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MotoGP Sepang test: Schedule, riders and how to follow
MotoGP will host its first full-fledged pre-season test of 2025 at the Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur on 5-7 February.
The series had already organised a shakedown at the same venue last week, but only test riders, rookies and race riders from Yamaha and Honda were allowed to take part in that three-day event.
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The mistake Yamaha can't afford to repeat with its satellite MotoGP deal
Japanese culture is marked by tradition, and this is perfectly palpable in MotoGP, where Yamaha and Honda have resisted as much as they could before surrendering to the cruellest evidence and concluding that their methods, infallible until just over five years ago, have become completely obsolete.
Neither of them managed to register a single podium last season, a statistic that confirms the ...Keep reading
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2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 3 Times - Quartararo Ends Shakedown As Fastest
2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 3 Times - Quartararo Ends Shakedown As Fastest
Fabio Quartararo has ended the three-day shakedown test at Sepang as the fastest rider, and the only one to get into the 1'57s. The Monster Energy Yamaha rider was three tenths quicker than the rest of the field, and two tenths off his own qualifying time at the Malaysian GP last year in November.
David Emmett Sun, 02/Feb/2025 - 10:21
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Honda HRC Castrol Photo Dump: All Hail The New Livery
Honda HRC Castrol Photo Dump: All Hail The New Livery
For years, we complained that the factory Honda livery didn't change much from year to year. We wanted change? We got it.
David Emmett Sat, 01/Feb/2025 - 15:44
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2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 2 Times - Rins Puts Yamaha At Top
2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 2 Times - Rins Puts Yamaha At Top
It was a busier on track on the second day of the shakedown test at Sepang, as the Friday crew were joined by the four Yamaha contracted riders, plus Honda test rider Aleix Espargaro and rookie Somkiat Chantra. The Honda HRC Castrol riders were not at the track, as they were presenting their new 2025 livery in Jakarta Indonesia. They are only expected to take to the track at next week's official IRTA test.
David Emmett Sat, 01/Feb/2025 - 10:58
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Pit Beirer On KTM's MotoGP Future: "Racing Is Part Of Our Business Model"
Pit Beirer On KTM's MotoGP Future: "Racing Is Part Of Our Business Model"
Unsurprisingly, when KTM's press officer started the online debriefs with journalists at the KTM launch, we were told that neither the riders nor the team managers would be able to comment on the Austrian manufacturer's financial woes. That would have to wait until KTM's Sporting Director Pit Beirer spoke to us at the end of the day (and once his computer had finished rebooting itself for the umpteenth time). But Beirer was very forthcoming about the current situation, KTM's future plans, and how they are approaching the coming season and beyond.
"It’s been a rough winter," Beirer said with a feeling for understatement. "But it’s nice to talk about racing." Racing is what KTM does, and what they will continue to do, he insisted. "Motorsport is a major part of our company. It’s not just our passion – it’s part of our business model. We go racing. Attached to our racing activities, there is a market. We wouldn’t be part of this restructuring [process] if that wasn’t the case."
David Emmett Fri, 31/Jan/2025 - 22:01
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Press Release: Prima Pramac Yamaha Launches 2025 MotoGP Campaign
Press Release: Prima Pramac Yamaha Launches 2025 MotoGP Campaign
The Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team held the launch of its 2025 campaign alongside the factory Yamaha team, and issued the following press release:
PRIMA PRAMAC YAMAHA MOTOGP LAUNCHES IN KUALA LUMPUR ITS 2025 MOTOGP CAMPAIGN
Press Release Fri, 31/Jan/2025 - 16:34
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2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 1 Times - Track Action Resumes
2025 Sepang MotoGP Shakedown Test Day 1 Times - Track Action Resumes
The 2025 MotoGP season is nearly underway, with test riders and rookies on track for the first day of the shakedown test ahead of the official IRTA MotoGP test. The first day is always a genuine shakedown, as test riders take multiple bikes out to ensure they are working properly. The rookies, meanwhile, need a day to shake off the winter cobwebs and get up to speed.
