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PICTURES: Final 2023 MotoGP pre-season test begins in Portimao, Aprilia 'fork wings'
Saturday morning saw the final 2023 MotoGP pre-season test get underway at Portimao, venue for the opening race weekend on March 24-26.
Michelin developing 2025 MotoGP front tyre: ‘The bikes have changed a lot’
While MotoGP teams and riders put the final touches on their 2023 preparations at Portimao this weekend, exclusive tyre supplier Michelin is also looking further into the future.
Portimao MotoGP Test: Pol Espargaro: ‘Dangerous to play with aero choice here'
The MotoGP manufacturers have two big technical decisions to make after this weekend’s Portimao test.
MotoGP preseason testing in Portimao is not on UK TV - here's how to follow it
The two-day 2023 MotoGP preseason test in Portimao is on Saturday March 11 and Sunday March 12 but is not on live TV. We have listed how you can follow it and included the start times for each session below.
Portimao MotoGP Test: ‘If we raced at Sepang, maybe the top 5 would be Ducati’
Ducati heads into this weekend’s final MotoGP pre-season test at Portimao as the factory to beat after a strong showing at Sepang last month.
MotoGP: Keith Huewen: VR46 in the ‘right place, Ducati is the bike and Yamaha certainly isn’t’
Keith Huewen believes Valentino Rossi and his Mooney VR46 team are in the perfect situation with Ducati in MotoGP, but is there a way for Yamaha to slide through the door and poach his team away from the Italian manufacturer?
Francesco Bagnaia primed for “intense days” at preseason Portimao test before “final decision” on Ducati fairing
Francesco Bagnaia is honing in on deciding Ducati’s fairing for the start of the 2023 MotoGP season, the key call facing his team.
FIRST LOOK: The Aprilia 'a-Team' unwrap 2023 MotoGP colours for Aleix Espargaro, Maverick Vinales
Factory Aprilia MotoGP riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales present the team’s 2023 RS-GP livery from Portimao.
MotoGP: Miguel Oliveira: ‘It’s Marc Marquez... you have to take him into consideration’
Whether Honda are at their best or not in 2023, Miguel Oliveira says no one should take six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez lightly.
Marco Bezzecchi: First MotoGP victory ‘only target’, factory Ducati ‘hope’
Having matched Enea Bastianini by standing on the podium in his rookie MotoGP season, Marco Bezzecchi now aims to emulate his countryman’s victory glory in year two and a future factory team seat.
Alex Marquez says Marc Marquez injuries “created instability for me”; no “shared problems”
Alex Marquez has opened up on no longer having “shared problems” after leaving his brother Marc Marquez at Honda.
Yamaha 'nightmare', Honda decisions - five key questions at MotoGP Portimao test
What to watch out for in this weekend’s final 2023 MotoGP pre-season test at Portimao.
Marc Marquez: “Good guys don’t make it!” - Jorge Lorenzo: “He doesn’t know another way”
Marc Marquez has explained his riding and risk-taking philosophy and offered insight into his on-track attitude.
Will Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team continue if his Academy stops producing talent?
A potential problem with Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Academy no longer accepting up-and-coming riders is that the talent pool will eventually run dry for his MotoGP team.
Keith Huewen: MotoGP in ten years’ time? Hopefully not electric!
What’s the future of the MotoGP class in the next 5-10 years and will it be electric? Just one of the listener questions in this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen.
Will Valentino Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team move to Yamaha? “But we’re interested in competitive bikes…”
Valentino Rossi’s Mooney VR46 team will “respect their contract” at Ducati - but have urged Yamaha to tempt them with “a competitive bike”.
Sprint bonus? 'More MotoGP races, more fun - so same money!'
The issue of bonus money for the new MotoGP Sprint races is apparently still unresolved for many riders.
Valentino Rossi’s home ‘had a lot of Ducati MotoGP leathers in ruins!’
Given Valentino Rossi's autobiography was titled ‘What if I had never tried it?’ it’s unsurprising that the Italian didn’t publicly regret his ill-fated decision to leave Yamaha for Ducati in MotoGP.
Marc Marquez reveals “private” demands: “I squeezed Honda”
Marc Marquez has explained how his public demands for an improved Honda bike were also made in behind-the-scenes discussions.
FIRST LOOK: Takaaki Nakagami’s 2023 LCR Honda MotoGP colours
These are the Idemitsu LCR Honda colours that Takaaki Nakagami will race in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship.
FIRST LOOK: Alex Rins unveils 2023 LCR Honda MotoGP colours
This is the latest edition of the LCR Honda livery to be raced by new signing Alex Rins in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship.
Luca Marini: MotoGP title ‘has to be won by a factory team’, it's business
Fastest in both winter tests so far, Luca Marini looks to have a fighting chance of replicating Enea Bastianini’s satellite Ducati MotoGP wins in 2023.
Marco Bezzecchi: Valentino Rossi still fast, ‘kicked my arse at Misano!'
Valentino Rossi may have retired from MotoGP at the end of 2021 and switched to racing cars but he’s lost little of his speed on a motorbike.
Andrea Iannone spotted riding a Ducati but teases “just a day with friends”
Andrea Iannone took a Ducati for a spin on a track day but played down talk of a comeback and insisted it was just “fun”.