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1. Rins: Yamaha MotoGP bike “very different” to the Suzuki

   Rins moved to LCR Honda in 2023 after Suzuki, with whom he raced from his debut season in 2017, elected to quit MotoGP at the end of last year.Despite winning Honda’s only grand prix in 2023 in Austin, Rins felt undervalued by the Japanese marque and decided to break a two-year deal to join Yamaha for 2024.Following a second surgery on the leg he badly broke at the Italian GP, Rins returned to...Keep reading

2. The factors that show Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP debut was a genuine success

   It’s a little after 11am on Tuesday morning of 28 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The media mass is assembled outside of the Gresini Racing garage, and has been for well over an hour – hands frozen, faces beaten by a biting wind underneath a cold and overcast sky.Technically, this is the beginning of the 2024 season. And thus, the beginning of Marc Marquez’s time as a Ducati rider. To...Keep reading

3. Mir: Valencia first time Honda 'brought something that worked' to MotoGP test

   The 2020 world champion said Honda “needed a bit more help” after September’s Misano test, at which Marc Marquez admitted the team was “still far” from where it needed to be.But speaking after Tuesday’s test, Mir was visibly pleased with the progress made, and said the bike “seems to be working better.”He also revealed it was the "first time I have been able to feel a difference...Keep reading

4. Quartararo: Yamaha still too far from MotoGP rivals after 2024 test

   Tuesday’s outing in Valencia marked the true first test of the 2024 season, with Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales leading the way.After a lukewarm reception to its first 2024 prototype – and particularly the engine – at Misano in September, Quartararo ended Tuesday’s Valencia running 0.769s off the pace in 12th, albeit without doing a proper time attack run.Due to the new concession...Keep reading

5. Marquez fourth on Ducati debut as Vinales tops Valencia MotoGP test

   The major story of the first official test ahead of the 2024 season was Marc Marquez's debut on the Gresini Ducati.It marked the first time in his MotoGP career that he took to the track on a bike that wasn't a Honda and generated a considerable amount of buzz on Tuesday morning as he prepared for his first run.Taking to the circuit on his sponsor-less Ducati at 11:14am local time, about an hour...Keep reading