MotoGP champion elect Marc Marquez is approaching this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix with a different mentality to Aragon. The Repsol Honda star, who won his first race since July in front of his home fans, technically has the chance to become a triple MotoGP champion on Sunday. however, with three more rounds remaining after this […]
Newly crowned Moto3 world champion Brad Binder says he can now throw caution to the wind in the final four races of the season as he aims to sign off on a winning note. Binder, whose runner-up finish at Aragon behind Jorge Navarro saw him wrap up the title to become the first South African […]
Te ball is now firmly in Marquez’s court, and at Motegi he will have his first shot at the MotoGP title. After a season in which he has carefully combined brains and speed, the Spaniard heads into the final four races with a 52-point lead over Valentino and mathematics dictates that he now has a first chance […]
Despite a huge crash in the opening practice session that left him battered and bruised, Clint Seller (Neolife Yamaha R1) kept his SuperGP championship hopes alive when he took pole position and both race wins at the penultimate round of the 2016 SuperGP Champions Trophy held at Dezzi Raceway on 24 September. Seller’s team mate, […]
Brad Binder has been crowned Moto3 champion after finishing second in a thrilling Aragon race, wrapping up the lightweight class crown with four races still to run.The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider arrived at the Spanish venue needing a second place finish to be certain of sealing the title, with a lead of 106 points […]
Honda’s Marc Marquez extended his MotoGP championship lead with a commanding Aragon Grand Prix victory ahead of Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi.Marquez started from pole and regrouped from an early mistake to continue the form he has shown all weekend and take his fourth win of the campaign. He now leads the championship […]
The SuperGP Champions Trophy riders make their way to Dezzi Raceway on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast for the penultimate round of the 2016 season on Saturday, 24 September. With just two outings left, the race for championship points is heating up. SuperGP championship leader Mathew Scholtz (ETR Nashua Yamaha R1) has finished on the podium […]
KTM has officially confirmed it will join the Moto2 World Championship in 2017. As in Moto3, Aki Ajo will run the factory team, consisting of Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira. The new chassis – which has ‘already enjoyed positive tests over the past year’ including some impressive unofficial lap times – was initially labelled as […]
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was fuming with the actions of Valentino Rossi during Suday’s Poist Race post-race press conference, following Sunday’s Misano MotoGP.The duo were joining race winner Dani Pedrosa, when the pair was asked about Rossi’s overtake on the Spaniard. Rossi answered first, before Lorenzo gave his verdict on the move. Lorenzo […]
Brad Binder is one win away from the Moto3 championship after victory in the San Marino Grand Prix Brad Binder can clinch the Moto3 world championship at the next round in Aragon after winning the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano. The South African denied Enea Bastianini after a race-long battle to extend his lead […]
Katsuyuki Nakasuga will make his fifth successive appearance in the Japanese MotoGP, as a wild-card on a YZR-M1 for the factory Yamalube Yamaha Racing Team. The four-time consecutive winner of the All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 title finished eighth at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit last season. Nakasuga will be racing for the seventh […]
England: Spaniard Maverick Vinales rode a masterful race to secure his first-ever MotoGP victory, easing to take the checkered flag in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Sunday. The 21-year-old – the 2013 Moto3 world champion – gave Suzuki its first win in the British edition in this category since American Kevin Schwantz in 1994. […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi admits he will need to find something extra in the dry at Silverstone to challenge Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo this weekend. The nine-time world champion describes the British circuit as one of his most difficult tracks on the calendar and although Rossi won in the wet at Silverstone last year, […]
Cal Crutchlow revealed he made his hard tyre choice with a last-gasp roll of the dice on the grid at Brno, after initially opting for the soft/soft Michelin combination. Crutchlow’s late call ultimately paved the way for his debut victory in MotoGP in the Czech Republic as he sealed the win by more than seven-seconds […]
John McPhee became Moto3’s eighth different winner in eleven races this season after a crash for Brad Binder handed him a maiden victory at Brno. The South African looked set to extend his championship lead with a fourth win of 2016 but as the rain intensified, Binder came unstuck, leaving McPhee perfectly placed to take […]
Points leader Marc Marquez will start the Czech Grand Prix, round 11 of MotoGP, from pole position after a sensational qualifying lap that included him passing Valentino Rossi at the final corner.Marquez lapped the Brno track in 1m54.596s, despite having to pass Rossi’s works Yamaha and almost hitting the rear of Pol Espargaro’s Tech 3-run […]
Brad Binder snatched pole position in the dying seconds of qualifying at Brno despite having an earlier time chalked off for exceeding track limits. The championship leader eventually got it right on his final lap of the afternoon to deny Andrea Migno a maiden pole position with the Sky VR46 rider forced to settle for […]
The SuperGP Champions Trophy makes its first visit to the Aldo Scribante circuit in Port Elizabeth on Saturday, 27 August when the sixth round of the 2016 season takes place. While most of the riders have competed at the 2.48 km long circuit, it will be the first time they will be there as part […]
If the times set in a two-day test in Spielberg in July weren’t impressive enough, the declarations of KTM’s technical director Pit Beirer during the unveiling of the factory’s RC16 MotoGP racer signalled the seriousness of the factory’s intentions. Former motocross racer Beirer feels all of the KTM’s efforts are centred on arriving in Qatar […]
The next stop on the MotoGP calendar sees the paddock ready to celebrate the 400th Grand Prix of the new era in the HJC Helmets Grand Prix České Republiky in Brno, with a quick turnaround after the thrills of the Austrian GP. Set in the Czech countryside in the south of the country, the Automotodrom […]
