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Speedway: Hancock victory but Woffy steamrollers on

12 September 2015 by Tony Hoare

Speedway: Hancock victory but Woffy steamrollers on

World speedway champion Greg Hancock stormed to victory in tonight’s Slovenian Grand Prix to take the fight to Britain’s Tai Woffinden in the championship chase. Hancock dropped just one point in his...

Confident Kent expecting a battle in Italy

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Confident Kent expecting a battle in Italy

Danny Kent claimed his fifth consecutive front row start and despite trailing Enea Bastianini by three tenths of a second the championship leader is confident for tomorrow’s race. “Our aim was to be...

Redding misses out on Q2 but looking stronger

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Redding misses out on Q2 but looking stronger

A mistake on his final lap of qualifying cost Scott Redding the chance of making it through to the Q2 shootout. The Marc VDS rider lost the front through the fast corners that cost the lap and despite...

Lowes feeling confident despite third row start

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Lowes feeling confident despite third row start

Sam Lowes qualified seventh on the grid for tomorrow’s San Marino Grand Prix and afterwards the Englishman was in high spirits despite running six tenths of a second off the pace of Johann Zarco.

Sixth pole of the year for Zarco

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Sixth pole of the year for Zarco

Johann Zarco will start from pole position at tomorrow’s San Marino Grand Prix with the Moto2 championship leader taking his sixth pole of the season. Zarco edged Alex Rins by just two thousands of a...

Pole for Lorenzo in Italy

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Pole for Lorenzo in Italy

Jorge Lorenzo claimed his third pole position of the year at Misano after a superb performance from the Spaniard. Lorenzo, who won from pole in both Jerez and Brno, carried an advantage of one tenth...

Espargaro and Crutchlow make it through to Q2

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro and Crutchlow make it through to Q2

Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow made it through to Q2 after an exciting opening qualifying session of the afternoon. Both riders narrowly edged out Scott Redding with the Marc VDS rider missing out...

Lorenzo shades Marquez in final practice

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Lorenzo shades Marquez in final practice

Jorge Lorenzo continued to set the pace in FP4 but the gap to the Honda’s dwindled with Marc Marquez coming closest to Lorenzo’s pace ahead of Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo completed 14 laps and looked strong...

Rabat sets the pace in Misano

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Rabat sets the pace in Misano

Tito Rabat, Johann Zarco and Alex Rins look set for a thrilling battle for pole position at Misano after the trio finished final practice comfortably faster than the rest of the Moto2 field. Rabat,...

Lorenzo fastest, Ducati shining at home

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Lorenzo fastest, Ducati shining at home

Jorge Lorenzo set the pace in the all important FP3 session with the Spaniard leading the way by two tenths from Marc Marquez. Lorenzo was consistently able to find that margin in the third sector of...

Kent fastest in final practice

12 September 2015 by Steve English

Kent fastest in final practice

Danny Kent and Brad Binder led the way in final practice at Misano with the duo almost two tenths faster than Niccolo Antonelli. Romano Fenati was fourth fastest with Kent’s chief title rival, Enea...

Picture story: British bike racing's great white hope (you won't believe the clip-ons)

12 September 2015 by MCN

Picture story: British bike racing's great white hope (you won't believe the clip-ons)

This 1975 Norton Challenge P86 was in its day the last great hope for British racing on the international stage. It represented the longed-for marriage of Great Britain’s supremacy on four wheels with...

Rabat fastest in Misano

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Rabat fastest in Misano

Last year Tito Rabat dominated the Moto2 race at Misano and on the opening day the reigning world champion was once again the class of the field to lead the way by over a tenth of a second from...

Lap record for Lorenzo in Misano masterclass

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Lap record for Lorenzo in Misano masterclass

Jorge Lorenzo was underneath lap record pace at Misano with the Spaniard ending the first day of practice fastest ahead of the factory Hondas of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo sported winglets...

Kent: We made a big step on our last run

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Kent: We made a big step on our last run

Danny Kent made a big step forward on his final run of the day at Misano to vault to the top of the timesheets. The Englishman has been in superb form all year but with the racing taking place in the...

Kent fastest in Misano

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Kent fastest in Misano

Having finished seventh in this morning’s opening practice Danny Kent bounced back to set the pace in the second session of the weekend. The Leopard Racing rider ended the day almost two tenths faster...

2016 MotoGP calendar announced

11 September 2015 by Steve English

2016 MotoGP calendar announced

The 2016 MotoGP calendar has been released today with the FIM announcing that Indianapolis has been dropped from the calendar to be replaced by Austria. The opening race of the season will once again...

Corsi leaves it late to top FP1 at Misano

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Corsi leaves it late to top FP1 at Misano

Simone Corsi left it late but the Italian topped the timesheet at Misano by just 0.015s from Moto2 championship leader, Johann Zarco. The Forward Racing rider set his time on his final lap with Jonas...

