The MotoGP World Championship will no longer have intermediate tyres at their disposal during a race weekend, it has been decided in the latest Grand Prix Commission meeting held this week. French tyre manufacturer Michelin, who became the series’ sole tyre supplier at the start of this season, added the intermediate tyre to its roster […]
The FIM have released the latest draft of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship calendar, with the only change being the moving of the German Grand Prix from the Sachsenring forward by two weeks. The initial schedule had the German round pencilled in for July 16, but has been brought forward to July 2 to avoid […]
This week, the Superbike Commission announced their plans for a radical new reversed grid format for the second race of each WorldSBK round in a bid to spice up to the action. WorldSBK aren’t afraid to make major changes to their race weekends; 2016 saw race two take place on Sunday for the first time. […]
The 2016 MotoGP World Championship proved to be a breakthrough year for Suzuki Team Ecstar. After performing admirably in their debut season in 2015 on an underpowered GSX-RR, Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro were rewarded with a more powerful engine and a fully seamless gearbox. The GSX-RR could now stand up against the Honda RC213V […]
The World Superbike Championship is set to adopt a radical, if somewhat confusing, reverse grid format for the second race of each round, the Superbike Commission have confirmed amongst other changes in their latest meeting. Currently, the grid for both races is determined by the results of Saturday’s Superpole session. Whilst this format will remain […]
The winter shutdown for the MotoGP paddock may be in full swing, but that hasn’t stopped several of its big names from competing in other motorsport disciplines. Nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi was once again back in action at the Monza Rally in his VR46-liveried Ford Fiesta which was prepared for the event by World […]
2016 should have been another dominant year for the Movistar Yamaha team. After a 2015 campaign that saw both of their riders tally up 11 wins between them and secure all three world championships, it was hard to look past at least one of the factory Yamaha riders romping to success again this season. The […]
Hospitals across the globe have seen a sharp increase in World Superbike stars this past month after a number of riders underwent surgery, either to rectify pre-existing injuries or to treat fresh ones. 2016 World Champion Jonathan Rea had successful surgery on his right arm to fix compartment syndrome, or arm-pump. The Northern Irishman has […]
Pata Yamaha’s Michael van der Mark has given his first thoughts on the YZF-R1 he’ll ride in the 2017 World Superbike Championship in an interview in Yamaha’s Insider e-magazine. The Dutch rider stepped up to the Superbike class of the World Championship in 2015 having won the 2014 Supersport title with the Ten Kate Honda […]
After a banner year in 2014, Marc Marquez was brought down to earth with an almighty thud in 2015. An aggressive Honda coupled with the Spaniard’s aggressive riding style was a recipe for disaster, and by the Dutch TT he trailed championship leader Valentino Rossi by a massive 69 points. Things somewhat improved in the […]
World Superbike Championship promoters Dorna Sports have released the first draft of the 2017 schedule, with a total of 13 rounds provisionally making up the calendar. Largely unchanged to this year’s, the Malaysain round is a notable omission after Sepang Circuit bosses decided against renewing its contract to stage WorldSBK. The season will once again […]
2013 World Superbike runner-up Eugene Laverty re-familiarised himself with the Aprilia RSV4 at Jerez this week during a three-day pre-season test as he prepares for his return to the series in 2017. The Northern Irishman has been racing in the MotoGP World Championship for the past two years with the Aspar team, enjoying a strong year […]