Valentin Khorounzhiy
MotoGP Editor at The Race
MotoGP editor and occasional F1 writer at @wearetherace, co-host on The Race MotoGP Podcast. Formerly of @motorsport. Incessant Chelsea and NFL fan.
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1 week ago |
the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy
Given he was 10 places back on the grid for both the sprint and the Sunday race, Pecco Bagnaia may well soothe himself by taking just a 15-point hit relative to title rival Marc Marquez in the Qatar Grand Prix. But it should be difficult to see it that way - and Marquez's comments after the weekend, a weekend he repeatedly described as "the most important so far", show why.
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1 week ago |
the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy
The 2025 Qatar Grand Prix deserves to be a calling card weekend for a particular KTM standout, a particular Yamaha standout and a particular Honda standout. But none of them totally nailed every phase of the weekend. One rider did - inevitably, he must be number one in this edition of our rankings.
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1 week ago |
the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy
Fabio Di Giannantonio has described Jorge Martin's Qatar Grand Prix crash as "the worst scene of my life", having inadvertently hit Martin with his bike through a fast section of the Lusail track. Recovering from an early incident with Alex Marquez, Di Giannantonio was lining up a move on Martin when the Aprilia rider, returning from a long injury absence, went down on the outside kerb between the fast right-handers Turn 12 and Turn 13.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy
Marc Márquez ruined the dream of the surprising Viñales and took another hat-trick in Qatar and remains unstoppable; Martín crashedAnother race and another brilliant performance by Marc Márquez, who has just won another flawless round and a new victory. Franco Morbidelli and …
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1 week ago |
the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy
Maverick Vinales and the Tech3 KTM MotoGP team have been stripped of their shock Qatar Grand Prix podium after a post-race investigation into a minimal tyre pressure breach. Vinales had mounted a surprise challenge for victory during the race and, though he had no answer for Ducati rider Marc Marquez's late-race pace, he preserved the tyres well enough to finish second on the road - a result beyond his and KTM's wildest expectations coming into the day.
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Ahead of the Qatar GP, a good chat about the biggest #MotoGP silly season intrigue of 2025 (the Honda line-up) and the most ambiguous bike of 2025 (the Aprilia): 🔊📼 https://t.co/jB0UXf8biF https://t.co/jB0UXf8biF
Across the whole of '24 and '25, even accounting for a couple of lowlights, Bearman has had a *monumental* start to his #F1 career. (makes that 12th place in the F2 standings last year even funnier)
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Marc Marquez has owned up to deliberately playing for an aborted start when he ran off the #AmericasGP #MotoGP grid because he gambled enough riders would follow him and force race control to call the start off: ➡️ https://t.co/jWaEaKqEjM https://t.co/jWaEaKqEjM