David Emmett Fri, 31/Jan/2025 - 11:58
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Photos Galore From The KTM 2025 MotoGP Launch
Photos Galore From The KTM 2025 MotoGP Launch
Spot the difference. The liveries for KTM Factory and Tech3 are pretty much identical for 2025
David Emmett Thu, 30/Jan/2025 - 19:56
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MotoGP Is Back - Three-Day Sepang Shakedown Test Kicks Off
MotoGP Is Back - Three-Day Sepang Shakedown Test Kicks Off
The 2025 MotoGP is about to get underway. Or rather, the first inkling that MotoGP will one day return is about to appear. On Friday January 31st, Saturday February 1st, and Sunday February 2nd, the Sepang International Circuit will host the traditional shakedown test, ahead of the official IRTA test which starts on Wednesday February 6th.
There is no official coverage of the shakedown test. Originally, the shakedown test was a way to allow the test riders a chance to check that all of the machines brought to the official Sepang test are working properly, and to gather data on the conditions at the track. But as testing has been restricted over the years, and as MotoGP's concessions system has been refined, MotoGP rookies and contracted riders for manufacturers with concessions have also been allowed to join the fray.
David Emmett Thu, 30/Jan/2025 - 20:33
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Red Bull KTM And Tech3 Team Launch Press Release
Red Bull KTM And Tech3 Team Launch Press Release
KTM issued the following press release for the combined launch of their Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and Red Bull KTM Tech3 MotoGP teams:
Red Bull KTM all-in for 2025 MotoGP™ glory
David Emmett Thu, 30/Jan/2025 - 11:57
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KTM avoids talking about crisis at 2025 MotoGP launch: "We are here to race"
KTM refrained from talking about its financial problems at the launch of its 2025 MotoGP bike on Thursday.
Ahead of the shakedown test at the Sepang International Circuit from 31 January to 2 February, the Austrian manufacturer revealed four identical RC16s in a joint presentation with its satellite team Tech3.
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2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 2 Times: Rain Disrupts Testing
2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 2 Times: Rain Disrupts Testing
The weather has not looked kindly on testing for the WorldSBK series so far in 2025. After a windy but relatively dry day on Tuesday, testing on Wednesday was mostly wet, with only occasional dry spells. Even when the track was dry, the times were 1.6 seconds off Toprak Razgatlioglu's best time.
As a result, nine of the 21 WorldSBK riders who rode on Tuesday decided to sit out the Wednesday session and save their testing days, while Philipp Oettl was the only WorldSSP rider of the six who rode on Tuesday to take to the track on Wednesday.
David Emmett Wed, 29/Jan/2025 - 17:44
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Dovizioso to join Yamaha for Sepang shakedown test
Yamaha will be able to count on the experience of 15-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso in this week’s shakedown test at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia.
Concession manufacturers Yamaha and Honda, plus MotoGP rookies Ai Ogura, Somkiat Chantra and Fermin Aldeguer, will take to the Malaysian track on 31 Jan - 2 Feb for the first pre-season test of the year.
Yamaha had already announced ...Keep reading
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2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 1 Times: Razgatlioglu Back On Top
2025 Portimão WorldSBK January Test Day 1 Times: Razgatlioglu Back On Top
Toprak Razgatlioglu ended the first day of the Portimão WorldSBK test as fastest on his first day back in the saddle of his BMW M1000RR. Despite an injured right index finger, which he hurt in a training crash and which forced him to wear a special glove, the reigning world champion mastered rather tricky conditions, with a lot of wind and a track that was still damp in patches, to just nip ahead of Bimota's Axel Bassani.
David Emmett Tue, 28/Jan/2025 - 17:40
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2025 Sepang MotoGP Test Preview: Who Is Testing What, And Why?
