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MotoGP: Espargaró disappointed in Suzuki sacking

05 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Gresini Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaró has hit out at former team Suzuki, slamming the Japanese manufacturer for the way they went about replacing him with Italian Andrea Iannone in the middle of the...

BSB: Brookes makes Anvil Hire Yamaha debut at wet Jerez

04 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes made his debut for the Anvil Hire Yamaha team at Jerez today despite poor weather doing its best to interrupt the team’s first test of the season. Heavy rainfall at the Spanish circuit...

BSB: Guintoli gets first taste of Yoshimura-spec Bennetts Suzuki

04 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Sylvain Guintoli got a first taste of the Yoshimura-spec Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R he’ll race in this year’s MCE British Superbike Championship at a windy Almeria today. The 2014 World Superbike Champion...

Gallery: Aprilia's marmite 2017 MotoGP machine

04 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Aprilia’s 2017 MotoGP contender has certainly divided opinion since Sam Lowes and Aleix Espargaró pulled the overs off the bike yesterday at the Italian firm’s headquarters in Noale, outside Venice.

BTC: Dorna lay out plans for new young talent series

04 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Dorna have laid out their plans for the new British Talent Cup series that will get underway during the 2018 season in a double-header event in London that also saw the MotoGP organisers launch the...

MotoGP: Dovi unamused at Ducati progress

04 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

While Jorge Lorenzo, without a real benchmark of Ducati’s progress since his defection from Yamaha, might be pleased with the progress being made by the Bologna firm’s engineers, his teammate Andrea...

BSB: Mossey obliterates Cartagena lap record

03 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Luke Mossey obliterated the outright lap record of the Cartagena track to remain on top as lap times tumble on the third day of MCE British Superbike testing in Spain. The young gun set a quickest...

MotoGP: Lowes and Espargaró unveil radically different Aprilia

03 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Gresini Aprilia racers Sam Lowes and Aleix Espargaró have unveiled the radically different livery that they’ll campaign the 2017 MotoGP season on, in the team’s official launch at their home base in...

BSB: Brookes to make Anvil Hire Yamaha debut at Jerez

03 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes will make his debut with the Anvil Hire TAG Yamaha team at Jerez this weekend as he begins preparations for the 2017 MCE British Superbike season. Flying to Spain fresh from his 12th...

MotoGP: Marquez admits work to do at Honda

03 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez has admitted that there’s still work to be done for him and the Japanese manufacturer ahead of the start of the 2017 MotoGP season, despite the reigning world champion...

BTC: McWilliams excited to be involved in youth development

02 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Former Grand Prix race winner Jeremy McWilliams says he’s excited to be involved in the new British Talent Cup series, as he’s given a chance to mentor the next generation of young talent from the...

BSB: Laverty enjoying transition to Yamaha

02 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Michael Laverty continued to enjoy his transition from BMW machinery to Yamaha at this week’s MCE British Superbike test at Cartagena. The Northern Irishman set the third quickest time on day one but...

Gallery: A closer look at the 2017 Pramac Ducati

02 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season now well underway after the completing of the second test at Phillip Island last week and with the Pramac Ducati team heading to Naples to launch their new bikes, it’s the...

BSB: Mossey takes to the top on Day 2 in Cartagena

02 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Luke Mossey took to the top of the timesheets on the second day of MCE British Superbike testing at Cartagena ahead of team-mate Leon Haslam and day one’s quickest rider James Ellison. Mossey’s...

BSB: Mossey: 'It's nice to be back on track with our competitors'

02 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Luke Mossey got off to a strong start at this week’s MCE British Superbike Cartagena Pro-Test to set the second quickest time on the opening day behind McAMS Yamaha’s James Ellison. Mossey, who is...

MotoGP: Barbera in surgery for broken collarbone

02 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Avintia Ducati rider Hector Barbera is set to undergo surgery for a broken collarbone, after crashing at Valencia yesterday during a training session. The damage sustained to his left collarbone means...

BSB: Mackenzie 'loving every second' of Bennetts Suzuki debut

02 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

National Superstock 1000 Champion Taylor Mackenzie says he ‘loved every second’ of his debut ride on the Bennetts Suzuki superbike at Cartagena yesterday. The 24-year-old got his first run out on the...

MotoGP: Rookie Folger stuns with fast pace

02 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales wasn’t the only Yamaha rider to come away from last week’s Phillip Island MotoGP test having impressed, with rookie sensation Jonas Folger stunning by finishing fourth overall, only...

