Alex Murray

Alex Murray

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Franco Morbidelli wins as championship rivals crash out
Moto2

Franco Morbidelli wins as championship rivals crash out

Franco Morbidelli took a crucial win at the Sachensring as championship rivals crashed out. Morbidelli’s rivals Tom Luthi and Alex Marquez both crashed out, handing the Marc VDS rider a bigger lead in the championship standings. It wasn’t easy for the Italian however, as Miguel Oliveria chased Morbidelli down in the closing laps. Oliveria wasn’t […]

Joan Mir takes hard-fought victory at Sachsenring
Moto3

Joan Mir takes hard-fought victory at Sachsenring

Joan Mir has taken yet another victory, as the Spaniard looks to take his first Moto3 world championship. The Leopard Racing rider took a hard-fought victory at the Sachsenring, beating out rival Romano Fenati to keep his championship lead going into the Summer break. Fenati crossed the line just behind Mir, with Marcos Ramirez finishing […]

Morbidelli takes pole as Cortese impresses on home turf
Moto2

Morbidelli takes pole as Cortese impresses on home turf

Franco Morbidelli took pole position for tomorrow’s German Moto2 race, just pipping teammate Alex Marquez to pole position. Morbidelli put in a last gasp effort in improving conditions to take pole from his teammate, as the pair battle it out for the Moto2 world championship. Marquez will start from second place. Sandro Cortese, who has […]

Marc Marquez continues Sachsenring dominance with pole
MotoGP

Marc Marquez continues Sachsenring dominance with pole

Marc Marquez continued to show that he’s the “King of the Ring” by taking pole position for tomorrow’s German GP. The Spaniard has won in his last seven races in Germany, becoming a master of the Sachsenring circuit. He just pipped Danilo Petrucci to first place, with the Italian now starting from second for tomorrow’s […]

Canet masters conditions to take pole
Moto3

Canet masters conditions to take pole

Aron Canet defied the rainy conditions by taking pole position for tomorrow’s German Moto3 race. The Spaniard was able to improve his time after a brief rain shower. The rain saw many people stay in the box. However, once it dried up, Canet was able to go out and take pole position. He deposed championship […]

Luthi takes advantage of drying conditions to lead on Friday
Moto2

Luthi takes advantage of drying conditions to lead on Friday

Tom Luthi was able to take advantage of drying conditions to end Friday’s practice sessions on top. Rain started to fall during the second free practice for the MotoGP class riders. However, by the end of FP2 for the Moto2 riders, conditions had dried up. This gave the riders only a limited time to put […]

Mir ends Friday on top as Martin ruled out of weekend
Moto3

Mir ends Friday on top as Martin ruled out of weekend

Joan Mir ended Friday’s free practice session in first place, as championship rival Jorge Martin suffered a horror crash. Martin suffered a crash at turn one that saw the session red flagged. The Spaniard was taken to hospital, where it was discovered he had suffered a fractured ankle. This ruled the Gresini rider out of […]

Franco Morbidelli takes pole after session red flagged
Moto2

Franco Morbidelli takes pole after session red flagged

Franco Morbidelli took yet another pole position at Assen for the Moto2 Dutch TT tomorrow. The Italian struggled last time out at Catalunya, so will be delighted to have returned to form so quickly. The session was halted early on after a nasty crash for Lorenzo Baldasarri. The Forward Racing rider suffered a big high […]

Martin takes sixth moto3 pole of the season at Assen
Moto3

Martin takes sixth moto3 pole of the season at Assen

Jorge Martin continued his blistering qualifying pace after taking pole position in a wet qualifying session at Assen. This takes the Spaniard’s pole position count up to six this season, with there being only two other races where the Gresini rider failed to start from the front of the grid. Martin broke Dutch hearts, taking […]

Franco Morbidelli returns to the top in Assen free practice
Moto2

Franco Morbidelli returns to the top in Assen free practice

After a disappointing outing at Catalunya last time out, Franco Morbidelli has returned to form in the early sessions at Assen. The Italian took first place in the second free practice session, ending Friday on top. He will hope to continue his momentum into tomorrow. This comes after a disappointing weekend in Catalunya, where the […]

Martin dominates Moto3 proceedings on day one at Assen
Moto3

Martin dominates Moto3 proceedings on day one at Assen

Jorge Martin ended the first day at the Dutch TT on top, leading the pack going into Saturday’s qualifying session. The Spaniard has been one of the best qualifiers in Moto3 this season. The Gresini rider has picked up multiple pole positions, and many will expect him to add to it after a good start […]

Aprilia talking to other riders for 2018 seat
MotoGP

Aprilia talking to other riders for 2018 seat

Aprilia have confirmed they are talking to other riders for the 2018 season as Sam Lowes’ seat comes under threat. The Briton has had a tough start to his MotoGP career. Just this weekend he complained about the Aprilia’s reliability issues and acknowledged that he needs to improve. Lowes is contracted to ride for the […]