2025 Sepang MotoGP Test Preview: Who Is Testing What, And Why?
On the eve of the official Sepang IRTA MotoGP test, we are leaving the realm of blind guesswork and heading toward the world of speculation. We've seen the liveries, heard from the riders, even in at least one case seen the actual bikes. We've seen the times from the shakedown test, where test riders, rookies, and riders for teams with concessions have had up to three days on track.
(Many choose not to do all three days, as three days of shakedown and three days of official test takes a heavy toll, even for MotoGP riders in prime physical condition. There is no substitute for the brutal forces a 300hp, 157kg MotoGP machine impose on a rider.)
We know a little more from the shakedown test - times were fast, Fabio Quartararo two tenths of a second off his qualifying lap for November's race, and Ai Ogura posting impressive lap times throughout - but it is still hard to make a comparison with last year. Is the track in better shape? Is the grip better? Are the bikes faster?
Devoid of meaning?
David Emmett Mon, 03/Feb/2025 - 15:19
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Rossi's advice for Bagnaia: ‘Don't fall into Marquez's traps’
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has advised his protege Francesco Bagnaia to ‘not fall into Marc Marquez’s traps’ as the two pair up at the factory Ducati team this year.
Double champion Bagnaia is set for his biggest MotoGP challenge in 2025, with former Honda star Marquez joining him as a team-mate after starring performances with Gresini Racing last season.
Although Bagnaia is well ...Keep reading
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Quartararo tops MotoGP’s Sepang shakedown test for Yamaha
Factory Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo topped the times in this week’s MotoGP shakedown test at Sepang with a last-minute flier.
Quartararo broke the 1m57s barrier with just 10 minutes remaining on Saturday evening, despite race control waving red and white flags and warning against light drizzle on track.
The 1m57.794s effort from the 2021 champion was four tenths up on the best time set ...Keep reading
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Honda HRC Press Release: Honda HRC Castrol Debuts In Indonesia
Honda HRC Press Release: Honda HRC Castrol Debuts In Indonesia
The newly minted Honda HRC Castrol MotoGP team presented their new livery in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday, and issued the following press release after the event:
Honda HRC Castrol team makes debut in Indonesia
David Emmett Sat, 01/Feb/2025 - 11:22
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Honda unveils all-new 2025 MotoGP livery after Repsol exit
Honda has adopted a new colour scheme for the 2025 MotoGP season following the departure of long-time sponsor Repsol.
Luca Marini and 2020 champion Joan Mir will sport a red, white and blue livery on their factory Honda RC213Vs this year, representing the corporate colours of HRC.
The new paint job was revealed to the public in Jakarta on Saturday, with Honda describing the launch as the ...Keep reading
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Bumper Yamaha MotoGP Photo Crop, The Monster vs Pramac Edition
Bumper Yamaha MotoGP Photo Crop, The Monster vs Pramac Edition
Superficially, the 2025 bike looks similar to the 2025 bike. But there are subtle differences between the liveries, that somehow make this one look more aggressive
David Emmett Fri, 31/Jan/2025 - 17:29
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Yamaha MotoGP Press Release: An Overview of Yamaha Factory Racing's 2025 MotoGP Plans
Yamaha MotoGP Press Release: An Overview of Yamaha Factory Racing's 2025 MotoGP Plans
Yamaha Motor Racing issued the following press release after launching their 2025 MotoGP and Moto2 projects:
The Blue Shift: An Overview of Yamaha Factory Racing's 2025 MotoGP Plans
David Emmett Fri, 31/Jan/2025 - 13:39
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Yamaha and Pramac unveil 2025 MotoGP bikes in Kuala Lumpur
Yamaha and Pramac have revealed their 2025 MotoGP bikes to the public for the first time at a joint event in Malaysia on Friday.
Following the opening day of running in the Sepang shakedown test, Yamaha and its new satellite partner Pramac showcased their definitive race liveries at the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur - with the iconic Petronas Towers serving as the backdrop.
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Bagnaia vs Marquez: Can Ducati Make Their Dream Team Work?
Bagnaia vs Marquez: Can Ducati Make Their Dream Team Work?
