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Donington BSB: Hopkins on pole after three year absence

06 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Donington BSB: Hopkins on pole after three year absence

John Hopkins has taken a surprise pole position, taking the Tyco Suzuki to his first pole since the same race all the way back in 2011. The American, who has struggled so far this season, managed a...

Da Costa happy with wildcard Honda pace

05 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Da Costa happy with wildcard Honda pace

Julien Da Costa has made a positive start to his first day back in the MCE British Superbike Championship, finishing eleventh but happy with his progress as the Honda Racing team continue to develop...

Donington BSB: Hopkins a surprise provisional pole

05 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Donington BSB: Hopkins a surprise provisional pole

John Hopkins has set his 2014 season back on track by setting the fastest time of the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Donington Park. The American, familiar with the track form his...

Marc Marquez won’t make early switch to 2015 RC213V

05 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez won’t try and steal a march on his rivals by racing Honda’s 2015 prototype RC213V machine in the final phase of the current campaign. Marquez broke the Brno lap record when he tested next year’s RC213V contender immediately after losing his 100% winning streak in the Czech Republic last month. The 21-year-old, who returned to winning ways last Sunday with a brilliant victory over...

Alex Lowes keen on future Moto2 switch

05 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Alex Lowes keen on future Moto2 switch

Reigning British Superbike champion Alex Lowes has set his sights on a future Moto2 showdown with twin brother Sam Lowes. The Voltcom Crescent Suzuki World Superbike rider was at Silverstone last...

Urban Tiger roars again at Donington

03 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Urban Tiger roars again at Donington

The famous Urban Tiger Fireblade livery will once again make an appearance this weekend at Donington Park, as the Honda Racing team return to the MCE British Superbike Championship for their second of...

Colin Edwards set to begin Yamaha testing role

03 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards set to begin Yamaha testing role

Colin Edwards won’t have long to get used to life as a retired racer, with the American poised to kick off his new role as Yamaha’s official MotoGP test rider in a few days. The Texan had planned to...

Chaz Davies eyeing MotoGP switch in 2016

03 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Chaz Davies eyeing MotoGP switch in 2016

Chaz Davies is hoping a title challenge with Ducati in World Superbikes next year will be the springboard to a MotoGP switch in 2016. The 27-year-old will remain on a factory Ducati Panigale in 2015,...

Silverstone ‘extremely disappointed’ to lose British MotoGP race

02 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Silverstone ‘extremely disappointed’ to lose British MotoGP race

Silverstone boss Richard Phillips says he is ‘extremely disappointed’ that last Sunday’s thrilling British MotoGP round will be the last at the Northamptonshire circuit for the foreseeable...

Donington Park thrilled to get British MotoGP back in 2015

02 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Donington Park thrilled to get British MotoGP back in 2015

Donington Park management have spoken of the ‘great coup’ to get the British MotoGP round back in 2015. The Leicestershire venue hasn’t been on the world championship calendar since 2009 when it lost...

Donington Park to host British MotoGP round in 2015

02 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Donington Park to host British MotoGP round in 2015

The 2015 British MotoGP race will be staged at Donington Park. Spanish-based rights owners Dorna and the Circuit of Wales have reached an agreement to take MotoGP back to the Leicestershire venue for...

Brookes planning on race wins at Donington

02 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Brookes planning on race wins at Donington

Josh Brookes says he’s not thinking of the MCE British Superbike Showdown this weekend at Donington Park, instead planning on concentrating on race wins after a disastrous weekend at Cadwell last time...

Andrea Dovizioso: New Ducati delay not ideal

02 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso: New Ducati delay not ideal

Andrea Dovizioso fears Ducati will miss out on precious development time for 2015 after Bologna factory bosses confirmed next year’s radical new Desmosedici will not be ready for testing at the end of...

Caterham poised for Moto3 switch in 2015

02 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Caterham poised for Moto3 switch in 2015

The British-based Caterham squad is expected to quit Moto2 and complete a shock move to the Moto3 world championship in 2015. Caterham boss Johan Stigefelt confirmed at Silverstone last weekend that...

Baz hits back at teammate Sykes

02 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Baz hits back at teammate Sykes

Loris Baz has hit back at Kawasaki WSB teammate Tom Sykes ahead of this weekend’s round at Jerez, after a number of incidents all year long have increased tensions in the reigning champions’ pit...

Day of Champions raises staggering £200,000

02 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Day of Champions raises staggering £200,000

Riders for Health, the official charity of MotoGP, have raised almost £200,000 at the Silverstone round of the series. Three and a half thousand fans packed into the day of Champions event to see the...

Bimota out of World Superbikes

01 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Bimota out of World Superbikes

Bimota have now been officially blocked from further competition in the 2014 World Superbike championship, after failing to make the minimum production quantities needed for FIM homologation. Under...

Backlund to replace Hutchy at FFX Yamaha

01 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Backlund to replace Hutchy at FFX Yamaha

Swede Filip Backlund will replace Ian Hutchinson at FFX Yamaha for the remainder of the MCE British Superbike Championship. He will make the jump from the highly competitive National Superstock 1000...

MotoGP field to debut Michelin tyres at second Sepang test

01 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP field to debut Michelin tyres at second Sepang test

Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi will get their first opportunity to evaluate Michelin’s new controlled MotoGP tyres during the 2015 pre-season testing campaign. Although the French manufacturer...

