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Pedrosa missed pit signal for four laps

16 September 2015 by Steve English

Pedrosa missed pit signal for four laps

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 MCN

Fond memories of going bonkers at the Bol

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 Simon Patterson

Ride the legendary Assen circuit with MCN and BSB

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 Steve English

Lack of patience hurts Lorenzo

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 Steve English

Rossi and Lorenzo talk 23 point title gap

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 Steve English

Rossi: I had too much to lose

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 MCN

MCN Plus - World Exclusive - GUY MARTIN: What Doesn't Kill You...

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 MCN

Picture story: The last man to win a TT at the first attempt

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 Steve English

Marquez wins, Smith and Redding on the podium

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 Steve English

Zarco on the verge of Moto2 title after Misano win

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 Steve English

First career win for Bastianini, Kent sixth

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 Steve English

Oliviera moves to Moto2 with Leopard for 2016

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 Tony Hoare

Speedway: Hancock victory but Woffy steamrollers on

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 Steve English

Confident Kent expecting a battle in Italy

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 Steve English

Redding misses out on Q2 but looking stronger

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 Steve English

Lowes feeling confident despite third row start

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 Steve English

Sixth pole of the year for Zarco

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 Steve English

Pole for Lorenzo in Italy

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 Steve English

Espargaro and Crutchlow make it through to Q2

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 Steve English

Lorenzo shades Marquez in final practice

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 Steve English

Rabat sets the pace in Misano

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 Steve English

Lorenzo fastest, Ducati shining at home

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 Steve English

Kent fastest in final practice

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 MCN

Picture story: British bike racing's great white hope (you won't believe the clip-ons)

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 Steve English

Rabat fastest in Misano

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 Steve English

Lap record for Lorenzo in Misano masterclass

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 Steve English

Kent: We made a big step on our last run

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 Steve English

Kent fastest in Misano

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 Steve English

2016 MotoGP calendar announced

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 Steve English

Corsi leaves it late to top FP1 at Misano

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...

Laverty unsure about 2016 plans

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Laverty unsure about 2016 plans

Eugene Laverty’s future in MotoGP is still uncertain despite holding a two year contract with the Aspar Honda squad. Despite the contract the team has made little secret that they are searching for...

Marquez and Lorenzo lead the way

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Marquez and Lorenzo lead the way

Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo were comfortably the fastest riders at Misano this morning with Michele Pirro impressively third fastest after using a soft rear tyre at the end of the session. Dani...

Bastianini leads the way after FP1

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Bastianini leads the way after FP1

Enea Bastianini ended the opening practice session fastest and with Danny Kent over one second off the pace in seventh the home crowd were left in high spirits about the prospect of an Italian victory...

Espargaro assesses "fantastic" Misano surface

10 September 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro assesses "fantastic" Misano surface

Aleix Espargaro raved that the “new surface is fantastic” at Misano with the Spaniard having been one of the few riders to sample the track prior to this weekend’s race. Having tested at Misano in...

Summer test a help for Bridgestone at Misano

10 September 2015 by Steve English

Summer test a help for Bridgestone at Misano

Having tested at Misano over the summer Bridgestone will know what to expect from this weekend’s Grand Prix at the resurfaced Italian venue. Shinji Aoki, Bridgestone’s  motorcycle manager, outlined...

MCN Plus - Rossi isn’t bad but was Hailwood better?

10 September 2015 by MCN

MCN Plus - Rossi isn’t bad but was Hailwood better?

July 1965, Mike Hailwood wins his last 500cc world title Mike Hailwood’s name is always at the forefront of any discussion about who is the greatest bike racer of all time. Usually it’s between...