Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales ended a busy first MotoGP practice session at Termas de Rio Hondo top of the pile with a two-tenth margin. Not only did the teams and riders have their own programmes to get through this morning, they also had mandatory laps to do for Michelin. As the French tyre manufacturer doesn’t have […]
Leopard Racing’s Joan Mir topped the opening free practice session for the Moto3 class in Argentina, the Spaniard heading into the afternoon’s running in commanding form. Qatar Grand Prix winner Mir took over at the top of the time sheets early in the 40-minute FP1 with a 1m51.6s, knocking a tenth off of that in […]
Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso has revealed in an interview with Italian broadcaster Sky that former team Honda were close to re-signing him for the 2017 season. Dovizioso formed part of the factory Honda squad’s line-up alongside Dani Pedrosa, and later Casey Stoner, from 2009 through to 2011. The Italian tallied up 15 podiums in his time […]
Jorge Lorenzo is keen to put the woes of his Ducati debut behind him and make further progress in adjusting to the Desmosedici GP17 this weekend in Argentina. The Spanish rider endured a largely difficult pre-season on the Ducati, and his problems continued into the first race. Lorenzo was left stranded in 12th on the […]
Reale Avintia’s Hector Barbera says he comes into the second round of the 2017 season ‘physically stronger’, as he has been able to train harder now his collarbone is nearing full recovery. The Spanish rider broke his collarbone in a training accident in Valencia following the Phillip Island test, and was forced to sit out the final […]
Suzuki’s Alex Rins has been passed fit to ride in this weekend’s Argentine Grand Prix after fracturing his ankle in a training crash last week. The Spaniard made his MotoGP debut last time out in Qatar. Despite qualifying down in 18th, Rins put in a brilliant performance to carve his way through the field and […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has expressed his concern over tyre life at the demanding Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, but is nonetheless enthused to return to Argentina. The rain delays prior to the Qatar Grand Prix forced Marquez into running the medium front tyre rather than the hard. The Spaniard favours the harder rubber as […]
Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi is aiming to add to his tally of Argentine podiums this weekend after a strong start to the season in Qatar. The nine-times world champion came into the season with bleak prospects for the first race following a winter of difficulties with Michelin’s new front tyre. But several improvements made to his […]
Aruba.it Ducati rider Marco Melandri assures us he will be ‘up and running’ for the next round of the 2017 World Superbike season in Assen, after a crash in testing in Aragon. The Italian rider, along with the rest of the paddock, was taking part in a one-day official test on his Panigale R. Heading […]
After another difficult weekend aboard his Milwaukee Aprilia, Eugene Laverty admits he does not yet have a motorcycle competitive enough to challenge at the front with. The Northern Irishman started in the middle of the second row for Sunday’s second race having finished race one eighth but didn’t feel as if his RSV4 was behaving properly, […]
Ducati’s Chaz Davies has branded his race two win today as ‘important’, following a largely difficult weekend for the Welsh rider. Whilst battling hard for the win in race one, on a bike not quite behaving as it should, Davies crashed at the final corner and gave championship rival Jonathan Rea a 55-point advantage coming […]
Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes was forced into a recovery ride in Sunday’s 19-lap second race from MotorLand Aragon, after a missed gear sent him off track at Turn 14. The British rider was confident of being able to challenge for the podium this weekend, but was hindered by a heavy fall and a mechanical issue […]