MV Agusta’s Leon Camier has admitted that changing to slicks during today’s 21-lap race one at Magny-Cours likely would have made little impact on his finishing position, after the British rider slipped from the lead to seventh having stayed out on wet tyres. Camier enjoyed a strong qualifying in the wet conditions, taking his MV […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies took his sixth win of the 2016 season after, what he described as, an ‘educated guess’ on tyre choice at Magny-Cours saw him conquer in the changeable conditions. The Welsh rider looked strong in the wet conditions, qualifying third in this morning’s Superpole session. Though the track was still damp by […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies took a sensational race one victory at Magny-Cours after a gamble to start the 21-lap contest on the intermediate tyres paid off in the changeable conditions. Davies has looked strong in practice and threatened to challenge for the victory in the dry conditions. This morning’s Superpole was run in wet conditions, […]
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jonathan Rea dominated a wet second Superpole session in France to claim his maiden pole position of the season, amazingly his first since the Thailand round last year. The World Champion Elect was in supreme form from the off in SP2, immediately setting the timing screens ablaze. A string of fast laps […]
Honda Racing’s Michael van der Mark ended the first day of track action at Magny-Cours sixth fastest and progresses through to SP2 despite losing the entirety of FP1 to an mechanical fault. The Ducth rider was forced to watch FP1 from the sidelines after his CBR1000RR Honda developed an engine problem which couldn’t be fixed […]
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Tom Sykes endured a difficult first day of track action at Magny-Cours ahead of this weekend’s 11th round of the 2016 WorldSBK season. The Yorkshireman lost most of the afternoon free practice session due to a reoccurring rear brake issue, affecting him 10 minutes into FP2 and again not long after he […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies kicked off his French WorldSBK round in style after topping both practice sessions on Friday. Davies shot to the top of the standings early on in FP2, improving on his time from FP1 by four tenths of a second to a 1m37.836s to go two tenths faster than anyone else. MV […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies topped the opening practice session at Magny Cours ahead of the tenth round of the 2016 World Superbike Championship, edging out Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea in the closing stages. The Welshman comes into this weekend off the back of a mixed German round. Davies dominated the opening race at the Lausitzing for […]
World Superbike Championship leader Jonathan Rea heads to the French round of the 2016 season at Magny-Cours with a 47-point advantage over Kawasaki teammate Tom Sykes, but has expressed his discontent at this and is aiming to increase it further this weekend. Rea enjoyed a mixed weekend last time out at the Lauistzring. His championship […]
The Aspar Moto3 team have confirmed that Spaniard Albert Arena will join the squad next season, partnering Lorenzo Dalla Porta. The 2015 Moto3 CEV Repsol Championship runner-up, Arenas has enjoyed a busy year of racing activity. The Spaniard, still contesting CEV with Aspar, made several wild card appearances in the World Championship with the team […]
The FIM and Dorna Sports have announced its plans for a new feeder category for the World Superbike Championship. It will be called World Supersport 300 and joins the World Supersport class as a stepping stone into the world’s premier production-based motorcycle championship. WorldSSP 300 has been designed with aim of providing the World Superbike […]
It was another eventful MotoGP weekend in 2016 at MotorLand Aragon. We saw our first World Champion of the season crowned in spectacular fashion, another master-class from Marc Marquez and some frankly ridiculous decision making by race officials. Hail to the King The likelihood of Brad Binder winning the Moto3 World Championship in Aragon was […]