Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea led the way in opening practice at MotorLand Aragon, whilst nearest title rival Chaz Davies encountered mechanical troubles The Northern Irishman wasted no time when the hour-long session got underway, hitting top spot immediately with a 1m50.570s. Initially a second clear, his advantage was whittled down to just 0.071s has the session […]
Former grand prix rider Julian Simon will make his World Superbike debut at this weekend’s Aragon round with Milwaukee Aprilia, after Lorenzo Savadori was declared unfit to ride. Savadori crashed at the final corner of the Chang International Circuit early in the second race of the Thailand weekend, landing heavily on his neck. The Italian […]
Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes has stated that a podium challenge on his YZF-R1 following a strong start to the year is the minimum target for this weekend’s Aragon round. The British rider endured a difficult first year on the Yamaha in 2016, but a strong pre-season and big steps forward with the Crescent Racing-run R1 […]
Kawasaki Racing’s Tom Sykes says he is ‘rethinking’ how he rides his ZX-10RR this weekend, having endured a fairly tricky start to the season. New rules on throttle bodies and the need for bikes to now carry generators for batteries has seen Sykes affected the most, as his aggressive approach of fast-in, fast-out does not […]
Two weeks after an article in the Bangkok Post confirmed the Thai Government had set aside the equivalent of $8.7million to bring MotoGP to the country, reports from German media suggest a two-year deal with Dorna Sports has been finalised. The Chang International Circuit has staged a round of the World Superbike Championship since 2015, […]
Ducati’s Chaz Davies says this weekend’s Aragon round of the 2017 World Superbike Championship will act as a ‘reset’ for the field after two very different races in Australia and Thailand. The Welshman has taken to the rostrum on three occasions so far in 2017, finishing runner-up in both races at Phillip Island and taking […]
Kawasaki rider Leon Haslam will make the first of several rumoured wildcard appearances in the World Superbike Championship in 2017 at his home round at Donington at the end of May. The five-time WorldSBK race winner re-signed for Kawasaki UK for 2017 for a full campaign in the British Championship with JG Speedfit, as well as […]
Jorge Lorenzo’s move to Ducati was one of the major talking points throughout last season and the winter. And rightly so. Though the Italian marque are now winners again in MotoGP, their situation was far from that of Yamaha’s. But the Spaniard was convinced that Bologna was the place to be, and you could not […]
Cal Crutchlow endured a torrid opening round of the 2017 season, the LCR rider falling off of his RC213V twice in the opening stages of the grand prix. The British rider was forced into running the medium front tyre, much like Marc Marquez, due to the cooler track temperatures. Crutchlow’s aggressive braking style favours the harder […]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco accepts that his crash whilst leading the Qatar Grand Prix is part and parcel of his adaptation to MotoGP, and is nonetheless satisfied with his debut appearance. The Frenchman makes the step up to the premier class this season following two title-winning years in Moto2. Impressive in testing, […]
Aleix Espargaro gave Aprilia their best ever result with the RS-GP and their first top six finish since the Japanese Grand Prix of 2003 in last night’s Qatar season-opener. The Spanish rider makes the move to Aprilia from Suzuki for 2017, a switch he was reluctant about to begin with. But hard work over the […]
Jorge Lorenzo’s difficult Ducati debut ended in a disappointing 11th following an early off-track excursion and late tyre woes. The Spaniard has struggled all winter to adjust to the Desmosedici, but an upturn in form during the Qatar test and the strength of the Ducati at Losail made his weekend prospects fairly positive. However, Lorenzo toiled for pace throughout […]