Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi ended the 23-lap Aragon Grand Prix on the podium in third after a late battle with teammate Jorge Lorenzo, but was left disappointed that an error on his part on the final two laps cost him a chance at second place. The Italian qualified sixth and came into the race worried about the […]
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda’s Nicky Hayden ended his one-off appearance in MotoGP this season in the points after battling his way to 15th at MotorLand Aragon. The former MotoGP World Champion and WorldSBK race winner was called up to replace Jack Miller, who was ruled unfit to rider after suffering several fractures in […]
The Aprilia Racing Team Gresini secured arguably their best dry weather result of the season after both Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl took the chequered flag inside the top 10. The Italian manufacturer has been making noticeable progress with its RS-GP over recent races, with the San Marino Grand Prix seeing them inside QP2 for […]
Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder made history at MotorLand Aragon when he clinched the 2016 Moto3 World Championship, becoming the first South African rider to win a lightweight class title. Binder’s championship was a highly inevitable outcome of this race, though there were permutations that would have seen it role over to the next […]
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 rider Sam Lowes has looked in supreme form all weekend, and carried that over to today’s 21-lap intermediate class race to claim a stunning second win of the season. A hint of the crushing race pace Lowes had in store was glimpsed in free practice yesterday, and it didn’t take long […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez had marked the Aragon Grand Prix as one where he could fight for the victory at before the season had even started, and he did not disappoint the legion of home supporters that turned up to this weekend’s race. Marquez was in a class of his own throughout the weekend, demolishing […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo ended today’s 23-lap Grand Prix in second place, his best result since winning the Italian Grand Prix, after a late-race scrap between himself and teammate Valentino Rossi. Lorenzo’s day got off to the worst possible start. Already lacking in confidence because of a lack of grip with the tyres, the Spaniard […]
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 have confirmed that Britain’s Bradley Smith will return to action in next month’s Japanese Grand Prix at the TwinRing Motegi having been sidelined with injury since August. Smith was competing in the 8-Hours of Oschersleben endurance race with the YART team at the end of August when he injured his leg. […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez has been threatening to notch up his first win on Spanish soil since Valencia 2014 all weekend, the Spaniard setting a frightening pace throughout practice. Taking pole by over six tenths of a second, it would take a mistake or an act of God to halt Marquez’ charge. The latter almost […]
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez blew the rest of the field away with a dominant performance in qualifying to take his 64th career pole position and fourth in a row at MotorLand Aragon. The Spaniard had quite an eventful day, as is typically the case for the double MotoGP World Champion. Marquez topped this morning’s FP3, […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Maverick Vinales was best of the rest in qualifying after placing his factory GSX-RR second on the grid for tomorrow’s 23-lap Aragon Grand Prix. The Spaniard came into today having shown well in free practice, though there was still room for improvement after finishing Friday sixth on the time sheets. The team […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo managed to find some pace in this afternoon’s qualifying session to put his YZR-M1 third on the grid for tomorrow’s 23-lap Aragon Grand Prix. The Spaniard has been struggling for pace all weekend, Lorenzo finding that his Yamaha is lacking a lot of edge grip on both the front and rear. Having […]