2015
Elias in at Forward, Corti out
16 September 2015 by
Toni Elias will replace Claudio Corti at Forward Racing for the remainder of the 2015 MotoGP season. The Spaniard, who replaced an injured Karel Abraham, earlier this year will race alongside Loris...
Davies confident of Spanish form
16 September 2015 by
Chaz Davies has won three of the last four World Superbike races and the Welshman could be excused for feeling that his momentum of the summer has been lost by the summer break. However more so than...
Lowes keen to get back on track
16 September 2015 by
World Superbikes returns to action on Friday with the Spanish round of the championship at Jerez. It’s been a long break since Sepang and Alex Lowes is keen to get back on track for Suzuki and...
Race of two halves for Laverty
16 September 2015 by
The flag to flag San Marino Grand Prix left Eugene Laverty once again seeing positives from the weekend but no points on the table. The Irishman was strong in the dry on Friday and at the end of the...
Marquez: Yamaha were faster during the race
16 September 2015 by
“I think nobody expect that in a race you can change twice and win the race,” said Marc Marquez after winning at Misano. Having been on the wrong side of the flag to flag coin last year at Aragon,...
Lottery of Misano leaves Cal frustrated
16 September 2015 by
The “lottery” of Misano left Cal Crutchlow finishing 11th after one of the most incredible races in MotoGP history. With the majority of the field making two bike changes in the flag to flag race...
Pedrosa missed pit signal for four laps
16 September 2015 by
Dani Pedrosa’s chances of podium finish at Misano ended midrace when the Spaniard missed a pit signal on his pitboard for four consecutive laps. The Repsol Honda rider had been running in the top four...
Fond memories of going bonkers at the Bol
16 September 2015 by
September 1999: The last Bol d’Or held at Paul Ricard – until now rom the late 1970s to September 1999, the Bol d’Or was one of the biggest events on the European race calendar. For racers it was the...
Ride the legendary Assen circuit with MCN and BSB
15 September 2015 by
MCN have once again linked up with the MCE British Superbike championship to offer 200 lucky readers the opportunity to lap the legendary Assen circuit ahead of this weekend’s BSB round at the iconic...
Lack of patience hurts Lorenzo
15 September 2015 by
Jorge Lorenzo said that a lack of patience cost him dearly in Italy after crashing out of the San Marino Grand Prix on his first lap on slick tyres on a drying track. He had made the decision to pit...
Rossi and Lorenzo talk 23 point title gap
15 September 2015 by
The MotoGP title momentum has shifted once again towards Valentino Rossi. After finishing fifth at his home Grand Prix at Misano, the Italian stretched his lead over championship rival, Jorge Lorezno,...
Rossi: I had too much to lose
15 September 2015 by
Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix turned into a lottery with Valentino Rossi eventually extending his title lead over Jorge Lorenzo to 23 points. Having fought back to the front of the lead group as rain...
MCN Plus - World Exclusive - GUY MARTIN: What Doesn't Kill You...
15 September 2015 by
TT star and much-loved biking celeb admits his racing future is uncertain after a massive crash – now a new book reveals how he tackled tough times in the past. uy Martin is at a crossroads. In his...
Picture story: The last man to win a TT at the first attempt
14 September 2015 by
This is 27-year-old Dieter Braun, on his way to an extraordinary victory at the 1970 Lightweight 125 TT. Extraordinary not just because he did it on a four-year-old bike (a Suzuki RT67 125 parallel...
Marquez wins, Smith and Redding on the podium
13 September 2015 by
Misano produced a thrilling race with Marc Marquez taking the win ahead of Bradley Smith and Scott Redding. Spits of rain as the race started provided riders with challenging conditions but an early...
Zarco on the verge of Moto2 title after Misano win
13 September 2015 by
Johann Zarco took a major step towards the Moto2 world champion by dominating at Misano and leaving him on the verge of claiming a first world title. The Frenchman led throughout the race and with...
First career win for Bastianini, Kent sixth
13 September 2015 by
Misano could be a pivotal race in the Moto3 world championship with Danny Kent struggling to a sixth place finish and his chief title rival, Enea Bastianini, winning the race. It was the Italian’s...
Oliviera moves to Moto2 with Leopard for 2016
13 September 2015 by
Miguel Oliviera has signed to race for Leopard Racing in next year’s Moto2 championship. The Portuguese rider, who claimed his first Grand Prix win at Mugello this year, will join Leopard for their...
