Avintia MotoGP rider Hector Barbera will step down to the Moto2 class with the Pons outfit for 2018 as part of an all-new line-up for the Spanish team. Barbera – who finished runner-up in the 2009 250cc world championship with Pons – has contested the premier class since 2010, first with the Aspar team on a […]
Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has quashed speculation of a potential 2018 MotoGP switch with Suzuki, admitting no contact has been made between himself and the Japanese marque. Suzuki has endured a torrid third year back in MotoGP, with neither rider scoring higher than a ninth–place finish from the 13 races run so far. […]
Valentino Rossi has decided to attempt to ride in this weekend’s Aragon MotoGP just 20 days after breaking his right leg in a training incident. The Yamaha rider suffered a displaced fracture to his right tibia and fibula during an enduro training incident in Italy a week prior to the San Marino Grand Prix. After […]
Valentino Rossi will undergo a medical examination on Wednesday before a decision on his participation in this weekend’s Aragon MotoGP is made following a successful day of testing at Misano. The Italian suffered a displaced fracture of the tibia and fibula of his right leg while riding an enduro bike 19 days ago. Rossi was forced to miss […]
Valentino Rossi has completed a brief test of a Yamaha road bike at Misano just 18 days after breaking his right leg, with the Italian set to decide on his participation in the Aragon MotoGP round by Wednesday. Rossi sustained a displaced fracture of the tibia and fibula of his right leg in an incident […]
Chaz Davies missed an ‘easy podium’ in Sunday’s second World Superbike race from Portimao after he relaxed too much in the closing stages and crashed. The Welshman fought his way through from ninth in race one after a crash in qualifying to take second and close to within 15 points of the absent second-placed Tom […]
Tom Sykes has undergone a successful operation on a finger injury he picked up in a fiery crash during third practice for the Portuguese World Superbike round. The Kawasaki rider – who holds onto second in the standings after a crash for third–placed Chaz Davies in race two – suffered a suspected fractured dislocation to his […]
Ana Carrasco became the first female rider in history to win a world championship motorcycle race after she clinched victory in a thrilling World Supersport 300 encounter in Portugal. Carrasco spent three years in the grand prix world championship in the Moto3 class from 2013-2015, though struggled for much of that time. However, she was […]
Jonathan Rea edged closer to a third World Superbike championship after another dominant win in Portugal, while Chaz Davies crashed out of podium contention. Starting from ninth as a result of his Saturday win, Rea wasted no time in carving his way through the field, the Kawasaki rider up to sixth at the first corner […]
Kenan Sofuoglu has taken over the lead of the World Supersport Championship after pipping Lucas Mahias to the victory in Portugal. Pole man Sofuglu did not make the best of starts, the Turkish rider slipping back to fourth on the opening lap as PJ Jacobsen hit the front from Mahias and Jules Cluzel. Cluzel, hunting […]
Leon Camier reckons he needed just one more lap in Saturday’s World Superbike race from Portimao to catch and pass Ducati’s Marco Melandri for a maiden MV Agusta podium finish. The Briton threatened a strong result throughout free practice, but his challenge was made harder when a technical issue in Superpole left him a lowly […]
Tom Sykes has expressed his disappointment at having to miss the rest of this weekend’s Portuguese World Superbike round after breaking a finger in a fiery crash in third practice. The Yorkshireman was on his out-lap at the beginning of Saturday morning’s third practice session when he crashed exiting Turn 8. His Kawasaki ZX-10RR burst into […]