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It’s been an emotional month for Cal Crutchlow. After a difficult, crash-strewn start to the season, things finally seem to be coming good for the Isle of Man-based rider. After becoming a father for the first time on August 2nd, today he became the first British premier class race winner since Barry Sheene at Anderstorp […]
Thomas Luthi made the best of changeable conditions to secure pole position for the Moto2 class in Assen. As the track dried after a rain-affected MotoGP qualifying session, riders set about putting laps in as track conditions improved and lap times tumbled. Luthi’s best time of 1m37.954 was half a second slower than Johan Zarco’s […]
Enea Bastianini secured pole position in Moto3 in Assen with a time of 1m42.463. All the fast laps happened midway through the session as the top spot quickly changed hands. Spots of rain began to fall with 10 minutes to go, and though it wasn’t enough to wet the track, it was enough to cool […]
The rain stayed away but cooler temperatures made for a dramatic FP3 in Assen. It’s still Ducati on top, but today Andrea Dovizioso shaved almost .7s off his previous best to post a time of 1m33.308 in the final moments of FP3. Almost all improvements on yesterday’s times came in the last five minutes of […]
Ducati’s Andrea Iannone set the fastest time of Friday’s free practice sessions in Assen, Posting a best lap of 1.33.591. Tomorrow’s qualifying session will however be irrelevant to the Italian, as he will be forced to start from the back of the grid after being handed a penalty for his clash with Jorge Lorenzo in […]
Read Motorsport are saddened to learn of the passing of Spanish Moto2 rider Luis Salom, who sadly passed away during practice for this weekend’s Catalan GP. Salom, who was riding for the SAG Team, was involved in an incident during the second free practice session for Moto2 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. With 24 minutes […]
Jorge Lorenzo delivered yet another masterclass in metronomic consistency to take victory in Le Mans. He flew off the line and no one could match his pace as he pulled a half-second gap by the end of the first lap. There was a lot of drama left in his wake, however. After a steady start, […]
Brad Binder put in a stunning last lap to win in France, making it back-to-back wins for the South African. He took the lead from Romano Fenati on the penultimate lap and rode a brilliant defensive lap to hold off the Italian to the chequered flag. Fenati took the lead on lap three and remained […]
Jorge Lorenzo will start tomorrow’s French MotoGP race from pole position. He is the first rider to ever lap Le Mans under 1:32, setting a best time of 1:31.975. Though the Movistar Yamaha rider has won at the circuit five times in the MotoGP class, this is his first pole at the Bugatti track. Although […]
Ducati’s Andrea Iannone set the fastest time in the dramatic final moments of FP3. Benefitting from following Jorge Lorenzo on his final lap, his time was just 0.005 quicker than the Movistar Yamaha rider who finished the session in second. Monster Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro put in a stunning lap of 1:32.662 on his satellite […]
Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo topped the timing sheets in FP2 as times tumbled in this afternoon’s MotoGP practice. More than a second quicker than Dani Pedrosa’s time from this morning, the reigning world champion posted a time of 1m32.830s. Ducati’s Andrea Iannone was second with a time of 1m33.169s, with Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez ending the […]
Philipp Oettl scored a surprise pole position for the Austin GP in a rain-affected Moto3 qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas. The rain that started during the Moto2 FP3 session had stopped only half an hour before the Moto3 riders took to the track for qualifying. Though most initially headed out on wet tyres […]