Jorge Martin has explained his collapse at the San Marino Grand Prix with arm pump and is now considering surgery in the middle of the title fight. Marc Marquez meanwhile talks about a mental step, Ducati plays down its own favourite status and Marco Bezzecchi takes the blame himself.
At the Turin Motor Show, Suzuki presented a special series of the GSX-R1000R finished entirely in black and built just ten times. The price is 21,690 euros (approximately 25,160 US dollars), and the machine can only be ordered through the manufacturer online shop.
Marc Marquez controlled the sprint for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano from the first corner and won by 0.743 seconds from Marco Bezzecchi. Jorge Martin finished third and now leads the world championship by just 14 points.
After the fallout at the Aragon GP, Fabio Quartararo and Yamaha sat down together and cleared the air. The decision that triggered the conflict in the first place, however, remains unchanged.
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner made two different statements about Ducati’s future within a single day. Neither version says anything has been decided, but since the supervisory board resolution of 4 September the brand from Borgo Panigale is on the Volkswagen Group’s review list.
Motorcyclists follow rules that appear in no law book and are still observed almost everywhere. From the wave and tapping the helmet to the riding order within a group, it is a system built entirely on reciprocity.
The first test drives for a driverless taxi service begin in Munich in the coming weeks, and other operators are already on the road there. For motorcyclists that pushes one question to the front, and there is still no solid European answer to it: how reliably does this technology detect a single-track vehicle?
Spain’s traffic authority DGT now has 130 Veloláser devices in service, barely bigger than a forearm and working without a flash. Anyone riding through Spain on holiday should know how these devices measure, where they are placed and which new systems are being added in 2026 and 2027.
