Jorge Martin says he suspected a crash was inevitable as he attempted a wheelie on the in-lap following his victory in the United States Grand Prix sprint.
The Spaniard was celebrating his first win since his title-winning 2024 campaign when he bizarrely fell off his Aprilia on the back straight.
Martin lifted the front of the bike in the air in front of the packed Austin crowd, but as the …Keep reading
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In many ways, the United States Grand Prix was the first real litmus test of the 2026 MotoGP season. While some may have expected a shake-up at the front, the competitive order largely mirrored what had already unfolded in Thailand and Brazil.
That leaves one manufacturer firmly established at the top of the pecking order, while MotoGP’s former benchmark faces an increasingly steep …Keep reading
Marc Marquez has been slapped with a long-lap grid penalty for the opening-lap clash with Fabio di Giannantonio that left both riders on the ground in the US GP sprint.
Marquez was trying to repass di Giannantonio for third place at the end of the back straight, but couldn’t slow his bike down in time into Turn 12, falling and taking out an innocent di Giannantonio.
The stewards deemed …Keep reading
