Valentino Rossi ended the first day of running at the Circuit of the Americas in a much more positive fashion to recent races, as set-up work done in Argentina has allowed the Italian to hit the ground running on Friday. Rossi began the day looking as if his problems from the previous races had carried […]
Alex Marquez headed championship leader team-mate Franco Morbidelli to a Marc VDS one-two in second practice to top the combined times on Friday in Texas. Marquez comes into this weekend off the back of bitter disappointment when he crashed out of second place whilst fighting for the win with Morbidelli on the final lap in […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez fired his first warning shot to Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales by topping the timesheets in FP2 by almost three tenths of a second. Marquez has been the king of the Circuit of the Americas since the world championship began coming to the venue in 2013, and victory has always looked a formality even […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda’s Aron Canet commandingly led the field after Friday’s two 40-minute practice sessions, the Spaniard well over a second clear of his competitors. Canet began the day in dominant fashion, topping the FP1 timesheets by 1.1s on a 2m16.820s, which was impressively set on the hard rear Dunlop tyre. The EG 0,0 […]
Ahead of the third round of the 2017 MotoGP season in Texas, several riders have expressed their desire to have the current qualifying format altered. Introduced for the 2013 season in a bid to make free practice more interesting for spectators, MotoGP’s qualifying session is split into two 15-minute shoot-out sessions, with combined times from […]
Andrea Iannone is hopping to ‘have a favourable’ weekend at the Circuit of the Americas following two woeful races on his Suzuki. The Italian rider showed podium potential in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix after suffering throughout practice for pace. However, slight contact with Marc Marquez sent Iannone into retirement. His fortunes failed to improve […]
Jorge Lorenzo believes the tough times he has so far endured in his Ducati career ‘will be over soon’, as the Spaniard gears up for the third round of the season in Texas. Three-time MotoGP world champion Lorenzo is in the midst of his worst start to a premier class season ever, after difficulties in […]
TT Circuit Assen bosses have signed a new five-year deal with Dorna Sports to continue hosting a round of the World Superbike Championship. The iconic Dutch venue has been a fixture on the Superbike World Championship calendar since 1992, making it the series’ second longest serving circuit after Phillip Island in Australia, which joined the […]
Nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi says he has an ‘account to settle’ with the Circuit of the Americas, after the Yamaha rider crashed out of podium contention in last year’s race early doors. Rossi has made a strong start to his 2017 campaign despite suffering issues with the front-end of his YZR-M1. The Italian has […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez heads to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas keen to get his 2017 campaign back on track following two tough races for the Spanish rider. Delays in getting the Qatar Grand Prix underway and the resulting drop in temperature forced Marquez into running the medium front tyre instead of the hard. […]
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder is set to miss several upcoming races after suffering a further break to his left arm in Argentina. The reigning Moto3 world champion broke his arm in a crash during testing in Valencia last year, and this seriously affected his preparations for his Moto2 debut. He participated in the pre-season […]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Johann Zarco has branded his fifth place in the Argentine Grand Prix as ‘awesome’, after the Frenchman battled his way through from 14th on the grid. Zarco’s pace in practice on the hard tyres made many paddock onlookers sit up and take note, and the French rider genuinely believed a challenge […]