Viñales victorious in Rd 8 at Assen
Yamaha’s long wait is over.
REMY STICKS IT ON POLE
Remy Gardner’s first pole position was promptly hailed by his absent father Wayne. “He was on the phone when I got back to my pit, so that was great,” the jubilant 21-year-old said.
Rea strikes back
SUPERPOLE Rea Romps To Misano Superpole Win Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) made the best of the last minute scramble for grid positions at Misano, setting a lap time 0.355 seconds faster than the second place rider, Sandro Cortese (GRT Yamaha) taking his third pole of 20
Josh Hook in with a shot for title defence ahead of 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours
Australia’s reigning Endurance World Champion Josh Hook and his TSR Honda squad scored a victory in the Oschersleben 8 Hour earlier this month, lifting the team to third in the 2018-2019 championship with just one round left to run. Despite Hook and his teammates Freddy Foray
MotoGP: Carnage ensues at Round 7
Marc Marquez is the last rider who needs races to be given to him; Jorge Lorenzo the last rider who would volunteer such a gift. But that’s how it happened, at their home GP in Catalunya. It was only the second of 24 laps when the new Repsol Honda rider triggered bedlam, taking
An afternoon with MA
Peter Goddard is a bloke who’s achieved so much in the past 40 years it’s difficult to count his many successes. Now, as a Board Member of Motorcycling Australia for almost four years and President since September 2017, Pete and the crew at Motorcycling Australia (MA) are ear
Repsol’s 50th anniversary
A special exhibition in Barcelona this week brings together riders, bikes and cars to celebrate Repsol’s 50th anniversary as a motorsport sponsor. There will be more than 20 bikes and cars on show at the city’s famous Passeig de Gracia from June 6-15. As well as several ri
HICKMAN WINS RST SUPERBIKE RACE AFTER RED FLAG INCIDENT
Peter Hickman took victory at the opening race of the 2019 Isle of Man TT races fuelled by Monster Energy when he won a shortened RST Superbike race on the Smiths Racing BMW by 1.782s from Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) with Conor Cummins completing the podium in t
Petrucci wins at Mugello for first Grand Prix win
Petrucci wins a perfect race and gives Ducati a homecoming at the Gran Premio D’Italia Oakley
New Michelins Race Tyres
Race strategy has changed again, with the improved durability of Michelin’s current race tyres. So says Ducati Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti. “The latest tyres have almost the same performance for all the race,” he told Dorna. “The riders don’t have to go slower f
Valentino Rossi’s traditional special Mugello helmet
Crowd favourite Valentino Rossi’s traditional special Mugello helmet was relatively restrained this year. Eschewing previous essays into narrative cartoons or ironic caricatures, Rossi’s special lid was based on the Italian red-white-and-green “Tricolore” flag. Rather tha
Zannoni with strong performance
The Honda-KTM duopoly in Moto3 may be coming under threat, with an impressive debut from Italian manufacturer TM. Wild card entry Kevin Zannone, in only his third GP. The 18-year-old Italian, currently making hay in the national CIV championship, ended up second-fastest, just