In the second half of the Ducati Lenovo MotoGP team presentation, the host, Barbara Pedrotti, asked Ducati test rider Michele Pirro how he would sum up the Bologna factory's 2025 MotoGP project in a single word. Pirro chose the phrase "Dream Team", which prompted Pedrotti to give him a pass for ignoring the set criteria as, she said, he had said the phrase quickly enough for it to be a single word.
In the context of MotoGP in 2025, the pairing of Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez certainly qualifies as a dream team. The rider who finally brought the riders championship back to Ducati after 15 years, then followed it up with another and came close to making it three in a row, paired with the greatest rider of his generation, and possibly of all time. As team manager Davide Tardozzi pointed out, they have 11 titles between them.
David Emmett Sun, 26/Jan/2025 - 15:54
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KTM already working on 2027 MotoGP rules as it reaffirms long-term plan
KTM has revealed that it is already working on MotoGP's next big regulation overhaul for 2027, as it reiterated its intention to stay in the championship for the long term.
The future of KTM in MotoGP has been thrown into doubt amid mounting debts, with the Austrian manufacturer voluntarily entering administration to revamp its operations.
Creditors had been putting pressure on the company ...Keep reading
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KTM at its 2025 MotoGP launch: "We are here to race"
KTM refrained from talking about its financial problems at the launch of its 2025 MotoGP bike on Thursday.
Ahead of the shakedown test at the Sepang International Circuit from 31 January to 2 February, the Austrian manufacturer revealed four identical RC16s in a joint presentation with its satellite team Tech3.
KTM released several videos that were pre-recorded at a studio, but neither the ...Keep reading
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KTM and Tech3 unveil 2025 MotoGP liveries
KTM and its satellite team Tech3 revealed the liveries for their 2025 bikes in a joint event in Malaysia on Thursday.
The factory KTM Racing team has retained its familiar orange and dark blue colour scheme this year, with logos of title sponsor Red Bull again being displayed prominently on the bike.
Meanwhile, Tech3 will adopt the same livery as the factory team, having previously ran ...Keep reading
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Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 463: Lin Looks Back - Yamaha's MotoGP Boss On Biaggi, Rossi, Lorenzo, And Burnout
Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 463: Lin Looks Back - Yamaha's MotoGP Boss On Biaggi, Rossi, Lorenzo, And Burnout
In this episode of the Paddock Pass Podcast, David sits down for a very long interview with Yamaha's now former MotoGP boss looking back over his career. Jarvis tells of how he ended up in Europe, how he had all his belongings stolen in the Vatican, how he ended up suffering with burnout, and how he ended up in MotoGP, He also talks about what working with Max Biaggi taught him, how signing Valentino Rossi saved Yamaha's MotoGP project, how he managed Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, and the fallout from Sepang 2015. He also tells us how he sees the project he leaves behind to his successor, Paolo Pavesio.
Before the interview, Neil, David and Adam discuss the VR46 Ducati launch, David Alonso's shoulder injury, and a very brief update on KTM. Plus news of exciting new opportunities for Patreon supporters!
David Emmett Wed, 29/Jan/2025 - 16:13
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What’s changed at Rossi’s VR46 team after new Ducati deal?
VR46 has explained how it is already seeing the impact of its new deal with Ducati in MotoGP.
The team owned by motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi is getting factory support from the Borgo Panigale team this year, taking over the status enjoyed by Pramac until it jumped ship to Yamaha.
It was already public knowledge that Fabio di Giannantonio would be getting a factory-spec GP25 this ...Keep reading
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Monster gains presence on Ducati's bike, but fails to seduce Marquez
Marc Marquez had to give up his main personal sponsor, Red Bull, to fulfil his plan of joining the factory Ducati team, which is associated with Monster, a direct competitor of the Austrian beverage manufacturer.
"Out of respect for Red Bull, I won't have a personal sponsor. I want to thank the Red Bull family and hope we continue to be friends," Marquez said in December on Red Bull-owned ...Keep reading