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The factory Yamaha team has revealed it reverted back to the 2016 YZR–M1 chassis for the Valencia Grand Prix as its struggles with the 2017 frame continued. Yamaha has struggled all season with its 2017 M1, with various chassis updates – including the introduction of a 2018 prototype at Silverstone – yielding mixed results for […]
KTM CEO Stefan Pierer has told German media that Johann Zarco is the ‘only MotoGP rider I am seriously considering’ to form part of the Austrian marque’s line–up for the 2019 season. 2017 marked KTM‘s first season as a factory entrant in the premier class, with the team finishing fifth in the constructors’ standings ahead […]
Andrea Dovizioso admits he simply was not strong enough in Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix to challenge for the win needed to keep his slim MotoGP title hopes alive. The Ducati rider was 21 points adrift of standings leader Marc Marquez ahead of the 30–lap finale in Spain, and needed to win and hope the Spaniard […]
Newly-crowned MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has branded main title rival Andrea Dovizioso as an ‘incredible opponent’, and was disappointed not to celebrate with him on the podium. Marquez came into the final round of the 2017 season 21 points clear of the Italian, and needed simply to finish inside the top 11 if Dovizioso […]
Dani Pedrosa pipped Johann Zarco to victory in a dramatic Valencia Grand Prix, as Marc Marquez secured his fourth MotoGP crown after a late crash for rival Andrea Dovizioso. Marquez held a 21–point advantage over Dovizioso in the title race, and only needed to finish inside the top 11 if the Ducati rider were to […]
Miguel Oliveira eased to KTM’s third successive Moto2 victory ahead of 2017 world champion Franco Morbidelli, while Brad Binder made it two KTMs on the podium in third. Pole man Alex Marquez took the holeshot at the start despite a raid into the first corner by team–mate Morbidelli, while Mattia Pasini slotted into third. Morbidelli […]
Jorge Martin cruised to a maiden grand prix victory in Moto3, while Joan Mir recovered from an off early in the race to finish second and secure the outright points record of 341 in the lightweight class. On top of the points record, World champion Mir came into his final race in the lightweight class […]
Silverstone has agreed a new three-year deal with Dorna Sports to remain as host of the British round of the MotoGP World Championship, ending speculation of a return to Donington Park for the series. Silverstone played host to grand prix motorcycling’s first British Grand Prix on the mainland in 1977, and remained until 1987 when […]
Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales blamed his 13th in MotoGP qualifying for Valencia Grand Prix on issues under braking, and branded his situation ‘impossible’ to solve. Vinales was forced to go into the first part of qualifying for the second time in four races, and once again failed to progress through to Q2 – the Spaniard lining […]
MotoGP standings leader Marc Marquez admits he is wary of the threat posed to him by fellow front row starters Johann Zarco and Andrea Iannone for Sunday’s title decider in Valencia. Marquez starts on pole for the eighth time in 2017 despite tallying up his 27th crash of the season in qualifying, while main championship rival […]
Alex Marquez claimed the final Moto2 pole position of the 2017 season after setting the best lap of the session in the early stages of qualifying. The pace was hot from the off in qualifying, with Italtrans rider Mattia Pasini shooting to the top of the pile with the fastest lap of the weekend of […]
Marc Marquez will start the 2017 MotoGP title decider from pole position despite a late crash, while main rival Andrea Dovizioso will start from a lowly ninth. Marquez was in imperious form throughout third and fourth practice, and immediately set the benchmark pace in Q2 with a 1m30.424s, though only by 0.036 seconds over Ducati’s […]