2017

Year: 2017

Month: ALL

Video: 42 questions with Alex Rins

21 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Video: 42 questions with Alex Rins

Which was his worst subject at school? Which is his favourite social network? What does he feel in a Grand Prix Sunday? Or which superpower would he like to have? These are some of the 42 questions...

BSB: Final pre-season test to get underway at Donington Park

21 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

BSB: Final pre-season test to get underway at Donington Park

MCE British Superbike Championship riders will have one final opportunity to take to the track at Donington Park tomorrow before the 2017 season gets underway at the Leicestershire circuit next...

MotoGP: Race control clarifies new aero rules

21 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Race control clarifies new aero rules

MotoGP race director Mike Webb has clarified the series’ new rules on aerodynamic fairings, after a number of teams rolled out new fairings at last week’s Qatar test in an attempt to get around last...

Roads: Armoy looking for title sponsor

20 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Roads: Armoy looking for title sponsor

Organisers of the Armoy Road Races have put out a plea to attract title sponsorship for the event set to go ahead at the end of July. The move comes as a number of other Irish road races, including...

Roads: Guy Martin to race Cookstown 100

20 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Roads: Guy Martin to race Cookstown 100

Guy Martin will race at next month’s Cookstown 100 as he makes his return to competitive road racing with Honda Racing. Martin will race a Superstock-spec CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 in both the Open and...

Moto2: Marc VDS duo set for title challenge

20 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Marc VDS duo set for title challenge

The Marc VDS duo of Franco Morbidelli and Alex Marquez say they’re ready to challenge for the Moto2 world title, after a strong series of preseason tests for the pair concluded last night in...

MotoGP: Qatar ‘won’t run in wet conditions unless every rider agrees’

20 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Qatar ‘won’t run in wet conditions unless every rider agrees’

Plans to ride on if it rains for this weekend’s opening round of the MotoGP championship under the floodlights in Qatar have not yet been confirmed, according to race director Mike Webb – and won’t be...

Moto2: Morbidelli tops shortened day, Nakagami stays in overall control

19 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Morbidelli tops shortened day, Nakagami stays in overall control

Franco Morbidelli has topped the final day of winter testing on the Marc VDS Kalex machine, finishing ahead of Miguel Olivera and Thomas Luthi but unable to go faster than Takaaki Nakagami’s time from...

Moto3: Guevara fastest in high winds as Fenati top overall

19 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Guevara fastest in high winds as Fenati top overall

Juanfran Guevara has topped the final day of Moto3 testing at Losail, finishing 0.1 ahead of Ayumu Sasaki but unable to beat Romano Fenati’s times from yesterday as high winds hit the Qatari...

Danny Eslick wins Daytona 200

19 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Danny Eslick wins Daytona 200

TOBC Racing Yamaha rider Danny Eslick has won this year’s Daytona 200, taking a last lap slipstreaming victory over Cory West to win by 0.041, only for West be disqualified after the race for illegal...

Moto3: Strong finish to second day for McPhee

19 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Strong finish to second day for McPhee

John McPhee has come away from his first full day of testing at Qatar’s Losail circuit pleased with a strong finish to the day, taking ninth overall and feeling positive with the pace at which he’s...

Moto2: Too much grip causing tyre problems for Kent

19 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Too much grip causing tyre problems for Kent

Former Moto3 world champion Danny Kent says that the design of the new Suter chassis that he’ll ride for Kiefer Racing in Moto2 this year seems to favour cooler conditions, after a strong opening...

Moto3: Fenati takes top spot on first full day at Losail

18 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Fenati takes top spot on first full day at Losail

Romano Fenati has topped all three sessions on the first day of action at Qatar’s Losail circuit to top the time sheets on the first full day of testing, finishing with a 2:06.690 to fractionally hold...

Moto2: Nakagami tops first sessions of Qatar test

18 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Nakagami tops first sessions of Qatar test

Takaaki Nakagami has topped the delayed opening sessions of the final Moto2 preseason test of the year at Qatar, finishing ahead of the Marc VDS duo of Frankie Morbidelli and Alex Marquez after rain...

Video: Ice Day with Loris Baz

18 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Video: Ice Day with Loris Baz

While flat track racing has become the new norm for winter training for a host of MotoGP stars since Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez proved the benefits of it, Frenchman Loris Baz has taken the...

Moto3: Opening night of Qatar test abandoned

17 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Opening night of Qatar test abandoned

The opening night of action at the combined Moto2 and Moto3 test in Qatar has been abandoned, after heavy rain hit the Losail circuit only an hour into the evening’s planned track action. With only...

MotoGP: Dovi targeting Viñales as the man to beat

17 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Dovi targeting Viñales as the man to beat

Andrea Dovizioso has set his sights on Maverick Viñales as the man to beat if he’s to have any hopes of replicating his maiden win from Sepang last year when the MotoGP season kicks off at Losail in...

MotoGP: Iannone ‘neither happy nor sad’ after final test

16 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Iannone ‘neither happy nor sad’ after final test

Andrea Iannone says he’s come away from the final preseason test of the 2017 MotoGP year ‘neither happy nor sad’ after continuing to make progress as he learns the nuances of the Suzuki GSX-RR...

