Before the fourth round of MotoGP in Andalusia After Ducati and Aprilia had shared the victories equally in the first 6 races, it could well be that a third manufacturer will be on top of the podium for the first time in Jerez de la Frontera. With Jack Miller as the winner in 2021, as […]
GP Texas review
Viñales double victory – embarrassment for Bagnaia and Binder While Maverick Viñales delivered his masterpiece at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, there was only one defeated man who was still happy, at least on Sunday. It speaks for the best of modern times that, despite a fall in the full-distance race, he didn’t […]
Pat Hennen – RIP
On the death of the former US pilot and Suzuki Grand Prix star When Pat came to Europe in 1976, he accepted the offer of his mentor at the time to take part in Grand Prix racing for the first time. It was not an easy undertaking to fight for the world championship on a […]
Texas GP Preview
Preview of the third round of MotoGP in Austin After the expected cancellation of the Argentine GP originally scheduled for April 9th, the third round of this year’s MotoGP season will take place in the home of “Texas Tornado” Colin Edwards. The former WorldSBK world champion for Honda and then Yamaha factory rider in the […]
Pointless comparison
Pedro Acosta – hardly comparable to Marc Marquez Although many journalists jumped on it with enthusiasm, comparing Pedro Acosta with the best Spanish MotoGP rider in history is pointless and currently completely misguided. If you do it anyway, the newcomer from Murcia will hardly be able to keep up with the 8-time world champion. There […]
KTM wrong turns
Pit Beirer and his incorrect forecast at the start of the season The man in the wheelchair is known for a number of sayings that have raised questions about his character and credibility in some places in the past. For many observers, what he said in interviews often sounded too much like self-praise. For example, […]
MGP Portugal review
Interesting MotoGP weekend at the Autodromo do Algarve Qualifying had already been a bit of a surprise when both Aleix Espargaro and local hero Miguel Oliveira (both Aprilia) and Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati) got stuck in Q1. Afterwards, defending champion Francesco Bagnaia didn’t make it to the front row, while his factory team colleague Enea […]
Confusing opening
Puzzling incidents at the MotoGP season opener in Qatar We recently reported in detail about the 1953 Motorcycle World Championship. At that time, before the fourth round of the German GP, when drivers and officials were inspecting the track together, a decision was made that was extremely regrettable for the spectators. It was raining and […]
GP year 1957 – Part 3
The last third of the season began in Northern Ireland with Round 5 A season with countless injuries and far too many deaths was coming to an end with the last two World Championship events. Traditionally, the smallest classes in Belfast were only very sparsely populated and if some pilots dropped out, it was not […]
GP year 1957 – Part 2
The second third of the season with round 3 of the World Championship After two of only 6 rounds since last year, the situation didn’t look particularly encouraging for all the defending champions before the TT continued on to Assen. Ubbiali had found a bitter opponent in Provini in the smallest class, who had already […]