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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP launch 2017

Official team launch lifts the curtain on 2017 in Madrid. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team were the first in MotoGP™ to officially unveil their 2017 line-up and livery, with riders Valentino Rossi and new teammate Maverick...

High expectations in the Moto2 season of Brad Binder

There is enough evidence to show that the jump from Moto2 to Moto3 is not easy. Champions like Sandro Cortese, Danny Kent and Álex Márquez have had a hard time getting to fight important...

2017 MotoGP calendar updated

Next year’s MotoGP World Championship dates have been revised - with Germany brought forward. MotoGP’s provisional 2017 calendar is as follows: Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 1 26/03 Qatar* Losail International Circuit 2 09/04 Republica Argentina Termas de Río Hondo 3 23/04 Americas Circuit of The Americas 4 07/05 Spain Circuito de Jerez 5 21/05 France Le Mans 6 04/06 Italy Autodromo del...

Montmeló to host Catalan GP until 2021

  The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has renewed its contract with Dorna Sports to continue hosting the Grand Prix of Catalonia until 2021. The Circuit de Montmeló has hosted a MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix ever...

Lorenzo offers one last victory to Yamaha before his departure

  He was simply unbeatable this weekend. For his last race with Yamaha, Lorenzo ended it in the best way possible, with a victory. He leaded the whole GP from the green light to the...

The final stand: Lorenzo demolishes the record in Valencia

‘Spartan’ starts from pole in his last race for Yamaha; uncatchable and ominous ahead of race day. Six tenths have been taken off the record Best Lap at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valencia, as...

Dovizioso storms Sepang as 9th winner of 2016

The unbelievable becomes the reality once again this season as 'DesmoDovi' emerges from the spray to be crowned the ninth winner. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) took his second ever victory at the Shell Malaysia Motorcycle...

Dovizioso gets the pole in Sepang

Andrea Dovizioso has got the pole positions scoring a laptime 2 tenths faster than Valentino Rossi's time. Jorge Lorenzo has scored the third one. The heavy rain that Moto2 riders had to suffer, stopped for...

Marquez Friday’s fastest despite missing FP2

2016 MotoGP World Champion heads the timesheets despite illness as rain affects FP2. The first practice session of the day for Moto3™ saw damp patches of the newly-resurfaced Sepang International Circuit hamper early laptimes, before...

Crutchlow blitzes Phillip Island for win number 2

Marquez crashes out, Rossi storms up from P15 – but Crutchlow keeps his cool for an incredible second career victory Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) has taken a stunning second GP win at Phillip Island, as...

Márquez gets the 65th pole position of his career

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) has taken pole position at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, as the new reigning World Champion chose the perfect moment to head out in the changeable conditions on full...

Crutchlow the quickest under wet conditions

After a wet morning of action at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, and a Moto3™ FP2 that saw times get significantly slower, the red flag then came out during the second session for MotoGP™...

Marquez takes the crown in Motegi drama

Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez has taken the 2016 MotoGP™ World Championship at the home of Honda – with the hand dealt by the Japanese venue seeing the cards fall perfectly for the Spaniard...

Rossi equals Marquez and Lorenzo with pole number 64

9-time World Champion top as the number 93 falters - and a bruised 'Spartan' pulls out a fast one. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) will start from pole at the Twin Ring Motegi for the...

Lorenzo draws first at Motegi

Reigning Champion quickest on Day 1 as drama crowns FP2 - and Pedrosa breaks his collarbone After Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso led the way in FP1 at the Twin Ring Motegi, skies remained perfectly blue...

Unbeatable and agressive Márquez dominates the race at Motorland

Marc Márquez wins in Aragon after a mistake which required him to make up positions. The Yamahas completed the podium after a great fight between Lorenzo and Rossi. Lorenzo had a better start than Marquez's...

Incredible pole for Márquez in Aragon

Marc Márquez led a Spanish top 3 on qualifying and got pole position ahead of Viñales and Lorenzo, who were 6 tenths behind the Catalan rider. Q1 All of the strongest riders had already made it...

Márquez the fastest in a crashed FP3

Honda continues in the lead of MotoGP this weekend at Aragon with Marc Márquez who set the fastest lap in the third practice session, where we saw a lot of crashes. The session started with...

Pedrosa on top as Honda plant their flag at MotorLand

Misano winner stakes his claim on home turf to top Friday's timesheets from teammate Marquez Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa went quickest on Day 1 of the Gran Premio Movistar de Aragon, as the 'Baby...

Untouchable Pedrosa stuns in Misano

Repsol Honda rider becomes eighth different winner in 2016 after an unbelievable charge through the field. 3-time world champion Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took a stunning victory at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, leaving...

Lorenzo stakes his claim on Misano

Record-breaking pole position plants Lorenzo's flag on the Riviera di Rimini. Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's Jorge Lorenzo took a record-breaking pole position at Misano World Circuit, beating his own pole lap from 2015 and putting in...

Pol Espargaro fastest on Friday

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider tops the timesheets at Misano. After Movistar Yamaha MotoGP home hero Valentino Rossi went fastest in FP1 at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, his teammate and arch-rival Jorge Lorenzo struck...

Viñales rules Silverstone for a stunning maiden win

Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) has taken a historic first win for Suzuki since their return to the championship, as the 2013 Moto3™ world champion was in a class of his own at the...

Crutchlow charges through to make history

The first British win in 35 years – and the second independent team win of the season. After a torrential Moto2™ race at the Automotodrom Brno, it was the turn of the MotoGP machines to...

Record pole for Márquez

The Spanish rider got his 5th pole position of the seasion in Brno with a 1:54.596, a new lap record for the circuit. The podium was completed by Lorenzo and Iannone. Pedrosa unsurprisingly dominated Q1...

Marquez fastest on Friday in Brno

Marc Marquez’ (Repsol Honda Team) Friday in Brno looked set to be defined by a stunning save in FP2, before the championship leader went back out on a fresh tyre and decimated his previous...

Iannone picks up where he left off in FP1

Ducati Team rider takes P1 in the first session at Brno. Andrea Iannone (Ducati Team) has picked up where he left off in the Austrian GP after the Italian took the first win for Ducati...

Baz and Barbera remain with Avintia for 2017

Avintia Racing team have announced that current rider line up of Loris Baz and Hector Barbera is set to remain the same in 2017. Barbera is currently P2 in the independent team classification and chasing...

Iannone takes maiden victory for Ducati since 2010

Andrea Iannone crossed the line in first position taking the first victory for Ducati since Australia 2010. Ducati made a one-two with Andrea Dovizioso in second position. Jorge Lorenzo completes the podium in the...

Fenati suspended by his own team

Romano Fenati won’t be racing tomorrow due to team decision to ban the Italian from this race after his bad attitude with the team, especially after today’s qualifying where he finished 11th. Sky VR 46...