Mattia Pasini topped the Moto2 timesheets on the opening day of running for the San Marino Grand Prix, while Alex Marquez has been ruled out with a pelvic injury. First practice pacesetter Marquez suffered a big highside crash at Turn 8 in the closing stages of this morning’s session, and was stretchered off track before […]
Danilo Petrucci took his Ducati to top spot in second MotoGP practice for the San Marino Grand Prix, while Honda’s Marc Marquez suffered a late fall. In the early stages of the second 45-minutes session of the day, Marquez set the benchmark pace with an initial gambit of 1m33.884s, bettering that with a 1m33.654s. The […]
Fabio Di Giannantonio ended the opening day Moto3 practice for the San Marino Grand Prix fastest from his Gresini team-mate Jorge Martin. The opening session of the day got underway on a damp track, with only a limited number of laps completed on slick tyres in the closing minutes. Mercifully, the afternoon session was bone […]
Marc Marquez opened up MotoGP proceedings at the San Marino Grand Prix setting the pace from Ducati test rider Michele Pirro. Honda man Marquez slipped nine points adrift of championship leader Andrea Dovizioso at the British Grand Prix when the engine in his RC213V expired, resulting in his third non-finish of the year. Heavy overnight […]
MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso says his approach in the remaining six races will not change despite the absence of one of his main title rivals. Dovizioso took a nine-point lead in the standings with victory at the British Grand Prix, and comes into his second home race of the year at Misano with the […]
Valentino Rossi admits losing a shot at an eighth MotoGP world title has been worse for him than the pain from his leg fracture. The Yamaha rider sustained a fracture to his right tibia and fibula while out riding his enduro bike with some friends in Italy last week. The Italian underwent surgery last Friday […]
Several MotoGP riders have defended their preference to train on dirt bikes during a season despite Valentino Rossi’s recent injury from an enduro crash. The nine-times world champion Italian suffered a displaced fracture of the tibia and fibula in his right leg in an enduro training crash last week, and will be out of action […]
The Avintia Racing team has confirmed Tito Rabat will form one half of its rider line–up for the 2018 MotoGP World Championship. The 2014 Moto2 world champion stepped up to the premier class with hit title–winning Marc VDS squad last season, though found adapting to the aggressive RC213V tough, and scored just 29 points in […]
Pramac Ducati rider Scott Redding says small changes to his riding style in recent MotoGP events are finally yielding progress in his adaptation to the GP16. Redding – who will join Aprilia next season after losing his ride to Jack Miller – has struggled for much of the 2017 season aboard the GP16, with the […]
Tech3 rider Jonas Folger says the increased MotoGP factory support from Yamaha his team has received this year shows great ‘trust’ from the Japanese manufacturer. Herve Poncehral’s satellite Yamaha outfit has enjoyed a strong 2017 season so far despite fielding two MotoGP rookies in Folger and double Moto2 champion Johann Zarco. The pair have tallied […]
LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow has undergone surgery after severing a tendon on his left index finger at his training base in Italy. The British rider cut his left index finger open with a knife by accident on Sunday, though he did not immediately have the injury seen to. After the bleeding continued into the […]
Honda test rider Takumi Takahashi will join the Red Bull Honda World Superbike squad for the upcoming rounds at Portimao and Jerez. Since the tragic death of Nicky Hayden in May, the Honda WorldSBK squad has run two riders alongside Stefan Bradl. MotoAmerica star Jake Gagne made his WorldSBK debut with the team at Laguna […]