Avintia Racing Ducati’s Hector Barbera ended the first day of practice at his home race down in 13th after troublesome time in the afternoon session. The Spaniard has been looking forward to this race all season, citing it has his ‘most anticipated race’ of the year. The day started off positively for Barbera. After the […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez ended the first day of hostilities at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit ahead of the Grand Prix of Valencia second fastest, forcing the Spaniard to hail Friday as ‘positive’. Marquez got off to a steady start this morning, taking the chequered flag third fastest having focussed his time evaluating the softer compound […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo opened up his final weekend with the Japanese manufacturer in the best possible fashion, topping the time sheets in both free practice sessions on Friday in Valencia. The Spaniard began the day dominantly, dipping underneath the lap record by just over three tenths of a second with a 1m31.045s. In the […]
Estrella Galicia Marc VDS’ Franco Morbidelli heads into Saturday’s track action as the man to beat after topping the second free practice session in Valencia for the Moto2 World Championship. The Italian rider comes into this weekend seeking his first Grand Prix victory, and has made his intentions very clear over his target on Sunday. […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo carried on as he started in this afternoon’s second free practice session ahead of the Grand Prix of Valencia, topping the time sheets by an impressive three tenths of a second from Honda’s Marc Marquez. Lorenzo was under lap record pace already in this morning’s session, setting a 1m31.045s to go […]
Garage Plus Interwetten rider Tom Luthi ended the first Moto2 practice of the weekend on top in a session interrupted by an early red flag. Idemitsu Honda Team Asia’s Takaaki Nakagami’s machine deposited fluid on his rear tyre as he exited the final corner five minutes into the session, sending the Japanese rider skyward. Luckily […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo started his final weekend with the Japanese manufacturer on top of the times sheets in the first free practice session, blitzing his race record time from 2015. After nine years, Lorenzo will depart Yamaha for Ducati next season and has his sights set on ending a very prosperous partnership with one last victory […]
The RBA Racing Team got their Valencia Grand Prix weekend off to a perfect start as both of their riders headed the time sheets at the end of first free practice for the Moto3 class. It was a typically cold November morning at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, and this caught out a number of riders. […]
Mahindra wild-card Stefano Manzi will join Pecco Bagnaia at the Valentino Rossi-backed Sky VR46 Racing Team in the Moto2 World Championship next season, it has been confirmed. The Italian made his Grand Prix debut last year with Team Italia in the Moto3 World Championship, though failed to produce any world-altering results on his Mahindra. Manzi […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS rider Tito Rabat is looking to end a difficult rookie campaign on a positive note in front of his home fans in Valencia this weekend. The Spaniard stepped up to the MotoGP class at the start of this season having won the Moto2 World Championship in dominant fashion in 2014. […]
KTM Factory Racing will make their long-awaited MotoGP debut as a full factory effort at this weekend’s Valencian Community Grand Prix, with Finnish rider Mika Kallio taking the RC-16 into battle for the very first time. The Austrian manufacturer announced back in 2014 that it was going to enter the top tier of motorcycle racing, […]
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain will continue to stage a round of the MotoGP World Championship until at least 2021, after the Minister of Business and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Jordi Baiget, agreed a new deal with MotoGP’s commercial rights holder Dorna Sports. The Spanish venue has been a part of the […]