.jpg MotoGP, Moto3 and Moto2 Racing News, Results and Updates https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/motorcycle-racing/motogp/ 32 32 Anti Social Social Club x Alpinestars x Jorge Martín Apparel Debuts https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/10/02/anti-social-social-club-x-alpinestars-x-jorge-martin-apparel-debuts/ Tue, 03 Oct 2023 01:52:36 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=270258 While you were watching Jorge Martín sweep the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, scoring the pole, a Sprint win, and a GP victory, you might have noticed that he was wearing some stylish Alpinestars gear. Martín’s helmet, leathers, gloves, and boots result from a collaboration between Alpinestars and the street-wise Anti Social Social Club founded by […]

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]]> Yamaha Racing Heritage Club Mugello Ride [TZ350 Celebration] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/08/27/yamaha-racing-heritage-club-mugello-ride-tz350-celebration/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 08:13:06 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=269276 Founded last year, the Yamaha Racing Heritage Club has already established itself as a major vintage motorcycle organization. The club took to Mugello Circuit last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the TZ350 production racer—a highly successful liquid-cooled, two-stroke twin based on Jarno Saarinen’s YZ634 GP bike. Teaming up with the Yamaha Racing Experience, […]

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]]> Brembo Wins Red Dot Product Design Award [Commentary] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/06/24/brembo-wins-red-dot-product-design-award-commentary/ Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:46:57 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=267327 I’m a big fan of modern art and industrial design. When they come together, creating industrial art, so much the better. Undoubtedly, the new Brembo 19RCS Corsa Corta-RR handlebar-mounted clutch actuation unit fits the bill as industrial art at its finest. Apparently, I’m not the only one to notice, as the clutch lever assembly created […]

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]]> Mike Hailwood 1960 Ducati 125 Barcone D1 Auction Coming https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/04/01/mike-hailwood-1960-ducati-125-barcone-d1-auction-coming/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 07:43:56 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=265079 Mike Hailwood’s 1960 Ducati 125 Barcone Grand Prix racebike is up for auction at Bonhams’ Spring Stafford Sale. The auction is part of the International Classic Motorcycle Show at Staffordshire County Showground, about 25 miles north of Birmingham in Britain’s West Midlands. Ducati pulled out of GP racing in 1959, but that didn’t stop Stan […]

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]]> 2023 Brembo MotoGP Brakes Inside Look [A Dozen Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/03/23/2023-brembo-motogp-brakes-inside-look-a-dozen-fast-facts/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 03:45:30 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=264866 Every year, Brembo finds ways to help the racers in MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3 go faster by helping them brake harder. While this isn’t a revolutionary year in MotoGP or Moto3, there is some big news for Moto2 braking. Let’s go over what you’ll see on the front wheels of the fastest road racers in […]

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]]> Alpinestars Supertech R10 Helmet First Look [10 Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/02/16/alpinestars-supertech-r10-helmet-first-look-10-fast-facts/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 21:08:55 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263975 Building on its successful off-road helmets, Alpinestars is introducing its first pavement-oriented helmet, and the new Alpinestars Supertech R10 helmet has a MotoGP pedigree. MotoGP Legend Andrea Dovizioso worked with the Alpinestars Helmet Developments Department to create the new helmet, which will be worn by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jack Miller and Prima Pramac […]

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]]> Yamaha/Monster Energy Partnership Renewed: Quartararo Speaks https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/02/09/yamaha-monster-energy-partnership-renewed-quartararo-speaks/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:17:00 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263786 The evening before the San Diego Supercross, Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA announced its renewed partnership with longtime sponsor Monster Energy. The brands celebrated the occasion by unveiling the latest global Monster Energy Yamaha racing liveries for the 2023 season with the likes of Fabio Quartararo (MotoGP), Eli Tomac (Supercross, US Motocross), Dylan Ferrandis (Supercross, US […]

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]]> Ducatis to Run #1 in 2023 in MotoGP and World Superbike https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/01/24/ducatis-to-run-1-in-2023-in-motogp-and-world-superbike/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 03:25:17 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263492 World champions Pecco Bagnaia and Álvaro Bautista will run #1 plates on their 2023 Ducatis. Bagnaia clinched the 2023 MotoGP title at the final round last year on his GP22, with Bautista grabbing his World Superbike crown on his Panigale V4 R at the penultimate round. “For the first time in the Company’s history, we […]

