The Motul Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona brought the 2024 MotoGP World Championship to a conclusion last weekend at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The outcome produced the first MotoGP World Champion for an Independent Team in the MotoGP era. We cover last weekend's GP and the start of the 2025 season at the Barcelona test. Tons of MotoGP news follows.

The Heineken Silver Grand Prix of Las Vegas lights up the strip late-night Saturday/Sunday morning, depending on your locale. We preview the Vegas race, which kicks off three consecutive weekends to wrap up the 2024 Formula 1 World Championship.

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MOTOAMERICA - South African rider Cameron Peterson announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday, November 19th that he won't be returning to the Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha Racing team in 2025. Cam's post:

End of a chapter…

Thank you to @yamahamotorusa for giving me the opportunity to be a part of their family. I had an amazing time on the team the past 3 years, I’m very proud of what I was able to accomplish with my time on the bike but unfortunately, with injuries and some other stuff, I was never able to make a real run at the title even though I showed I was capable of doing just that!!! 

I am grateful to have Tom Halverson in my corner and to all the people I met and worked with.

But for now, I’m excited to see what the future has in store for me. But no matter what I will be ready to roll in 2025!!! #freeagent

Cameron Peterson Down and Out

Cam Peterson finished 2024 sixth in the MotoAmerica Steel Commander Superbike Championship. He took three wins on the season but never seemed to recover from a badly injured wrist suffered in the 2023 season. He sat out the final four rounds that year to undergo surgery. Josh Hayes teamed with Jake Gagne on the team for the last four rounds in 2023.

The 2025 MotoAmerica Calendar begins at the Daytona 200, which features the Supersport Class on March 6th - 8th. The Steel Commander Superbike Class gets underway at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama on the weekend of April 4th - 6th.

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MOTOGP - Despite winning the Saturday Sprint and Sunday's Solidarity GP of Barcelona, Francesco Bagnaia fell 10 points short of retaining the MotoGP World Championship. Pecco made up 14 points on Jorge Martin, but even his 11th GP win of 2024 wasn't enough to overcome the 24-point deficit he faced entering the final round.

Prima Pramac's Jorge Martin finished third, which was enough to capture the Riders' Championship; the first for an Independent Team rider since Valentino Rossi took the 2001 500cc title for Nastro Azzurro Honda. Martin will switch to the Aprilia Factory team in 2025.

Jorge Martin: "The dream has come true, I am World Champion! It is very difficult now to realize that it is all true, but I am fully aware of what we have achieved because ever since I was a child I have been chasing this goal. This is the final result of all the work done over the years, but also of the sacrifices of my family, my parents, my brother and all my team who have supported me unconditionally. Last year I promised myself that I would try again and here I am, reaping the rewards of an entire life dedicated to this wonderful sport.

Jorge Martin 2024 MotoGP World Champion

"The rivalry is always the same with any rider, in the end, we all have the same thing at stake and what you want is to beat the rider next to you, in front or behind, it doesn't matter, but to win. I have a good relationship with Pecco, we have known each other for years and he is a great professional as well as a great rider. But it doesn't make any difference to me whether it's him or someone else who is racing for the title against me, I would do the same with anybody.

"I want to thank Team Pramac and Ducati for giving me the opportunity to arrive in MotoGP and grow up together. And in particular, a big thank you to Paolo Campinoti and Gigi Dall’Igna for their trust since day one and for providing me with all the resources I needed to become World Champion. The work we have done together with Ducati Corse in these last years has been incredible: we have won the Constructors' Championship 4 times in a row and together we have achieved 8 victories, 32 podiums, and 20 pole positions. The World Title won together is really the best way to say goodbye."

Marc Marquez finished second in his last race with Gresini Racing. The result gave Marquez P3 in the Riders' Championship, six points better than Enea Bastianini, who finished P7 in the race and finished fourth in the championship.

Aleix Espargaro, riding his last MotoGP race for Aprilia, ran cover for his friend Jorge for most of the race, making sure nobody approached the 26-year-old Spaniard's podium finish. Although at the end of the race Alex Marquez did pass Espargaro to take P4.

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WORLDSBK - On Wednesday, November 20th, the Superbike Commission announced the results of recent meetings at the circuit of Jerez on October 19th and at the circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya on November 15th.

The following decisions were taken for the 2025 season:

Sporting Regulations:

• With the recently introduced rules on the minimum age of riders to compete in the FIM Supersport World Championship, it has been decided to grant exemptions for:

- the top 3 of the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship;

- the top 3 of the FIME Moto2 European Championship;

- the top 3 of the FIME Stock European Championship;

of any season to compete in the 2025 Supersport World Championship, even if the rider has not reached the minimum age.

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However, for these exceptions to apply, the minimum age of 17 years is required.

• The insurance policy covering any possible liability of the FIM and the organizer to third parties will be increased to 10 millions euros (with the exception of the USA and Canada, where the cover shall be different).

• For the WorldSBK class, there is a restriction on testing that has been set to reduce development costs. A clarification of the authorized test days has been made.

• Although the current rules regarding yellow flags/lights provide for sanctions if they are not respected, the SBK Commission has decided to tighten the rules in order to protect track marshals even more. From now on, riders must slow down sufficiently to ensure the safety of other riders and trackside personnel. A rider who does not slow down in a yellow flag situation could be sanctioned more severely than currently.

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