World Superbike debutant Julian Simon made a respectable start to the Aragon weekend in 18th on his Milwaukee Aprilia. Grand Prix veteran Simon has been called up to replace Lorenzo Savadori at Shaun Muri’s outfit this weekend, after the Italian hurt his neck in a crash early in Thailand’s Sunday race. Simon, despite his vast […]
Puccetti Kawasaki rider Kenan Sofuoglu says ‘he will be ready’ for Sunday’s third round of the 2017 World Supersport season despite a lack of track time today. The Turkish rider makes his comeback this weekend having missed the opening two rounds recovering from surgery on a hand injury. Miraculously, Sofuoglo comes into the Aragon round […]
Althea BMW’s Jordi Torres enjoyed a solid start to his home round at MotorLand Aragon, the Spaniard comfortably making it into the second part of Superpole. Torres has made a decent start to the 2017 season on his S1000RR, taking three top eight finishes from the first four races, as well as gaining direct passage […]
Honda’s Nicky Hayden was left feeling disappointed with his day’s work in Aragon after failing to make any major steps forward during afternoon practice. The American has endured a fairly difficult start to the season on the new Firebalde, but has been able to make small steps forward with each race so far. Hayden and his […]
Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes has expressed his delight with his YZF-R1 after a strong opening day at MotorLand Aragon ahead of the third round of the 2017 season. The British rider was resolute in his aims for this weekend, stating that he thinks nothing less than a challenge for the top three in both races […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies endured a frustrating first day at MotorLand Aragon, after an engine issue robbed him of crucial track time in the morning. Davies comes into this weekend as one of the pre-race favourites. The Welshman has five wins to his credit at Aragon, including two doubles, one of which coming last year. […]
Italian rider Paolo Grassia ended the first day of running for the inaugural World Supersport 300 Championship top of the pile. WorldSSP300 is the World Superbike Championship’s entry level category, newly formed for the 2017 season. Following all European rounds of the campaign, WorldSSP300 boasts an impressive 35-rider permanent entry list. As in WorldSBK and […]
Team Factory VAMAG rider Roberto Rolfo topped the timesheets at the end of a rain-interrupted second free practice session from MotorLand Aragon. The heavens opened just moments before FP2 for the Supersport class was due to get underway, and this left most sitting in their garages whilst it passed. However, the rain intensified, and gradually […]
Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea continued as he started at MotorLand Aragon and topped the afternoon timesheets, with Ducati’s Marco Melandri close behind. Rea spent much of FP2, as usual, working on his race pace. Worryingly for the rest, the Northern Irishman posted a devastatingly fast and consistent, never straying away from the 1m50.9s-1m51.1s bracket. Sitting fourth […]
Maximilian Scheib ended the opening day of practice ahead of the first round of the 2017 European Superstock 1000 season top of the pile on his Nuova M2 Racing Aprilia. Scheib stunned as a wildcard at the end of the 2016 season, and comes into this year as one of a large selection of riders […]
Suzuki rider Alex Rins has suffered a fractured ankle in a motocross training accident on Thursday which has put his participation in the Argentine Grand Prix in doubt. Rins made his MotoGP debut last weekend in Qatar, and impressively guided his GSX-RR to ninth spot and top rookie honours despite starting from a lowly 18th […]
MV Agusta’s PJ Jacobsen led Lorini Honda’s Kyle Smith in the first free practice session for the Supersport class at Aragon. Jacobesen has endured a torrid start to his 2017 campaign, the American only scoring 10 points after a Phillip Island race riddled with errors and an engine blow up last time out in Thailand. […]