Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder has undergone successful surgery on a broken left arm in Barcelona. The South African rider sustained the injury in a crash during testing in Valencia on Monday. The 2016 Moto3 World Champion will make the step up to the Moto2 World Championship next season with Ajo Motorsport on the new […]
Spanish Moto2 debutante Jorge Navarro’s 2017 preparations have been put on hold until next year after he suffered a dislocated left shoulder during pre-season testing in Valencia. Navarro has had problems with his left shoulder dislocating all season, and had planned to have surgery to rectify the issue in December. The Spaniard had just returned […]
Spain’s Jorge Navarro made his Moto2 debut in last week’s two-day test at Jerez with the Gresini Team, and was left feeling extremely satisfied with his time on the bike. Navarro endured a mixed final year in the Moto3 World Championship. After starting it strong with three podium finishes from the first five races, the […]
Former 250cc World Champion Marco Melandri made an ’emotional’ debut at the Aruba.it Ducati team this week at MotorLand Aragon during a two-day 2017 pre-season test. The Italian rider has been on the sidelines since departing from the Gresini Aprilia squad halfway through a woeful 2015 campaign in MotoGP. Unable to secure a ride in […]
The Red Bull KTM Ajo team wheeled out their Moto2 challenger in public for the first time on Wednesday at the Jerez pre-season test, as they prepare for their intermediate class debut in 2017 with Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira. KTM announced back in 2014 that they would be entering the MotoGP World Championship as a full works effort […]
The MotoGP field were back in action today for the final day of official pre-season testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit before the winter shutdown, and it was another interesting day. Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales impressed everyone yesterday when he gelled with the YZR-M1 instantly and ended the day on top of the time sheets. The Spaniard […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s newest signing Alex Rins was taken to hospital after a nasty crash at Turn 12 during the second day of pre-season testing in Valencia, where it was revealed he had suffered an injury to his back. The Spanish rider endured a pretty bruising second half to the 2016 season and would have been […]
Former Moto2 World Champion Stefan Bradl made his World Superbike debut today at the MotorLand Aragon Circuit, as pre-season testing got underway ahead of the 2017 World Championship. The German rider makes the step over to WorldSBK with the Ten Kate Honda team having spent the last five years in the MotoGP World Championship, three […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda’s Tito Rabat says that he is heading into the winter break with renewed confidence after a successful couple of days of testing in Valencia on an updated RC213V. The Spanish rider was handed a new chassis from HRC to test, the same one Cal Crutchlow has been riding since […]
The Barni Racing Team have confirmed Xavi Fores will remain with them for the 2017 World Superbike Championship. This will be the Spaniard’s second successive season with the Italian squad. Fores has enjoyed a stellar 2016 campaign with the satellite Ducati outfit. The Spaniard took a maiden rostrum at the German round at the Lausitzring […]
After an intriguing first day of 2017 pre-season testing from the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia yesterday, the MotoGP paddock was back in action for their final official running of the season. There were a number of front-page-worthy stories from yesterday, and one of them was the performance of Maverick Vinales on his maiden Yamaha […]
Francesco Bagnaia described his first experience on a MotoGP bike as ‘incredible’ after he completed nine laps of the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia on the Aspar Ducati GP14.2. The Italian rider was made a deal by his team boss after he remarked whilst sitting on Eugene Laverty’s bike that he would love a shot. […]