Alex Marquez signs Moto2 deal with Marc VDS

01 September 2014 by Matthew Birt

Alex Marquez signs Moto2 deal with Marc VDS

Alex Marquez has signed a two-year deal to join the Marc VDS Racing squad in the Moto2 world championship. The Spaniard, who is the younger brother of dominant MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez, will...

Redding pleased to be top Brit at Silverstone

01 September 2014 by Simon Patterson

Scott Redding has come away from his home grand prix pleased to have been the top home favourite, after the class rookie once again demonstrated what he’s capable of, taking his customer specification Honda to tenth and beating a pair of full-on Ducati GP machines in the process.   “I’m happy with the result today. At the beginning, with a full fuel load onboard, I was struggling to get the bike...

Lowes disappointed with seventh place

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Lowes disappointed with seventh place

Sam Lowes has left his home race disappointed with hisseventh place, the best finish of any of the Brits, after setting his sights firmly on scoring his maiden Moto2 podium finish early in the...

Cracked rim ends promising race for Smith

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Cracked rim ends promising race for Smith

A cracked rear wheel was the cause of the end of a promising weekend for Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider Bradley Smith, who was forced to pit for a new back wheel while battling for sixth in his home...

Smith: The cool-down lap was the coolest thing I've ever witnessed

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Smith: The cool-down lap was the coolest thing I've ever witnessed

Bradley Smith might not have had the end to his home race that he wanted at Silverstone, when a cracked rear rim forced him into the pits and left him at the back of the field in Sunday’s race.  ...

Silverstone Moto3: Rins takes last corner victory

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone Moto3: Rins takes last corner victory

Alex Rins has made up for his Brno last lap mistake, where the KTM rider cost himself a podium finish by sitting up a lap early, by taking an amazing last corner victory at Silverstone, holding back...

Silverstone MotoGP: Marquez reignites winning streak

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone MotoGP: Marquez reignites winning streak

Marc Marquez has reignited the winning streak that fizzled out at Brno, taking a dominant win from Jorge Lorenzo this afternoon at Silverstone in front of packed grandstands and under blue skies.   It...

Silverstone Moto2: Rabat extends championship lead with victory

31 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone Moto2: Rabat extends championship lead with victory

Tito Rabat has taken a dramatic victory in the Silverstone Moto2 rce, closing down hisMarcVDS teammate Mika Kallio in the closing stages of the race to pass the Finn on the last lap and lead over the...

Redding equals best ever qualifying

30 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Redding equals best ever qualifying

Scott Redding has equalled his best ever MotoGP qualifying at Silverstone, starting the race tomorrow from eleventh, with a special paint job on the Gresini Honda to celebrate his home round of the...

Crutchlow left disappointed with absence of pace

30 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Crutchlow left disappointed with absence of pace

Cal Crutchlow says he has no answer for the lack of pace he’s had all weekend at his home Grand Prix, and after qualifying a lowly fifteenth for tomorrow’s race doesn’t believe that he’ll be able to...

Silverstone MotoGP: Marquez starts Brno bounceback with pole

30 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone MotoGP: Marquez starts Brno bounceback with pole

Marc Marquez has started his bounce back from Brno, where he lost his first race of the year after a ten-run streak, by taking pole position at Silverstone this afternoon, putting aside a FP3 crash to...

Silverstone Moto3: Rins on pole as he chases maiden win

30 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone Moto3: Rins on pole as he chases maiden win

Alex Rins will start tomorrow’s British Grand Prix from pole position, after controlling the timesheets for most of the session, to eventually finish 0.112 ahead of Niccolo Antonelli and Alex Marquez.

Silverstone Moto2: Rabat bounces back for fastest time

29 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone Moto2: Rabat bounces back for fastest time

Tito Rabat has bounced back from a slow start to the day at Silverstone to take provisional pole position, after the winner of the lastround at Brno finished this morning’s free practice one back in...

Speedway: Injured Woffinden pulls out of GP

29 August 2014 by Tony Hoare

Tai Woffinden has admitted defeat in his battle to be fit for tomorrow’s speedway Grand Prix in Poland. The defending world champion broke his hand in a track crash last Saturday and has been receiving treatment all week in a bid to be fit for tomorrow’s race in Gorzow. But two laps in this afternoon’s practice were enough for him to throw in the towel and withdraw from the event. It gives...

MotoGP Silverstone: Marquez top, Brits on podium pace

29 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP Silverstone: Marquez top, Brits on podium pace

Marc Marquez, out to prove a point after losing last time out in Brno, has put himself firmly at the front of the grid at Silverstone, finishing the session half a second faster than anyone else as...

Silverstone Moto3: Kent on top on opening day

29 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Silverstone Moto3: Kent on top on opening day

This weekend’s British Grand Prix couldn’t have got off to a better start for the home riders, with Danny Kent taking his Husqvarna to provisional pole ahead of tomorrow’s Moto3 race qualifying.  ...

Byrne tops BSB Assen test

29 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Byrne tops BSB Assen test

Shane Byrne has topped a one day test at the legendary TT Circuit Assen, with six of the Showdown contenders jetting in for the eventahead of next month’s race at the circuit in the north of the...