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Poll: With MotoGP about to kick off at Qatar, who's your money on?

06 March 2018 by MCN News

With MotoGP season 2018 about to start, we want to know who have you got your money on for the first round in Qatar? It’s not long to wait for MotoGP to kick off at Qatar. Who’s your money on for...

MotoGP: ‘Super tough’ for junior classes thanks to Qatar schedule change

06 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Aprilia MotoGP racer Aleix Espargaró says that the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will suffer at the opening round of the 2018 Grand Prix racing season, thanks to a new schedule that will see their races run...

MotoGP: EG 0,0 and Marc VDS unveil 2018 livery

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Spanish beer company Estrella Galicia and the Marc VDS Honda team have unveiled their 2018 liveries at an event at Madrid’s historic Jarama circuit, with MotoGP riders Tom Luthi and Franco Morbidelli...

MotoGP: KTM confirm Tech 3 as satellite team

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Austrian manufacturer KTM has confirmed speculation that the Tech 3 squad will become their official satellite team from the 2019 season. The news was hinted at as soon as Yamaha announced last week...

BTC: Official British Talent Cup test kicks off at Valencia

05 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

The official pre-season test for the inaugural British Talent Cup kicked off in Valencia this morning with the 23 selected riders out on track for the first time aboard their Honda Moto3...

WSB: Camier testing Magneti Marelli at Monteblanco

05 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Leon Camier and the Red Bull Honda World Superbike team are a last minute addition to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship teams testing at the Monteblanco circuit in Spain. Camier and the Ten...

MotoGP: Zarco tops final pre-season test of 2018

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco has signed off the final pre-season test of the 2018 MotoGP season in fine form, ending the three-day test at Qatar’s Losail circuit top of the time sheets –...

BSB: Rea 'relieved' by Cartagena pace

03 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Gino Rea has said he is ‘relieved’ to have come to his first test as a Bennetts British Superbike rider and posted consistently quick times after delving into the unknown with the new OMG Racing...

BSB: Byrne quickest from Laverty and Rea in Cartagena

03 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Shane Byrne kicked off his Bennetts British Superbike title defence with the quickest time on the third day of action at Cartagena to lap within half a second of Luke Mossey’s circuit best lap. The...

Roads: Hutchinson unfit for first Honda test

03 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson will not ride in Honda Racing’s first test of the 2018 season at Monteblanco next week as he continues to recover from the leg injuries he sustained at last year’s Isle of Man TT. The...

BSB: Zanotti injured in testing crash

03 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Bennetts British Superbike rider Aaron Zanotti is in intensive care following a crash on the second day of testing at Cartagena. The BSB veteran highsided out of turn two at the Spanish circuit...

BSB: Dixon evaluating suspension switch in Cartagena

03 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jake Dixon and the RAF Regular and Reserves Kawasaki team kicked off their 2018 season preparations this week as testing got underway in Spain. The team had a short shakedown test at Calafat, which...

BSB: Byrne shrugs off crash on first day back

02 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Bennetts British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne shrugged off a small crash to post competitive times on his first day of testing in 2018. The Be Wiser Ducati squad joined numerous other teams for the...

BSB: Bridewell 'buzzing' after first laps with Halsall Suzuki

02 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

It might be early days for the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship but there’s a smile back on the face of Tommy Bridewell after his first few sessions on the Movuno.com Halsall Suzuki. The...

BSB: Honda Racing unveil 2018 colours

02 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Honda Racing have lifted the covers off their 2018 Bennetts British Superbike contender ahead of returning to track action at Monteblanco next week. The CBR1000RR Fireblade that will be campaigned by...

Roads: Dunlop testing Suzuki at Cartagena

01 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop’s plans for the 2018 road racing season have been up in the air through winter with the 15-time TT winner linked to various outfits since he stormed to victory in last year’s Senior...

BSB: Ellison 'confident' as TAG complete Spanish testing

01 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

While most Bennetts British Superbike teams are currently heading out for their first winter test in Spain, the TAG Racing team sit back in the UK having completed six days of winter...

BSB: Winter testing set to commence in Spain

28 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Most of the Bennetts British Superbike grid will kick start their 2018 winter testing programmes over the next week as they swap ‘snowmageddon’ for southern Spain. The annual Cartagena Pro-Test, run...