Ducati rider Andrea Iannone won his maiden MotoGP race at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday, giving the Italian manufacturer its first victory since 2010.Having started from pole position, Iannone lost the lead to his Italian compatriot Andrea Dovizioso but overtook his Ducati teammate with 7 laps to go and beat him by 0.938 seconds. […]
When Marc Marquez crashed in the third free practice session today, the complexion of the MotoGP championship changed from the moment he hit the ground. Given his ability to bounce back, however, it promptly changed back again. It happened at Turn Three, tightest on the track, with a flat-out approach. Marquez, riding with customary abandon, […]
Team NZ Motorsport enjoyed a superb weekend in the Malaysian heat with John Curran and Graeme Dowsett driving the #77 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup to clear cut victories in both 1-hour races that comprised the second round of the inaugural Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup, which was held at Sepang International Circuit. This was the […]
Marc Marquez starts the second half of the MotoGP season with a substantial 48-point title lead, but without having attended a recent private test at the Red Bull Ring. The circuit is returning to the MotoGP calendar for the first time since 1997 and the test would be dominated by Ducati riders. Repsol Honda and […]
The MotoGP World Championship makes its return to Spielberg in Austria this weekend for the first time since June 1997, when a young Valentino Rossi – the only rider from that day still active – took second place in the 125cc race behind Noboru Ueda, one of just four races he didn’t win that season. […]
Despite crashing in the first heat, Mathew Scholtz (ETR Nashua Yamaha R1) made sure that he minimized the damage to his 2016 Super GP championship hopes when he won the second race at Red Star Raceway on Saturday, 30 July. Lance Isaacs (LIR Motorrad BMW S1000RR) extended his lead in the SuperMasters Interprovincial championship, winning […]
MotoGP World Championship leader Marc Marquez has said that he thinks Valentino Rossi is the biggest threat, despite leading the Italian by 59 points in the World Championship.With the MotoGP season now in it’s midway break, all riders have a chance to reflect on the first half of their seasons before gathering their thoughts and […]
Ralfs Sirmacis took an unexpected win in Estonia after Alexey Lukyanuk retired spectacularly on the penultimate stage of the even tA dramatic finish to the 2016 auto24 Rally Estonia round six of the FIA European Rally Championship saw Latvian driver Ralfs Sirmacis take victory after Russian driver Alexey Lukyanuk retired from the lead on the penultimate […]
A mix of pure talent, tactics, teamwork and a cool head earned Marc Marquez and the Repsol Honda Team one of the best wins in one of the most difficult, mixed-conditions races so far this season. Marc has therefore maintained his perfect record at the Sachsenring, winning the German GP from pole for the fourth […]
Since joining the premier MotoGP class in 2013 with Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez has dominated the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring. Ahead of this weekend’s 2016 Germany GP, round nine of 18, Marquez has continually provided his own MotoGP Blitzkrieg at the 2.28-mile Sachsenring track that contains 13 corners – some of the tightest on […]
Francesco Bagnaia emerged with his first ever Grand Prix win and a first for Mahindra as a constructor at the end of a thrilling Moto3 race at Assen that saw the top six split by only 0.161s.The last laps of the race boiled down to a fight between Bagnaia and four of his fellow Italians, […]
They reckon you’re no good? Prove them wrong. They reckon you’re too slow? Prove them wrong. They reckon you’re too young? Prove them wrong. They reckon you’re unworthy of the company you are keeping? Prove them wrong. They reckon you’re the village idiot? Prove them wrong. A textbook Townsville revhead roared to the chequered flag […]
An emotional Catalunya MotoGP weekend ended with Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez shaking hands for the first time since 2015. Once friends, the pair’s relationship went into meltdown over claims by Rossi that Marquez was trying to help Jorge Lorenzo win last year’s title. The bitterness escalated during an on-track clash at Sepang and subsequent […]
Valentino Rossi has won the Catalunya MotoGP after defeating arch-rival Marc Marquez in a late race battle. The Italian fought back from a bad start, which left him eighth after Turn 1, to take the lead from Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo on lap 7 of 25. Rossi and Marquez then pulled away while Lorenzo faded […]
Three races and three wins for Brad Binder, the South African continuing to shine bright in the lightweight class. The start to Danny Kent’s 2015 season was one of the most dominant in the lightweight class, the Brit leaving the sixth round of the year in Mugello with 124 points. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM […]
The Catalan GP has been home to a number of fantastic battles and after the drama of Mugello, 2016 could very well be another.Mugello was a weekend full of excitement, hard battles and daring last lap moves across all three World Championship classes, but the majesty of the final lap of the MotoGP™ race will […]
The third round of the FIM CEV Repsol took place this Sunday at the MotorLand Aragon circuit in Spain, as the riders in three classes faced off against one another and the strong winds at the track. Marcos Ramirez was the winner of the most closely contested class of the day: Moto3. Six riders were […]
MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday after a last-lap battle with fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez that remained on a knife-edge until the final metres.The Yamaha rider powered past as the chequered flag beckoned to win by a mere 0.019 of a second after Honda’s Marquez had earlier seized the […]
Brad Binder took control of a crazy Moto3 Grand Prix at Mugello, which saw a huge group of riders in victory contention on the final lap. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider won by a tiny 0.038s after hitting the front and blocking his rivals over the final corners, then positioning himself perfectly to avoid […]
Honda rider Marc Marquez insists that he does not need a bodyguard for this weekend’s Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.Due to the popularity of Marquez’s rival Valentino Rossi in Italy – and the heated nature of said rivalry – MotoGP promoter Dorna took measures to increase security around the Spaniard at Mugello, assigning him a bodyguard […]