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Cal Crutchlow fights to fifth in Jerez

Cal Crutchlow fights to fifth in Jerez

It may not have been the first podium of the season he was looking for, but after two big crashes on Saturday, British rider Cal Crutchlow was delighted to be leaving Jerez with a third straight top...

Andrea Dovizioso reflects on forgettable Jerez race

Andrea Dovizioso reflects on forgettable Jerez race

The final standings in Jerez didn’t make pleasant reading for factory Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso after the Italian struggled to a dismal eighth place. Dovizioso had not expected an easy Spanish...

Scott Redding satisfied with safe second in Jerez

Scott Redding satisfied with safe second in Jerez

Scott Redding’s impressive early season Moto2 title challenge continued in Jerez yesterday when the British rider rode to a measured second place finish. The Marc VDS Racing rider quickly realised he...

BSB Oulton: Lowes puts in commanding performance to secure pole

BSB Oulton: Lowes puts in commanding performance to secure pole

Alex Lowes put in a commanding performance at Oulton Park on Sunday afternoon to claim his second successive British Superbike Championship pole position. The Samsung Honda rider was the only person...

Jerez MotoGP: Pedrosa wins as Marquez and Lorenzo collide

Jerez MotoGP: Pedrosa wins as Marquez and Lorenzo collide

Dani Pedrosa rode to an easy race victory at his home GP at Jerez, but the real talk of the race was a dramatic last corner collision between rookie Marc Marquez and defending champion Jorge...

Jerez Moto2: Rabat untouchable for win, Redding second

Jerez Moto2: Rabat untouchable for win, Redding second

Esteve Rabat rode an untouchable race to finish off a perfect weekend at his home race to wake victory in dominant form. Leading from the line, he took victory by over four seconds from Brit Scott...

Jerez Moto3: Vinales takes victory in crash-strewn Moto3 race

Jerez Moto3: Vinales takes victory in crash-strewn Moto3 race

Maverick Vinales was the winner of a crash-strewn first race at Jerez this morning as he became the third winner from three races in the Moto3 class. Alex Rins initially led away from the line, and...

Cal Crutchlow ready to race after two fast crashes

Cal Crutchlow ready to race after two fast crashes

Cal Crutchlow will ride through the pain barrier in tomorrow’s Spanish MotoGP race at Jerez after the British rider suffered two high-speed crashes in practice and qualifying earlier. The Monster...

Valentino Rossi relieved to escape injury in qualifying crash

Valentino Rossi relieved to escape injury in qualifying crash

Valentino Rossi said he was lucky to emerge unscathed from a crash in the fastest corner in an incident-packed qualifying session ahead of tomorrow’s Spanish MotoGP showdown at Jerez. The Italian fell...

BSB Oulton: Lowes tops early timing sheets

BSB Oulton: Lowes tops early timing sheets

Alex Lowes (Samsung Honda) topped the MCE British Superbike Championship timesheets after the second free practice session at Oulton Park today, the Lincolnshire rider just edging out Shane Byrne...

Jerez Moto2: Rabat blows away Redding for Moto2 pole

Jerez Moto2: Rabat blows away Redding for Moto2 pole

Esteve Rabat blew away the opposition to take pole position for his home GP by over 0.4 seconds from early leader Scott Redding. Redding had kept his Marc VDS Kalex at the front of the grid for most...

Jerez MotoGP: Lorenzo stays cool in crash-fest qualifying

Jerez MotoGP: Lorenzo stays cool in crash-fest qualifying

Jorge Lorenzo kept his cool to ride to pole for tomrrow’s Jerez Grand Prix as his title rivals buckled under pressure as they tried to close the gap to him. Pedrosa and Rossi crashed within seconds of...

Jerez Moto3: Alex Rins on pole despite crash

Jerez Moto3: Alex Rins on pole despite crash

Alex Rins will start the first Moto3 race of the season from pole position, after an early lap in qualifying allowed him to maintain the top spot despite a crash mid-session. KTM secured a...

BT Sport’s MotoGP TV deal to be announced this week

BT Sport’s MotoGP TV deal to be announced this week

BT Sport’s successful bid for the live MotoGP TV rights in the UK in 2014 will be confirmed this week, with MCN learning the multi-million pound deal will be formally announced in London on...

Bradley Smith continues steep learning curve in Jerez

Bradley Smith continues steep learning curve in Jerez

Bradley Smith’s rookie MotoGP campaign continues to be a baptism of fire after the British rider ended the opening day of practice in Jerez today in 14th position. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider was...

Cal Crutchlow impresses Yamaha with fast form

Cal Crutchlow impresses Yamaha with fast form

Cal Crutchlow’s brilliant start to the 2013 MotoGP campaign continued today after the British rider set the third fastest time on the opening day of practice at the Jerez track in Spain. A best lap of...

Valentino Rossi worried about race pace in Jerez

Valentino Rossi worried about race pace in Jerez

Valentino Rossi might have ended the opening day of practice for the Jerez MotoGP clash just outside of the top three, but the Italian fears he lacks the speed over race distance to fight Jorge...

