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Friday roundup from COTA

11 April 2015 by Steve English

The opening day of practice at the Circuit of the Americas was one that surprisingly gave a lot of talking points for a day that had minimal dry weather running. With a dog on track, the first time...

Aragon WSB: Kawasaki pairing dispute top spot after day one

10 April 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Kawasaki Racing Team riders Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes swapped the lead between them in the second WSB free practice session at Motorland Aragon but at the end Rea was marginally the faster, by only...

Rossi & Lorenzo: ‘Suzuka would be very difficult’

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have both admitted that competing in the Suzuka 8hr race this year would be a ‘difficult’ challenge as they also race in the eighteen round MotoGP championship. Rossi...

Rossi puts pressure on Marquez, Lorenzo looks to win

10 April 2015 by Steve English

Keen to dampen expectations for this weekend Valentino Rossi stressed that the Circuit of the Americas is more suited to the Honda’s than the Yamaha’s. Rossi’s season opening win in Qatar has set a...

Dovi growing in confidence

10 April 2015 by Steve English

An exceptionally relaxed Andrea Dovizioso talked to the media about his chances this weekend and the Italian now has the confidence of a rider that knows the package underneath him will be competitive...

Smith aiming for top six

10 April 2015 by Steve English

Bradley Smith is aiming to break into the top six this weekend and take advantage of Dani Pedrosa missing the Grand Prix of the Americas. Smith, who finished eighth in Qatar, enjoyed a solid winter...

Updated bike for Crutchlow in Austin

10 April 2015 by Steve English

Cal Crutchlow will have an updated bike for this weekend with a new chassis and seat for his LCR Honda. The Englishman is on “give or take” the same package as the Repsol Honda riders, having received...

Aragon WSB: Ducati duo lead first session

10 April 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Regular Ducati rider Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing- Ducati WSB) stuck in the fastest early lap at Motorland Aragon in the first free practice session, posting a 1’52.009 that was 0.356 seconds faster...

MV Agusta returns to Scarborough with MCN

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Iconic Italian manufacturer MV Agusta will return to Scarborough’s Oliver’s Mount this weekend, at the hands of MCN Senior Road Tester Adam ‘Chad’ Child. Chad will line up on a MV Agusta F3 supersport...

World Superbikes set to gain new 300cc supersport class?

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

The World Superbike championship is provisionally set to gain a new low-cost class from 2017, with the FIM Superbike Committee beginning the groundwork for the class at their last meeting. The series,...

Barrier returns to roots in Superstock 1000

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Frenchman Sylvain Barrier will return to his roots this weekend at Motorland Aragon, as he steps down from the World Superbike Championship to the Superstock 1000 Cup; a series in which he is a double...

Aussie Johnson set to become NW200 newcomer

10 April 2015 by Stephen Davison

Australian David Johnson is set to become the highest profile newcomer at the 2015 Vauxhall International North West 200 on May12-16 on an Ice Valley BMW. The Adelaide man has never raced at the...

Chile dropped from 2016 Dakar route

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

The rolling sand dunes of Chile’s Atacama Desert will be absent from the 2016 running of the highlight of the rally racing calendar. The decision comes after severe flooding in the north of the South...

Dakar’s fastest woman Laia Sanz joins factory KTM

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Dakar’s fastest woman, Laia Sanz, who finished ninth in the gruelling race last year, is set to make the switch form Honda to KTM for her 2015/16 enduro campaign, as part of the KTM Rally Factory...

Iddon impressed with Hickman pace at Donington

10 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Bennetts Suzuki rider Christian Iddon says that the pace of RAF Reserves BMW rider Peter Hickman amazed him last weekend at Donington Park. Hickman took some of his best ever results last weekend,...

Dean Harrison set for Mar-Train Yamaha debut at Scarborough

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Mar-Train Racing’s Dean Harrison will make his racing debut on Yamaha’s all-new R1 machine this weekend at Scarborough’s Spring Cup season-opener. The event, at Yorkshire’s Oliver’s Mount circuit,...

Bou leads favourites Spain for Trial des Nations

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Trials legend Toni Bou will lead the Spanish team this Saturday night in the Trial des Nations, in Nice, France. Bou’s Spanish team, the reigning champions, start the contest as clear favourites ahead...

