WSBK

Andrea Iannone, World Superbike

Iannone returns from ban to compete in World SBK with Go Eleven

Andrea Iannone will make his racing return from his ban to compete full-time in World Superbike with Go Eleven Ducati. ‘Crazy Joe’, ‘Maniac Joe’ or, famously and in recent times, quite simply, ‘The Maniac’. Andrea...
Alvaro Bautista, MotoGP

Bautista gets MotoGP wildcard outing at Malaysian GP

World Superbike rider Alvaro Bautista will make a MotoGP wildcard appearance for Ducati in Malaysian GP at Sepang circuit.  Alvaro Bautista and the Aruba.it Racing team will fly to Malaysia from the 10th-12th of November...
Joan Mir, Alex Rins, Alvaro Bautista

Mir, Rins to miss German GP; Bautista set for Ducati MotoGP test

Joan Mir and Alex Rins are both ruled out of this weekend's German MotoGP weekend, with the latter to miss Dutch GP too. Joan Mir - Marc Marquez aims for better results at historically happy hunting...
Danilo Petrucci

Petrucci to replace Bastianini for French MotoGP round

Danilo Petrucci has been roped to replace the still recovering Enea Bastianini for the French MotoGP weekend at Le Mans. After withdrawing from the Spanish GP, Enea Bastianini (Ducati Lenovo Team) has been ruled out...
Iker Lecuona, Marc Marquez

Lecuona replaces Marquez for Jerez MotoGP weekend

Iker Lecuona to replace Marc Marquez for Jerez MotoGP weekend, as Enea Bastianini set for Thursday check-up for return. Honda - Tuesday, April 25, Marc Marquez underwent a medical check at the Ruber Internacional Hospital after...
Yamaha

Yamaha gives Toprak Razgatlioglu another MotoGP test run

Yamaha has handed Toprak Razgatlioglu a MotoGP test chance at Jerez alongside Cal Crutchlow for two days. 2021 Superbike World Champion, Toprak Razgatlioglu, will have a new opportunity to test the Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP machine...
FIM

FIM shares its decisions regarding Russia and Belarus participation

The Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has presented its ruling against Russia and Belarus after an extraordinary meeting. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIM held an extraordinary meeting on March 5 to discuss...

MotoGP eyes 2022 race in Mandalika circuit, releases first lap video

The FIM and Dorna representative visited Indonesia's Mandalika circuit to oversee the progress, as they eye for a 2022 MotoGP event. The progress at the under-construction Mandalika circuit in Indonesia is going well, after the...
Tito Rabat, World Superbike, World SBK

Ex-MotoGP rider Rabat moves to World SBK with Barni Ducati

Former MotoGP rider Tito Rabat has found a seat for 2021 as he moves to World Superbike series with Barni Ducati. Having lost his Ducati MotoGP ride to the pair of rookies Luca Marini and...
Garrett Gerloff, Valentino Rossi

Rossi still COVID-19 +ve, Yamaha names Gerloff as standby for Valencia

Yamaha has roped in Garrett Gerloff as a standby rider for European MotoGP weekend at Valencia as Valentino Rossi is still COVID-19 positive. Having tested positive for COVID-19 after the French MotoGP round, which forced...
MotoGP, Jerez

MotoGP eyes two rounds at Jerez as mid-July 2020 start targeted

Dorna Sports along with Regional Government of Andalusia and the City Council of Jerez de la Frontera have decided to submit a proposal for mid-July start of 2020 MotoGP season. The proposal which they want...
Dorna Sports, MotoGP, COVID-19

Dorna says cancelling 2020 MotoGP/World SBK season ‘last resort’ option

Dorna Sports says cancelling the 2020 MotoGP and World Superbike season will be a last resort option as MotoE racer Dominique Aegerter helps his trainer in COVID-19. The cancellation of the Qatar MotoGP race seems...
Portimao Circuit, F1

Portimao circuits gets FIA Grade 1 license, can now hold F1-level races

The Algarve International Autodrome, also known as Portimao circuit, has obtained the FIA ​​Grade 1 license as it can now hold F1-level races. The circuit in Portugal, which was built in the Algarve region -...