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]]> 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 First Look [28 Photos + Rider Quotes] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2023/01/16/2023-yamaha-yzr-m1-first-look-28-photos-and-rider-quotes/ Tue, 17 Jan 2023 06:26:59 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=263230 The 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 racebike is here, and it will be campaigned by Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP in the 21-round 2023 MotoGP World Championship Series. Quartararo was the runner-up last year, losing his title to Pecco Bagnaia at the final round in Valencia. Morbidelli is looking to rebound from […]

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]]> Rossi Joins BMW M Motorsport [Back On Track For 2023] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/12/23/rossi-joins-bmw-m-motorsport-back-on-track-for-2023/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 22:16:48 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=262690 Although Valentino Rossi may be retired from motorcycle racing, his lifelong commitment to competition on wheels continues unabated. Nine-time FIM Grand Prix Road Racing World Champion will be a BMW M works driver in 2023 for BMW M Team WRT. Rossi will also be competing in the GT World Challenge Europe series in a BMW […]

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]]> Freddie Spencer Autobiography Book Review [Feel: My Story] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/12/19/freddie-spencer-autobiography-book-review-feel-my-story/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 01:45:43 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=262585 These days we are exposed to overwhelming amounts of information on MotoGP racers’ lives—detailed blow-by-blow reports of injuries they may be struggling with to their love lives, and death was a perennial threat. “Feel: My Story”, a reflective autobiography by Freddie Spencer (with Rick Broadbent), is a unique insight into a world full of exploits […]

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]]> 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R First Look [13 Fast Facts; 47 Photos] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/10/14/2023-ducati-panigale-v4-r-first-look-13-very-fast-fast-facts/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 23:57:13 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=260285 Inspired by Ducati Corse’s MotoGP and World Superbike efforts, the new 2023 Ducati Panigale V4 R puts up impressive power production numbers in addition to its revolutionary chassis design. The latest Desmosedici Stradale R is the big news, and there’s even more to talk about, so let’s go. There are three levels of performance for […]

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]]> Sheene’s Final Race-Winning Motorcycle at Bonhams Auction https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/10/03/sheenes-final-race-winning-motorcycle-at-bonhams-auction/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 00:59:09 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=258178 Barry Sheene enjoyed an illustrious career through the 1970s and into the ’80s. He started GP racing in the 125cc class in 1970, and had his first GP win in the same class a year later. Sheene took the Formula 750 title in 1973, and the most-prestigious crown of all, the 500cc GP championship, in […]

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]]> 2023 MotoGP Calendar [Updated Schedule Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/09/30/2023-motogp-calendar-schedule-first-look-fast-facts/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:11:29 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=257185 We’re getting a first look at the 2023 MotoGP calendar, and the schedule has many changes in the coming year. The 21-round 2023 season kicks off in late March, rather than early March this year. Also, Portugal is taking over from Qatar as the location of the opening round. Aragón is off the schedule. We […]

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]]> Valentino Rossi – Life of a Legend – Revised and Updated [Review] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/09/10/valentino-rossi-life-of-a-legend-revised-and-updated-review/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:28:47 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=248068 When nine-time Grand Prix World Champion Valentino Rossi retired in 2021, it ended a soaring career in the premier level of professional road racing that began in 1996. Published in 2017, London’s Michael Scott wrote spectacular biography—Valentino Rossi – Life of a Legend—that covered Rossi from his beginnings. Scott has covered Grand Prix motorcycle road […]

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]]> Aprilia RSV4 XTrenta First Look [19 Very Fast Facts For the Track] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/09/02/aprilia-rsv4-xtrenta-first-look-19-very-fast-facts-for-the-track/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:51:40 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=244560 The Aprilia RSV4 has an outstanding track record, from World Superbike to local track days. In 2019, the RSV4 X appeared, upping the ante for closed circuit aficionados. The folks from the Noale Racing Department are taking another step forward with the Aprilia RSV4 XTrenta. They add knowledge gleaned from the RS-GP MotoGP racer and […]

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]]> Taka Nakagami and his Arai Corsair-X Helmet [Commentary] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/07/16/taka-nakagami-and-his-arai-corsair-x-helmet-commentary/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:30:04 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=240570 The first 20 or so seconds of the 2022 Grand Prix of Catalunya turned out to be even more intense than the typical MotoGP race. Blazing down the front straight after the start, the 24 riders had to brake very hard for Turn 1, and the funnel effect of them vying for the same piece […]

