The Red Bull Honda World Superbike team will participate in this weekend’s sixth round of the season from Donington Park, as it continues to mourn the loss of Nicky Hayden. Former MotoGP champion Hayden, also a one-time winner in WorldSBK with Honda, was involved in a collision with a car whilst out cycling in Italy last […]
MotoGP world champion and World Superbike race winner Nicky Hayden has tragically succumbed the injuries he sustained in a cycling accident last week in Italy. The American had been out cycling last Wednesday afternoon along the Rimini Coast when he struck by a car. Hayden was rushed to a local hospital before being transferred to […]
Suzuki team boss Davide Brivio confirmed following the French Grand Prix that Sylvain Guintoli will continue to deputise for the injured Alex Rins in Mugello in two weeks’ time. Frenchman Guintoli, who contests the British Superbike Championship with the Bennetts Suzuki outfit, was called into action for his first home MotoGP outing since 2008 after […]
The Aspar MotoGP Team has renewed its contract with Ducati Corse and will continue to field Desmosedici GPs in the premier class for the 2018 season. The Aspar and Ducati partnership is in its fourth year, the Spanish outfit stepping up to the premier class in 2010 with the Italian manufacturer. After two years running ART […]
Jorge Lorenzo has branded Jack Miller as ‘very rude’, after the Australian allegedly belittled the Spaniard’s opinion on a Safety Commission vote to return to an earlier specification 2017 front tyre. After practice on Friday evening, a vote was held in the Safety Commission meeting regarding which front tyre will be used for the rest […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez was pleased with the pace of his RC213V in Friday’s brief dry running, but was even happier with its performance in the full wet condition of FP2. The Spaniard joined a number of riders in the closing stages of FP1 in fitting a set of slicks for a time attack, and […]
After a vote during this evening’s Safety Commission meeting at Le Mans, it was agreed that from the Italian Grand Prix onwards the older specification Michelin front tyre will replace the current version in the allocation. The 70 tyre, which was first raced at last year’s Valencia Grand Prix, has a stiffer carcass compared to […]
Forward Racing’s Lorenzo Baldassarri ended this morning’s first Moto2 practice fastest of all by just 0.011s over championship leader Franco Morbidelli. By the time FP1 for the Moto2 World Championship got underway, the Le Mans circuit had almost entirely dried out and the field wasted no time in getting laps under their belt in what […]
Marc VDS Honda’s Jack Miller reaped the rewards from an early switch to slick tyres to end first practice for the French Grand Prix fastest from Marc Marquez. The 4.2km Le Mans circuit began to dry as the preceding Moto3 session drew to a close, though the track still was not in the right state […]
Malaysian rider Adam Norrodin utilised his prowess in damp conditions to end opening practice at Le Mans top of the pile on his SIC Racing Honda. Overnight rain left the 4.2km French circuit damp by the time FP1 got underway, and perhaps unsurprisingly it was British Talent Team’s John McPhee who led the way in […]
Johann Zarco will remain with the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team for the 2018 MotoGP season, the French outfit has confirmed on the eve of the pair’s home race. Zarco stepped up to the premier class with Tech 3 at the start of this season following two title-winning years in the Moto2 class, the Frenchman […]
Nicky Hayden remains in an ‘extremely critical’ condition, according to a statement released by the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital in Italy, where the American is being treated following a cycling accident on Wednesday. The 2006 MotoGP world champion was training on his bicycle in Rimini on Wednesday afternoon when he was struck by a car. Hayden […]