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Woffy takes British speedway title

17 June 2014 by Tony Hoare

Tai Woffinden successfully defended his British speedway championship at his home league track in Wolverhampton tonight. The world champion wasn’t the top scorer from the 20 qualifying heats, taking 12 points from his five rides, but he won the semi-final from fellow GP rider Chris Harris, leaving the pair to join leading qualifiers Craig Cook and Ben Barker in the final. Woffinden, fresh from...

Bradley Smith boosted by engine braking improvements

16 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith boosted by engine braking improvements

Bradley Smith put a tough Catalunya GP weekend behind him today when the British rider set the second fastest time during a post race test session in Spain. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider raised his...

Rossi and Lorenzo test 2015 Yamaha motor

16 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Rossi and Lorenzo test 2015 Yamaha motor

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo got their first chance to test a 2015-spec factory Yamaha engine during today’s post race test session at the Catalunya track near Barcelona. Next year’s motor was...

Andrea Dovizioso: Difficult to analyse Suzuki performance

16 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso: Difficult to analyse Suzuki performance

Andrea Dovizioso says it is too difficult to assess the performance potential of Suzuki’s new 1000cc project after today’s one-day post race test at the Catalunya track in Spain. The Italian has been...

Cal Crutchlow: 'I'm still motivated'

16 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow: 'I'm still motivated'

Cal Crutchlow reckons his motivation has not suffered a massive jolt after a nightmare start to his Ducati career. The British rider retired with an electronics issue in yesterday’s thrilling...

Hopkins making progress despite poor finishes

16 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Hopkins making progress despite poor finishes

John Hopkins believes that his Tyco Suzuki team have finally started to make progress with the GSX-R1000, with promising chassis development making a difference at Snetterton despite his seventh and...

Woffy brings world power to domestic scuffle

16 June 2014 by Tony Hoare

Woffy brings world power to domestic scuffle

World speedway champion Tai Woffinden is bringing his world-beating engine home in a bid to win tonight’s British championship final at Wolverhampton. Woffinden, 23, beat the world’s best in Saturday...

Snetterton BSB: Byrne blitzes opposition as Brookes crashes out

15 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Snetterton BSB: Byrne blitzes opposition as Brookes crashes out

Shane Byrne has taken his second win of the weekend at Snetterton on the Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki, extending his championship lead as main rival Josh Brookes crashed out on the Milwaukee Yamaha while...

BSS Snetterton: Gowland makes it two from two with Snett double

15 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

BSS Snetterton: Gowland makes it two from two with Snett double

Graeme Gowland has made it two from two in the British Supersport championship, winning the feature race at Snetterton by over three seconds, after his main title rival Alastair Seeley made a mistake...

Snetterton BSB: Byrne takes race one as Brookes and Ellison scrap for second

15 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Snetterton BSB: Byrne takes race one as Brookes and Ellison scrap for second

Shane Byrne has taken a dominating win in the first MCE British Superbike race at Snetterton, leading from start to finish and winning by over four seconds, after a late charge from Josh Brookes...

Catalunya MotoGP: Magnificent seven for Marquez

15 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya MotoGP: Magnificent seven for Marquez

Marc Marquez continued his amazing start to the 2014 season, picking up his seventh win from seven races at the Catalunya circuit today under stormy skies. Marquez had to fight hard for victory as the...

Catalunya Moto2: Rabat cruises to victory

15 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya Moto2: Rabat cruises to victory

Rabat extended his Moto2 championship lead with a dominant victory at Catalunya today. The Spaniard started from pole position and after early challenges from team-mate Mika Kallio and Maverick...

Catalunya Moto3: Marquez eases to victory

15 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya Moto3: Marquez eases to victory

Spaniard Alex Marquez secured his second Moto3 victory in dominant fashion after his team-mate was forced to retire. Alex Rins led the early stages of the race by a comfortable margin before he was...

Second GP win on the bounce for Woffinden

14 June 2014 by Tony Hoare

Second GP win on the bounce for Woffinden

World speedway champion Tai Woffinden took his second consecutive Grand Prix victory of the season tonight to move into pole position in the title race. The 23-year-old Brit blasted around the outside...

BSS Snetterton: Gowland takes last lap thriller victory

14 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

BSS Snetterton: Gowland takes last lap thriller victory

Graeme Gowland has taken his first victory of the year in the British Supersport Championship, hunting down his Smiths Triumph teammate Billy McConnell alongside Alastair Seeley to take a dramatic...

BSB Snetterton: Shakey demolishes lap record pace on way to pole

14 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

BSB Snetterton: Shakey demolishes lap record pace on way to pole

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne has taken yet another MCE British Superbike pole position in usual form, setting a lap half way through the final qualifying session to blow away the lap record by over half a...

Barrier return to BMW WSB leaves Camier high and dry

14 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Barrier return to BMW WSB leaves Camier high and dry

Sylvain Barrier will return to the World Superbike Championship next weekend at Misano, having sat out the first six rounds of the series following a road traffic collision back in March that left him...

TT hero Hickman back in BSB to replace Kirkham at Tsingtao

14 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

TT hero Hickman back in BSB to replace Kirkham at Tsingtao

Tsingtao Kawasaki have made an eleventh hour switch to their lineup for this weekend’s MCE British Superbike Championship round at Snetterton, with TT newcomer hero Peter Hickman replacing Jon Kirkham...

Catalunya Moto2: Rabat takes home pole

14 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya Moto2: Rabat takes home pole

Moto2 championship leader Esteve Rabat will start from pole position at his home race ahead of team-mate Mika Kallio and Moto2 rookie Maverick Vinales. 2012 Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese will head the...