MotoGP: Marquez adds two more years to Repsol Honda deal

26 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

Reigning MotoGP world champion marc Marquez has added two more years to his deal with the Repsol Honda team, meaning that the six-time world champion will remain with them until at least the end of...

WSB: Melandri snatches victory from Rea for Phillip Island double

25 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Marco Melandri snatched victory from world champion Jonathan Rea by just 0.021 seconds in today’s second race to walk away with a double win from Phillip Island this weekend. Rea looked to be in...

WSB: Compulsory pit stops for race two after tyre concerns

24 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike bosses have enforced a mandatory pit stop during tomorrow’s second World Superbike race after a number of riders experienced severe tyre difficulties during today’s opening race. Marco...

WSB: Melandri wins season opener with Rea off the podium

24 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Marco Melandri opened the 2018 World Superbike season with a stunning victory at Phillip Island as tyre concerns made for an interesting start to the year. It was the Kawasaki of Tom Sykes who took an...

WSB: Savadori leads Camier on opening day of action

23 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Milwaukee Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori led the way as the 2018 Superbike World Championship got underway in mixed conditions at Phillip Island. It was a busy day for the Superbike class, with three free...

MotoGP: Crutchlow goes riding with Lewis Hamilton

22 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

Four-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has joined fellow Brit and LCR Honda MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow for a day of track riding, with the Mercedes driver releasing a video of the pair’s...

WSB: 2018 rules explained

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Last year’s World Superbike championship saw a Kawasaki or Ducati finish on the podium 72 times with just 78 podium places up for grabs across the 13-round season. The dominance of those two factory...

WSB: Phillip Island season opener timetable and TV times

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Winter is finally over. The 2018 race season starts this weekend with the opening round of the Superbike World Championship getting underway in Australia this weekend. Phillip Island is renowned for...

WSB: Freddie Spencer joins Eurosport World Superbike commentary team

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Grand Prix legend Freddie Spencer is set to join MCN’s Greg Haines in the Eurosport commentary box for a number of World Superbike races this year. The three-time World Champion will join Haines for...

WSB: Lowes: 'We can win races this year'

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Alex Lowes reckons the development work done by Yamaha through the winter will enable him and team-mate Michael van der Mark to fight for race wins in 2018. With the season set to get underway in...

WSB: Davies: 'Racing will be closer in 2018'

22 February 2018 by Greg Haines

Twice runner-up and 23-times a race winner in the last three years, Chaz Davies is fired up and ready for another attack despite the new rules hitting Ducati harder than most. Davies lost out to Rea...

MotoGP: Tech 3 to split with Yamaha after 2018

22 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

The Monster Energy Tech 3 team have dramatically announced that they will split with manufacturer Yamaha at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season, bringing to an end a twenty-year partnership that has...

WSB: Rea: 'New rules motivate me more'

22 February 2018 by Greg Haines

With three back-to-back titles already behind him, Jonathan Rea glides into 2018 as the man to beat. He could equal Carl Fogarty’s record of four titles and just five more victories will see him...

Jonathan Rea awarded 2017 MCN Man of the Year

22 February 2018 by Oli Rushby

Three-time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has been awarded 2017 MCN Man of the Year after storming the public vote. Rea, who won his third consecutive title in 2017, beat six-time Bennetts...

MotoGP: Syahrin finally confirmed as Folger’s Tech 3 replacement

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

Monster Energy Yamaha Tech 3 team boss Herve Poncharal has finally confirmed that Malaysian racer Hafizh Syahrin will be the full time replacement for Jonas Folger at the squad for the 2018 MotoGP...

MotoGP: BT Sport extend deal until 2021 as Laverty joins team

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

BT Sport will remain as the exclusive live broadcaster of the MotoGP world championship in the U.K. and Ireland until at least the end of the 2021season, after announcing a three-year extension to...

MotoGP: Bagnaia to step up in 2019 with Pramac Ducati

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto2 rider Francesco Bagnaia has been the second rider confirmed on the grid for the 2019 MotoGP season, after official confirmation from the Pramac Ducati squad that he will join them for next...

Poll: Yamaha struggled big time at the latest MotoGP testing. Can Rossi and Viñales catch up?

21 February 2018 by MCN News

With tension boiling over at Yamaha we want to know – after Yamaha struggled big time at the latest MotoGP testing. Can Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales catch up? Yamaha struggled big time at the...

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