Jorge Lorenzo believes his maiden podium finish for Ducati ranks higher than many of his 65 grand prix victories, after the Spaniard crossed the line third in yesterday’s 27-lap Spanish Grand Prix. Lorenzo’s beginning to life at Ducati has been difficult, the triple MotoGP world champion managing a best finish of ninth in the opening […]
Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa capped off a ‘marvellous’ Spanish Grand Prix weekend with an emphatic victory in Sunday’s 27-lap 3000th world championship race. Pedrosa has been in imperious form all weekend, topping all but one practice session and snatching pole position for the first time since Sepang 2015 on Saturday. Boasting competitive race runs in […]
Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi maintained a slender two-point lead in the world championship standings, after the Italian finished a difficult Spanish Grand Prix in a lowly 10th spot. After making a breakthrough in Argentina and Austin with his M1, Rossi came into a happy hunting ground for both rider and team at Jerez positive of being […]
The FIM Stewards Panel has awarded Marc VDS rider Jack Miller with a €1000 fine, after the Australian pushed Aspar Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista to the ground whilst the pair were trying to recover their stricken machines from the Turn 1 gravel trap. Miller had made a good getaway from 10th on the grid and felt comfortable enough […]
Honda’s Dani Pedrosa took a commanding first victory of 2017 in the 3000th world championship solo grand prix, to put himself back in contention in the title race. Pedrosa has been in imperious form all weekend, and was many a rider’s tip for success on a sweltering Sunday. Utilising his diminutive size and less aggressive […]
Alex Marquez reignited his championship challenge with a dominant victory at Jerez, after championship leader team-mate Franco Morbidelli crashed out. At the start, Morbidelli launched an assault on Marquez into Turn 1, but ran wide and allowed the Spaniard back into the lead. The Marc VDS duo immediately opened up a gap of over a second […]
EG 0,0 Honda rider Aron Canet stormed to a maiden grand prix victory, after snatching the win away from Romano Fenati in a thrilling Moto3 contest in Jerez. The action was relentless from the off in Spain, pole man Jorge Martin nailing his launch to take the holeshot into the first corner. As the race […]
Pol Espargaro cut a massively ecstatic figure in the MotoGP paddock following today’s qualifying session, after the Spaniard put his factory KTM RC16 15th on the grid and just over three tenths from a place in QP2. KTM has been hard at work between the last round in Texas and the Spanish Grand Prix, the […]
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales was left feeling happy with his performance in qualifying, though was left mystified by an issue with wheelspin through Jerez’s left-hand corners. Vinales came into Saturday’s running with work to do after ending Friday sixth fastest on the combined times. Despite going third quickest in FP3, Vinales still did not look like […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez was denied a third successive pole position by just 0.049s in today’s qualifying from Jerez, but is nonetheless happy with his performance having struggled for single lap pace so far this weekend. The Spanish rider has largely ridden in the shadow of team-mate Dani Pedrosa for much of this weekend, Marquez only […]
Marc VDS rider Alex Marquez continued his dominant form at Jerez into qualifying to secure his first pole position in the intermediate class, the Spaniard blitzing the existing lap record in the process. Lap times were pretty hot from get go in the 45-minute qualifying session, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Miguel Oliveira shooting to top […]
Gresini rider Jorge Martin delivered on the promise he showed in this morning’s final practice, the Spaniard dominating proceedings in qualifying to take pole in Jerez with a new lap record. In the early stages of the session, it was Ongetta Rivacold’s Romano Fenati who sat atop the timing screens, the Italian initially setting a […]