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Racing legend Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark’s business card describes the 80-year-old as “The choice of champions”. Overleaf, a list of 15 names runs from Gary Hocking (1961 350/500cc) through to Kenny…

Yamaha has dumped the 2017 chassis

While Vinales won the first two races and again in France and Rossi won in Assen, at low-grip tracks and in hot conditions both had struggled badly with wheelspin and…
MotoGP

Viñales on pole at Misano

Maverick Vinales took his fourth pole of the season at Misano, heading a front row covered by just 0.197 of a second and including all three title contenders. The Movistar…
Opinion

In Pit Lane- MAKING THE DIFFERENCE DIFFERENTLY

Race engineering is largely a matter of fashion. Or to put it another way – as former world champion and revered crew chief to Kenny Roberts Senior,…
MotoGP

ROSSI DEFIANT: ‘I’LL BE BACK’

Valentino Rossi has defied critics who thought his latest double fracture might be a break too far for the 38-year-old veteran, promising fans he will be back on his…
MotoGP

Silverstone’s layout causes confusion

Silverstone’s layout – especially the trade-mark to-and-fro swerves early in the lap between Maggots and Chapel – combined with hard-paved run-off areas there tempted many riders to take short-cuts through…
MotoGP

Aleix Espargaro struggling with injuries

Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro was battling serious pain and “rationing my strength” after suffering rib injuries in a go-kart crash after the Austrian GP. The all-internal damage to ligaments and…
MotoGP

Bike-change procedure update

“It has,” as Rossi said, “something good and something bad compared to the old system.: But, he added, if it was intended to prevent collisions like that between Espargaro and…
MotoGP

Proposed MotoGP bike swap procedure

In that race, not only did Loris Baz knock one of his mechanics over, but Iannone coming in collided with the exiting Aleix Espargaro. Iannone fall off, and his sliding…
MotoGP

Thomas Luthi to fill Miller's vacant seat

The more surprising was the rider filling the vacant seat at the EG VDS team: long-serving Moto2 rider Thomas Luthi, at 30 years old. The Swiss former 125 champion (2005)…
MotoGP

Cal Crutchlow fastest on home turf

The rider from Coventry, some 40 miles away, lapped the Northamptonshire circuit – at 5.9 km longest of the year – in 2m 00.897 seconds (175.6 km/h), inside the race…
MotoGP

Mass reshuffle of MotoGP

A mass reshuffle of MotoGP midfield hopefuls resolved the immediate future of at least two riders at the Red Bull Ring – with Jack Miller departing Honda for Ducati, and…