Badovini in, Barrier out at BMW Italia

08 April 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The BMW Motorrad Italia SBK Team has taken the drastic step of replacing regular rider Sylvain Barrier with former Ducati factory competitor Ayrton Badovini, and replacing him for the rest of the WSB...

Video: 2015 BSB Donington Race 2 Highlights

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Highlights from race two at the opening round of the 2015 MCE British Superbike Championship at Donington Park.

Video: 2015 BSB Donington Race 1 Highlights

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Highlights from race one at the opening round of the 2015 MCE British Superbike Championship at Donington Park.

Easton rides through pain barrier for Donington podium

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

PBM Kawasaki rider Stuart Easton rode through the pain barrier to take the final podium position of the weekend at the MCE British Superbike season opener at Donington last weekend. The diminutive...

World Sidecars set for Donington kick off

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

The World Sidecar championship will kick off this weekend at Donington Park, as the F1 outfits join the second round of the 2015 Thundersport GB series at the Leicestershire circuit. And as with last...

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki prepare for electronics shift

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

This weekend’s Aragon round of the 2015 World Superbike championship sees the deadline for teams to switch to the new lower-cost electronics package, and will force the hand of the Voltcom Crescent...

Guintoli playing catch-up at Aragon

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli says that this weekend’s third round of the World Superbike championship at northern Spain’s Aragon circuit is all about playing catch-up to his...

Rutter reunites with SMT for Supersport roads campaign

08 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michael Rutter will reunite with Robin Croft’s SMT team for the 2015 Isle of Man TT, with the Lancashire-based team preparing a Kawasaki ZX-6R package for the Midlands rider. Rutter, a former Junior...

Iannone talks about his first premier class podium

08 April 2015 by Steve English

After claiming the first premier class podium of his career Andrea Iannone spoke about what it meant for him to stand on the rostrum in Qatar alongside Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso. It must be...

Aoyama sorry for Pedrosa but looking forward to COTA

07 April 2015 by Steve English

Having been cast aside by MotoGP over the winter Hiro Aoyama became an official test rider for HRC and having sat out the Qatar Grand Prix the Japanese rider will make his return to the grid as Dani...

Ducati duo talk Texas and marquez

07 April 2015 by Steve English

Ducati’s double podium in Qatar was highly impressive. The Bologna based squad had showed impressive pace throughout the winter but being able to convert that into 36 points on race day will have...

Marquez puts Qatar behind him

07 April 2015 by Steve English

After fighting back through the field in the Qatar Grand Prix to finish fifth Marc Marquez is keen to get his season back on track in this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas. “I’m really looking...

Donington BSB: Byrne returns to form with race two victory

06 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne has kicked off his 2015 MCE British Superbike season in style by taking the second win at Donington Park after a race long battle with Honda Racing rider Dan Linfoot. Linfoot pushed the...

Donington BSB: Ellison takes the opening win of 2015

06 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider James Ellison has taken the opening victory of the 2015 MCE British Superbike season, holding off reigning champion Shane Byrne to take the chequered flag by 0.131. Speaking...

Thompson and Kruger prepare for Penz13.com BMW debut

06 April 2015 by Stephen Davison

The BMW Motorrad Penz13.com team run by Rico Penskofer has finalized their line-up for the 2015 season, with Northern Irishman Stephen Thompson and Canadian Dan Kruger joining Michael Rutter on the...

Donington BSB: Kiyo powers to pole

05 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Buildbase BMW rider Ryuichi Kiyonari has powered himself to pole position for the first time in the 2015 MCE British Superbike season, only just edging out James Ellison and Shane Byrne. However,...

Donington BSB: Kiyo on top on day one of 2015

04 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

Ryuichi Kiyonari has topped the first day of the 2015 MCE British Superbike season, leading the day’s free practice sessions by only 0.01 from reigning champion Shane Byrne. However, the Buildbase BMW...

What does a rider feel with arm pump?

04 April 2015 by Steve English

Dani Pedrosa’s surgery yesterday for arm pump has once again brought the condition to the forefront of the MotoGP paddock. Arm pump is an exceptionally debilitating condition for any rider but on a...

Metcher, Rivas and McFadden miss out on opening round

04 April 2015 by Simon Patterson

PR Racing Kawasaki rider Jed Metcher and the MQ Motorsport duo of Dani Rivas and David McFadden will all sit out the opening rounds of the MCE British Superbike Championship this weekend after visa...