After three inland rounds the SuperGP Champions Trophy riders and teams make their way to Cape Town for the next round of the 2016 championship. Killarney Raceway will host round four on 27 and 28 May 2016. Mathew Scholtz (ETR Nashua Yamaha R1) leads the premier SuperGP class from with Michael White (Consortium Shipping Yamaha […]
MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo is ‘pretty motivated’ for this weekend’s sixth round of the championship at Mugello in Italy as he bids to extend his title advantage. Like his Movistar Yamaha team-mate, Lorenzo boasts an outstanding record at Mugello, where he has finished on the rostrum for the past seven years, notching four wins […]
Valentino Rossi’s hopes of a first home Italian MotoGP victory since 2008 went up in smoke at Mugello on Sunday. The home star had been supported by yellow smoke from the passionate fans packing the hillsides all weekend. But the sight of white clouds spewing from his factory Yamaha on lap 9 of 23 marked […]
Jorge Lorenzo was imperious as the reigning MotoGP world champion conquered Le Mans in an incident-littered race in France to take overt the top of the championship table. Valentino Rossi put a troubled practice and qualifying behind him to make it a Movistar Yamaha one-two in a lone second place, while Maverick Vinales put the […]
Brad Binder backed up his maiden victory at Jerez from the back of the grid with another win after a smart defensive final lap of the Moto3 Le Mans Grand Prix. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider had lead briefly and worked out a break from the lead pack was not on the cards and […]
After five rounds in 2016 MotoGP, there was only one repeat winner – Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez. The 23-year-old Spaniard earned back-to-back wins at Argentina and Circuit of the Americas, rounds two and three, respectively. The other two winners were from the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP squad – five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo won the season […]
Aspar Mahindra factory rider Francesco Bagnaia, after taking his second podium of the Moto3 season, believes the team can challenge for a win in the next round, at Le Mans.Starting from the front row, after penalty to Brad Binder, the VR46 academy rider took the lead of the race from Jorge Navarro and Nicolo Bulega. […]
Valentino Rossi dominated the Spanish Grand Prix, bouncing back from his early crash in the previous round in Austin, to defeat MotoGP arch-rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez.In a Lorenzo-esque performance, Rossi led every lap – and his 2.3s winning margin did not reflect his true dominance. Lorenzo led for a split second, after lunging […]
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has made the biggest decision of his career, with official confirmation that he is leaving Yamaha to join Ducati next season. Lorenzo has been a Yamaha rider since his 2008 premier-class debut, winning 41 races and three world titles. Ducati has not won a race since Casey Stoner’s departure at […]
Marc Marquez recorded back-to-back MotoGP wins to extend his lead in the World Championship with a fourth successive victory at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. ol Honda rider, victorious in Argentina last weekend, maintained his perfect record in America and remains unbeaten in the premier class Stateside since 2013. In another incident-packed race […]
Since the Circuit of the Americas joined the MotoGP Championship in 2013, only one rider has claimed victory – Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez.The now-23-year-old Spaniard was also a rookie in that 2013 season, and his first-ever premier-class win occurred at COTA, which was eventually followed by his debut MotoGP title that same season. Marquez not […]
ARGENTINA delivered a bizarre race befitting an equally bemusing lead-up, Marc Marquez taking his first MotoGP win of 2016 simply by staying out of trouble.The Honda rider seized the lead early and held off a feisty Valentino Rossi ahead of compulsory pit stops at the halfway point of the shortened 20-lap race, both measures due […]
Valentino Rossi insists he is powerless to prevent his fans from booing Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo following the controversial finish to last year’s MotoGP season.Both Marquez and Lorenzo were booed by fans after finishing on the podium in the Qatar season opener, the first race since the conclusion of a 2015 campaign characterised by […]
Two weeks following the 2016 MotoGP season opener under the floodlights in Qatar, the series heads this weekend to Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. This is the third-consecutive year that South American circuit will be featured on the MotoGP calendar, and the 13th time GP racing has visited Argentina (the first was Buenos Aires […]
e leaders look to solidify their advantage in Argentina The 2016 MotoGP™ World Championship season got off to a thrilling start under the Qatar floodlights, Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) producing a near faultless ride to start his title defence with the full set; pole position, a race win and the fastest lap. He wasn’t […]
MotoGP World champion Jorge Lorenzo picks up where he left off in 2015 after the Movistar Yamaha rider rode a faultless race under the Losail floodlights to begin title defence with a win. The Movistar Yamaha rider made a flying start from pole to take the lead on the first lap but the Ducati pair […]
With the tension ahead of the opening round building, six of the biggest names in MotoGP™ from 2015 gathered for the first press conference of 2016.For the first time since 2015 Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa gathered together for the traditional pre-race press conference. They were joined by rising stars Andrea […]
“For me it is the most exciting time for MotoGP probably in the last 15 years” – Eugene Laverty. Eugene Laverty tips this year’s MotoGP World Championship to be the most exciting in the last 15 years. The Irishman expects the change from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres and simultaneous introduction of a single ECU software […]
Valentino Rossi insists his relationship with MotoGP rival Marc Marquez has been permanently ruptured by the events of 2015, and can “never be recovered.”Rossi and Marquez were at the centre of controversy last season after the pair came to blows while fighting for position during the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, causing Marquez to fall. […]
Valentino Rossi’s Qatar MotoGP test got off to a bad start when he fell on his out lap. But the 2015 title runner-up soon put the mishap behind him and went on to finish the night in third place, 0.442s behind Movistar Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo but just 0.014s from Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales. “I started […]
Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi are both convinced that no single manufacturer will dominate the MotoGP landscape in 2016.The premier-class has shifted from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres, and if the first two tests of the season are anything to go by, the balance of power looks set to shift between the leading teams from race-to-race. […]
Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi says he will continue in MotoGP until the end of 2018 if he elects to race beyond the end of this season.Like the other seven factory Yamaha, Honda, Ducati and Suzuki riders, Rossi’s current contract expires at the end of 2016. Rossi’s team boss Lin Jarvis is braced for a “very […]
When he rejoined Yamaha from Ducati in 2013, Valentino Rossi was very much the team’s number two rider – but that’s definitely not the case any more. Oriol Puigdemont examines the turnaround. Valentino Rossi has no qualms about admitting that, if there is something he regrets from a sporting point of view, is having signed […]
Two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner will be making his Grand Prix ‘testing’ comeback today when he rides for Ducati at the official Sepang MotoGP test. Here’s why that’s a really big deal… Two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner was regarded as one of the most naturally gifted motorcycle racers of his generation. Stoner had […]
IT’S the moment we’ve been waiting for since November 2012: we are about to see how Casey Stoner stacks up against the stars of MotoGP.Ducati confirmed that the retired two-time world champion will take part in MotoGP’s first official test session of 2016, getting underway at Sepang in Malaysia on Monday. Stoner hasn’t taken part […]
MotoGP’s Austrian round could be set for a switch to the Salzburgring in future, after Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz acquired the historic track.The contract is to be signed in the next couple of days, with Mateschitz, not the Red Bull brand, as the buyer.Mateschitz will take over the Salzburgring with his company Distribution & […]
Movistar Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo has insisted that he won the 2015 MotoGP title purely on merit.Lorenzo clinched the title in controversial circumstances after his team-mate, Valentino Rossi, was forced to start from the back of the grid at the season finale in Valencia after he was found to have kicked Repsol Honda rider Marc […]
Phil Read gave his thoughts on last season’s Sepang controversy between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez.MotoGP organisers Dorna Sports behaved like the “Spanish mafia” during the controversy between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez last season, according to motorcycling legend Phil Read. A duel between Yamaha’s Rossi and Honda’s Marquez in Malaysia ended in tears for both […]
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has always needed to have an enemy on track throughout his career, according to HRC vice-president Shuhei Nakamoto. Rossi found himself at the centre of controversy last season after his famous clash with Marc Marquez at Sepang, which resulted in the Italian being relegated to the back of the grid for […]
Marc Marquez believes his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa is the most gifted rider on the MotoGP grid.The 22-year-old has operated alongside Pedrosa ever since he graduated to the premier class in 2013 with the double world champion overshadowing his diminutive team-mate in each of the last three seasons. Despite recording back-to-back world championships in 2013 […]
Valentino Rossi believes he will receive another opportunity to claim a coveted 10th world championship after missing out on this year’s crown by five points. The 36-year-old is approaching his 17th campaign in motorcycle racing’s top racing’s top tier but is adamant that this season’s agonising defeat to Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was not his […]
You vote Valentino Rossi 1st in Crash.net’s MotoGP Star of the Year poll Valentino Rossi may have missed out on a tenth world title at the very final round, but the Italian is voted as your 2015 MotoGP Star of the Year! Of MotoGP’s big three – Rossi, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo – Rossi […]
MotoGP™ has had a fantastic year both off and on the track this year, with social media reflecting the passion of its worldwide audience. MotoGP’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube has meant that the action doesn’t just stop when the chequered flag comes out, the conversations, pictures and likes continue, reaching out to […]
Ducati will run a mammoth undertaking of eight bikes on the MotoGP grid in 2016 and 2017, and the company’s Sporting Director and MotoGP Project Director Paolo Ciabatti has revealed the firms reasoning. MotoGP promoters Dorna will give big financial help to satellite teams from the 2017 season onwards but there was some confusion over […]
In the end there was nothing in it. After a full evening of racing just 0.1s kept Brad Baker and Marc Marquez apart at the close of a nerve-wracking Superfinal with the American claiming his second Superprestigio win. Both Baker and Marquez qualified for the final 16-lap shootout courtesy of winning their own classes and, […]
Valentino Rossi missed out on an seventh MotoGP title by just five points Valentino Rossi has abandoned his legal fight against a race penalty which cost him the MotoGP title last month.Rossi was forced to start the season-ending race in Valencia from the back of the grid after he clashed with Marc Marquez in the […]
Having previously competed in the World Rally Championship, Valentino Rossi has hinted he could reprise a career on four wheels.Valentino Rossi has talked up the possibility of a career in the World Rally Championship when his time in MotoGP comes to an end. Rossi – who has won six MotoGP world titles and narrowly missed out […]
Honda team principal Livio Suppo fears that the fallout from Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi’s clash in Malaysia is far from over.The 2015 season ended in controversial fashion after Marquez accused Rossi of kicking him during the penultimate race in Sepang with the Italian demoted to the back of the grid for the final race […]
The final round of the 2015 MotoGP season in Valencia attracted a record-breaking amount of TV viewers around the world.The 2015 MotoGP season was one of the most exciting in the history of the World Championship, with the title fight going down to the very last race. Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi led his teammate and […]
Valentino Rossi lost the 2015 MotoGP championship with his mistake at the Malaysian Grand Prix, according to his teammate Jorge Lorenzo.Rossi was penalised for his incident with Honda’s Marc Marquez during the Sepang race, where the duo were involved in a clash that ended with the Spaniard on the ground after contact with the Yamaha […]