The first three-day pre-season test ahead of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship is done and dusted, and we now have our very first glimpses of just what might be in store for us when racing gets under way proper next month. Obviously, this was the first time in several months that many had ridden a […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda’s Tito Rabat has undergone a successful operation on injuries sustained in a crash on the second day of pre-season testing at the Sepang International Circuit. The 2014 Moto2 world champion had been hard at work evaluating several new components on his RC213V when he crashed heavily at Turn 11 […]
Monster Tech 3 Yamaha’s Johann Zarco leaves Malaysia in positive spirits, after a strong final day of running at the Sepang International Circuit saw him dip under the 2m00s mark on the time sheets. The double Moto2 world champion, like fellow intermediate class rivals Alex Rins, Sam Lowes and Tech 3 team-mate Jonas Folger, makes […]
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Sam Lowes reckons he is heading in the right direction following a positive three-day test at the Sepang International Circuit. The British rider, who’ll make his premier class debut this season having spent the last three years in Moto2, spent the test acclimatising to MotoGP machinery by putting miles on last […]
Movistar Yamaha’s new boy Maverick Vinales ended his second official pre-season test top of the time sheets once again after a productive final day in Sepang, leading him to brand the 2017 YZR-M1 as the ‘best bike at the moment.’ The 2013 Moto3 world champion spent this week mostly focussing on race pace, completing 178 laps across all […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez concluded the three-day pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit third on the combined times and feeling pleased with the progress he made with the new RC213V. HRC came into this test with a host of new parts to try, not least a new version of the ‘big bang’ engine to […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales topped a tight final day of running at the Sepang International Circuit with the best lap of the week. The Spaniard made headlines in Valencia last year when he topped the two-day test on his Yamaha debut. Having looked strong all week on the YZR-M1, perhaps it is no surprise to see him setting […]
Aspar Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista continued to post impressive times on the second day of pre-season testing from the Sepang International Circuit on his GP16. Bautista makes his Ducati debut this season with the team that took him to the 2006 125cc world championship having spent the last two years with Aprilia. Despite the Desmosedici GP […]
The Movistar Yamaha duo of Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi spent the second day of the Sepang test trialling a new chassis and fairing on their way to second and fourth on the time sheets respectively. With ‘winglets’ banned for the 2017 season, the manufacturers have been hard at work developing replacement solutions to replicate […]
Ducati Corse’s Jorge Lorenzo says that he is happy with his day’s work at the Sepang pre-season test after taking major strides in his understanding of the Desmosedici GP17 following a troublesome first day on Tuesday. The Spaniard was well over a second off of the pace set by Ducati test rider Casey Stoner at the end […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone ended the second day of running at the Sepang International Circuit on top of the time sheets, the Italian putting his strong pace down to ‘small improvements’ in the set-up of his GSX-RR. Though poor track conditions hindered the field during the opening hours of the session, Iannone and Suzuki […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda rider Tito Rabat will not take part in the final day of the Sepang test tomorrow after he suffered a fracture to his right hand and several toes in crash today. The 2014 Moto2 world champion had been carrying out some evaluation work on the new front and rear […]