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Magny Cours WSS: Cluzel wins red-flagged race

05 October 2014 by Liam Marsden

Magny Cours WSS: Cluzel wins red-flagged race

Jules Cluzel took victory in his home race after the supersport race was red-flagged on lap 13. Cluzel was a little fortunate to take the full 25 points, as Kenan Sofuoglu streaked ahead into the lead...

Magny Cours WSB: Guintoli splashes to race one win

05 October 2014 by Liam Marsden

Magny Cours WSB: Guintoli splashes to race one win

Sylvain Guintoli cut the gap to championship leader Tom Sykes to just 19 points with victory at a wet Magny Cours today. Both Sykes and Guintoli benefited from team orders, with their team-mates...

Silverstone BSB: Kiyonari claims pole

04 October 2014 by Liam Marsden

Silverstone BSB: Kiyonari claims pole

Ryuichi Kiyonari rode bravely in drying conditions to take his second pole of the season for the penultimate round at Silverstone. Kiyonari was able to hold off title rival Shane Byrne despite a fast...

Magny Cours WSB: Sykes on pole

04 October 2014 by Liam Marsden

Magny Cours WSB: Sykes on pole

Reigning champion Tom Sykes will start tomorrow’s races from pole position after setting a new circuit best lap of 1’36.366. Sykes will be joined on the front row by Ducati’s Davide Giugliano and...

Silverstone BSB: Kiyo scorches to record pace on opening day

04 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone BSB: Kiyo scorches to record pace on opening day

Ryuichi Kiyonari has raced to a scorching opening day of the penultimate round of the MCE British Superbike Championship at Silverstone. The triple champion, currently in a battle with Shane Byrne for...

Magny Cours WSB: Laverty sizzles to second

03 October 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Magny Cours WSB: Laverty sizzles to second

After confirming that he was heading to MotoGP in 2015 with the Aspar Honda team in 2015, Eugene Laverty (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) found enough pace on the first day at Magny-Cours to finish second in...

Magny Cours WSS: van der Mark on top

03 October 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Magny Cours WSS: van der Mark on top

After two WSS free practice sessions Michael van der Mark (Pata Honda) headed up the field on his Honda with a 1’41.744, with the surprise appearance of Roberto Tamburini (San Carlo Puccetti Racing...

Corser's BMW team springs to life

03 October 2014 by Michael Guy

Corser's BMW team springs to life

After an aborted attempt to run a BMW Aussie dream team in 2014 an announcement is soon to be made about the former double World Champion’s plans to compete with a two-rider squad in WSB in 2015.

Magny Cours WSB: Guintoli heads Sykes in first session

03 October 2014 by Michael Guy

Magny Cours WSB: Guintoli heads Sykes in first session

Sylvain Guintoli got his home round in Magny Cours off to a positive start by topping the time-sheets in the opening Free Practice session. The factory Aprilia rider is fighting to keep his world...

Pramac Ducati miss out on Eugene Laverty signing

03 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Pramac Ducati miss out on Eugene Laverty signing

Pramac Ducati management have admitted Aspar Honda just beat them to Eugene Laverty’s signature for 2015. Laverty has been locked in lengthy negotiations with Pramac Ducati for weeks, as the Italian...

Aspar Honda confirms MotoGP deal for Eugene Laverty

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Aspar Honda confirms MotoGP deal for Eugene Laverty

Spain’s high-profile Aspar Honda squad has confirmed the signing of Irish rider Eugene Laverty for the 2015 MotoGP world championship. Laverty’s premier class switch, which was first revealed by MCN...

Andrea Dovizioso: ‘I was close to Suzuki’

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso: ‘I was close to Suzuki’

Andrea Dovizioso says he came close to joining Suzuki for 2015 before agreeing a two-year contract extension with Ducati. The Italian was believed to be a top target for Suzuki, who were keen to...

Cal Crutchlow resigned to losing crew chief for 2015

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow resigned to losing crew chief for 2015

Cal Crutchlow has confirmed he will reluctantly split from crew chief Daniele Romagnoli when he ends his disappointing one-season career at Ducati next month. The British rider had wanted to take...

Dani Pedrosa: ‘Never anything serious with Suzuki’

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa: ‘Never anything serious with Suzuki’

Dani Pedrosa has denied giving serious consideration to ending his career long association with Honda to head up Suzuki’s return to MotoGP next season. The Spaniard was linked to a Suzuki slot earlier...

Danny Kent backs Jack Miller to bounce back from Aragon crash

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Danny Kent backs Jack Miller to bounce back from Aragon crash

British rider Danny Kent has backed Moto3 title contender Jack Miller to bounce back from losing the world championship lead for the first time in 2014 last weekend. An early crash at the Motorland...

Danilo Petrucci joins Pramac Ducati

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Danilo Petrucci joins Pramac Ducati

Pramac Ducati has confirmed it will replace Andrea Iannone with current Ioda Racing rider Danilo Petrucci in the 2015 MotoGP world championship. Petrucci has signed a two-year deal with the...

Loris Baz keen on Forward Yamaha move

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Loris Baz keen on Forward Yamaha move

Loris Baz is hoping Forward Yamaha can save his MotoGP dream after the shock collapse of a proposed move to Aspar Honda in 2015. Aspar Honda rejected Baz for a production RC213V-RS alongside Nicky...

Honda celebrate Motorcycle Live with Silverstone paint scheme

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda celebrate Motorcycle Live with Silverstone paint scheme

Honda Racing will celebrate the UK’s biggest motorcycle show this weekend at Silverstone’s MCE British Superbike round, as the wildcard Honda of Julien Da Costa takes to the track in a special paint...