Ducati signs ex-MotoGP’s Redding to replace Bautista in WSBK for 2020

Former MotoGP rider Scott Redding will re-unite with Ducati in 2020 in the FIM World Superbike championship. Redding, who left MotoGP at the end of 2018 to compete in...
Luca Semprini, MotoGP, Ducati

Ducati MotoGP press officer Luca Semprini dies in Brno hotel

Ducati shared a sad news of the death of its MotoGP press officer Luca Semprini on Wednesday night ahead of the Czech GP weekend at Brno. With the end of the three weeks summer break,...
Anthony West, FIM

Ex-MotoGP racer Anthony West quits racing in an expletive note to FIM

Former MotoGP rider Anthony West has seemingly quit motorcyle racing after another trouble with Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). West left an expletive-filled message for the motorcycle racing's governing body, the FIM, after multiple year battle...
Hector Barbera, WSSP

Ex-MotoGP racer Barbera explains Aragon WSSP pull-out amid theft news

Former MotoGP racer Hector Barbera has explained his forced pull out from the FIM World Supersport (WSSP) Championship's Aragon weekend after bike theft speculations. Barbera had a tough 2018 after leaving MotoGP in 2017. He...
Lewis Hamilton, Jerez Superbike test

Hamilton did not inform Wolff about Jerez December Superbike test

Mercedes' chief Toto Wolff revealed that Lewis Hamilton did not inform him about his Jerez Superbike test run in December. On Hamilton's recent visit to the Qatar MotoGP race, he revealed that he bought a...
Valentino Rossi's current MotoGP helmet used in test

FIM postpones use of regulated helmets to until June in MotoGP, WSBK

The use of the homologated helmets in MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and World Superbike Championship as been deferred until June by the FIM. Last year, the FIM informed about helmet homologation where from 2019 onward, only...
Nicky Hayden, Grand prix racing

Number 69 to be retired from grand prix racing in Nicky Hayden’s honour

Nicky Hayden 's number 69 will no longer be used in grand prix racing as it will be retired during 2019 MotoGP's US Grand Prix in honour of the American racer. The 2006 MotoGP champion...
Jorge Viegas, FIM

Jorge Viegas takes over as new FIM President after General Assembly

The Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) elected Jorge Viegas as its new President following the Annual General Assembly. Portugal's Viegas has been named as the new President of the FIM as he takes over from Vito Ippolito,...
Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton rides Yamaha R1 with WSBK riders Lowes, van der Mark at Jerez

The 2018 F1 champion Lewis Hamilton completed a test run with World Superbike riders at Jerez in association with Monster Energy. Following his victory in the Abu Dhabi GP to end a successful F1 season...

Ana Carrasco, first women to win a motorcycling world championship

Last weekend Ana Carrasco was the first women in history to win a motorcycling world championship. The Spanish rider got the Supersport 300 title at Magny-Cours (France) to create history in motor racing. Before the...
Romano Fenati

Fenati’s racing license remains cancelled after FMI hearing

Banned Moto2 racer Romano Fenati's racing license remains suspended after the Friday hearing at the premises of Fedrazione Motociclistica Italiana (FMI). The Italian federation took strict action against Fenati after his antics during the Misano...
Loris Baz

Baz replaces injured Espargaro in KTM for British MotoGP race

World Superbike racer Loris Baz gets a surprise MotoGP call-up to race for KTM in this weekend's British Grand Prix for KTM. The 25-year-old will ride the KTM's RC16 this weekend at Silverstone alongside Bradley...

Rea & Davies take WorldSBK victories in Motorland Aragon

In Race 1, Jonathan Rea won over Chaz Davies and Xavi Fores in a race which was to be stopped due to a heavy accident at turn 11. In Race 2 it was Davies...

Jonathan Rea scores first season win in Thailand

Jonathan Rea has won his first race of the season in a riding masterclass in Buriram, Thailand. The Brit battled his team-mate, rival and fellow countryman Tom Sykes during the first laps, but then...

Melandri wins again after a tight ending

Lorenzo Savadori, who already missed the first race, Yonny Herández and Wayne Maxell would not start this race. The lights went out and Jonathan Rea did not take long to pass Xavi Forés for...

Phillip Island to host a new flag to flag race on WSBK

Phillip Island it’s always a special, and it can be this for varios reasons and like WSBKL riders tested today when they saw that Pirelli tyres which use on their bikes can secure to...

Melandri wins Race 1 in Australia

Tom Sykes set the Pole Position, followed by Eugene Laverty and Marco Melandri. Reigning champion Jonathan Rea could not qualify higher than sixth. Lorenzo Savadori crashed in Superpole and broke a collarbone, so his...