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Sykes praises Sepang

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Tom Sykes (KRT) was one of the few riders who did not go out in the wet second sessions on Friday, but he had no regrets about the decision. “It was a shame to have one session wiped off the weekend...

Biaggi leads Friday dry session

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) belted out a fastest lap of day one in Sepang, leading him riders half his age again, as he did on day one at Misano. But he was not overly optimistic of his race day...

Rea thinking results first, series second

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea could wrap-up the 2015 FIM Superbike World Championship at Sepang, but on Friday he was trying to think of the weekend as two races, not the potential highpoint of his career to date.

Van der Mark speaks futurism

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

According to rumours Pata Honda WSB rookie Michael van der Mark is on his way to MotoGP in 2016, but according to the rider himself – who has a two-year contract with Honda Europe to ride in WSB –...

Davies digs In early

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

After a superb double win for his Aruba.it Racing Ducati WSB team in America last time out Chaz Davies made a good early start at Sepang, second in the dry, even if he hardly went out at all in the...

Busy Lowes Continues Laguna Form

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

A particularly hard-working rider at Sepang was Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) who had done the Laguna WorldSBK round two weekends before, then competed in the Suzuka 8-hour for the first time...

Byrne confident despite slow times

31 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Defending MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne is relaxed despite finishing the opening day at Thruxton a distant twelfth place. Working on tyre life instead of single lap pace, the four-time...

Brookes tops opening day at Thruxton

31 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Josh Brookes has topped the opening day of the Thruxton round of the MCE British Superbike Championship, taking the top spot from a surprise performance form John Hopkins on the Moto Rapido Ducati,...

Jenkinson to replace Parkes for Thruxton BSB

31 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

National Superstock 1000 rider Adam Jenkinson will replace Broc Parkes on the Milwaukee Yamaha for this weekend’s Thruxton MCE British Superbike round. The Australian is struggling with the...

Bradl released by Forward, free to sign elsewhere

31 July 2015 by Steve English

Stefan Bradl’s path to an Aprilia MotoGP ride has been cleared by his release from Forward Racing with the Italian team confirming the news this afternoon. “Forward Racing and Stefan Bradl have...

Elias to replace Abraham at Indy

31 July 2015 by Steve English

Toni Elias will deputise for Karel Abraham at next weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix with the Czech rider once again sitting out due to injury. Abraham fractured his toe in Catalunya and the team...

Bradl confirms Aprilia interest

31 July 2015 by Steve English

With Forward Racing not taking part in next weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix Stefan Bradl has been confirmed fit to race and is now on the lookout for a new ride. The German, a former Moto2 world...

Biaggi leads after sole dry session in Sepang

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

In a proverbial day of two halves a double WorldSBK champion shone as brightly as the Malaysian morning sun to lead the field of 22 riders on the time sheets, the only one that would count, at...

Zanetti leads - then rain decends

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished on top of the first day time sheets at the Sepang round of the FIM Supersport World Championship with a 2’09.235 lap set in the dry conditions of the...

Biaggi speaks testing future

31 July 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Regular Aprilia test rider and Sepang wild card Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing Team) spoke at Sepang about his potential future role for Aprilia as a test rider. “Nothing is clear, because the factory...

Mahindra assess customer squad policy

31 July 2015 by Steve English

Hahindra has had a challenging start to 2015 with Francessco Bagnaia tenth in the standings their leading rider. This year the team took a very different approach to racing and instead of running a...

HRC admit fault for Stoner Suzuka crash

30 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing Corporation have admitted in the aftermath of last week’s Suzuka 8 Hour that Casey Stoner’s high-speed crash was the fault of a mechanical failure on the MuSASHi RT Fireblade and not the...

Zarco: 65 point advantage is incredible

29 July 2015 by Steve English

Johann Zarco has enjoyed a superb first half of 2015 and the Frenchman has put himself into a great position to win a first world title having won three races so far. With nine races remaining the Ajo...