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Thailand column

16 March 2017 by Jonathan Rea

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Thailand column

When things go right, they go right, and I just felt good on the bike last weekend! I did a race run in practice and thought that it was solid enough to race for the win, and then when I got going in...

MotoGP: Redding happy with Qatar breakthrough

16 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Redding happy with Qatar breakthrough

Scott Redding has come away from the final preseason test of 2017 much happier with his level on the Pramac Ducati, after making a significant breakthrough on the second day of the three-day...

Roads: Seeley to race Tyco BMW at North West 200

16 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Roads: Seeley to race Tyco BMW at North West 200

The most successful racer in the history of the North West 200, Alastair Seeley, will return to the Tyco BMW squad for the 1000cc races at this year’s event. Taking a record-breaking 17th North West...

MotoGP: Marquez happy despite three crashes on final day

15 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Marquez happy despite three crashes on final day

Reigning MotoGP world champion The Repsol Honda rider came away from the final test of the 2017 preseason in tenth overall – but says that despite both results and test, he’s happy with the work that...

WSB: Sykes: 'We need to close the gap faster'

15 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

WSB: Sykes: 'We need to close the gap faster'

Tom Sykes has said he needs to work to close the gap to team-mate Jonathan Rea a little faster if he’s to compete for wins in the 2017 Superbike World Championship. Speaking after a double podium at...

Moto3: McPhee has positive official test on British Talent Honda

15 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: McPhee has positive official test on British Talent Honda

John McPhee has had a positive outing on his new Honda Talent Team Honda for the first official Moto3 test of 2017, joining the rest of the field for three days at Jerez at the weekend and coming away...

MotoGP: Channel 5 announce free-to-air highlights package

15 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Channel 5 announce free-to-air highlights package

Channel 5 will show free to air MotoGP highlights on a Monday night throughout the 2017 season, after an eleventh hour deal confirmed only days before the season is set to kick off in Qatar. The new...

Picture Special: Guy Martin and John McGuinness test TT Fireblade

15 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Picture Special: Guy Martin and John McGuinness test TT Fireblade

“I feel a bit rusty”, were the words uttered by Guy Martin after his first laps on Honda’s 2017 CBR1000RR Fireblade SP in superstock spec for the roads. Of course, he will be, after a brief...

MotoGP: Tech 3 rookies continue to learn

14 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Tech 3 rookies continue to learn

The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 duo of MotoGP rookies Jonas Folger and Johann Zarco have continued to make impressive progress at the final preseason test of 2017, with both of them finishing comfortably...

WSB: Davies looking to take positives from tough Thailand

14 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

WSB: Davies looking to take positives from tough Thailand

Chaz Davies is looking to take the positives away from a challenging weekend at the Chang International Circuit this weekend in which he crashed both in qualifying and the second race. The Welshman...

BSB: Rutter considering Superbike return

14 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

BSB: Rutter considering Superbike return

MCE British Superbike veteran Michael Rutter is considering a return to the superbike class for the 2017 season alongside his international road racing commitments. Remaining with the Bathams...

MotoGP: Increased confidence for Lowes in Qatar

14 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Increased confidence for Lowes in Qatar

Gresini Aprilia rider Sam Lowes says he’s come away from the final preseason test of the 2017 MotoGP season pleased with the improvements to his confidence that he’s made, after a series of crashes...

MotoGP: Rossi disappointed with final day of testing

13 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Rossi disappointed with final day of testing

Valentino Rossi has been left disappointed by his final day of testing action of the 2017 preseason, after failing to capitalise on improvements made on the second day and failing to go any...

MotoGP: New Ducati fairing answers underseat box mystery

13 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: New Ducati fairing answers underseat box mystery

The radical new Ducati fairing unveiled at this week’s Qatar test has answered one mystery that’s been plaguing journalists in the paddock since it was first introduced – the contents of the extended...

MotoGP: Crutchlow ‘satisfied’ with Qatari test

13 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Crutchlow ‘satisfied’ with Qatari test

Cal Crutchlow says he’s satisfied with the progress that he and the LCR Honda squad made during three days of testing in Qatar, after the double race winner came away eighth overall. Working mainly on...

MotoGP: Ducati duo pleased with progress

13 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Ducati duo pleased with progress

The Ducati duo of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso are heading home from the final MotoGP preseason test pleased with the progress that they’ve made so far, after impressive lap times from the pair...

BSB: Honda duo debut new Fireblade at Monteblanco

13 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

BSB: Honda duo debut new Fireblade at Monteblanco

Honda’s MCE British Superbike duo made their long-awaited debut aboard the 2017 CBR1000RR Fireblade at Monteblanco last week. Jason O’Halloran and Dan Linfoot spent four days riding the all-new...

MotoGP: Viñales signs off testing clean sweep

12 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Viñales signs off testing clean sweep

Movistar Yamaha rider Maverick Viñales has signed off MotoGP’s 2017 pre-season testing by completing a clean sweep of all four official tests, topping the overall standings at Losail to finish well...