Latest MotoGP Gossip

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Jorge Lorenzo has hinted at a future in car racing which could include going up against former rival Valentino Rossi, while Alberto Puig believes several retired MotoGP riders are better than the current crop of stars, except Marc Marquez…

In this week’s MotoGP gossip column, KTM Motorsport Director, Pit Beirer, describes Pedro Acosta as a 'luxury problem that we have', Francesco Bagnaia claims no other manufacturer has the charm of Ducati and could Jorge Lorenzo be set to join the BOE SKX Moto3 team in a management role?

In the latest MotoGP gossip, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta doesn’t ‘dream’ of having a MotoGP title finish similar to that of F1, while Joan Mir has ‘expressed’ his opinion to Suzuki in regards to the team filling its MotoGP Team Manager role.

In today’s MotoGP gossip column Andrea Iannone has admitted he ‘suffered a lot’ with doping ban and subsequent future without MotoGP, while former 250cc world champion Marco Melandri makes headlines by joking about contracting COVID-19.

In today’s MotoGP gossip column, Danilo Petrucci admits the last two years of his MotoGP career were spent in the ‘wrong team’, while Jorge Lorenzo claims he would have stayed with Honda beyond 2019 had it not been for his Assen crash.

In today’s MotoGP Gossip column, Maverick Vinales has admitted leaving Suzuki was a ‘mistake’, former Repsol Honda boss Livio Suppo feels ‘sorry’ for the team’s current situation and Kevin Schwantz predicts Pedro Acosta will be in MotoGP within the next two years.

In the first MotoGP gossip column of 2022, Repsol Honda are rumoured to be ‘desperately’ trying to sign a rider such as Joan Mir, Jorge Lorenzo talks about his psychological ‘low point’ and Fabio Di Giannantonio has bikes stolen.

In today’s MotoGP gossip, Pol Espargaro believes team-mate Marc Marquez is still the best rider on the grid, while Casey Stoner wants to see technical changes to improve racing.

In the latest MotoGP gossip column, signing Valentino Rossi for the 2021 season was a mistake according to RNF Yamaha Team Principal Razlan Razali, while Yamaha are keen to retain 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo who already has two offers for 2023.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Cal Crutchlow is set to replace Maverick Vinales for the British Grand Prix, Thomas Luthi confirms he will retire at the end of 2021 and how rookie sensation Jorge Martin came close to quitting the sport.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip Column, Speedweek are reporting that Raul Fernandez is expected to make the switch to MotoGP with Tech 3 KTM, while Jorge Lorenzo says Maverick Vinales’ split from Yamaha came as a 'surprise' but that he’s ‘suffered a lot’ due to Fabio Quartararo’s dominance.

In this week’s latest MotoGP Gossip column, Alberto Puig says only Marc Marquez can do what he’s doing ‘with an arm and a half’ and Pol Espargaro’s departure from KTM meant promoting it’s younger talent a year early according to Pit Beirer. 

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Aleix Espargaro says ‘it’s hard to see’ Andrea Dovizioso as his team-mate and that he ‘hasn’t been very competitive so far’, while Kevin Schwantz throws out the unlikely but not impossible idea of Maverick Vinales returning to Suzuki. 

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column Ducati Corse General Manager, Luigi Dall’Igna, says Ducati would have treated 2020 championship runner-up Franco Morbidelli better than Yamaha did, while Alex Criville picks out Johann Zarco as Fabio Quartararo’s main rival for the 2021 championship.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip Column; 20,000 spectators will be allowed at the Catalunya MotoGP, and KTM’s revival which saw Miguel Oliveira claim the team’s first podium of 2021 is analysed.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip Column we take a look at the viewing numbers from ITV4’s free-to-air TV coverage of Le Mans, Paolo Ciabbati admits 8 Ducati bikes on the grid is a real possibility, while Valentino Rossi says flag-to-flag races are ‘more dangerous’, and that ‘I don’t like’ them.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Jorge Lorenzo gives his thoughts on the Jerez race and several riders including former team-mate Valentino Rossi who he calls ‘slow’ and imprecise’, Mat Oxley analyses Pedro Acosta’s Moto3 rise and comparisons to Marc Marquez, and Alex Criville says Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia are ready to fight at every race following Jerez one-two.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Maverick Vinales deletes his twitter account after a fake story in the Spanish press leads to fan abuse, the Argentine Grand Prix remains a long way off, and Jorge Lorenzo gets pranked on La Iene.

In this week’s MotoGP Gossip column, Pol Espargaro reassures Marc Marquez that Honda has podium potential, while sparks fly between current World Champion Joan Mir and Jack Miller following their contact during last Sunday’s second Qatar MotoGP race.

In this week's MotoGP gossip, Saudi Arabia confirms it's intention to host MotoGP after securing F1, Giacomo Agostini shares thoughts on why Marc Marquez should race in Qatar and be pleased to finish last, and KTM CEO Stefan Pierer discusses why buying Ducati fell through.

Jorge Lorenzo comes under fire from current MotoGP riders Jack Miller and Aleix Espargaro, after responding with 'I told you', to the MotoGP social media account post that shows Cal Crutchlow crashing in the 2021 Qatar test. 

- In an interview with Akira Nishimura published by Motomatters.com , HRC General Manager Tetsuhiro Kuwata and RC213V development leader Takehiro Koyasu analyse the factory's least successful season of the four-stroke MotoGP era.

With just over a week to go until his 42nd birthday, and ahead of his 22nd season in the premier 500cc/MotoGP class, Valentino Rossi has given a wide-ranging interview with Italy's

- Honda was the first MotoGP manufacturer on track this year when test rider Stefan Bradl took part in a private test at Jerez on Wednesday and Thursday.