MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says the level of aggression seen during the Phillip Island race was ‘normal’ and should remain to avoid becoming like Formula 1. Marquez – who eventually won the Australian Grand Prix – was involved in a frantic lead group, which contained eight riders for much of it, battling for the […]
Aleix Espargaro suffered a fracture to his left hand when he crashed at the Doohan corner in the opening stages of the Phillip Island MotoGP race, but expects to ride next weekend in Malaysia. The Spaniard recovered from a poor start from eighth on the grid to get amongst the eight-rider group battling for the lead […]
Valentino Rossi says he was stopped from chasing down eventual Australian MotoGP race winner Marc Marquez because of a late duel with a ‘crazy’ Andrea Iannone. Rossi felt he did not have the pace to fight at the front on Sunday after qualifying seventh, and gambled on a set-up he was unable to try due […]
Andrea Dovizioso has blamed his potentially MotoGP championship-ending poor form at Phillip Island on Sunday on the track’s layout not suiting his Ducati. The 31-year-old was left bereft of confidence after a fast crash at MG corner during final practice on Saturday, which stopped him from qualifying higher than 11th. Confident in being able to […]
Yamaha World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark will make his MotoGP debut at Sepang next weekend as the unwell Jonas Folger’s replacement at the Tech3 team. Folger has been absent since the Japanese Grand Prix thanks to a suspected case of Epstein Barr virus. The German withdrew from the Motegi race to return home […]
World champion Jonathan Rea eased to a second Jerez World Superbike win in a red-flagged race two to wrap up the manufacturers’ championship for Kawasaki. Michael van der Mark jumped Yamaha team-mate Alex Lowes at the start, while Rea made his way from ninth on the grid to fourth by the second corner. Twitter: Crash for @eugenelaverty […]
Federico Caricasulo held off a daring late raid from Jules Cluzel to win the Jerez World Supersport race, while Lucas Mahias extended his championship lead. Sheridan Morais took the holeshot from third has he sought to close down the 32–point gap in the standings between himself and Mahias, while the Frenchman held station in fifth. […]
Phillip Island race winner Marc Marquez says he will adpot a more cautious approach to the next race in Malaysia after going 33 points clear of MotoGP title rival Andrea Dovizioso. The Honda rider was involved in a titanic, eight–rider tussle for the victory for much of the 27–lap Australian encounter, and was forced into taking […]
Marc Marquez takes a 33-point lead in the MotoGP standings after prevailing in a titanic battle for the win at Phillip Island as title rival Andrea Dovizioso struggled to 13th. The early laps were a frantic affair, with Marc VDS Honda rider Jack Miller scything into the lead in front of his home crowd ahead of pole […]
MotoGP title hopeful Andrea Dovizioso blames his poor performance in Phillip Island qualifying on a lack of confidence brought about by a fast crash in fourth practice. The Italian was pushing for a laptime in the 30–minute session prior to qualifying when he locked up the front of his Ducati under braking for the tight […]
Federico Caricasulo snatched a Jerez World Supersport pole away from Jules Cluzel as championship leader Lucas Mahias crashed. Mahias comes into this weekend’s penultimate round of the 2017 WorldSSP season with his first opportunity at wrapping up a maiden world title after second-placed Kenan Sofuoglu was forced to pull out of the remaining races with […]
Jonathan Rea cruised to a 51st career World Superbike victory after Marco Melandri retired with a bike issue in the closing stages of race one. The original start saw Rea jump a slightly slow starting Melandri from pole, while Chaz Davies carved his way through on Xavi Fores at the Pons corner to take seventh. […]