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Jonas Folger will sit out the 2018 MotoGP season in order to fully recover from an illness which forced him to miss the final four races of his maiden campaign last year. The German stepped up to the premier class alongside reigning double Moto2 world champion Johann Zarco to the Tech3 team in 2017, and proved […]
The Kiefer Racing team has secured its future in the Moto2 World Championship after enough funds were raised to field former race winner Dominique Aegerter on a KTM. The German squad’s future was plunged into doubt just before Christmas when a deal to sell the team to former bike race David Pickworth following the tragic […]
The Ducati MotoGP team has unveiled its challenger for the 2018 MotoGP season in a presentation at the manufacturer’s base in Bologna. The Italian marque finished runner-up in the riders’ standings courtesy of Andrea Dovizioso, who took six victories aboard his Desmosedici to keep his title hopes alive until the finale in Valencia. A winless […]
Reigning European Superstock 1000 champion Michael Ruben Rinaldi will step up to the World Superbike class in 2018 with the Aruba.it Ducati Junior team. The 22-year-old Italian took the STK1000 title in his second year in the series on a Panigale R in 2017, and was linked to potential wildcards in WorldSBK having tested for […]
Former 500cc race winner Alberto Puig has been appointed as the factory Honda MotoGP team’s new team manager, taking over the role from Livio Suppo. Suppo – who was team manager at Ducati prior to joining Honda in 2010 – announced his retirement after five years as Honda team manager during the Valencia two-day test […]
MotoGP 2016 was always going to be a tough act to follow. Nine riders took to the top step of the podium, eight of those coming one after the other – the first time in history that has happened. Satellite riders won races for the first time since 2006, and Britain welcomed its first grand […]
The Aspar team will be renamed in 2018 in honour of the late 13-times world champion Angel Nieto, with his son Gelete taking over the role of team principal. Nieto was involved in a road traffic accident in Spain in late July and tragically succumbed to his injuries on August 8 at the age of 70. […]
The Kiefer Racing Moto2 team’s 2018 season looks in doubt after a deal to run KTM chassis fell through after a key investor backed out. The team was struck by tragedy in 2017 when team owner Stefan Kiefer passed away during the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. The future of the team looked secure for next […]
October 30, 2016. Andrea Dovizioso storms to his first premier class victory in over seven years after beating the Yamaha duo of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo in a wet Malaysian Grand Prix. The Italian came close to victory earlier in the season, but was pipped by then team-mate Andrea Iannone – the man many […]
World Supersport rider Christian Gamarino will join the Grillini World Superbike team for the opening five rounds of the 2018 season before Gabriele Ruiu takes over. Italian rookie Ruiu was chosen by Grillini – who will run Suzuki machinery in 2018 – to partner the returning Roberto Rolfo for 2018, though the now 17–year–old will […]
Former grand prix rider Yonny Hernandez will make his debut in the World Superbike Championship next season after signing a deal with the Pedercini Kawasaki team. After losing his ride in MotoGP due to a poor season in 2016 with the Aspar Ducati squad, Hernandez returned to the Moto2 class with the AGR Team for […]
Italian company Energica has been chosen by MotoGP owners Dorna Sports to be the supplier of the Moto-e World Cup all-electric support series to be introduced in 2019. Plans for the electric one-make series were confirmed earlier this year, with Dorna aiming for a five-round series of 10-lap races with grids somewhere in the region […]