Marco Bezzecchi was in doubt as to where the blame lay after opening lap contact with Marc Marquez left the VR46 Ducati rider down and out of the Valencia MotoGP finale.
Johann Zarco helped secure a Ducati top four lockout in FP1 at Valencia, after beating Fabio Di Giannantonio to first place on his final flying lap.
VR46 team director Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has revealed that Fermin Aldeguer isn’t the only Moto2 rider in contention to take over Luca Marini’s MotoGP seat for 2024.
Following some close passes at the end of opening MotoGP practice in Qatar, Marco Bezzecchi and Pol Espargaro continued to carve each other up on the slowdown lap after the chequered flag.
Marco Bezzecchi may have slipped out of mathematical MotoGP title contention at Sepang last Sunday, but he can wrap up third in the world championship in Qatar this weekend.
Alex Marquez led a Ducati 1-2 during the second practice session for the Malaysian MotoGP, while Aleix Espargaro endured a nightmare session for Aprilia.
Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Saturday Sprint and main Sunday race at the Thai MotoGP at Buriram, round 17 of 20 in the 2023 world championship.
With four rounds and eight races remaining of the 2023 MotoGP season, riders and team managers expect the battle to go down to its final day in Valencia.
Luca Marini has underlined that strong gusts of wind, rather than heavy rain, was the decisive factor in abandoning Sunday’s Australian MotoGP Sprint race.