MotoGP rider Jonas Folger has ditched the new chassis he tested at Brno and Austria for the British Grand Prix, having found its performance to be too inconsistent from track to track. Yamaha passed over a 2017 version of the M1 chassis to the Tech3 team at the post-Czech Grand Prix test at Brno earlier in the […]
Marc Marquez stormed to pole position for the British Grand Prix after setting the first-ever lap of Silverstone underneath two minutes. The Spaniard wasted no time at the beginning of Q2, immediately setting a new lap record with a 2m00.106s, which put him over three tenths clear of second-placed Maverick Vinales. On his second flying […]
Alex Marquez heads into this afternoon’s Moto2 qualifying for the British Grand Prix as the rider to beat after blitzing the field in final practice. The Spaniard – who ended Friday’s running fastest of all – hit the ground running in the opening minutes of Saturday morning’s session, Marquez dipping underneath the 2m07s barrier for […]
Johann Zarco ended a drying third MotoGP practice session for the British Grand Prix top of the timesheets, while Dani Pedrosa missed out on a place in Q2. Light rain overnight left the Silverstone circuit damp for the start of the Moto3 session, though the track had almost dried out by the time MotoGP’s third […]
Romano Fenati topped a damp final practice for the Moto3 class ahead of the British Grand Prix after switching to slicks in the closing minutes of the session. Fenati was first out on track when proceedings got underway this morning after he lost vital track time on Friday morning to a fuel pump issue. The […]
Valentino Rossi believes the proposed changes to the rules regarding bike swaps in MotoGP’s flag-to-flag races will not stop crashes happening in pit lane. During the flag-to-flag Czech Grand Prix, Suzuki’s Andrea Iannone crashed while coming in to change to his second bike when Aprilia released Aleix Espargaro into his path. Twitter: First look at […]
Marc Marquez believes his heavy crash in the early stages of second practice for the MotoGP race at Silverstone was caused by ‘extra confidence’ on his part. The Honda rider exited pitlane on the harder rear Michelin tyre at the beginning of the afternoon session, and felt confident enough to push on his first flying lap […]
Aron Canet ended the first day of Moto3 action at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix fastest of all from Romano Fenati. Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda rider Canet began proceedings in fine fashion, the Spaniard blitzing the field in opening practice with a 2m14.545s, which put him almost a second out of reach. 23rd […]
A late surge from Maverick Vinales left the Yamaha rider top of the timesheets in the opening MotoGP practice session for the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard returns to the scene of his maiden premier class victory, which he took aboard a Suzuki 12 months ago, outside of the top two in the championship for […]
Moto2 rider Tom Luthi has branded his signing to the Marc VDS MotoGP team for the 2018 season as a ‘dream come true.’ The Swiss rider made his grand prix debut in the 125cc class in 2002, and won the lightweight class title in 2005 before stepping up to the 250cc World Championship in 2007. Luthi has […]
Sam Lowes says his ‘priority’ in 2018 is to return to the Moto2 World Championship and challenge for the world title after losing his Aprilia MotoGP ride. 2014 World Supersport champion Lowes made the jump to the premier class this season with Aprilia, but a difficult maiden campaign aboard the RS-GP has tested the patience […]
Moto2 frontrunner Tom Luthi will step up to MotoGP next season alongside current title rival Franco Morbidelli with the Marc VDS Honda team. Swiss rider Luthi was 125cc world champion in 2005 and finished runner-up to Johann Zarco in last year’s Moto2 title race. He is currently 26 points adrift of future team-mate Morbidelli in […]