Laverty unsure about 2016 plans

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Laverty unsure about 2016 plans

Eugene Laverty’s future in MotoGP is still uncertain despite holding a two year contract with the Aspar Honda squad. Despite the contract the team has made little secret that they are searching for...

Marquez and Lorenzo lead the way

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Marquez and Lorenzo lead the way

Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo were comfortably the fastest riders at Misano this morning with Michele Pirro impressively third fastest after using a soft rear tyre at the end of the session. Dani...

Bastianini leads the way after FP1

11 September 2015 by Steve English

Bastianini leads the way after FP1

Enea Bastianini ended the opening practice session fastest and with Danny Kent over one second off the pace in seventh the home crowd were left in high spirits about the prospect of an Italian victory...

Espargaro assesses "fantastic" Misano surface

10 September 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro assesses "fantastic" Misano surface

Aleix Espargaro raved that the “new surface is fantastic” at Misano with the Spaniard having been one of the few riders to sample the track prior to this weekend’s race. Having tested at Misano in...

Summer test a help for Bridgestone at Misano

10 September 2015 by Steve English

Summer test a help for Bridgestone at Misano

Having tested at Misano over the summer Bridgestone will know what to expect from this weekend’s Grand Prix at the resurfaced Italian venue. Shinji Aoki, Bridgestone’s motorcycle manager, outlined...

MCN Plus - Rossi isn’t bad but was Hailwood better?

10 September 2015 by MCN

MCN Plus - Rossi isn’t bad but was Hailwood better?

July 1965, Mike Hailwood wins his last 500cc world title Mike Hailwood’s name is always at the forefront of any discussion about who is the greatest bike racer of all time. Usually it’s between...

Madder than a really big box of frogs!

08 September 2015 by MCN

Madder than a really big box of frogs!

The Yamaha Pro-Am Series was the maddest one-make championship ever held. It pitted experienced professional racers against up-and-coming amateurs on identical Yamaha RD350LCs, all provided free by...

Byrne recovers to pip Brookes

06 September 2015 by Steve English

Byrne recovers to pip Brookes

The Showdown spots were finalised in the final race of the day at Oulton Park but the crowd was treated to seeing the two title favourites duke it in the 18 lap race. Ultimately four times champion...

Brookes bounces back as Showdown beckons

06 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes bounces back as Showdown beckons

Josh Brookes has bounced back form his back of the grid start in yesterday’s opening MCE British Superbike race of the triple-header weekend at Oulton Park to practically lead from start to...

Manx GP racer David Taylor has died

06 September 2015 by Sports desk

Manx GP racer David Taylor has died

Manx Grand Prix racer David Taylor, who was seriously injured during Friday’s Senior race at the Isle of Man event, has sadly succumbed to his injuries. The Yorkshireman, an experienced Manx Grand...

You won't believe the grid for Rossi's dad's 500GP debut

06 September 2015 by MCN

You won't believe the grid for Rossi's dad's 500GP debut

It was a big day for more than one big name when Rossi Snr first lined up on a very crowded 500 GP grid – and prepared to show his future son the right way to make a premier-class debut. he 30-strong...

Brookes slams lack of safety car in opening race

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes slams lack of safety car in opening race

Milwaukee Yamaha’s Josh Brookes has slammed the decision not to deploy a safety car during the opening MCE British Superbike race of the triple-header at Oulton Park, accusing race organisers of...

Byrne controls for the win, Brookes last to fourth

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne controls for the win, Brookes last to fourth

Shane Byrne has broken his MCE British Superbike win drought at Oulton Park, taking his 67th career win from pole position. The reigning champion led from start to finish, controlling his pace in...

Byrne on pole as Brookes blows

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Byrne on pole as Brookes blows

Shane Byrne has taken pole position ahead of this afternoon’s opening race of the MCE British Superbike triple-header weekend at Oulton Park form Tommy Bridewell and James Ellison, blitzing the lap...

MCN’s Adam Child to line up on Norton machinery at Gold Cup

05 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCN’s Adam Child to line up on Norton machinery at Gold Cup

MCN’s 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. Coming...

MCN Plus - Hutchy The King of Comebacks

05 September 2015 by Stephen Davison

MCN Plus - Hutchy The King of Comebacks

Ian Hutchinson won three TTs this year to take his tally to 11 after nearly losing his leg five years ago. But he’s not done yet t seems a little strange to see retired executives washing...

Hopkins upsets Showdown rivals with Oulton pace

04 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Hopkins upsets Showdown rivals with Oulton pace

John Hopkins has topped the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Oulton Park today, holding off the momentum of six-in-a-row winner Josh Brookes by only 0.054 as both of them dipped close to...

Walker to make three hundredth BSB start at Oulton

04 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Walker to make three hundredth BSB start at Oulton

MCE British Superbike legend Chris Walker will make his three hundredth BSB start this weekend at Oulton Park in the opening race of the triple-header weekend. Stalker, who took his last win at the...