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Colin Edwards pushing for FTR chassis test

23 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards pushing for FTR chassis test

Colin Edwards is pushing to test a new British-built FTR frame on his new Yamaha-powered Forward Racing MotoGP machine after a tough start to winter testing in Malaysia recently. The experienced Texan...

WSB Australia: Laverty takes sublime race one win

23 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

WSB Australia: Laverty takes sublime race one win

Eugene Laverty has taken a sublime victory in the opening race of the 2014 World Superbike Championship at Philip Island, coming back from a bad start to move past all his title rivals to the...

WSB Australia: Guintoli takes pole with fastest ever lap

22 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

WSB Australia: Guintoli takes pole with fastest ever lap

Sylvain Guintoli will start the first round of the 2014 World Superbike campaign from pole position after a blisteringly fast lap of Phillip Island from the Aprilia rider during the first new-look WSB...

Australia WSB: Wonder rookie Lowes leads the early charge

21 February 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Australia WSB: Wonder rookie Lowes leads the early charge

The dream start to his first WSB season continued for Alex Lowes (Voltcom Crescent Suzuki) as he pushed his way to the top of the first day’s time sheets in the new-look qualifying. After the first...

Breaking news: Marquez breaks leg

20 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Breaking news: Marquez breaks leg

MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has suffered a broken fibula in a training crash just weeks before the start of the 2014 season. The 21 year old was flat tracking in in Lleida, west of Barcelona,...

News and injury latest ahead of WSB opener

20 February 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

News and injury latest ahead of WSB opener

The heavy toll of crashes from Phillip Island testing has already affected the possible raceday line-up, but there are still some uncertainties one day before first practice starts. Sylvain Barrier...

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki ‘couldn’t be happier’ with Philip Island test

19 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki ‘couldn’t be happier’ with Philip Island test

Crescent Suzuki team boss Paul Denning says he ‘couldn’t be happier’ with his team’s performance at the last WSB test before the 2014 season kicks off, with his all-British team of Eugene Laverty and...

Sofuoglu dominates final Supersport testing

19 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Sofuoglu dominates final Supersport testing

Former WSS champion Kenan Sofuoglu has dominated the final pre-season World Supersport test session, finishing 0.2 seconds ahead of British Superbike podium finisher American PJ Jacobsen, who makes...

Pata Honda prepared to go the distance

19 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Pata Honda prepared to go the distance

The Pata Honda pair of Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam have come away from the final pre-season test at Philip Island confident that they have the pace for Sunday’s races, after using the final day to...

Kennedy breaks ankle in testing crash

19 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Kennedy breaks ankle in testing crash

PTR Honda rider Jack Kennedy has suffered a broken ankle in pre-season testing at Philip Island just days before his World Supersport campaign was due to kick off. The Irishman missed a gear at turn...

Rea sits out Jerez test with broken foot

19 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Rea sits out Jerez test with broken foot

British rider Gino Rea has been forced to sit out this week’s three-day official Moto2 test at Jerez, after breaking a bone in his foot at last week’s Valencia test. The former Moto2 podium finisher...

Hartley to become youngest ever BSB racer with Halsall Kawasaki

18 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Harry Hartley will become the youngest ever MCE British Superbike racer this season, with the youngster making the jump from National Superstock 600 to the superbike class with Bolton based Halsall Kawasaki. Hartley will join Lee Costello, who scored a remarkable podium place at the season finale at Brands Hatch, as the team look to captialise on an impressive debut BSB season. The signing of the...

Phillip Island WSB test: Sykes on top and on circuit record pace

18 February 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Phillip Island WSB test: Sykes on top and on circuit record pace

The two days of warm and dry official track time at Phillip Island were unfettered in terms of weather conditions but it was the high attrition rate of crashing riders and some technical issues that...

Laverty Jumps Up On Day One Of Official WSB Tests

17 February 2014 by Michael Guy

Laverty Jumps Up On Day One Of Official WSB Tests

The first of two days of official testing at the Phillip Island circuit saw the Voltcom Suzuki of Eugene Laverty lead the field at a pace that shocked even the fastest rider on show himself. “This...

Andrews and Cummins joins RAF Racing

15 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Andrews and Cummins joins RAF Racing

TT hero Simon Andrews will bounce back from life threatening injuries suffered at Le Mans last year to join the MCE British Superbike Championship with RAF Reserves Honda. However, Andrews won’t be...

Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki unveil new bikes at MCN London Show

14 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki unveil new bikes at MCN London Show

The Paul Bird Motorsport team have kicked off a busy weekend of announcements for the MCE British Superbike Championship with the unveiling of their 2014 machines at the Show in London’s Docklands...

BT Sport team break cover

13 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

BT Sport team break cover

After months of speculation, BT Sport has finally announced the team that will head their 2014 MotoGP coverage. The team will be led by one of the most famous commentary teams in biking history,...

Casey Stoner unlikely to take up HRC test role again

13 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner unlikely to take up HRC test role again

Double MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is looking increasingly unlikely to continue as test and development rider for Honda in 2014. HRC had intended to keep the Australian developing its factory...