BSB: Haslam happy but 'still work to do' after day one in Cartagena

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam was pleased with the progress made by his JG Speedfit Kawasaki team on the opening day of MCE British Superbike testing at Cartagena. The 2016 runner-up set the fourth-quickest time of the...

BSB: Fastest Ellison surprised by day one pace

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

James Ellison has admitted he is surprised by his day one pace on the McAMS Yamaha at this week’s Cartagena MCE British Superbike test. While there is no official timing, Ellison is reported to have...

BSB: Ellison quickest as testing gets underway in Cartagena

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

The first major test of the 2017 MCE British Superbike season got underway at Cartagena today with many teams enjoying their first runs out in Spanish sunshine. While there is no official timing at...

BSB: Giugliano: 'Riding without electronics is fun!'

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Tyco BMW new boy Davide Giugliano has said he’s enjoying his first experience of a bike without electronics in almost a decade as he makes his debut with the Northern Irish team in Cartagena. The...

Gallery: John McPhee's British Talent Team Honda

01 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 Moto3 season now well underway after the completion of the first series of Spanish testing last week, Czech Grand Prix winner John McPhee headed back to London to launch the new British...

WSB: Brookes happy with 12th after technical setbacks

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

2015 MCE British Superbike Champion Josh Brookes overcame a plethora of technical difficulties to walk away with a rewarding 12th place finish in this weekend’s opening round of the 2017 Superbike...

Gallery: Davide Giugliano makes Tyco BMW debut at Cartagena

01 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

MCE British Superbike new boy Davide Giugliano got his first taste of the Tyco BMW S1000RR he’ll race in the upcoming season today at Cartagena. The former World Superbike star is testing alongside...

MotoGP: Lorenzo not ready to race

01 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo has admitted that he’s still far away from being ready to win races on the Ducati GP17 machine, after a difficult test for the Spaniard at one of the tracks most unsuited to the red...

MotoGP: Redding and Petrucci show off new Pramac Ducati

28 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Pramac Ducati duo of Scott Redding and Danilo Petrucci have pulled the covers off their new 2017 liveries in a launch in Naples’ imposing Castel dell’Ovo, showing off a largely-unchanged livery on...

WSB: Melandri thrilled to mix it up in Australia

28 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Marco Melandri was thrilled to walk away from Phillip Island this weekend having returned to the podium for the first time since he left the Superbike World Championship at the end of the 2014...

WSB: Camier impresses with fifth in Phillip Island

28 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Leon Camier impressed in this weekend’s opening round of the 2017 Superbike World Championsip with a stunning fifth place in Saturday’s opening race. The MV Agusta rider was severely hampered by a...

Live: With John McPhee and the British Talent Cup Honda

28 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

We’re in London today for the launch of John McPhee’s new British Talent Team and the British Talent Cup that’ll develop young talent to hopefully join him in the future in the Moto3 world...

Moto3: McPhee unveils British Talent Team Honda

28 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

2016 Czech Grand Prix winner John McPhee has pulled the covers off the factory Honda Moto3 machine that he’ll compete in the 2017 championship on, revealing the new British Talent Team bike at an...

Roads: Michael Dunlop teams up with Carl Cox for 2017

28 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Isle of Man TT star Michael Dunlop will receive backing from internationally renowned DJ Carl Cox for the 2017 road racing season. Carl Cox Motorsport will personally support the 13-time TT winner...

MotoGP: Rossi struggling after difficult test

28 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

While things might have been good on the Viñales side of the Movistar Yamaha garage at last week’s Phillip Island test, it was decidedly less so on his teammate’s half, with Valentino Rossi struggling...

WSB: Jonathan Rea's Phillip Island column

28 February 2017 by Jonathan Rea

With the first round of the 2017 World Superbike championship done and dusted – and with a double victory under his belt for defending world champion Jonathan Rea – MCN are delighted to have signed up...

Moto3: British Talent Team set for London launch

27 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

John McPhee’s new British Talent Team will be launched tomorrow in London, with the Czech Grand Prix winner joined by Dorna talent and development boss Alberto Puig and the project’s new talent scout...

WSB: 'New approach' boosts Lowes in Phillip Island

27 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Alex Lowes impressed at Phillip Island this weekend as he shot to the front to challenge for the podium on the Yamaha YZF-R1. The former British Champion walked away from the Australian circuit with...