Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes ended the first practice session for the German World Superbike round top of the pile from team-mate Jonathan Rea. This morning’s hour-long session at the Lauistzring marked the resumption of hostilities in 2017 following a six-week summer break. Sykes – second in the championship ahead of this round – set the early […]
The Aruba.it Ducati World Superbike team has confirmed Marco Melandri will partner Chaz Davies once again for the 2018 season. Melandri made a welcome return to the World Superbike paddock after a year and a half on the sidelines following a dismal half-season with Aprilia in MotoGP in 2015. Taking to the podium in just his […]
The Marc VDS team launched an appeal for information on Wednesday morning after Tito Rabat’s 2014 Moto2 title-winning bike was stolen. The theft took place at around 2am on Wednesday morning at the team’s base in Gosselies, Belgium. The team confirmed via social media that four suspects broke into the main reception area of its […]
British Superbike race winner Jake Dixon will make his grand prix debut at the British Grand Prix as the replacement for the injured Marcel Schrotter at Intact GP in the Moto2 class. Schrotter – currently 14th in the championship – has been absent since practice for the Czech Grand Prix due to a broken scaphoid […]
Aprilia has confirmed the signing of Scott Redding to replace Sam Lowes at the Italian manufacturer for the 2018 MotoGP season. Redding’s appointment at the team was highly rumoured on the Thursday before the Austrian Grand Prix after Aprilia confirmed it would not retain 2014 World Supersport champion Lowes for the second year of his […]
Franco Morbidelli led home team-mate Alex Marquez at the Austrian Grand Prix for Marc VDS’ first one-two in the Moto2 class since 2014. Morbidelli’s dominant victory edges his tally to seven this season and puts him 26 points clear of Tom Luthi in the standings ahead of the British Grand Prix. The Italian nailed his […]
Joan Mir tightened his grip on the 2017 Moto3 World Championship standings after a dominant Austrian Grand Prix win. The Spaniard, who now equals Brad Binder’s total of seven wins in a single Moto3 season, leads Romano Fenati by a massive 64 points with seven rounds remaining in 2017. Mir’s fight through to victory was […]
Marc Marquez was in ominous form in third practice ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, the Spaniard almost half a second clear of the field this morning. Marquez and Honda worked hard at the Brno test last week on setting up the bike, particularly the electronics, for the Red Bull Ring after struggling at the […]
Sam Lowes has slammed Aprilia management in the wake of his 2018 contract termination, the Briton taking issue with ‘lacklustre’ communication between it and himself. 2013 World Supersport champion Lowes was contracted to Aprilia for two years beginning in 2017, but after a tough start to his MotoGP career – he has scored just two points in […]
Valentino Rossi has says his first day of running at the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix ‘wasn’t very good’ after ending practice 13th on the timesheets. The Italian’s woes began before he had even reached the circuit, as he woke up feeling very ill. Comparing the standard fairing on his YZR-M1 with […]
Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso blitzed the field in a mixed second practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, the Italian rider going two tenths clear of Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales in second. Dovizioso had been on course to set the pace in this morning’s first 45-minute session, but had his best lap scrubbed for exceeding track limits, […]
Danny Kent will make a full-time return to the Moto2 World Championship next season after penning a two-year deal with the Speed Up team. Kent returned to the Moto2 class after a disastrous year with Tech3 in 2013 last season with Kiefer Racing, the team he secured the 2015 Moto3 world championship with. After a […]