Colin Edwards impressed by Aleix Espargaro’s Sepang speed

13 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards impressed by Aleix Espargaro’s Sepang speed

Veteran American Colin Edwards heaped praise of new Forward Racing teammate Aleix Espargaro after the Spaniard’s brilliant start to the 2014 MotoGP testing campaign in Malaysia last week. Making his...

No corner speed gain for factory Honda

13 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

No corner speed gain for factory Honda

Honda has so far failed in its bid to make its factory RC213V machine a match for Yamaha’s YZR-M1 on corner speed. Improved corner speed has been a key target for Honda’s technical staff during the...

MCN Exclusive: Michael Dunlop to race BMWs on the roads!

12 February 2014 by Stephen Davison

MCN Exclusive: Michael Dunlop to race BMWs on the roads!

MCN can exclusively reveal the first pictures of Michael Dunlop with the factory supported BMW S1000RR superbike that he will race in 2014. After months of speculation about his road racing future,...

Knockhill to run reversed in 2014

11 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Knockhill to run reversed in 2014

MCE British Superbike organisers MSV have confirmed that the Knockhill round of the championship, to be held in late June, will, as previously suggested, be run for the first time in reverse direction...

Electric racer to join petrol ranks in 2014

09 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Electric racer to join petrol ranks in 2014

For the first time ever, electric motorbikes will go head to head with their petrol-powered counterparts in 2014, with British team Darvill Racing gaining special dispensation from the ACU and...

Mugen announce two man team for TT Zero

07 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Mugen announce two man team for TT Zero

John McGuinness will be joined by nine-time TT winner Bruce Anstey for 2014, as the Mugen look to wrestle away the TT Zero title from arch-rivals MotoCzysz. The TT Zero electric race has risen in...

Tag Racing confirm former Australian champion Carr as second rider

07 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tag Racing confirm former Australian champion Carr as second rider

Yet another former Australian champion will join the MCE British Superbike championship for 2014, as former supersport winner Mitchell Carr joins the TAG Racing squad alongside Richard Cooper. Carr...

Is it too late for Valentino Rossi?

07 February 2014 by MCN

Is it too late for Valentino Rossi?

After three days of testing at Sepang Valentino Rossi managed to finish second fastest. The nine time champion says he’s changed his riding style to suit the new bike, but after an unimpressive 2013...

Colin Edwards not stressed by gap to Aleix Espargaro

07 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards not stressed by gap to Aleix Espargaro

Colin Edwards played down the big gap between himself and new Forward Racing teammate Aleix Espargaro after a tough start to winter testing in Malaysia. The experienced Texan was 14th fastest on the...

Bradley Smith focuses on race pace in Sepang

07 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith focuses on race pace in Sepang

Eighth position on the timesheets and outpaced by Aleix Espargaro’s new Open class FTR-Yamaha suggests this week’s Sepang MotoGP test was a tough affair for British rider Bradley Smith. Nothing could...

HRC unveil full rider line-up in Japan

07 February 2014 by Michael Guy

HRC unveil full rider line-up in Japan

MotoGP, Dakar, MX and Trials get HRC status – but no support for WSB. Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) is the most prestigious name in motor racing with unprecedented success in their chosen fields of...

Honda plan Jorge Lorenzo talks for 2015

07 February 2014 by Matthew Birt

Honda plan Jorge Lorenzo talks for 2015

Honda will approach Jorge Lorenzo about forming a Spanish super team with new MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in 2015. With all top riders out of contract at the end of this year, speculation on...

Andrews returns to TT with Penz13.com BMW

06 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Andrews returns to TT with Penz13.com BMW

Simon Andrews will return to both the Isle of Man TT and potentially the World Endurance Championship in 2014, as he returns to racing from the crash at the Le Mans 24hr race in September that almost...

Rossi optimistic after first test

06 February 2014 by Matthew Birt & Simon Patterson

Rossi optimistic after first test

Valentino Rossi has finished the first test of 2014 pleased with his pace after ending up second in the timesheets, but the Italian says that there are still problems to fix on his Yamaha. “Today is...

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki show off 2014 contender

06 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki show off 2014 contender

Voltcom Suzuki unveiled their 2014 WSB machine last night to a packed crowd at the team’s Verwood base, as Eugene Laverty and Alex Lowes stepped out for the first time in the new livery. With power...

Marquez ends Sepang test on top

06 February 2014 by Simon Patterson

Marquez ends Sepang test on top

Marc Marquez has left the first test of 2014 on top of the time sheets, but is chased by a trio of Yamahas after a blisteringly fast third day of riding in tropical temperatures at the Malaysian...

Marquez 'surprised' by fast times on day two

05 February 2014 by Matthew Birt & Simon Patterson

Marquez 'surprised' by fast times on day two

Marc Marquez has said that he has been ‘surprised’ by the fast times being set at Sepang, not only by himself but by other riders. The reigning champion says that excellent track conditions has meant...

Rossi positive after second day at Sepang

05 February 2014 by Matthew Birt & Simon Patterson

Rossi positive after second day at Sepang

Valentino Rossi has remained positive after the second day of testing in Sepang despite slipping from second to fourth in the timing sheets, saying that there’s still more speed to be found from his...