Johann Zarco will graduate to MotoGP with Tech3 Yamaha next year as a two-time Moto2 champion, after securing the 2016 title with a commanding Sepang victory.Zarco started the Malaysian Grand Prix 22 points ahead of Thomas Luthi and 25 clear of Alex Rins, and could wrap things up by finishing...

KTM says its first test with its future MotoGP rivals at the Red Bull Ring exceeded expectations and shows it has no "need to hide."Entering the championship in 2017 with Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro, KTM had developed its RC16 prototype in private before joining this week's Ducati-organized familiarization test...

Bradley Smith is excited by the prospect of helping KTM's development in its return to MotoGP next year, feeling the situation was "built for me."Having already declared that he was leaving the Tech3 Yamaha outfit at the end of the season, the Briton was announced as a factory KTM rider...

Former factory Kawasaki and Suzuki rider Randy de Puniet and Moto2 stalwart Thomas Luthi have joined KTM's MotoGP test roster ahead of its 2017 return.De Puniet joins KTM after a stint as test rider for Suzuki's latest MotoGP effort. The Frenchman was a works Kawasaki MotoGP rider in 2006 and...

Scott Redding missed out on the Moto2 title to rival Pol Espargaro after a first-lap crash at the Japanese Grand Prix that caused the race to be red-flagged.The Briton, who was racing just a week after fracturing his wrist in Australian GP qualifying, had to jink right to miss the...

Pol Espargaro took a massive chunk out of Scott Redding's Moto2 championship lead with a hard-earned victory at Misano.Redding managed to salvage sixth on the final lap, but still surrendered 15 of his 38-point advantage to the Spaniard with five races to run.Takaaki Nakagami finished second for a fourth consecutive...

Scott Redding claimed an emphatic home soil win at Silverstone to take a commanding lead in this year's Moto2 championship.Takaaki Nakagami, meanwhile, prevailed in a breathless final-lap dice with Thomas Luthi to claim a third consecutive second place.Pol Espargaro, who came into the British Grand Prix 21 points behind Redding,...