A positive two-day test at Jerez for Sylvain Guintoli has left the Suzuki stand-in feeling confident ahead of his first French Grand Prix since 2008. Guintoli, currently contesting the British Superbike Championship with Bennetts Suzuki, has been called up by Suzuki to replace the injured Alex Rins, who suffered a break to his left wrist in a […]
Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi has cited this weekend’s French Grand Prix as ‘very important’, following a difficult Jerez race last time out for the nine-times world champion. Rossi maintained his championship lead in Spain, but a lack of rear traction and the continuation of his front-end woes saw him wobble around to a lowly 10th at […]
Red Bull Honda World Superbike rider and 2006 MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden is reported to be in a serious condition in hospital following a training accident in Italy today. Details on exactly what occurred and the extent of Hayden’s injuries are scarce at the time of writing, but reports suggest the American was hit by […]
Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco hopes to continue his stunning form at the start of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship with a podium challenge at his home race this weekend Zarco has been the class of the rookie and satellite field so far this season, the Frenchman tallying up three top five finishes from […]
Chaz Davies reckons the Imola round of the 2017 World Superbike Championship heralded the first time Ducati could have been considered the benchmark team, as the Welshman grabbed a dominant double at the Italian circuit. The weekend got off to a superb start, Davies leading the way after Friday practice and carrying that form over […]
Yamaha’s Alex Lowes has come away from the final race of the weekend at Imola with a top six result, but is left frustrated at a lack of performance from his YZF-R1 at the Italian circuit. The Briton came into the weekend confident of carrying on his top five form from Assen, but endured a […]
Kenan Sofuoglu became the first repeat winner of World Supersport 2017, after the Turkish rider held off a race-long challenge from championship leader Lucas Mahias at Imola. The fifth round of the WorldSSP season was delayed three times this morning for track conditions prior to the initial start and two incidents during both restarts. This […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies dominated a delayed second race from Imola to tally up his first double of the 2017 season and bring his championship deficit down a further five points to 74. The original race was red-flagged at the end of the opening lap when Ayrton Badovini’s Grillini Kawasaki blew its engine and leaked […]
The fifth round of the 2017 World Supersport Championship from Imola has been postponed until after the second World Superbike race of the weekend, following a delayed start and two red flag periods. The original start was delayed after Federico Caricasulo’s Yamaha R6 ground to a halt on the warm-up lap. Once racing finally got […]
Eugene Laverty says he was fortunate to come away from his monster race one tangle with Yamaha’s Alex Lowes in today’s first race ‘in one piece’. The Milwaukee Aprilia rider was battling hard with Lowes over eighth place in the closing stages of the race when the pair collided. Lowes went for a move up […]
Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark managed to salvage a seventh place finish in race one following a tricky start to Saturday, but admits he struggled to get his R1 turned as the race wore on. The Dutch rider suffered a mechanical failure in this morning’s final practice, and was unhappy with the balance of his […]
MV Agusta’s PJ Jacobsen snatched a third pole position of the season in front of his team’s home crowd in a tight Superpole session from Imola. The American never looked a threat for qualifying after ending Friday’s running almost a second down on Puccetti Kawasaki’s Kenan Sofuoglu. And when SP2 got underway, it was a steady start […]