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The first glimpse of a 'life-saving' MotoGP breakthrough

3 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

Through the first few rounds of the 2025 MotoGP season, Raul Fernandez looked a prime candidate for an early contract termination - if not mid-season, then in 2026, the second year of his current Trackhouse Aprilia deal. Slowly but surely, his campaign had at least achieved some semblance of respectability to where Trackhouse could be fairly confident in dismissing any thought of an early split.
What's next for Rossi and BMW after Le Mans heartbreak

3 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

The #46 WRT BMW looked a smart pick for the Le Mans 24 Hours class win when Valentino Rossi - as one of just two Silver-rated drivers in the Hyperpole session - stuck the M4 GT3Evo third on the grid.
EU approve F1 owner Liberty's takeover of MotoGP

4 days ago | the-race.com | Simon Patterson

Liberty Media’s takeover of MotoGP has been approved by the European Union’s monopolies commission, meaning that for the first time ever, both the series and F1 will now be owned by the same group. The deal was first proposed in April 2024, but with the possibility for the formation of monopolistic pricing across the two series, the commissioner took a close look at the deal.
Is Alex Marquez making it too easy for Marc in MotoGP title fight?

5 days ago | the-race.com | Simon Patterson

Is Alex Marquez giving his brother Marc an easy ride in MotoGP battle? It's a question that's been asked more frequently of late - and one the younger Marquez addressed head on in the wake of another Marc victory in the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. The pair have dominated this year's championship - they've finished 1-2 in 13 of the 18 races so far in 2025 - and currently sit comfortably first and second, respectively 110 and 70 points ahead of their nearest challenger Pecco Bagnaia.
Italian Grand Prix MotoGP rider rankings

5 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

There was a distinctly Spanish flavour to this year's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, with seven Spanish podiums on Sunday across the three classes - which included the increasingly familiar Marquez brothers MotoGP double act. Not so coincidentally, Spaniards also lock out the podium in our post-weekend rankings. Agree or disagree with the positions? Quiz Val on his rankings in the comments on this Patreon post and he'll answer your points in his rankings debrief video in The Race Members' Club.
'Another victim added to the big list' - Morbidelli-Vinales crash examined

5 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

The Italian Grand Prix collision between Franco Morbidelli and Maverick Vinales was resolved amicably among the riders - though the Tech3 KTM MotoGP team made it clear it felt Morbidelli was out of order. With potential podium pace in his KTM RC16 all through the weekend, Vinales laboured a little to overtake Morbidelli for fourth on Sunday but finally did so at the start of lap nine - and prepared to set off after Pecco Bagnaia and the Marquez brothers.
Why Bagnaia's MotoGP revival is over already

5 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

Pecco Bagnaia's 2025 MotoGP season remains a truly glum affair, as a flicker of a bounce-back at Aragon has been extinguished with a limp showing in his home race, the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. Across sprints and full-distance races, Bagnaia entered the weekend on a streak of five successive MotoGP wins at Mugello - and he joked pre-weekend that being unable to fight for victory here would mean that he's definitively in trouble.
2025 Nurburgring 24 Hours: Post-race penalty changes winner

5 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

The battle for the win at the 2025 Nurburgring 24 Hours played out in dramatic circumstances, with a post-race penalty for a crash that had left a car on its roof changing the winner of the event. The #911 Manthey Porsche crew of Kevin Estre, Ayhancan Guven and Thomas Preining was more or less in control for most of the race, but found itself under pressure from the #98 ROWE BMW of Kelvin van der Linde, Augusto Farfus, Jesse Krohn and Raffaele Marciello as the race entered its closing stretch.
Marquez wins Italian GP as Bagnaia's early charge collapses

5 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez completed a clean sweep of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, following up a sprint win with a combative triumph in the main race. The works Ducatis ran a special Renaissance-themed livery for the race and put on a show in the early laps with the aid of Marc Marquez, but Bagnaia faded badly and ended up off the podium.
Marquez's humiliation of Ducati rivals sums up his 2025 paradox

6 days ago | the-race.com | Valentin Khorounzhiy

The Mugello MotoGP sprint drove home a major theme of the 2025 season, which is that the '25 title fight only exists as a contest between two. In one corner, Marc Marquez. In the other corner, Marc Marquez's DNF rate. Marquez had spent the entirety of the Italian Grand Prix weekend so far talking about damage limitation relative to rivals Alex Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia. For both of them, Mugello is on the higher end of the circuit favourability chart - for Marc it is one of the worst.