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Scott Redding evaluates Honda RC213V in Valencia test

10 November 2014 by Matthew Birt

After a year spent struggling to make up for a lack of horsepower on Honda’s production RCV1000R machine, British rider Scott Redding got his first taste of what a true factory MotoGP prototype feels...

Cal Crutchlow starts factory Honda preparations in Valencia

10 November 2014 by Matthew Birt

British rider Cal Crutchlow has made his factory Honda debut on the opening day of 2015 pre-season testing at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. The 29-year-old, who ended a difficult year at...

Jack Miller starts MotoGP career in first 2015 showdown

10 November 2014 by Matthew Birt

Rising Aussie star Jack Miller has started the big challenge of adapting from a 60bhp Moto3 bike to a 260bhp MotoGP bike at the Valencia track in Spain this morning. The 2014 Moto3 world championship...

Valencia MotoGP: Marquez blitzes opposition for win number thirteen

09 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has made it lucky win number thirteen, setting a new record for the premiere class as he cruised to the victory ahead of Valentino Rossi and teammate Dani Pedrosa. Marquez was a slow...

Valencia Moto2: Rabat loses win to Luthi at the line

09 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tito Rabat has lost his chance for eight wins in his title-winning year right on the line, after his MarcVDS bike ran out of fuel on the run to the flag. The Spaniard had battled all race long with...

Valencia Moto3: Miller wins the battle but Marquez wins the war

09 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

A dominant Moto3 victory in Valencia for Jack Miller proved too little too late, as the Australian star was forced to concede the 2014 title to Spaniard Alex Marquez, to give the Marquez family a...

Valencia Moto2: World champion Rabat on pole – just

08 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

New world champion Tito Rabat will start tomorrow’s final moto2 race of 2015 from pole position, after holding off Frenchman Johann Zarco by only 0.043 to take his eleventh pole of the season. Moto2...

Valencia MotoGP: First Rossi pole in four years!

08 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has taken his first MotoGP pole position in over four years this afternoon, finishing ahead of Andrea Iannone after Marc Marquez crashed out with less than two minutes left on the...

Valencia Moto3: Antonelli takes surprise poll as title fight rages

08 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Niccolo Antonelli has taken his maiden pole position at Valencia ahead of tomorrow’s final Moto3 race of the season, but behind him the title battle rages on between Jack Miller and Alex...

PBM bid fond farewell to MotoGP

06 November 2014 by Laura Thomson

Penrith-based racing team Paul Bird Motorsport will race their last Grand prix in this Sunday’s end-of-series MotoGP race at Valencia. Following three years of moderate success in the premier class of...

Dean Harrison remains with Mar-Train Yamaha for 2015

06 November 2014 by Laura Thomson

The Northern Irish –based Mar-Train Racing team have announced that 25-year-old Dean Harrison will continue to race with them for the 2015season. The Bradford-born racer will become their sole...

Team boss Tommy Hill returns to BSB with Chris Walker and Danny Buchan

05 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Former MCE British Superbike champion Tommy Hill will return to the series next year – but as team manager NOT racer. The 2011 winner will manage the Be Wiser Kawasaki team as they step up from...

Tyco move step closer to BMW deal

03 November 2014 by Sports desk

Although the Tyco sponsored TAS team’s official line on the reported shift from Suzuki to BMW for next season’s BSB and roads campaigns remains that it is ‘speculation’, it has emerged that the domain...

Jonathan Rea joins Sykes at Kawasaki

03 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

As reported by MCN months ago, Jonathan Rea has today confirmed that he will join the Kawasaki Racing Team for 2015, lining up alongside Tom Sykes for an all-British bid for the World Superbike...

World champion Guintoli to Pata Honda for 2015

03 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

The new World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli will leave his world championship winning Aprilia squad, announcing instead that he will take over from Jonathan Rea at Pata Honda alongside World...

WSB Qatar: Sylvain Guintoli is the 2014 World Superbike champion

02 November 2014

Sylvain Guintoli has taken the 2014 World Superbike title with an imperious display under the floodlights at Losail. Taking his first ever double victory, the Frenchman controlled the second race from...

WSS Qatar: Van der Mark signs out in style

02 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Michael van der Mark has signed off his career in the World Supersport championship in style, taking the win easily in Qatar to complement his world title and maintain a podium record of almost...

Qatar WSB: Title goes down to the wire as Guintoli takes race one

02 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

The 2014 World Superbike championship is set to go down to the wire in the final race of the season, after Sylvain Guintoli took the race one victory to close the gap to Tom Sykes to only three...

WSB Qatar: Guigliano on pole as Sykes gains upper hand

01 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

Davide Guigliano will start tomorrow’s Qatar World Superbike races from P1, setting a phenomenal lap at the end of the Superpole session to become the fastest ever superbike racer around the fast...

WSS Qatar: Cluzel denies van der Mark at the flag for pole

01 November 2014 by Simon Patterson

French MV Agusta rider Jules Cluzel has denied the new World Supersport champion Michael van der Mark of the championship’s inaugural floodlit race, aiding from a tow on the Losail circuit’s long...