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Laverty sets sights on factory ride

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Eugene Laverty has firmly set his sights on a factory ride for 2017 after yet another impressive performance at Jerez this weekend. Capitalising on 14th on the grid, the Apsar Ducati rider was able to...

Smith set for second home round at Le Mans

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith says he’s all set for his second home round of the MotoGP season this weekend at Le Mans, after a difficult start to the 2016 season so far for the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha racer. And...

Linfoot distraught to miss maiden BSB victory

03 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Honda Racing’s Dan Linfoot was distraught to miss out on a maiden MCE British Superbike victory after crashing out of the lead of yesterday’s opening race at Oulton Park with three laps to go. The...

Cooper takes debut BSB win in tricky conditions

02 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Richard Cooper has taken his debut MCE British Superbike race win at Oulton Park in tricky conditions, coming out on top of a battle with Christian Iddon that went right down to the last corner. With...

Haslam takes first win of BSB return

02 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam took a hard-fought first victory of the season in today’s opening MCE British Superbike race, holding off a hard late-race charge from Tyco BMW’s Christian Iddon. It was Haslam’s JG...

Extra GP grid space withdrawn

02 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

The 24th MotoGP grid space set to be made available for the 2017 season has been withdrawn after objections from the manufacturers, despite organisers admitting that there were a number of strong...

Dungey takes third AMA Supercross title

01 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Red Bull KTM racer Ryan Dungey has taken a third AMA Supercross title – and his second in succession – after continuing his domination of the stadium off-road series for another season. However, the...

Haslam confident of challenging for victory wet or dry

01 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam is confident of challenging for victory in tomorrow’s two MCE British Superbike races whatever the weather after securing pole position in the closing moments of qualifying. The JG...

Byrne upbeat despite qualifying crash

01 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne remains upbeat ahead of tomorrow’s opening MCE British Superbike race at Oulton Park despite the uphill challenge he faces starting from the sixth row of the grid after crashing...

Haslam takes pole in dramatic qualifying

01 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam will start on pole position for tomorrow’s first MCE British Superbike race at Oulton Park, holding off team-mate James Ellison and Australia’s Jason O’Halloran to take the top spot in an...

Marquez wants to see MotoGP winglets banned

01 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has gone on the record to admit that he would like to see the multitude of wings currently in use in MotoGP banned in the future – but won’t stop taking any advantage he can form them...

Davies doubles again with Rea and Sykes behind

01 May 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) took a perfect 50 points away from the Imola race weekend after winning his second race in two days. At Ducati’s local track this brought him to within 35 points...

Successful private test for Lowes

01 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has had a successful one-day test of the Federal Oil Gresini Kalex machine at Barcelona’s Montmelò, home of June’s Catalan round of the 2016 Moto2 championship that the Lincolnshire racer...

Victory for Sofuoglu in dramatic supersport race

01 May 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Four-time World Champion Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took a clear win after a shortened 11-lap race at Imola, on a drying track that allowed him to take the championship lead. His fellow...

Cluzel takes supersport pole in Imola

01 May 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) was the last top rider to set a fast time and scored a pole position with his 1’51.132 as a result. It was the 18th pole position of his career. Kenan Sofuoglu...

Iddon leads close fought pack on day one

01 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Local rider Christian Iddon led the pack at the end of the first day of MCE British Superbike action at Oulton Park as the top 17 riders were covered by less than a second. The Tyco BMW man showed...

Dominant race one win for Davies

30 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Superpole winner Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) ran at unbeatable pace out front to win the first race of the weekend, shortened to 18 laps because of a red flag incident in the final warm-up...

‘Marked increase in performance’ for KTM

30 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

KTM have seen a ‘marked increase in performance’ for their new RC16 MotoGP machine at this week’s test at Brno, according to project head Mike Leitner. The rain-hit two-day test saw Mika Kallio and...

Davies sets new track best for Superpole win

30 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) secured a remarkable new track record of 1’45.598 to take only his second career pole position as he dominated the pre-race results again. His only previous...

Circuit of Wales submits revised funding plan

30 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Circuit of Wales have submitted a revised funding plan to the Welsh government. The new plan reduces the amount of financial guarantee required from the regional assembly by half, covering 50% of...