Jorge Lorenzo has urged Ducati to switch their development philosophy to that of former team Yamaha’s, the Spaniard calling for more work to be done on the Desmosedici’s chassis. The triple MotoGP world champion has found life at Bologna difficult since the start of the year, the Spaniard struggling through testing and only scoring 13 […]
2014 World Superbike champion and former grand prix rider Sylvain Guintoli will stand in for the injured Alex Rins at the French Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. MotoGP rookie Rins will be out of action for at least the next six weeks, after sustaining a broken wrist in a nasty highside crash in FP3 […]
The MotoGP World Championship is set to feature an all-electric motorcycle race on its support bill at select European rounds from 2019. Talks of such a series began just before the start of the 2017 season, and the planning stage for it has moved on significantly from then, according to Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, […]
Kawasaki Racing’s Tom Sykes felt he had a motorcycle capable of winning today’s second outing at Assen, but was denied a first World Superbike victory since Laguna Seca last year by just 0.025s. The Yorkshireman has been battling illness since the Aragon round, and despite having a month to recover has still been feeling severely […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies put a dismal Saturday behind him to claim third in race two at Assen, but admits a lack of grip in the closing stages had him feeling as if he was ‘riding on eggshells’. Davies bagged his first win of the year on Sunday in Aragon and was keen to carry […]
Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark is thrilled to cap off his home round in Assen with a fighting fourth place after crashing out of Saturday’s encounter. Saturday proved a difficult day for the home hero, an average qualifying performance leaving him eighth and contact with his team-mate at Turn 1 dropping him further down […]
Championship leader Jonathan Rea celebrated his 200th race in style with his 13th career double, after the Kawasaki rider pipped team-mate Tom Sykes in an enthralling scrap. Rea’s journey to a third consecutive world title took a huge boost after the first race when closest rival Chaz Davies dropped out on the final lap, giving […]
Kenan Sofuoglu cruised to his first win of the 2017 season and his fourth at Assen, whilst championship leader Lucas Mahias just held Jules Cluzel at bay for second. Sofuoglu made his return to the World Supersport Championship last time out in Aragon, having spent the first two rounds on the sidelines with injury. Showing […]
Milwaukee Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori has expressed his delight at his first top five finish of the season, the Italian battling hard for fifth spot in the opening race of the Dutch round on Saturday. Savadori has been absent since his highside crash in the early stages of the second outing in Thailand, the Aprilia rider […]
Assen race one winner Jonathan Rea has expressed his disappointment in being denied a last-lap duel with rival Chaz Davies due to a late technical issue for the Ducati rider. Rea came into Saturday’s running as the man to beat after topping Friday’s combined times and posting some incredibly strong race runs in practice. The […]
Kenan Sofuoglu stormed to pole position in Assen with a new lap record, the Turkish rider going almost seven tenths clear of the field at the top of the timesheets. The reigning World Supersport champion has come into this round almost back to full fitness and has been the man to beat for much of […]
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea extended his lead in the championship standings to 59 points in the opening encounter of the Dutch World Superbike weekend, after Chaz Davies was forced out by a late technical drama. Controversy preceded Saturday’s race, as Rea had his pole position revoked and was dropped to fourth spot after he blocked Davies on the Ducati […]