Cal Crutchlow made yet more history on Sunday when he won his second Grand Prix of the season in Australia, becoming the first Brit to win in the country in any class and the first since 1979 to win more than one in a season in the top tier. Britain have been dominating world motorsport […]
Repsol Honda Team stand-in Nicky Hayden said that he ‘enjoyed’ his Australian Grand Prix with the factory squad, despite the fact his race ended with a crash on the penultimate lap whilst fighting for seventh. The 2006 MotoGP World Champion was called up to replace the injured Dani Pedrosa for Phillip Island, the Spaniard having […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar celebrated their second successive rostrum of the flyaway races after Maverick Vinales charged through the pack to take third, the Spaniard’s fourth podium of the season. The Spaniard suffered a woeful qualifying session yesterday. Vinales mistimed his final run in QP1 and was stuck in 13th for today’s 27-lap Australian Grand Prix. […]
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi recovered from a woeful qualifying to finish second in today’s 27-lap Australian Grand Prix, making amends for his Japan blunder last weekend. Rossi suffered his worst qualifying result since the 2011 German Grand Prix when he was with Ducati, the Italian managing a lowly 15th in the tricky conditions of […]
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow tallied up his second victory of the season following a sensational ride from the Briton in Phillip Island. Aided by Marc Marquez’ demise on lap 10, Crutchlow still reckons he could have beaten the Spaniard such was his pace and confidence. Crutchlow will likely have been one of the pre-race weekend […]
Avintia Racing’s Mike Jones ended his second MotoGP race in the points after taking the chequered flag in a respectable 15th on home soil. The Australian has acquitted himself well in his short time in the premier class as Hector Barbera’s replacement, the Spaniard currently filling in for the injured Andrea Iannone at the factory […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez has held his hands up and apologised to his team for crashing out of the lead in today’s 27-lap Australian Grand Prix, admitting that he simply pushed too hard under braking for Turn 4. The Spaniard has been in a class of his own this weekend. In qualifying he braved […]
LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow took his second win of the season after an early fall from Marc Marquez allowed the British rider to cruise off into the distance, marking the first dry weather win for a satellite rider since 2006. With very little dry track time this weekend, the 27-lap Australian Grand Prix from Phillip […]
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder took his sixth win of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship after darting off into the distance in a shortened 10-lap Australian Grand Prix. The World Champion got the holeshot off the line in the original race from RBA’s Gabriel Rodrigo, whilst behind Binder’s brother Darryn crashed at Turn 2 […]
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Stefan Bradl took his best qualifying result of the season with eighth place at Phillip Island, Aprilia’s best since Colin Edwards was seventh in Valencia back in 2003. The German has been looking strong all weekend in the horrible conditions, ending FP1 on Friday 10th fastest and heading straight through to […]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Pol Espargaro will start from the front row of the grid for the first time since the 2014 French Grand Prix, after the Spaniard stormed to third position in qualifying at Phillip Island. Espargaro joined compatriot and former Moto2 foe Marc Marquez in running slick tyres on both the front and […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda’s Jack Miller will start his home race from the second row of the grid after qualifying fifth, though felt more was achievable today had it not been for a mistake on his final flying lap. The Australian rider has shone so far this weekend in the adverse weather conditions […]