SA’s own Brad Binder and local mate Jack Miller showing that the KTM, in the right hands, is well suited to the Phillip Island Circuit - two fastest Friday practice times.
I’ll temper my expectations. Binder normally fluffs the quali but the KTM’s are hot off the line. That being said, they have nothing on those Ducati’s.
“Where are the f*****g buttons?!” Champion in the making here. A season or two with GasGas and he’ll be snapped up by Ducati or KTM and will be adding a MotoGP title to his Moto3 and Moto2 titles before long.
F1 owner Liberty Media takes over MotoGP in $4bn deal with Dorna. Dorna Sports has officially announced that Formula 1 owner Liberty Media has finalised its purchase of the MotoGP World Championship.
The American entertainment company, which has owned the rights to Formula 1 since 2016, will take over Dorna, which has owned MotoGP since 1992 and also controls WSBK and the MotoE World Cup, in a deal valued at €4.2 billion.
Liberty will take 86% of the shares of the Spanish company, with the remaining 14% remaining with MotoGP management.