With the Catalan Grand Prix already upon us, Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi says he would have liked an extra week’s rest following the Italian Grand Prix in order to allow his injuries from a motocross crash more time to heal. The nine-times world champion Italian suffered abdominal and chest trauma when he fell from his motocross […]
Danilo Petrucci hailed his Italian Grand Prix Sunday as a ‘great day’, after the Pramac rider beat compatriot Valentino Rossi to third place at Mugello. Petrucci had shown good pace throughout practice, and was set for a maiden front row start in MotoGP before his lap time was cancelled after he was deemed to have […]
Cal Crutchlow has slammed MotoGP tyre supplier Michelin for building ‘the tyre for Ducati this weekend’, after he and his fellow Honda riders struggled with the available front tyres during the Italian Grand Prix. As is standard practice this season, Michelin brought three options of front tyre to Mugello: a symmetrical soft and hard compound and an […]
Sky VR46 rider Andrea Migno clinched his maiden grand prix victory by just 0.037 seconds from Fabio Di Giannantonio, after a thrilling Moto3 Italian Grand Prix from Mugello. As is the case at Mugello, the race was a frantic slipstream affair, the lead changing hands almost every lap as the 22-strong lead pack hurtled towards […]
British motorcycle manufacturer Triumph will become the Moto2 World Championship’s official engine supplier from the 2019 season, taking over from Honda who currently supply CBR600RR engines to the series. Honda has supplied engines to the Moto2 class since its inception in 2010, but the ceasing of production of its CBR600 meant a new supplier was […]
Mattia Pasini heads into this afternoon’s qualifying session for the Moto2 Italian Grand Prix with the bit between his teeth, after the Italtrans rider ended final practice almost two tenths clear of the field. The Italian rider has enjoyed a good run of form of late this season, and has been fast throughout practice so […]
Home hero Valentino Rossi gritted his teeth in third practice at Mugello to go top of the pile with a lap close to the outright circuit record. The Yamaha rider has been struggling this weekend with ‘severe pain’ in his chest and abdomen following a motocross training accident last week. Running only mild painkillers this […]
Championship leader Joan Mir heads into this afternoon’s qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix as the man to beat, after the Moto3 championship leader topped final practice at Mugello. Leopard Racing rider Mir comes into this sixth round of the season 34 points clear in the championship after his nearest challengers dropped out of […]
Moto2 World Championship leader Franco Morbidelli opened up his home round at Mugello fastest of all in FP1, the Marc VDS rider pipping compatriot Mattia Pasini to top spot. After the disappointment of the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, in which Morbidelli crashed out, the Italian bounced back with a win at Le Mans to […]
Andrea Dovizioso dipped underneath the race lap record at Mugello to top of the opening free practice session ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Ducati will have high hopes for its home round following a positive two-day test in Barcelona last week. Podium contenders at Mugello in recent years, Dovizioso got proceedings off to […]
Romano Fenati kicked off his home grand prix weekend at Mugello at the top of the FP1 timesheets, after a late effort edged him ahead of Jorge Martin. Fenati shot to the top of the pile in the early stages of the 40-minute FP1, though top spot had several riders occupying it as the 31-strong […]
The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team has completed its rider line-up for 2018, after the French outfit opted to take up the one-year extension option on Jonas Folger’s contract. Tech 3 got the contract season ball rolling last time out in France when it confirmed it would retain Zarco, with it widely thought Folger’s re-signing […]