Moto3 championship leader Joan Mir has signed a three-year deal with the Marc VDS outfit to step up to the Moto2 class next season. Mir made his world championship debut in 2015 with the Leopard team as a replacement for the injured Hiroki Ono at Phillip Island, and impressively ran inside the top 10 before […]
KTM rider Bradley Smith will miss the Catalunya Grand Prix as well as three days of testing at the circuit this week, after the Briton suffered a hand injury in a crash during fourth practice on Saturday. Smith was rounding Turn 2 12 minutes into final practice when he suffered a highside, his little finger […]
Home hero Alex Marquez snatched top spot away from Mattia Pasini in the dying stages of a tight final practice for the Catalan Grand Prix, the top 18 in the session covered by exactly one second. Marc VDS rider Marquez has looked quick throughout practice so far, and will be one of the favourites for […]
Marc Marquez carried over his Friday form to top third practice ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix, while both factory Yamaha riders face the first part of qualifying after dropping out of the top 10. Honda rider Marquez was confident coming to his home round, after the Spaniard topped a private test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya two […]
Aron Canet heads into this afternoon’s qualifying for the Catalan Grand Prix as the man to beat, after the Spaniard pipped team-mate Enea Bastianini to top spot in final practice. Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda rider Canet will be keen for a repeat of his Jerez heroics in front of his home crowd this weekend in […]
Following a meeting of the Safety Commission and complaints from a number of riders, MotoGP will return to using the Formula 1 chicane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. MotoGP switched to the layout of the Barcelona circuit used by Formula 1 since 2007 last year, after Moto2 rider Luis Salom was killed in a crash […]
Championship leader Maverick Vinales endured a difficult first day of running for the Catalan Grand Prix, the Yamaha rider just 16th fastest on the combined timesheets. None of the four Yamaha-mounted runners on the grid attended the private test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya just after the French Grand Prix, but this did not unsettle […]
Moto2 championship leader Franco Morbidelli headed a Marc VDS one-two in second practice for the Catalan Grand Prix, despite chucking his motorcycle at the scenery in the latter stages of the session. Morbidelli suffered a troubled Italian Grand Prix one week ago, the Italian finishing a race off the podium for the first time this […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez carried on his form from this morning’s first practice to top the afternoon session ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix quite convincingly from compatriot Jorge Lorenzo. Having enjoyed a successful private test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya following the French Grand Prix, Marquez was immediately comfortable with his RC213V this morning, topping […]
After a damp start to proceedings this morning, a dry second practice saw a flurry of fast laps culminate in a best time of the day for home rider Aron Canet ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix. Rain overnight left the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya damp for the start of Moto3 free practice, though all but […]
Marc Marquez topped the timesheets in a first free practice for the Catalan Grand Prix truncated by damp conditions in the early part of the session. Overnight rain left the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in a damp state as practice got underway for the seventh round of the 2017 season. A fairly active Moto3 session earlier […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez says he and his team ‘must do better’ at this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix, after the Spaniard finished five seconds adrift of the win in sixth spot at Mugello. Marquez, along with the rest of his fellow RC213V-mounted riders, struggled throughout the weekend with Michelin’s front tyres, the French firm’s compounds proving […]