Alex Marquez was close to lap record pace in Saturday morning’s final practice, the Marc VDS rider edging championship leader and team-mate Franco Morbdielli by just over half a tenth. Morbidelli seemed a little rattled after Friday’s second session, in which he suffered his first crash of 2017. However, his Turn 9 tumble seemed to bear […]
Honda’s Dani Pedrosa began Saturday’s track action at Jerez as he finished it yesterday, the Spaniard topping the timesheets in third practice from a rejuvenated Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa has been on top form all weekend so far, in both wet and dry conditions, and looks a hard man to beat heading into qualifying. Focusing on […]
Del Conca Gresini rider Jorge Martin heads into this afternoon’s qualifying session as the man to beat, after the Spaniard shot to the top of the timesheets in final practice ahead of countryman Marcos Ramirez. Martin was some way off the pace in FP2 down in 12th yesterday, but took to the better conditions of […]
Honda’s Dani Pedrosa ended the first day of track action at the Spanish Grand Prix as the benchmark, the Spaniard topping the timesheets in both free practice sessions. The day began wet, conditions which last year would have seen the Spaniard come unstuck thanks to the stiffer construction of Michelin tyre. Pedrosa was fastest in […]
Jorge Lorenzo branded today’s opening two practice sessions from Jerez as his best of the season, after finishing fourth fastest overall and top Ducati rider. The Spaniard’s time aboard the Desmosedici has been nothing short of difficult, Lorenzo scoring a best finish of ninth from the first three races. However, a change to the seating […]
Marc VDS Honda rider Jack Miller says his performance today in Jerez is a ‘brilliant way to start the weekend’, after the Australian guided his RC213V to second on the timesheets. Miller, a former pole sitter and race winner in Jerez in the Moto3 World Championship, has enjoyed solid start to his third campaign in […]
Marc VDS rider Alex Marquez heads into qualifying day tomorrow as the man to beat, after the Spaniard edged Kiefer Racing’s Dominique Aegerter to top spot in FP2. Despite his strong form so far this season, Marquez comes into the first of four visits to his homeland of Spain in 2017 yet to stand on […]
Honda’s Dani Pedrosa continued to top the timesheets at Jerez after finishing second practice fastest by just over half a second from Marc VDS’ Jack Miller. Pedrosa made big strides in setting up his RC213V last time out at the Circuit of the Americas and also boasts a strong record at Jerez, the Spaniard winning […]
After a wet start to proceedings this morning, the afternoon session was run under beautiful blue skies which led to a flurry of activity across the 40-minute FP2. At the chequered flag, it was championship leader Joan Mir who led the way. Whilst the track was mostly dry, a few sparse damp patches saw everyone […]
After a confidence-boosting United States Grand Prix last time out, Honda’s Dani Pedrosa says he is looking forward to taking another step in the right direction in improving his RC213V this weekend at Jerez. Pedrosa endured a tricky first couple of rounds. Front grip issues in Qatar left him out of the podium battle in […]
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales says he is ‘extra motivated’ ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, his first race on home soil since joining the Japanese marque. The Spaniard comes into the fourth round of the championship keen to make up for his error in Austin. On the second lap of the grand prix, whilst trying […]
Aruba.it Ducati rider Chaz Davies has slammed World Superbike Championship leader Jonathan Rea in a statement released via Facebook, in which Davies claims Rea did deliberately block him in Superpole two. In the closing stages of SP2 at Assen last weekend, Davies came across a cruising Rea whilst on his final flying lap, which he […]