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Video: Ice Day with Loris Baz

18 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

WSB: Rea makes it four from four with Thai double

12 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea took a fourth consecutive race victory with a commanding performance in an interrupted second race in Thailand today. The red flag came out on the fifth lap of the race following an...

MotoGP: Viñales leads Yamaha whitewash at Qatar

11 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales has led a Yamaha whitewash of the time sheets on the second day of testing at Qatar, blitzing both the lap record and Andrea Dovizioso’s fastest time from yesterday to finish ahead of...

MotoGP: Ducati roll out radical aero fairing

11 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Ducati have finally rolled out their much anticipated winglet-replacing new aerodynamic fairing, with the radical new look taking to the track at tonight’s Qatar test in the hands of yesterday’s...

WSB: Rea dominates race one in Thailand

11 March 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) took his third race win of the 2017 season in peerless fashion, and at lap record pace, after running in the lead for all 20-laps of the 4.554km circuit in...

WSB: Outright lap record for polesitter Rea in Thailand

11 March 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea set a new track best lap of 1’32.957 – without the aid of a qualifying rear tyre – to take his tenth career Superpole win today. He had earlier become the first rider to crack the 1’32...

Moto3: Bulega tops Jerez official test

11 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Team Sky VR46 KTM rider Nicolo Bulega has cemented his position as a 2017 title contender by taking the top spot after three days of Moto3 action at Spain’s Jerez circuit for the first official test...

MotoGP: Dovizioso dominates in the desert

10 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso has dominated the opening day of testing in Qatar, topping the test from Maverick Viñales by 0.36 seconds as he dipped under the existing lap record at the Losail...

Obituary: John Surtees 1934-2017

10 March 2017 by MCN Sport

John Surtees will always be remembered as the first man to win world titles on both two and four wheels and, given how specialised both sports have now become, it’s an achievement that is likely to...

Moto2: Marquez tops first official test

10 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

Alex Marquez has held off teammate Franco Morbidelli in Moto2’s first official preseason test at Jerez to make it an EG0,0 Marc VDS double act at the top of the timesheets after three days of action...

Gallery: Remembering John Surtees

10 March 2017 by MCN News

Former world motorcycling and F1 champion, John Surtees has passed away aged 83. Surtees remains the only person to have ever won a world championship in both motorcycle and car racing. He passed away...

Grand Prix and F1 winner John Surtees dies aged 83

10 March 2017 by Simon Patterson

John Surtees, the first and only man to win both MotoGP and Formula One world titles, has died aged 83. He was admitted to St Georges Hospital, London in February with an existing respiratory...

BSB: Learning process continues for rookie Ray in Spain

10 March 2017 by Oli Rushby

MCE British Superbike rookie Bradley Ray continued to get to grips with his Buildbase Suzuki GSX-R1000 as the team completed two Spanish tests last week. Alongside his team-mates from sister outfit...

WSS: Smith tops day one in Thailand

10 March 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Brit Kyle Smith posted the fastest lap of day one on the WorldSSP class at a steamy Chang International Circuit in Thailand, from local rider Decha Kraisart. Regular rider and near-winner at Phillip...

WSB: Rea leads Sykes as Thai round gets underway

10 March 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea posted a first session lap time under the existing race lap record and then improved it again in the afternoon to lead the field in the first contact with the Chang International Circuit...

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