Picture story: The Soviet race team Putin would have been proud of... then had killed

28 July 2015 by MCN

This is a picture of Estonian racer Endel Kiisa of the so-called ‘Vostok’ team (actually the state-sponsored Soviet team – Vostok translates literally as ‘East’), at the Austrian Grand Prix of 1965.

Picture story: Honda's oval-pistoned 1979 '0X' NR500

28 July 2015 by MCN

This is Honda’s oval-pistoned 1979 ‘0X’ NR500 engine, with which they would re-enter GP racing after a twelve years hiatus. The oval piston was Honda’s solution to the problem of making a 500cc...

Moto3 recap: Round 4 - Spain

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Danny Kent won his third race on the bounce but whereas COTA and Argentina were dominant wins he had to claw for it in Jerez. The last lap came down to a classic Jerez fight and Kent came out on...

Moto2 recap: Round 4 - Spain

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Jonas Folger claimed his second win of the year by dominating the latter stages of the Spanish Grand Prix. The German took advantage of the fight for second with Tito Rabat and Johann Zarco battling...

MotoGP recap: Round 4 - Spain

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Jorge Lorenzo got his title campaign back on track with the first of four consecutive wins. Lorenzo was dominant at Jerez and afterwards he took advantage of the opportunity to remind everyone that...

Forward to sit out Indy

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Forward Racing will miss the next round of the MotoGP world championship in Indianapolis. The team cited lost sponsorship as their primary reason but with financial authorities in Switzerland having...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Race winners!

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Is there a better way to round off our 2015 Suzuka 8 Hour coverage than with a final video diary with the man of the moment himself, Bradley Smith?

Moto3 recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Fresh from a dominant win at COTA Danny Kent stretched his legs even further in Argentina and won by an incredible ten seconds at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Kent started from the front row but dropped...

Moto2 recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Johann Zarco took the second win of his Grand Prix career in Argentina after a dominant weekend that saw him cruise to victory ahead of the impressive rookie Alex Rins with Sam Lowes rounding out the...

MotoGP recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

The Argentine Grand Prix will be remembered for the crash on the penultimate lap between Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi. Marquez had been in front but with Rossi on the charge the Italian was able...

First Yamaha win at Suzuka since 1996

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Bradley Smith, Pol Espargaro and Katsuyuki Nakasuga gave Yamaha their first Suzuka 8 Hours victory since 1996 after a superb race in Japan this morning. The Tech3 teammates partnered Yamaha factory...

Casey Stoner crashes out of Suzuka 8 Hour

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Casey Stoner’s return to competitive motorcycle racing has lasted less than fifteen minutes, after he ran wide and crashed out at Degnar just minutes into his first run on the MuSHASi RT Honda...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: On the grid

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The bikes and riders are on the grid for the start of the Suzuka 8 Hour – and we got the first of today’s video diaries with Bradley Smith recorded right there in the middle of it!

Woffinden retains speedway world title lead in Sweden

25 July 2015 by Tony Hoare

Britain’s Tai Woffinden finished second in tonight’s Swedish speedway Grand Prix in Malilla to retain his nine-point lead at the top of the world championship standings. Woffinden, 24, lost out in the...

Full Suzuka 8 Hour to be shown on British Eurosport

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

British Eurosport is set to show the entire Suzuka 8 Hour race live for the first time, allowing British fans to watch the progress of pole sitter Bradley Smith against former MCE British Superbike...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Time attack

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

After a rather incredible performance during this evening’s Time Attack from Pol Espargaró, Bradley decided it was only fair to recruit his teammate for today’s video diary – even if he didn’t give...

Moto3 recap: Round 2 - Americas

25 July 2015 by Steve English

You’re not supposed to win Moto3 races by a margin of seconds but nobody told Danny Kent in Texas with the Honda rider taking the flag with mammoth eight seconds victory margin. Kent started from pole...

Moto2 recap: Round 2 - Americas

25 July 2015 by Steve English

Sam Lowes took the first win of his Grand Prix career at COTA after seeing off the challenge from Johann Zarco. Lowes had suffered a huge crash on Friday and another during qualifying but when it...

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