MotoGP, BREAKING – Puig new Honda team manager Alberto replaces Livio Suppo as head of the HRC factory team and will be Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa’s ‘new boss’ Alberto Puig will be the new Team Manager of the factory Honda Repsol team in MotoGP. A post that became vacant when Livio Suppo decided to … Read more
MotoGP, Mandatory airbags for riders from 2018 From this season all the participants in the various categories of the world must wear the safety device From 2018, it will be compulsory across all classes within the FIM MotoGP World Championship for riders’ race suits to be fitted with airbag systems. These must be worn in … Read more
After 38 years behind the mic, MotoGP’s Nick Harris left the commentary box for the very last time It’s a very good afternoon to you here from the Ricardo Tormo Circuit, it’s the 18th round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship. I’m Nick Harris, sitting alongside me as always is Matt Birt and down in … Read more
The truth behind Britain, MotoGP and World Superbike Many Britons wonder why British riders do so well in WSB and not so well in MotoGP. It’s a long story, says Mat Oxley… Congratulations are due to Jonathan Rea; heaps of congratulations: his MotoGP-beating lap time at Jerez last week, his history-making third consecutive World Superbike … Read more
4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 5 Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 10 Xavier Simeon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 12 Thomas Luthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 17 Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 19 Alvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 21 Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 … Read more
Why Andrea Dovizioso is already 2017’s MotoGP winner Andrea Dovizioso’s hopes of clinching a first MotoGP title this weekend at Valencia are slim, but Oriol Puigdemont argues the Ducati rider will leave Spain as a winner regardless Many parallels have been made between this MotoGP season and 2006, when Nicky Hayden defied the odds … Read more
MotoGP: Mick Doohan talks Marquez, Dovi, Rossi.. A chat with five-time 500cc world champion Mick Doohan during the Malaysian MotoGP pre-event, held at the national Velodrom on Wednesday… Q: First of all Mick, what did you think of that race at Phillip Island? Mick Doohan: It was great, wasn’t it! To be fair, I wasn’t … Read more
Australian GP: Rossi and Dovizioso lied to us. Valentino exaggerated the problems with the Yamaha M1, while Andrea was convinced that the Ducati GP17 would be fast everywhere. Rossi and Dovizioso lied to us. The Yamaha is not as desperately behind as Vale often led us to believe, neither is this year’s Ducati as competitive … Read more
Australian MotoGP: Top 5 quotes after race Marc Marquez “It was such an amazing race, I think we put on a fantastic show for the fans! I’m very happy, as I knew that today was important. Dovi was struggling a little this weekend, while I was feeling really good on the bike and had to … Read more
What’s it really like to work with Valentino Rossi? Few would argue that Valentino Rossi is MotoGP’s ‘GOAT’ – but what’s it really like to work with The Doctor on a day-to-day basis? We asked Aussie mechanic Alex Briggs, a long-standing member of the Rossi squad. Alex Briggs has lived the ultimate MotoGP mechanic life. … Read more
Analysis: Why Pedrosa’s helplessness is Michelin’s frustration The tyre problems that have robbed Dani Pedrosa of any chance to fight in certain MotoGP races this year have been a source of great frustration to Michelin, which is trying to help the Spanish veteran. Last Sunday at Motegi, Pedrosa withdrew from the race with four laps … Read more
MotoGP: Radical testing rule changes for coming seasons The next two seasons will see a radical change in the way that MotoGP goes testing, after the FIM today confirmed major changes to the testing program, as first reported in today’s MCN. The first changes will come into effect for the 2018 season, with a new … Read more
Repsol Honda Marc Marquez (End of 2018) Dani Pedrosa (End of 2018) Movistar Yamaha Valentino Rossi (End of 2018) Maverick Vinales (End of 2018) Ducati Team Jorge Lorenzo (End of 2018) Andrea Dovizioso (End of 2018) Suzuki Andrea Iannone (End of 2018) Alex Rins (End of 2018) KTM Bradley Smith (End of 2018, but rumoured … Read more
Bradley Smith has struggled since the start of 2016 – this is what has wrongfooted the Briton Changing tyre brands can make or break bike racers. There’s a long history of top riders riding the crest of a wave, changing tyre brands, then disappearing without trace. In 1998 Simon Crafar was riding high on 500s. … Read more
Doohan style: Rossi used thumb brake after leg break To compensate for reduced function in his right leg, the ‘Doctor’ used the technical solution first experimented with by the Aus Just over three weeks after he broke both the tibia and fibula in his right leg, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) secured a front row … Read more
Thailand has been confirmed on the MotoGP™ calendar from 2018. Sakon Wannapong, the Governor of Sport Authority of Thailand, and Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna Sports CEO, signed the contract in a ceremony in Bangkok chaired by his excellency General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, with Pongpanu Svetarundra, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, also in … Read more
MotoGP Silverstone: ‘Until it’s done, the championship is completely open’ Andrea Dovizioso believes the 2017 MotoGP championship will be “completely open” until the final race weekend at Valencia, after Sunday’s British Grand Prix saw the dramatic five-way title fight take another dramatic turn. Just when it appears that one rider is gaining a foothold in … Read more
Ohlins MotoGP carbon forks: worth ten seconds over race distance… “Where would Valentino Rossi have ended up in the 2015 MotoGP season had he been ten seconds faster in every race,” is a question posed by Ohlins race engineer Thomas Alatalo when asked about the benefits of using the firm’s carbon forks. It may sound … Read more
23 August 2017 British MotoGP at Silverstone set to mark Valentino Rossi’s 300th start in the premier-class. Valentino Rossi is scheduled to become the first rider in history to reach the milestone of 300 premier-class starts, in this weekend’s British MotoGP at Silverstone. From the official MotoGP stats: Rossi has started 299 of the 851 … Read more
MotoGP Austria: Folger gives insight into Marquez strength Want to know just what it takes to win in MotoGP? Jonas Folger has shed a light on the substantial talents of Marc Marquez, explaining how the current championship leader adapts his riding style over a race to match the ever-changing performance of his tyres. The class … Read more