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Rins tops red flagged Moto2 session

10 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Rins tops red flagged Moto2 session

Alex Rins has emerged on pole position for tomorrow’s Moto2 race at the Circuit of the Americas, coming out top of a frantic duel at the end of the session after red flags inadvertently created a...

Marquez continues to control for pole

09 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marquez continues to control for pole

Marc Marquez has continued to control at Austin, by taking pole positions for tomorrow’s race at the Circuit of the Americas and firmly establishing himself as the favourite, as he aims to make it...

Oettl takes advantage of conditions for debut pole

09 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Oettl takes advantage of conditions for debut pole

Philipp Oettl has taken advantage of mixed conditions in Austin to take his maiden pole position in the Moto3 class, after an early fast lap before shower of rain gave him his advantage. Setting a...

Silverstone BSB: Haslam takes pole

09 April 2016 by Stephen Davison

Silverstone BSB: Haslam takes pole

Leon Haslam snatched pole position on his return to BSB after dominating Saturday qualifying on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10R. The 32-year-old took his last BSB pole at Knockhill in 2008 before...

Smith reinvents the wheel in Austin

09 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Smith reinvents the wheel in Austin

Bradley Smith has set out to reinvent the wheel on his Monster Yamaha at this weekend’s third round of MotoGP in Austin, radically adjusting his M1 machine after struggling in the opening two...

Quartararo sets the pace in Austin

09 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Quartararo sets the pace in Austin

Frenchman Fabio Quartararo has set the pace on the opening day of action in Austin for the Moto3 class, taking the top spot by 0.1 from fellow KTM rider Romano Fenati. However, it was a sea of Hondas...

Marquez dominates on opening day in Texas

09 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marquez dominates on opening day in Texas

Marc Marquez has resumed where he left off the last time MotoGP took to track in Texas, by dominating the opening day of track action at the Circuit of the Americas. Taking the top spot by three...

Iddon and Tyco BMW lead the opening day of 2016 BSB

08 April 2016 by Sports desk

Iddon and Tyco BMW lead the opening day of 2016 BSB

Tyco BMW’s newest recruit Christian Iddon got his 2016 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship campaign off to a flying start at Silverstone this afternoon, setting the pace on the opening day as...

Video: Lap Macau with John McGuinness

08 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Video: Lap Macau with John McGuinness

At last year’s Macau Grand Prix, we decided to get a slightly different look at the action – and fitted a GoPro to the back of John McGuinness’ Honda Racing Fireblade for the race itself. Check out...

Rossi puts blame for tyre problems on Ducati

07 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Rossi puts blame for tyre problems on Ducati

Valentino Rossi has put the blame for the tyre problems suffered by Scott Redding last time out firmly on the shoulders of Ducati, speaking in the press conference for this weekend’s third round of...

Welsh minister refuses underwriting for ‘unacceptable risk’ of Circuit of Wales

07 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Welsh minister refuses underwriting for ‘unacceptable risk’ of Circuit of Wales

Welsh Assembly economy minister Edwina Hart has refused to underwrite the Circuit of Wales project, saying that it was an ‘unacceptable risk’ to the government in light of the “significant question...

Lorenzo to make Ducati switch

06 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo to make Ducati switch

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo looks odds on to become a Ducati rider for the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP seasons, ending a long and lucrative partnership with Yamaha. MCN understands that the...

Crunch time for Circuit of Wales

06 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Crunch time for Circuit of Wales

The Circuit of Wales project has reached a critical point, with the next 24 hours being key to whether the ambitious project in South Wales will go ahead or not. The crunch comes from the imminent...

Redding left rueing what could have been

06 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Redding left rueing what could have been

Scott Redding has been left rueing what could have been after a difficult weekend for the Pramac Ducati rider in Argentina – first with delaminating tyres and then with an electrical problem robbing...

MotoGP stranded in Argentina!

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP stranded in Argentina!

A large number of the MotoGP grid and paddock have been left stranded in Argentina, with continuing bad weather in the Termas de Rio Hondo area meaning that the charter flights designed to move the...

MCN’s Adam Child ready for the Spring Cup

05 April 2016 by MCN News

MCN’s Adam Child ready for the Spring Cup

MCN Senior Road Tester Adam Child will once again line up on the Norton supertwin machine built by the apprentices from the Derbyshire manufacturer’s British Motorcycle Manufacturing Academy for this...

World Trials Champion, Martin Lampkin − 1950 to 2016

05 April 2016 by Jonathan Pearson

World Trials Champion, Martin Lampkin − 1950 to 2016

Martin Lampkin died on April 3, aged 65. He was truly a larger-than-life character in the sport of trials and the wider motorcycling community.  Nicknamed ‘Big Mart’, his career in trials spanned a...

Ulster Grand Prix introduces superpole qualifying

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Ulster Grand Prix introduces superpole qualifying

This year’s Ulster Grand Prix will see a first for a road race, with the introduction of a superpole format qualifying for the international road race’s headline superbike class. The new format will...

