Dani Pedrosa took a stunning pole position in the heat haze of the Catalan GP, storming clear of the field by three tenths to return to the top for the second time this year. Compatriot Jorge Lorenzo shot into second for his first front row start in red – after also proving second fastest on Friday…
Reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) topped FP1 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, and the Spaniard kept his throne in the afternoon to go quickest in a dry FP2 and head the combined timesheets on Day 1 by four tenths. The man on the chase was compatriot Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team),…
Maverick Vinales’ win at the 2017 MotoGP season opening race at Losail circuit in Qatar also marks another record been achieved – the Spaniard is the first Arai-sponsored rider to win race and leading the championship since American rider Nicky Hayden in 2006. All other world champions from 2007 till 2016 are not an Arai…
After months of speculations of whether new Movistar Yamaha Factory signing Maverick Vinales will win the season opener after an impressive 2017 pre-season tests where he had been the fastest rider was fulfilled tonight. The Spaniard has taken victory on his debut race for his Movistar Yamaha team at the Qatar MotoGP round after a…
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa today unveiled the 2017 Repsol Honda Team racing effort to the Indonesian and International media in the beautiful compound at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo), located in the centre of the Indonesian capital. Having spent yesterday enjoying the warm welcome and proud support of the associates at the AHM Factory…
The 2017 MotoGP Winter Test had come and went. The 3 days of testing saw the circuit been hampered by the slow drying asphalt on Day 1, rendering the testing schedule to be less productive than expected for all teams. Despite that, it managed to produce a surprise result by the end of Day 1,…
Day 2 of the Sepang Winter Test 2017 saw Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone to set the best chrono of the day, leading today’s classification by 0.406s with the best lap of 1’59.452 as the Italian rider exploited the closing minutes and track conditions to put in a positive series of laps, being in the…
Photos: Ducati Corse and EDPIXS.com Those expecting to see new signings like Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo, Suzuki’s Andrea Iannone and Factory Yamaha Racing’s Maverick Vinales topping the time sheets from Day 1 of the 2017 Sepang MotoGP Winter Test got a big surprise instead. It is former double World MotoGP Champion Casey Stoner who topped the…
Ducati has unveiled its eagerly-awaited MotoGP Team for the 2017 season at the company’s Borgo Panigale headquarters, with new signing Jorge Lorenzo finally able to talk about his switch to the Italian bike after a career on Yamaha machinery. The Spaniard joined long-time rival and new teammate Andrea Dovizioso on stage, hinting his only motivation…
The Factory Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team gave racing fans from all over the world a first glimpse of its team colours for the new season during the official team launch at Telefónica‘s headquarters in Madrid, to kick-start their 2017 campaign. The Italy-based team traveled to Madrid in the last week of its ’winter break‘ before…