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SUZUKI SATELLITE TEAM
Will Suzuki join the major factories with a satellite team in the future? Possibly in 2018, said team manager Davide Brivio. “But it will be very difficult. “Suzuki has never had any experience with satellite team, and the resources are focused on the
Laverty keeps finger in MotoGP pie
Eugene Laverty’s departure from MotoGP to World Superbikes might not mean we never see the Ulsterman in MotoGP again. After an impressively consistent season, Laverty quit the Aspar team after learning that new signing Alvaro Bautista would get the singl
KTM MOTOGP DEBUT PROMISING
KTM’s first full public appearance with its 2017 rivals was promising, but not sensational – with test rider Mika Kallio moving up from last place in the early sessions to qualify 20th, ahead of both Tito Rabat’s Honda and Yonny Hernandez on the Aspar Ducati.
MANZI SCORES SKY VR46 RIDE
Stefano Manzi, the Moto3 wild card sensation of the British GP, will join Pecco Bagnaia in Rossi’s new SKY VR46 Moto2 next year. Manzi, fourth at Silverstone, was signed up on the eve of the Valencia GP. The spot had been earmarke
MICHELIN STILL LISTENING AND LEARNING
Michelin technical chief Nicolas Goubert pledged to continue the rate of response to their problems that had been a source of pride in the French company’s return to the premier class after seven years away. As well as new lap and race records, said Goub
HONDA’S GRUFFER 2017 POWER
The paddock was awaiting tests on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the final GP of the year, to hear the 2017 Honda engine. At tests in Misano earlier this year, the factory riders had exercised a bike with a much gruffer exhaust note than the current music
NEW MOTO2 ENGINE ON THE WAY
A new engine for Moto2 could be revealed in a matter of weeks, according to Dorna chief Carmelo Ezpeleta, “and I think it will be a good surprise”. Negotiations were almost complete, he said. “Unless there are any problems, you will have news quite s
RUNNING OUT OF RACE NUMBERS
Has the “retiring” of racing numbers gone out of control? This was a common view at Valencia, after news on the eve of the meeting that Loris Capirossi’s erstwhile “65” was henceforth to be retired from all three classes. This was a surprise to M
Lorenzo on pole with new lap record
Jorge Lorenzo seized control in his last qualifying session as a factory Movistar Yamaha rider, with a series of ever-faster laps that lowered the lap record by tenths every time. He was one of several riders to take advantage of the short track and quick lap time, making thre
BMW GS safari - A High country adventure
Id like to lay my cards right on the table here. I’m not your average ‘package tour’ kind of guy, I’m not your regular ‘GS’ kind of guy, and I’m not even a particularly sociable kind of guy. Which probably makes me the worst possible choice to invite on an event lik
Max Biaggi and Mahindra Racing announce CIV collaboration
Italian legend teams up with Mahindra in an exciting new project
MV Agusta presents Brutale 800 RR at EICMA
New advances and components With 140 hp at 13,100 revs / min and a maximum torque of 86 Nm at 10,100 rpm / min generated by the presence of two injectors per cylinder. A package specifically developed to retain the riding dynamics and sheer exhilaration of the models prior t