Another day and another chance for Marc Marquez to extinguish the speculation over his MotoGP future passes without clarification, further fuelling rumours of a shock switch to Gresini Ducati.
Marc Marquez was the top Honda rider on Friday in Catalunya, but with all four RCVs at the bottom of the timesheets the factory’s MotoGP woes were exposed for all to see.
With his first Sunday MotoGP points of the year finally in the bag, Marc Marquez will be hoping his ‘calm approach’ now brings his first home Catalunya points since 2019 this weekend.
Increased Honda support could have made it a harder decision but Alex Rins switching from the satellite LCR team to the factory Yamaha MotoGP project for 2024 wasn’t a surprise for Simon Crafar.
Returning to the MotoGP paddock for the first time since fracturing his right tibia and fibula in May, Alex Rins gave an update on his injuries in Austria.
“Good luck! I say that with all respect” - that was Alex Marquez’s response to the news that Johann Zarco is leaving Ducati for Honda in MotoGP next season.
Marc Marquez would 'welcome' the Ducati experience Johann Zarco can bring to Honda in MotoGP next season, but warned Alex Rins and Joan Mir also came from a good bike and that the RCV's main weakness is already known.
While Takaaki Nakagami and Joan Mir committed fully to the new Honda fairing, Marc Marquez opted to ‘sacrifice a bit’ with back-to-back tests on Friday at the Austrian MotoGP.
Chris Smiley says the remainder of this season’s TCR UK Touring Car Championship is all about putting measures in place that will make Honda’s new Civic Type R a race-winning package in 2024.
Jack Miller feels the signing of rising star Pedro Acosta plus ongoing speculation over Marc Marquez is a compliment to KTM's work in making the RC16 one of the most desirable bikes on the MotoGP grid.
With Alex Rins absent since May’s leg-breaking accident at Mugello, LCR Honda team-mate Takaaki Nakagami heard about the Spaniard’s 2024 switch to the factory Yamaha MotoGP team at the same time as everyone else.
Jason O’Halloran rose to the top at a track where he holds a superb recent record, rookie Charlie Nesbitt collected his first podium and championship leader Tommy Bridewell could only manage fourteenth as day one drew to a close in Thruxton.