Guintoli playing a waiting game, but focused on PATA Honda switch

01 October 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Guintoli playing a waiting game, but focused on PATA Honda switch

Aprilia’s number one man in the WSB title standings Sylvain Guintoli, has almost been forgotten in the maelstrom of other Aprilia news. With every passing day it appears less likely there will be an...

Aprilia WSB Decision Looming

01 October 2014 by Michael Guy

Aprilia WSB Decision Looming

When Aprilia announced that they were heading to MotoGP one year earlier than planned, the future of a 2015 official WSB effort looked at best uncertain. With the announcement that Alvaro Bautista...

Ex-Casey Stoner crew chief to head Jack Miller’s MotoGP switch

01 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Ex-Casey Stoner crew chief to head Jack Miller’s MotoGP switch

Casey Stoner’s former factory Ducati and Honda crew chief Cristian Gabbarini will play a key role in Jack Miller’s graduation to the MotoGP world championship in 2015. Aussie Miller is Honda’s new...

Suzuki never considered delaying MotoGP return until 2016

01 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki never considered delaying MotoGP return until 2016

Suzuki had no intention of further delaying its MotoGP return to 2016, despite major technical rule changes in advance of the Japanese factory’s much-hyped comeback. Suzuki has spent months of...

Tommy Hill returns to BSB as team boss with Be Wiser Kawasaki

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tommy Hill returns to BSB as team boss with Be Wiser Kawasaki

Tommy Hill, the 2011 MCE British Superbike champion, will return to the BSB paddock in 2015, but not as a racer. Hill is instead set to launch a two-rider team alongside Alan Greig, team owner and...

Michael Dunlop wins Frohburg on BMW

29 September 2014 by Stephen Davison

Michael Dunlop wins Frohburg on BMW

Michael Dunlop joined forces with the Penz13.co BMW team to win the feature event at Germany’s only road race on Sunday. Riding a S1000RR, described as “the spare bike from Le Mans” by team boss Rico...

MotoGP Aragon: Dramatic race sees Lorenzo win

28 September 2014 by Steve Hunt

MotoGP Aragon: Dramatic race sees Lorenzo win

This 800th GP was always going to feel a bit special, and that was before the few spots of rain, concerned technicians and varied tyre choices appearing on the grid for the sighting lap. With both...

Aragon: Honda one-two in dominant qualifying

27 September 2014 by Steve Hunt

Aragon: Honda one-two in dominant qualifying

Marc Marquez beat the circuit record by just over six-tenths of a second in qualifying to claim pole in Aragon today. The previous record of 1:47.804 was made last year and was – perhaps predictably –...

2015 provisional calendar released

26 September 2014 by Liam Marsden

2015 provisional calendar released

The first MotoGP round at Donington Park in five years will take place on 30 August as the FIM released their provisional calendar for the 2015 season. Donington’s inclusion comes as the Circuit of...

Yamaha boss: Rossi riding better than last title win in 2009

25 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss: Rossi riding better than last title win in 2009

Valentino Rossi is riding better than he did at Yamaha when winning his last MotoGP world championship in 2009. That’s the view of Yamaha boss Kouichi Tsuji, who was full of admiration for the Italian...

Scott Redding targets factory HRC spot in future

25 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding targets factory HRC spot in future

Scott Redding has set his sights on an official HRC seat alongside Marc Marquez in the future after the British rider confirmed he will make a dream return to the Marc VDS Racing squad on a factory...

Andrea Dovizioso targets podium return before end of season

23 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso targets podium return before end of season

Andrea Dovizioso’s main target in the final five races of 2014 is to add to his two podium finishes on Ducati’s improving Desmosedici. The experienced Italian has finished on the podium in Austin and...

Yamaha under pressure to deliver gearbox upgrade

23 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha under pressure to deliver gearbox upgrade

Yamaha is under mounting pressure from Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo to upgrade its year-old seamless shift gearbox to help the factory YZR-M1 pair threaten Marc Marquez’s domination of...

LCR never eyed Crutchlow/Redding British dream team

23 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

LCR never eyed Crutchlow/Redding British dream team

A British dream team featuring Cal Crutchlow and Scott Redding in next year’s MotoGP world championship never came close to reality. With Redding unexpectedly back on the rider market for a period...

Tech 3 deny making Yamaha MotoGP offer to Alex Rins

22 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 deny making Yamaha MotoGP offer to Alex Rins

Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal has rubbished claims by Alex Rins that the Spanish teenager turned down the chance to replace Bradley Smith on a factory-backed YZR-M1 in 2015. Rins confirmed in...

Yamaha delighted Jorge Lorenzo’s crew won't be split up

22 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha delighted Jorge Lorenzo’s crew won't be split up

Yamaha management have spoken of their delight that Jorge Lorenzo will continue with long-serving crew chief Ramon Forcada until at least the end of 2016. Having signed a new two-year contract to...

Assen BSB: Shakey snatches last corner victory

21 September 2014 by MCN

Assen BSB: Shakey snatches last corner victory

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne ended his winning drought by snatching victory from the grasp of his ‘War for Four’ rival Ryuichi Kiyonari with a last corner move in the second MCE Insurance British Superbike...

Assen BSB: Wildman Waters holds off Kiyo for wet win

21 September 2014 by MCN

Assen BSB: Wildman Waters holds off Kiyo for wet win

Assen again produced a dramatic MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship Showdown opening race with Tyco Suzuki’s Josh Waters claiming the victory, but Title Fighters Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne and Josh...