The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya plays hosts to riders getting back on the groove. Source: MotoGP The Qatar test is fast approaching and the MotoGP riders are as ready as ever. A few familiar faces managed to spend time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday. 2021 sees a great number of changes after a whirlwind during the start of 2020.…
Franco Morbidelli was the surprise of the 2020 MotoGP season. The Petronas Yamaha SRT rider shocked the MotoGP world by finishing second in the championship, and comfortably the best Yamaha rider, on a year-old M1 machine. But Morbidelli went into the 2020 with very little pressure on him. After a mediocre 2019, in which he had been overshadowed by his…
Rookies find their feet The MotoGP Shakedown Test officially got 2021 underway at Losail International Circuit in Qatar on Friday, meaning it’s rookies and test riders only until Saturday welcomes the rest of the grid to the party. At the Shakedown, it was HRC test rider Stefan Bradl who finished finished top of the pile, the German pulling 1.2 seconds…