Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jonathan Rea ended the final day of World Superbike testing in Jerez top of the pile despite a fall mid-session. The reigning world champion came into Wednesday’s running as the man to beat after topping yesterday’s time sheets with a 1m40.162s. Rea was able to improve by three tenths of a second […]
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow has been awarded the prestigious Torrens Trophy following a sensational season in which he became Britain’s first premier class race winner in 35 years. The prize, awarded in honour of former motorcycle journalist Arthur Bourne who wrote under the name of Torrens, is given to those who have been deemed by […]
Reigning world champion Jonathan Rea led the time sheets at the end of the opening day of pre-season testing from Jerez from Kawasaki Racing team-mate Tom Sykes. Some of the team present had already tested their 2017 machines extensively towards the end of last year, and as such today was just about getting reacquainted with […]
British team Shaun Muir Racing has unveiled the RSV-4RF Aprilia that Eugene Laverty and Lorenzo Savadori will ride in the 2017 World Superbike Championship ahead of the first pre-season test in Jerez. SMR made their world championship debut last season after dominating the British Superbike Championship with Josh Brookes and the Yamaha YZF-R1. The team […]
The CEO of MotoGP owners Dorna Sports, Carmelo Ezpeleta, has confirmed the Spanish company’s plans to create a British Talent Cup. In an interview with motogp.com last week, former grand prix winner and the man behind the careers of some of the sport’s biggest names Alberto Puig revealed Dorna’s plans to create an affordable series […]
Triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo has given his first thoughts on Ducati and the Desmosedici at the Italian marque’s 2017 team presentation in Bologna today. Lorenzo, who moves away from Yamaha after nine years with the Japanese manufacturer this season, has been forced to keep quiet about Ducati until January 1 due to contract requirements […]
Josh Brookes will make a wild-card appearance in the opening round of the 2017 World Superbike season on his British Superbike title-winning Yamaha. The 2015 BSB champion made the step over to WorldSBK last season with Sean Muir Racing, though the British outfit lost their Yamaha support and ran BMW machinery instead. Unfortunately, a lack […]
Dorna Sports, the commercial rights holder behind the MotoGP World Championship, could be expanding its junior championship programme into the United Kingdom in a bid to help up-and-coming British riders into grand prix racing. Britain has a glorious history in motorcycle grand prix racing. The first round of the World Championship back in 1949 was […]
The Movistar Yamaha Team have unveiled the new YZR-M1 Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales will challenge for the 2017 MotoGP World Championship with in a presentation in Barcelona today. The 2017 YZR-M1 bears a striking resemblance to last year’s bike, with the livery only changing slightly. The bottom of the fairing is now blue in […]
Former Toyota Formula One Driver and World Endurance Champion Allan McNish reckons that motorsport in Scotland is in a strong state at present, thanks to a hugely competitive club scene and the revival of the Ecurie Ecosse driver programme. “Scottish motorsport, is it healthy? Club motorsport in Scotland, SMRC, Knockhill, yes it’s healthy,” the three-time […]
Reigning European Superstock 1000 Champion Raffaele De Rosa will remain with Althea BMW in 2017 in a testing capacity. De Rosa will also make wild-card appearances over the course of the season in World Superbikes. The Italian rider wrapped up the STK1000 title at the final round of the season at Jerez, and contested the […]
BBC Formula One commentator and former World Endurance Champion Allan McNish shared his thoughts on the upcoming season with Read Motorsport at the Autosport Show, the Scotsman expecting improvements taking place behind Mercedes but not a total shake-up of the norm. The 2017 season will see some of the biggest technical changes in a long […]