Espargaro left fighting ‘crazy overtakes’

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Espargaro left fighting ‘crazy overtakes’

Pol Espargaro has been left bemoaning his results from Sunday’s Argentine MotoGP race despite taking a strong finish in sixth, after his last lap battle with Hector Barbera cost him fourth place. The...

Farquhar gets first outing on IEG BMW machine

05 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Farquhar gets first outing on IEG BMW machine

Veteran road racer Ryan Farquhar has had his first taste of BMW machinery on the roads, taking to last weekend’s Mid Antrim 150 races on the S1000RR superstock machine he will campaign at the...

Weekend to forget for Lorenzo

04 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Weekend to forget for Lorenzo

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo has admitted that Argentina was a weekend to forget for him, after crashing out in the opening half on Sunday’s race and leaving the track with zero points...

Newcomer Mitchell-Thomas stuns Mid-Antrim 150

04 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Newcomer Mitchell-Thomas stuns Mid-Antrim 150

Newcomer Malachi Mitchell-Thomas has stunned the roadracing world with an incredible debut performance at Saturday’s Mid-Antrim 150 races, taking a hat trick of wins as a rookie to the track and to...

Crutchlow admits Argentine mistakes

04 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Crutchlow admits Argentine mistakes

Cal Crutchlow has held his hands up and admitted that the crashes that saw him fall not once but twice from yesterday’s Argentine Grand Prix were no one’s fault but his own. The LCR Honda rider, who...

Hard work pays off for Marquez and for Honda

04 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Hard work pays off for Marquez and for Honda

The hard work of pre-season testing has paid off for Marc Marquez and for Honda, according to the double world champion as he took his first win of the 2016 season in Argentina. Struggling all...

Marquez wins crazy race in Argentina

04 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marquez wins crazy race in Argentina

Marc Marquez has taken victory in one of the craziest races in recent memory in Argentina, triumphing in a battle in which the mandatory pit stop enforced due to a tyre failure yesterday was only one...

Zarco wins from Lowes in tricky conditions

03 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Zarco wins from Lowes in tricky conditions

Reigning Moto2 world champion Johann Zarco has taken his first win of 2016, holding off a late charge from the Federal Oil Kalex of Sam Lowes to take the win in tricky conditions at the Termas de Río...

Pawi takes first ever Malaysian win in Moto3

03 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Pawi takes first ever Malaysian win in Moto3

Khairul Idham Pawi has given Malaysia their first every Grand Prix victory by taking the win in the second round of the 2016 Moto3 world championship in Argentina. Winning at only his third attempt,...

Argentina race may see mandatory pit stops

03 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Argentina race may see mandatory pit stops

A mixture of changing conditions and tyre issues has left today’s MotoGP race at Argentina’s Termas de Río Hondo circuit with a number of bewildering permeations as to how the day might pan out. The...

Davies takes a double win

03 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Davies takes a double win

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) secured his second win of the Motorland Aragon WorldSBK weekend, by 6.471 seconds from Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team). Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) was...

First 2016 win for Sofuoglu

03 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

First 2016 win for Sofuoglu

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took the early lead and kept it from pole position, with his team-mate Randy Krummenacher (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) second after 16-laps of running in the...

Michelin withdraw ALL rear tyre options for race

02 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Michelin withdraw ALL rear tyre options for race

Michelin have taken the unprecedented step of withdrawing BOTH rear tyre options for tomorrow’s race, instead electing to use only their back-up option not previously offered to the field. The news...

Marquez takes pole despite late crash

02 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marquez takes pole despite late crash

Marc Marquez has taken pole position for tomorrow’s Argentinian Grand Prix, despite a heavy crash at turn one towards the end of the fifteen-minute session. Controlling the entire session, he was able...

Redding suffers suspected tyre failure in FP4

02 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Redding suffers suspected tyre failure in FP4

Pramac Ducati rider Scott Redding was lucky to walk away from MotoGP’s FP4 session after a suspected rear tyre failure brought out the red flags half way through the session. Suffering from what...

Binder dominates for debut Moto3 pole

02 April 2016 by Simon Patterson

Binder dominates for debut Moto3 pole

Brad Binder has dominated Moto3 qualifying at Termas de Río Hondo to take his debut pole position in the class by 0.3 ahead of the Team Sky KTM of Romano Fenati. Binder controlled much of the session,...

Davies the Destroyer in race one

02 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Davies the Destroyer in race one

Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) became the first non-Kawasaki race winner of the 2016 season when he took the opening race win after 18-laps at Motorland Aragon. He broke the lap record on lap...

Kenan cracks the 25 barrier

02 April 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan cracks the 25 barrier

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) took a comfortable win in the pre-race Superpole 2 contest inside the WorldSSP class, but did not get close to the previous track best from 2015 despite...