Over the winter break, MotoGP’s rule-making body, the Grand Prix Commission, met to adjust a few rules for the 2022 season and beyond.
Among a host of confirmations and minor adjustments, there were one or two small but significant changes, tightening up important parts of the rules for MotoGP.
Episode 253 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 252, which focused on the MotoGP action from the Valencia GP at the Spanish circuit.
On the mics, we have Neil Morrison and Adam Wheeler, as they walk us through the on-track action in the support classes.
What will probably be our last time recording in a Mexican restaurant, the guys first cover the Moto2 Championship victory of Remy Gardner, before the diving into the Moto3 Championship win of Pedro Acosta.
Episode 251 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 250, which focused on the MotoGP action from the Algarve GP at the Portimão circuit.
On the mics, we have Neil Morrison and David Emmett, as they walk us through the on-track action in the support classes. It’s an insightful show, and a fun one too. We think you will enjoy it.
We have been fortunate this year compared to 2020. Last year, we had repeat-races at five circuits, making up ten of the fourteen MotoGP rounds held.
In 2021, the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic has improved to the point that MotoGP managed to visit three different continents, needing to return to the same circuit only three times.
Six races out of eighteen is far from perfect, but much better than the situation in 2020.
There was some consternation in Austria in August when KTM rolled out a wheel cover for the rear wheel of the KTM RC4 on the Red Bull KTM Ajo bikes of Pedro Acosta and Jaume Masia.
Despite the strict technical rules in Moto3, the specter of aerodynamics has reared its ugly head. Naturally, this advance could not go unanswered by KTM’s only technical rival in Moto3.
Episode 248 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 247, which focused on the MotoGP action from the Emilia-Romagna GP at the Misano World Circuit.
On the mics, we have Steve English, Neil Morrison, and David Emmett, as they walk us through the on-track action in the support classes.
Episode 243 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 242, which focused on the MotoGP action from the Americas GP at Austin, Texas.
On the mics, we have Steve English, Neil Morrison, and Adam Wheeler, as they walk us through the on-track action in the support classes.
Red Bull KTM Tech3 Moto3 rider Deniz Öncü has been banned for two races, for causing a crash in the restarted Moto3 race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Episode 240 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 238, which focused on the MotoGP action from the San Marino GP at Misano.
On the mics, we have David Emmett and Neil Morrison, as they walk us through the on-track action in the intermediate classes.
Episode 237 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 236, which focused on the MotoGP action from the Aragon GP at Motorland Aragon.
On the mics, we have David Emmett, Neil Morrison, and Adam Wheeler, as they walk us through the on-track action in the intermediate classes.
Episode 234 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and this one is our Moto2 and Moto3 follow-up to Episode 233, which focused on the MotoGP action from the British GP at Silverstone.
On the mics, we have David Emmett, Neil Morrison, and Adam Wheeler, as they walk us through the on-track action in the intermediate classes, along with a special interview from Triumph’s Steve Sargent.