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2023 Portuguese Motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2023 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio Tissot de Portugal) was the first round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 26 March 2023. Background Riders' entries At the Practice session in the MotoGP class, there were two red flags. The first was raised due to a power outage in the race control room. Then, the red flag flew again due to a severe accident that befell GasGas Tech3 Factory Racing rider Pol Espargaró. Based on information from MotoGP, Pol had an accident at turn 10. The GasGas Tech3 rider was rushed to hospital with back and chest trauma. Meanwhile, Ducati Lenovo rider Enea Bastianini was forced to pull over and did not participate in this race. He had to get on the operating table due to a fractured shoulder blade. Bastianini got this problem after an accident in the 2023 Portuguese MotoGP sprint race the day before. He fell after his motorbike wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tissot
Tissot SA () is a Swiss luxury watch brand owned by the Swatch Group. The company was founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot, in 1853. Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot, another Swiss watchmaking firm. History Independent company Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel canton of the Jura Mountains area. The father and son team worked as a casemaker (Charles-Félicien Tissot) and watchmaker (Charles-Emile). His son having expressed an interest in watchmaking from a young age. The two turned their house at the time into a small 'factory'. Charles-Emile Tissot left for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket watches across the Russian Empire. Russia became Tissot's greatest market, with the brand gaining popularity even in the Tsar's court; so Charles Tissot, Charles-Émile's son, moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Arbolino
Tony Arbolino (born 3 August 2000) is an Italian motorcycle racer currently competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for Pramac Yamaha Moto2 aboard a Boscoscuro. He is a vice-champion in both Moto3 and Moto2, having achieved this feat in 2020 and 2023 respectively. Nicknamed ''Lo squalo di Garbagnate'', for the ability to running very fast on wet circuit. Career Moto3 World Championship Sic58 Squadra Corse (2017) He was signed up to race in the Moto3 World Championship for the SIC58 Squadra Corse team for 2017. He scored two points in the whole season, ending up 34th in the standings. Snipers Team (2018–2020) A year later he raced for the Marinelli Snipers Team, scoring his first pole position at the second race of the season, at the Termas de Rio Hondo. He scored points in many occasions, including another pole position at Valencia. He finished 18th in the standings. He continued another year with VNE Snipers Team, scoring his first podium in Argentina. He then mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Marini
Luca Marini (born 10 August 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer contracted to race with Honda HRC Castrol during 2024 and 2025. Marini competed for VR46 Racing Team, Mooney VR46 Racing Team in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, finishing the season in eighth position. He finished as runner-up in the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. He is the maternal half-brother of Valentino Rossi. Career Moto3 World Championship Marini made his début in the Moto3 World Championship at the 2013 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix as a Wild card (sports)#Motorcycle racing, wildcard, failing to finish the race. Moto2 World Championship In , he got another wildcard entry at the 2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix, same place, this time in the Moto2 class with Pons Racing, Pons Racing Junior Team aboard a Kalex, finishing the race in 21st place. Forward Team (2016–2017) =2016= In , Marini was signed by the Forward Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VR46 Racing Team
The VR46 Racing Team is a MotoGP racing team owned by Valentino Rossi and based in Tavullia (Marche, Italy). The team enters Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the MotoGP category with Ducati motorcycles chassis, under the name Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. The team manager is the former road racer Pablo Nieto. The team has to date collected 31 race wins (9 in Moto3, 19 in Moto2 and 3 in MotoGP), one riders' championship (with Francesco Bagnaia in Moto2 in 2018), and one teams' championship (Moto2 in 2020). History The team was founded in 2014 by Rossi to promote young Italian talent in Grand Prix racing. Moto3 The team was founded in 2014 by the nine time world champion Valentino Rossi and entered the Moto3 World Championship as Sky Racing Team VR46, with the goal of promoting young Italian talent in response to the massive influx of Spanish riders in Grand Prix racing since the turn of the century. In the team's first year they choose Romano Fenati and Francesco Bagna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enea Bastianini
Enea Bastianini (born 30 December 1997), nicknamed "La Bestia" (The Beast), is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. Career Early career Born in Rimini, Bastianini first rode a minibike aged 3 years and 3 months: hence his racing number, 33. After a successful career in minibike racing, Bastianini raced successfully in various categories, including the Honda HIRP Trophy 100cc, the MiniGP 70cc Italian Championship and the Honda RS125 Trophy, where he finished as champion during the 2012 season. In 2013, Bastianini competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, where he took two victories en route to a fourth-place finish in the championship. Bastianini also took his first steps in Moto3, participating in five races of the Italian Championship. Moto3 World Championship In 2014, Bastianini made his debut in the Moto3 World Championship riding for Team GO&FUN Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ducati Corse