Jerez GP Free Practice: Lorenzo cruises to early lead

Jerez GP Free Practice: Lorenzo cruises to early lead

Jorge Lorenzo was the fastest rider of the opening day of his home GP today at Jerez, easily taking the lead in both free practice sessions. Lorenzo, who had a corner at the circuit named after him...

Rossi and Crutchlow play down Suzuka 8-hour assault

Rossi and Crutchlow play down Suzuka 8-hour assault

Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow have played down speculation that they are to join forces in a factory Yamaha dream team to compete in the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race in late July. Just hours after...

BMW prepare for high speed Monza race with wind tunnel testing

BMW prepare for high speed Monza race with wind tunnel testing

Britain’s Chaz Davies has undergone the best possible preparation for the fourth round of the World Superbike championship at Monza by completing time in BMW’s wind tunnel facility in Munich. Monza is...

Cal Crutchlow aims to battle factory four in Jerez

Cal Crutchlow aims to battle factory four in Jerez

British rider Cal Crutchlow is bidding to challenge the elite factory four in this weekend’s Jerez MotoGP race to continue his brilliant start to the 2013 world championship campaign. Crutchlow...

UK MotoGP TV rights: To BT, or not to BT?

UK MotoGP TV rights: To BT, or not to BT?

Where British fans will be watching Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi racing in MotoGP next year is about to become clearer, with the hot rumour suggesting the BBC will lose the UK TV rights to the...

Michael Laverty gets electronics boost in Jerez

Michael Laverty gets electronics boost in Jerez

Michael Laverty is hoping an updated electronics package will boost his hopes of a maiden points scoring finish in the first European MotoGP clash of 2013 at the Jerez track in Spain on Sunday. The...

Kevin Schwantz announces shock Suzuka 8hr comeback

Kevin Schwantz announces shock Suzuka 8hr comeback

Former 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz will come out of retirement to partner Yukio Kagayama and Nori Haga for the 2013 Suzuka 8hr race. 48 year old Schwantz, who has been in retirement since...

Guy Martin at Cookstown

Guy Martin at Cookstown

Guy Martin gets it crossed up at the Cookstown 100.

WSBK Race Two: Laverty matches pace and snatches win from Sykes

WSBK Race Two: Laverty matches pace and snatches win from Sykes

The second ‘big bike’ race from Assen saw Sykes looking to build on his emphatic first race win and to truly begin his assault on the championship that he so desperately desires. With the chasing...

Lowes takes dramatic Superpole win in Assen

Lowes takes dramatic Superpole win in Assen

Sam Lowes – after the horrendous problems at Aragon in the last round – started this World Supersport race in pole position and desperate to make up the Supersport championship points here at Assen.

WSBK Race One: Sykes storms to race one win in Assen

WSBK Race One: Sykes storms to race one win in Assen

It was a morning of contrasts for British riders, with Chad Davies having a spill in the earlier warm-up session for race one, leaving his S1000RR minus pieces of fairing, requiring a few adjustments...

Lowes On Pole For Assen WSS Race

After taking pole in the first round in Australia Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) pushed himself to the top spot in the WSS practice order by over 0.643 seconds from second place rider Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Mahi Racing Team India). Sofuoglu’s team-mate Fabien Foret was third. Said Lowes after his impressive pre-race showing, “It was really good today, a very positive day, and both session...

UK riders claim entire front row in Assen Superpole

UK riders claim entire front row in Assen Superpole

Riders were finally greeted by a dry track in Assen for the World Superbike Superpole sessions. From the fifteen riders from session one, only twelve progress and although there was little by the way...

Giugliano Beats Sykes To Fastest Qualifying Time

Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Aprilia) surprised the leading pack at Assen by posting the fastest combined qualifying time in the only truly dry qualifying session of the weekend so far. Giugliano goes into Superpole 0.069 seconds ahead of Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) and his Bol d’Or winning KRT team-mate Loris Baz. Jonathan Rea did his best to raise the spirits of the Pata Honda World...

Leon Haslam Injury Update

Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture (not right as we previously reported) after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at the local Assen hospital indicated that he had suffered breaks in his tibia and fibia quite close to the left knee, which will require specialist surgery to fix. He is scheduled...

WSB Assen: Sykes Splashes To Provisional Pole

WSB Assen: Sykes Splashes To Provisional Pole

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) extended the advantage he already had in wet conditions in the first qualifying session at Assen to record a lap of 1’57.190 and push himself fully 1.634 seconds ahead...

Iddon Second After first WSS Qualifying

Iddon Second After first WSS Qualifying

Christian Iddon made good use of his three-cylinder MV Agusta F3 675 in a fully wet first qualifying session at Assen, going second fastest overall and only held back from the status of provisional...

Leon Haslam Injured In First Free Session At Assen

Leon Haslam Injured In First Free Session At Assen

UPDATED 1612 Leon Haslam (Pata Honda World Superbike) suffered a left lower leg fracture after he crashed at turn seven in the first timed practice session at a wet Assen circuit. Initial tests at...

Assen too tough to call for Rea

Assen too tough to call for Rea

With four wins in the last three years at Assen, Jonathan Rea and his Pata Honda have been the WSB benchmark at the Dutch track. But heading into this year’s race at the weekend, Rea’s sense of...