Catalunya MotoGP: Pedrosa takes surprise pole

14 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya MotoGP: Pedrosa takes surprise pole

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa claimed a surprise pole position ahead of tomorrow’s MotoGP race at the Catalunya circuit. Pedrosa’s pole position breaks team-mate Marc Marquez’s run of six previous...

Catalunya MotoGP: Marquez takes pole

14 June 2014 by Liam Marsden

Catalunya MotoGP: Marquez takes pole

Estrella Galicia Honda rider Alex Marquez will start tomorrow’s Moto3 race at the Catalunya circuit from pole position after setting a best time of 1:50.232. The Spaniard will be joined on the front...

Honda second on day one of BSB return

13 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda second on day one of BSB return

Honda Racing rider Julien Da Costa has finished the first day of Honda’s return to the MCE British Superbike Championship in second place, only 0.128 behind pole man Shane Byrne. The Lincolnshire...

Snetterton BSB: Shakey back where he left off

13 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Snetterton BSB: Shakey back where he left off

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne has resumed where he left off before the six week break in the MCE British Superbike season, taking the top spot after the opening day of practice at Snetterton to finish 0.128...

Dunlop makes switch from two to four wheels for Donegal Rally

13 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Dunlop makes switch from two to four wheels for Donegal Rally

Fresh from winning four races on the Isle of Man last week, TT champion Michael Dunlop has switched two wheels for four, with the Northern Irishman confirming his entry in the Donegal International...

Simon Andrews tribute lap t-shirts now on sale

13 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Simon Andrews tribute lap t-shirts now on sale

The Joey Dunlop Foundation have released for public sale their tee-shirts commemorating the tribute lap organised for TT racer Simon Andrews, who tragically lost his life at the North West 200 last...

Honda return to BSB with wildcard Urban Tiger

13 June 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda return to BSB with wildcard Urban Tiger

Honda have unveiled the first of their special MCE BSB colour schemes, as they return to Snetterton for the first of their four wildcard appearances in the championship this year. The colour scheme,...

Isle of Man TT: The history makers

12 June 2014 by MCN

Isle of Man TT: The history makers

We’ve just about come down from the two week’s worth of excitement this year’s TT provided us with. The history makers and record breakers continue to deliver year-in-year-out and the 2014 TT was no...

Tech 3 hoping to keep Pol Espargaro in 2015

10 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 hoping to keep Pol Espargaro in 2015

Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal is hoping Jorge Lorenzo inks a new factory Yamaha deal, so he can keep reigning Moto2 world champion Pol Espargaro in 2015. Should a shock switch to Ducati or Suzuki...

Jack Miller set for Moto2 move with Marc VDS?

10 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Jack Miller set for Moto2 move with Marc VDS?

Rising Aussie star Jack Miller is on the brink of clinching a Moto2 move to the high profile Marc VDS Racing squad for 2015. MCN understands the current Moto3 world championship leader, who crashed...

MotoGP decision looming for Marc VDS Racing

09 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Marc VDS Racing– one of the highest profile teams outside of MotoGP – could be thwarted in its bid to move to the premier class in 2015. The Belgian-based squad, which has dominated Moto2 this season with Tito Rabat and Mika Kallio, has again launched ambitious plans to move into MotoGP after a failed attempt last season. Marc VDS boss Michael Bartholemy has already entered lengthy negotiations...

Honda: No regrets losing Jack Miller to KTM

09 June 2014 by Matthew Birt

Honda has denied it was a major mistake not keeping Aussie sensation Jack Miller in its Moto3 stable for 2014. Miller impressed on an underpowered FTR-Honda last season but moved to join the high profile Red Bull KTM squad before HRC confirmed it was upping its effort in Moto3 with a completely revamped machine. Miller has already established himself as one of the brightest future prospects in...

Sepang Race Two: Melandri sparks championship race

08 June 2014 by Steve Hunt

Sepang Race Two: Melandri sparks championship race

Despite the Kawasaki’s of Baz and Sykes both being fired up for a redemptive second stint –a first corner collision in race one saw both of them crash out – it was the British-based Frenchman,...

Sepang Race One: Melandri takes Aprilia-lead podium

08 June 2014 by Steve Hunt

Sepang Race One: Melandri takes Aprilia-lead podium

Marco Melandri took his first win for Aprilia, in a strong 1-2 for the Italian team with Guintoli taking second. But it was a turn one incident that saw both of the Kawasaki Racing teammates of Baz...

Sepang WSS: Jules Wins Pre-Race Pot With Three Of Diamonds

07 June 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Jules Cluzel survived a spat on track with Lorenzo Zanetti late in the single qualifying session at Sepang to claim his second pole position of the season on the ever-improving three-cylinder MV Agusta F3. He is the first rider to score more than one pole so far in 2014. The French rider was only 0.093 seconds ahead of Scotland’s Kev Coghlan (DMC Panavto-Yamaha), who once again showed he is a man...

Sepang: Guintoli takes second pole of the campaign

07 June 2014 by Steve Hunt

Sepang: Guintoli takes second pole of the campaign

After leading through free practice for the entire weekend, Sylvain Guintoli became the first rider to score two superpole wins for the 2014 season with a blistering qualifying display at...

TT 2014: Dunlop makes it four in a week with Senior victory

06 June 2014 by Andy Downes

TT 2014: Dunlop makes it four in a week with Senior victory

Michael Dunlop took his fourth Isle of Man TT win this week with a commanding win in the Senior TT on his BMW S1000RR this afternoon taking him into the all-time TT greats with 11 wins...