Ducati Corse () is the racing division of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., Ducati Motor Holding. Organization The company is split into four departments with 100+ employees working for the Ducati Corse, almost 10% of the Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. workforce. Ownership Between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named ''Ducati Corse S.r.l.'', fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding. Technical research and development Technical research and development is composed of two teams responsible for the design and development of the motorcycles that compete in the MotoGP and Superbike championships. Sporting activities The sporting activities department is responsible for the factory teams that take part in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing#MotoGP era, MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Superbike World Championship, Superbike and Supersport World Championship, Supersport, MotoE World Championship, MotoE world championships, together with nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (; born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 rode in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development of Tech3 using KTM machines, after which he will be a test rider within the KTM organisation. He previously spent two years with Repsol Honda Team. Pol is the younger brother of fellow MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaró, and is best known for winning the 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 2013 Moto2 World Championship. This earned him a move to Tech 3, Monster Yamaha Tech3 in 2014, until 2017 where he signed for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and secured a maiden podium at the 2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix . He won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2015 with Bradley Smith (motorcyclist), Bradley Smith and Katsuyuki Nakasuga, and in 2016 with Nakasuga and Alex Lowes. He is the first rider to finish on the podium riding a KTM motorcycle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tech3
Tech3 is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP and Moto3 categories. History The team was founded in 1990 by ex-racer Hervé Poncharal, engineer Guy Coulon, and Bernard Martignac, and began racing in the 250 cc class using Honda and Suzuki motorcycles. Partnership with Yamaha In the 1999 season, the team partnered with Yamaha for the factory team. In the 2000 season, their riders Olivier Jacque and Shinya Nakano placed first and second respectively in the 250 world championship. In the 2001 season the team moved the whole operation to the premier class, again with Yamaha, Jacque, and Nakano on the YZR500, though their status changed to that of satellite team through to the present. Towards the end of the 2002 season, the team was given use of the YZR-M1. In the 2006 season and 2007 season, the team used Dunlop tyres, but returned to Michelin in 2008. In the 2008 season, their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing Season
The 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 75th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing. The season saw the introduction of sprints on Saturdays, a short-form race of approximately half the length of the main event, in addition to the traditional Grand Prix event on Sundays. Francesco Bagnaia successfully defended his Riders' Championship at the final race in Valencia, marking the first repeat Riders' Champion for Ducati since the manufacturer entered the series. Winning 17 of 20 Grands Prix and 16 of 19 sprints, Ducati secured their fifth (and fourth consecutive) Constructors' Championship. Ducati satellite team Pramac Racing won the Teams' Championship. The season was notable for having eight different Grand Prix winners and no back-to-back Grand Prix winners for the first time since the inaugural season in 1949. Manufacturer Yamaha failed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diogo Moreira
Diogo Moreira Nascimento (born 23 April 2004) is a Brazilian motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for the Italtrans Racing Team. Career After starting his motorcycle career in motocross in Brazil, Moreira moved to Spain in 2017 in order to continue his career. In 2019, he made his debut in the Talent Cup of the CEV International Championship, obtaining one victory and three podiums, finishing in sixth place. In 2020, he moved to the Moto3 class also of the CEV, having a fifth place as his best result and finishing eleventh. In 2021, he remained in the same category, finishing eleventh again. Moto3 In 2022, Moreira entered in the world championship in the Moto3 class with the MT Helmets - MSI team who entrust him with a KTM RC250GP, his teammate was Ryusei Yamanaka. He took his first pole at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone and finished the season in eighth place in the standings, making him the rookie of the year. Moto2 Italtrans R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Muñoz (motorcyclist)
David Muñoz Rodríguez (born 15 May 2006) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Intact GP in the 2025 Moto3 World Championship. Career Early career In 2018, Muñoz participated in the European Talent Cup, where in two seasons he obtained three podiums including a win at MotorLand Aragón. In 2020, he entered the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, his first season ended with three podium finishes and the following year, seven more were added, including two victories. These results in his second year lead him to finish third in the drivers' standings. The same year he took part in the FIM JuniorGP World Championship, where he won two more races, the first in Aragón and the second in Jerez. Moto3 2022 In 2022, Muñoz made his debut in the world championship racing for the Boé Motorsports team in Moto3. Being still too young, Muñoz was forced by regulation to miss the first seven races of the season and he made his debut in the Italian Grand Prix. In the Catalan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Holgado
Daniel "Dani" Holgado Miralles (born 27 April 2005) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently competes for CFMoto Aspar Team in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship. He previously competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship in 2021 with the Aspar Junior Team, where he won the championship. Career Junior career Holgado won the 2021 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship with the Aspar Junior Team with 208 points. Also in 2021, he also made his Moto3 debut at the 2021 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix, replacing Maximilian Kofler due to a fractured vertebrae. Later in the season, he was hired by Red Bull KTM Tech3 for the Emilia Romagna and the Algarve Grands Prix, replacing Deniz Öncü who was banned for two races for causing an incident involving multiple riders at the Grand Prix of the Americas. Moto3 Red Bull KTM Ajo (2022) In the 2022 season, Holgado was originally scheduled to make his full season debut with Red Bull KTM Tech3, teaming up wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
