Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone ended the second day of the Sepang pre-season test on top of the time sheets, while Yamaha debuted a radical new fairing with concealed winglets. The weather has played havoc with the MotoGP paddock since the private manufacturer test last week, and today was no different with the opening hours […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez has admitted that the RC213V’s new ‘big bang’ engine is still causing him issues with acceleration, a common woe of last season. The big news at the post-race Valencia test at the end of the 2016 season was Honda’s new engine, which now features a ‘big bang’ firing order as […]
Milwaukee Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty heads to Phillip Island ‘feeling confident’ after making a breakthrough with his RSV4-RF in Portimao at the weekend. The ex-Aspar MotoGP rider and 2013 WorldSBK runner-up endured a torrid opening test of the year last week in Jerez. Laverty struggled to get the bike through the corners on the first day, […]
Ducati Corse’s Jorge Lorenzo admitted after the first day of pre-season test in Malaysia that he didn’t expect to struggle on the Desmosedici GP17 as much as he did. The triple MotoGP world champion makes the switch to the Bologna-based manufacturer in 2017 after nine years with Yamaha. Lorenzo had his first taste of the […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi ended a difficult first day in Sepang happy with the progress the team has made with the YZR-M1 over the winter. The Italian veteran, who enters his 22nd year of grand prix racing in 2017, was feeling under the weather after waking this morning with a crippling migraine. Having sat in […]
Ducati test rider Casey Stoner ended the opening day of pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit on top of the time sheets ahead of team-mate Andrea Dovizioso. The first day of pre-season testing was hampered by the weather, with rain fall in the final few hours stopping play for all but a few. The […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar have pulled the covers off of their 2017 GSX-RR on the eve of the first pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. The Japanese manufacturer will enter its third year in the premier class since making their return to MotoGP fielding an all-new line-up. Former riders Maverick Vinales and Aleix […]
Honda World Superbike Team’s Nicky Hayden hailed the two-day pre-season test at Jerez as ‘useful’, as the Kentucky rider completed his first laps on the all-new CBR1000RR SP2. The 2006 MotoGP World Champion made the step over to WorldSBK with Honda last season and gelled with the series instantly, taking his maiden victory just six rounds into […]
Kawasaki Puccetti Racing have called on the services of 2016 British Superbike Championship runner-up rider and World Superbike race winner Leon Haslam for the upcoming test in Portugal this weekend. Puccetti Racing, who are making the step up to the top tier of production bike racing this season, would have been hoping to build on […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Marco Melandri enjoyed a ‘positive’ two days of testing at the Jerez circuit in Spain as he gears up for his World Superbike return this season. The former 250cc world champion makes his return to racing in 2017 following a year on the sidelines after a disastrous half-season with Gresini Aprilia in MotoGP […]
Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark is beginning to get to grips with the YZF-R1 he’ll ride in the 2017 World Superbike Championship following a highly productive two days of testing in Jerez. The 2014 World Supersport champion joins the Crescent team following two years in WorldSBK with Ten Kate Honda. The Dutchman replaces 2014 […]
The Heads of the Valleys Development Company, the firm behind the £425million Circuit of Wales project in the Ebbw Vale, have been given two weeks by the Welsh Government to submit a new, feasible funding plan, according to BBC Wales. The Circuit of Wales was awarded a deal by MotoGP commercial rights holders Dorna Sports […]