Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS enjoyed a strong end to their day at the Sepang International Circuit. Jack Miller topped the second MotoGP free practice session earlier today, whilst Franco Morbidelli heads into Saturday as the man to beat in Moto2. The Moto2 riders have only really had one session of meaningful running today after […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda’s Jack Miller ended a damp second free practice at the Sepang International Circuit fastest after a late lap on slick tyres. The session started with most going out one wet tyres, but a slow-drying track meant that slick running was confined to final few minutes of FP2 and by […]
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder ended the first day of track action from the Sepang International Circuit fastest of all by virtue of his time from free practice one, whilst Aspar Mahindra’s Pecco Bagnaia topped the wet second session. It was a day of contrasting weather for the Moto3 riders. This morning’s FP1 started […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez topped the opening practice session from a newly surfaced and re-profiled Sepang Circuit by two tenths of a second from Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales. The circuit has undergone significant changes since last year’s race, with a number of the corners re-profiled and a new asphalt laid to improve grip and smooth […]
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow heads to this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix as a double Grand Prix winner after securing victory last weekend at Phillip Island, though is keeping his feet on the ground regarding potential further success at Sepang. The British rider rode a stunning race last time out in Australia to become the first […]
Ducati Corse’s Andrea Iannone says that he is ‘happy to be able to return to the track’ at this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix following four races spent watching from home with a back injury. The Italian rider suffered a fracture to his T3 vertebra in a fast crash during second free practice for the San […]
The MotoGP World Championship heads to Malaysia and to the Sepang International Circuit for the 17th round of the 2016 season, capping off the most gruelling part of the championship at the most physically demanding races. Malaysia has been a fixture on the Grand Prix calendar since 1991, though originally the race was staged at […]
2015 Asia Talent Cup and this year’s Red Bull Rookies Cup Champion Ayumu Sasaki will join the Sepang International Circuit Moto3 team for the 2017 season. He will join Malaysian Adam Norrodin at the squad next year. At just 16 years old, Sasaki already has an impressive CV to his name. He romped to 17 […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maverick Vinales heads to the Sepang International Circuit with third place in the world championship standings as his target, after closing the gap to third-placed Jorge Lorenzo to just 11 points in Australia. The Spaniard put in a storming performance on his GSX-RR Suzuki last time out at Phillip Island, Vinales coming […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi heads to the Sepang International Circuit with a chance at securing runner-up spot in the world championship from teammate Jorge Lorenzo. The nine-time World Champion capped off a difficult weekend in Australia with a heroic rider through the field from 15th to finish on the podium in second, whilst Lorenzo struggled […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa has been ruled out of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, with HRC test rider Hiroshi Aoyama filling in for the injured Spaniard. Pedrosa has been absent from the flyaway races after he fractured his right collarbone, as well as his right fibula and the fourth metatarsal in his left foot, in […]
The Kawasaki Racing Team duo of Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes head to this weekend’s final round of the 2016 WorldSBK season with the small matter of the riders’ title to decide. But with a 48-point lead with just 50 more available this year for Rea, 2013 World Champion Sykes has all but conceded defeat […]