WSBK Laverty Shines In The Desert Sky
After the first three practice sessions on the opening day of the final round of the WorldSBK Championship at Losail in Qatar Eugene Laverty (Milwaukee Aprilia) was the fastest rider, with a 1’57.323 lap that put him 0.183 seconds ahead of Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team).
PEDROSA PREPARES FOR FINAL ISLAND LAP
Phillip Island, October 2006, and a MotoGP rookie named Dani Pedrosa makes his Australian Grand Prix debut aboard an orange Repsol-liveried Honda. It's an era that seems so long ago as to be unrecognisable. Fast-forward 12 years, and as MotoGP prepares to return to the Island
Mike Jones joins Angel Nieto Team for Australian MotoGP
Australia will have a second rider in the MotoGP class at the Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2018. Mike Jones has joined the Angel Nieto Team at Phillip Island, stepping up to replace Alvaro Bautista, who will in turn cover for the injured Jorge Lorenzo at Ducati.
PR Racing To Make International Roads Return At Macau With Australian Star David Johnson
British Superbike Championship stalwart’s PR Racing are set to make a notable return to International Roads competition, at the upcoming Macau Grand Prix, having secured the services of Australian star David Johnson to pilot the outfits S1000RR BMW. No stranger to the Liverp
Marc Marquez is the champion!
A race-long battle with Dovi ends with the Italian crashing with two to go, handing the Spaniard title number seven
Title near for Marquez
All Marc Marquez needs to do to secure his fifth MotoGP World Championship – reinforcing his run of “youngest-ever” statistics in the process – is to lose no more than two points to Ducati rival Andrea Dovizioso. If so (if for example Dovi is fourth and he is fifth), h
Xavier Simeon to MotoE
The line-up for next year’s MotoE championship continued to take shape, with the announcement that current MotoGP rider Xavier Simeon will be leading the Avintia team’s effort in the five-round all-electric series next year. A former Moto2 race winner, 29-year-old Simeon j
Jonas Folger back
Future Yamaha test rider Jonas Folger will be back on a MotoGP bike at official tests in the days after the Valencia GP in mid-November, as he commences duties for the currently winless manufacturer. This was confirmed to Dorna by Movistar Yamaha team director Massimo Meregall
Gardner and Nagashima join SAG
Japanese Moto2 rider Tetsuta Nagashima will join Australian Remy Gardner in the SAG (Stop And Go) Moto2 team next year, with the long-awaited confirmation of the Spanish team’s line-up. As previously reported, Gardner – son of 1987 500cc World Champion Wayne – was recrui
Front row start for Dovi, Zarco and Miller
A mere two tenths of a second covered the front row for tomorrow’s Japanese GP. And title hopeful Marc Marquez was not on of it.
Wildcards in Japan
Suzuki test rider Sylvian Guintoli was a Motegi wild card, riding a prototype version of the 2019 GSX-RR in preparation for testing at Valencia the day after the GP. The former MotoGP rider and World Superbike champion had tested at Motegi for two days last week, and placed 21st
Yamaha hoping to End Winless Streak
Yamaha’s chances of ending the company’s longest-ever winless streak – up to 24 races in Thailand – remained in doubt after an inconclusive first day of practice.