Halliday Clinches 2018 Kawasaki Supersport Title at Winton
Cru Halliday (Yamaha Factory Racing, Yamaha YZF-R6) has taken out the 2018 Kawasaki Supersport Championship here at the Spokes.com.au presents Round 6 at Winton Motor Raceway. Halliday also collected the overall round win with a second in race one and a win in race two, to wrap i
Troy Herfoss Secures 2018 YMI Superbike Championship!
Troy Herfoss (Penrite Honda Racing, CBR1000SP) has captured the 2018 YMI Superbike Championship, in what was an epic showdown at the Spokes.com.au presents Round 6 of the Yamaha Motor Finance Australian Superbike Championship presented by Motul Pirelli (ASBK). He managed to wrap
Valentino Rossi presents 2018 Misano helmet
Rossi kept up his tradition of a special helmet for home GPs, with his AGV lid sporting words and pictures based on the “Back to the Future II” movie, with Rossi as time traveller Marty McFly and crew chief Silvano Galbusera as mad scientist Doc. The “Back to Misano” t
Marquez crash
Marc Marquez’s sprint from gravel trap to pit box (which included a ride on a photographer’s scooter in between the leg work), and his subsequent narrow escape from another crash on his final run, were even more heroic than was obvious. It was all accomplished with a small
Misano MotoGP qualifying
Jorge Lorenzo claimed his third pole of the season and his second in a row with an new all-out record at the Misano World Circuit today. The factory Ducati rider dominated a dramatic session in which title leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) hit the ground running after a dramatic
Bradley Smith To Aprilia Test Role
Bradley Smith’s MotoGP career has been saved, at least in part, after the British rider inked a deal to join Aprilia as test rider in the Italian factory’s upgraded test team next year. The job will also offer “several wild card rides”, according to an official statement
Silverstone Under Fire
Discontented rumblings about the Silverstone resurfacing debacle continued, with Marc Marquez saying that the track needs a complete resurfacing, “but in a good way”, before it will be possible to hold a MotoGP race there. “Now we know, but only after the race, that they h
2019 MotoGP Calendar Released
The provisional 2019 calendar was released in the days before the Misano GP, with little changed from this year. There are again 19 races – the threat of a 20th round in Mexico having been averted.
Rossi refuses a handshake
The simmering feud at the top of the premier class was renewed at Misano, when Valentino Rossi openly snubbed Marc Marquez’s proffered handshake at the pre-event press conference.
Andrea Dovizioso leads on day one at San Marino MotoGP
Ducatis were in control after a somewhat fraught first day at Misano, with threatening weather suggesting that today’s top ten will be crucial for Saturday’s Q2, and both Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi not in the frame after the morning session. Marquez (Repsol Honda) ma
DIRT TRACK STARS HEAD TO GUNNEDAH THIS WEEKEND
Riders are coming from as far afield as Townsville in the north and Mildura in the west, as well as one American, to contest this weekend’s 2018 Australian Senior Dirt Track Championship meeting at the Balcary Park Raceway at Gunnedah (NSW). A classy line-up of riders should e
MotoGP riders meet the Pope at the Vatican
Ahead of the Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), teammate Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar), Danilo Petrucci (Alma Pramac Racing) and teammate Jack Miller were joined by Dorna personnel headed by CE