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]]> 2022 Suzuki Live To Parade Sheene 500cc GP Racebikes at Cadwell Park https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/05/21/2022-suzuki-live-to-parade-sheene-500cc-gp-racebikes-at-cadwell-park/ Sat, 21 May 2022 21:51:58 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=239411 Despite Suzuki’s recent proposed withdrawal from MotoGP at the end of this 2022 season, truth is that the Japanese factory is steeped in premier-class world championship roadracing, and always will be. Even before the storied Kevin Schwantz era in the early 1990s, Suzuki actually reached the pinnacle of the blue-riband 500cc class world championship in […]

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]]> The Throttle Stop – May 2022: Saturday Morning Cartoons https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/04/27/the-throttle-stop-june-2022-saturday-morning-cartoons/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:09:38 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=238883 Now that the dog days of summer are knocking on the horizon, most of the country has awoken from its winter slumber and is getting into the riding season swing. The snow is melting, the bird and bugs are out, and most of the country can start ticking the miles off. Without question, summer is […]

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]]> 2022 MotoGP Brembo Braking Systems Inside Look [8 Fast Facts] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/03/01/2022-motogp-brembo-braking-systems-inside-look-8-fast-facts/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 19:44:32 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=237544 One thing MotoGP racers do is go very fast. Naturally, they also have to decelerate rapidly, and that’s where MotoGP brake suppliers Brembo comes in. Brembo ups the braking ante in MotoGP every year, and 2022 is no exception. Let’s slow down and take a inside look at what’s new, and what’s returning, with the […]

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]]> Jarno Saarinen 50th Anniversary Career Retrospective: The Flying Finn https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/02/07/jarno-saarinen-50th-anniversary-career-retrospective-the-flying-finn/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:16:09 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=236971 In the late 1960s, Jarno Saarinen was still a young engineering student in Turku, Finland, but he was also an aspiring motorcycle ice and road racer. Saarinen was doing his own wrenching and tuning, and largely bankrolling his racing out of his own meager resources. Eventually, he got noticed as he won national championships in […]

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]]> 2022 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1 Revealed [Fabio’s Ride] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2022/02/04/2022-monster-energy-yamaha-motogp-yzr-m1-revealed-quartararos-ride-first-look/ Sat, 05 Feb 2022 00:35:30 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=236933 Defending MotoGP World Championship Fabio Quartararo will be competing on the 2022 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YZR-M1 for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship Series. Yamaha Factory Racing is predictably cagey about the specific specs for the M1, though we can share a few tidbits with you. The M1 is powered by a 1000cc inline-4 with […]

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]]> 2023 Ducati Electric Motorcycle First Look [MotoE at Misano World Circuit] https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2021/12/21/2023-ducati-electric-motorcycle-first-look-motoe-at-misano-world-circuit/ Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:04:20 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=235892 The 2023 Ducati V21L electric motorcycle prototype debuted at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli with Michele Pirro aboard. It’s the first ride of the spec bike that will make up the 2023 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup grid. The all-new Ducati V21L is a joint project of Ducati R&D engineers and the Ducati Corse team. […]

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]]> Agostini Debuts 2022 MV Agusta Superveloce Ago (First Look, Fast Facts) https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2021/10/24/agostini-debuts-2022-mv-agusta-superveloce-ago-first-look-fast-facts/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:09:44 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=234377 There is no motorcycle racer more legendary than Giacomo Agostini. With 15 World Championships and 122 Grand Prix victories, he stands alone as the most winning World Championship Grand Prix racer. Thirteen of those titles came aboard MV Agusta machinery, and he is forever linked to the iconic Italian brand. The 2022 MV Agusta Superveloce […]

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]]> Ducati Set to Become New MotoE Electric Motorcycle Supplier In 2023 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2021/10/21/ducati-set-to-become-new-motoe-electric-motorcycle-supplier-in-2023/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 23:06:31 +0000 https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/?p=234230 Ducati has announced that it will be the official motorcycle supplier for the FIM MotoE World Cup, the all-electric racing class included at select rounds of the MotoGP World Championship. The brand’s partnership is set to begin with the 2023 racing season and will continue through 2026. Ducati Motor Holding CEO Claudio Domenicali and Dorna […]

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