Speedway: Hancock victory but Woffy steamrollers on
12 September 2015 by
World speedway champion Greg Hancock stormed to victory in tonight’s Slovenian Grand Prix to take the fight to Britain’s Tai Woffinden in the championship chase. Hancock dropped just one point in his...
Confident Kent expecting a battle in Italy
12 September 2015 by
Danny Kent claimed his fifth consecutive front row start and despite trailing Enea Bastianini by three tenths of a second the championship leader is confident for tomorrow’s race. “Our aim was to be...
Redding misses out on Q2 but looking stronger
12 September 2015 by
A mistake on his final lap of qualifying cost Scott Redding the chance of making it through to the Q2 shootout. The Marc VDS rider lost the front through the fast corners that cost the lap and despite...
Lowes feeling confident despite third row start
12 September 2015 by
Sam Lowes qualified seventh on the grid for tomorrow’s San Marino Grand Prix and afterwards the Englishman was in high spirits despite running six tenths of a second off the pace of Johann Zarco.
Sixth pole of the year for Zarco
12 September 2015 by
Johann Zarco will start from pole position at tomorrow’s San Marino Grand Prix with the Moto2 championship leader taking his sixth pole of the season. Zarco edged Alex Rins by just two thousands of a...
Pole for Lorenzo in Italy
12 September 2015 by
Jorge Lorenzo claimed his third pole position of the year at Misano after a superb performance from the Spaniard. Lorenzo, who won from pole in both Jerez and Brno, carried an advantage of one tenth...
Espargaro and Crutchlow make it through to Q2
12 September 2015 by
Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow made it through to Q2 after an exciting opening qualifying session of the afternoon. Both riders narrowly edged out Scott Redding with the Marc VDS rider missing out...
Lorenzo shades Marquez in final practice
12 September 2015 by
Jorge Lorenzo continued to set the pace in FP4 but the gap to the Honda’s dwindled with Marc Marquez coming closest to Lorenzo’s pace ahead of Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo completed 14 laps and looked strong...
Rabat sets the pace in Misano
12 September 2015 by
Tito Rabat, Johann Zarco and Alex Rins look set for a thrilling battle for pole position at Misano after the trio finished final practice comfortably faster than the rest of the Moto2 field. Rabat,...
Lorenzo fastest, Ducati shining at home
12 September 2015 by
Jorge Lorenzo set the pace in the all important FP3 session with the Spaniard leading the way by two tenths from Marc Marquez. Lorenzo was consistently able to find that margin in the third sector of...
Kent fastest in final practice
12 September 2015 by
Danny Kent and Brad Binder led the way in final practice at Misano with the duo almost two tenths faster than Niccolo Antonelli. Romano Fenati was fourth fastest with Kent’s chief title rival, Enea...
Picture story: British bike racing's great white hope (you won't believe the clip-ons)
12 September 2015 by
This 1975 Norton Challenge P86 was in its day the last great hope for British racing on the international stage. It represented the longed-for marriage of Great Britain’s supremacy on four wheels with...
Rabat fastest in Misano
11 September 2015 by
Last year Tito Rabat dominated the Moto2 race at Misano and on the opening day the reigning world champion was once again the class of the field to lead the way by over a tenth of a second from...
Lap record for Lorenzo in Misano masterclass
11 September 2015 by
Jorge Lorenzo was underneath lap record pace at Misano with the Spaniard ending the first day of practice fastest ahead of the factory Hondas of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo sported winglets...
Kent: We made a big step on our last run
11 September 2015 by
Danny Kent made a big step forward on his final run of the day at Misano to vault to the top of the timesheets. The Englishman has been in superb form all year but with the racing taking place in the...
Kent fastest in Misano
11 September 2015 by
Having finished seventh in this morning’s opening practice Danny Kent bounced back to set the pace in the second session of the weekend. The Leopard Racing rider ended the day almost two tenths faster...
2016 MotoGP calendar announced
11 September 2015 by
The 2016 MotoGP calendar has been released today with the FIM announcing that Indianapolis has been dropped from the calendar to be replaced by Austria. The opening race of the season will once again...
Corsi leaves it late to top FP1 at Misano
11 September 2015 by
Simone Corsi left it late but the Italian topped the timesheet at Misano by just 0.015s from Moto2 championship leader, Johann Zarco. The Forward Racing rider set his time on his final lap with Jonas...