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Lorenzo fastest from Marquez in Brno

14 August 2015 by Steve English

Lorenzo fastest from Marquez in Brno

Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez look set to continue their recent battles this weekend in Brno with the Spanish duo setting the pace in opening practice for this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix. Dani...

Vazquez quickest in opening practice

14 August 2015 by Steve English

Vazquez quickest in opening practice

Efren Vazquez set the pace in morning warmup with championship leader Danny Kent second fastest with Romano Fenati third. It was a very encouraging start to the weekend for Vazquez and Fenati with...

Get set to bet on Brno

13 August 2015 by Steve English

Get set to bet on Brno

Ladbrokes has teamed up with Motorcycle News for this weekend’s Czech Grand Prix to offer new customers a matched free bet of up to £50! Any new customers can take advantage of the offer in what...

Kent weighing up MotoGP option for 2016

13 August 2015 by Steve English

Kent weighing up MotoGP option for 2016

Danny Kent’s future should be resolved in “the next few weeks” with the Moto3 championship leader now one of the hottest riders on the market. Kent has impressed everyone with his mature approach to...

Bridgestone assess Indy performance

12 August 2015 by Steve English

Bridgestone assess Indy performance

Last weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix was one of the most challenging of the season. Each day had very different weather conditions and afterwards Bridgestone offered an assessment of their...

Michael Scott: Indy Analysis

10 August 2015 by Michael Scott

Michael Scott: Indy Analysis

We live in legendary times. Actually, that’s almost always true. There’s generally some sort of a legend going on somewhere, but believing we are part of it contributes comfortingly to our own...

Marquez and Lorenzo serve up a classic

09 August 2015 by Steve English

Marquez and Lorenzo serve up a classic

Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez treated the 68000 strong crowd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to a thrilling battle for the win. Both riders fought beside each other all the way through the 27 lap...

First Moto2 win for Rins

09 August 2015 by Steve English

First Moto2 win for Rins

Alex Rins took his first Moto2 victory this afternoon after a thrilling Indianapolis Grand Prix. The Spaniard had tarted the race as a favourite to take the win but with a short rain shower making...

Loi takes first career win, first rostrum for McPhee

09 August 2015 by Steve English

Loi takes first career win, first rostrum for McPhee

A brief rain shower 30 minutes before the start of the Moto3 race offered Livio Loi, John McPhee and Philipp Oettl the chance to claim their first career podiums. With the trio having started the race...

Marquez starts as firm favourite in Indy

09 August 2015 by Steve English

Marquez starts as firm favourite in Indy

Ladbrokes has teamed up with Motorcycle News for this weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix to offer new customers a matched free bet up to £50! Any new customers can take advantage of the offer in what...

Second row for Crutchlow, talks Ducati rumours

09 August 2015 by Steve English

Second row for Crutchlow, talks Ducati rumours

Cal Crutchlow narrowly missed out on the front row at Indy and after qualifying he commented that it was disappointing to once again miss out on the front row. This will be Crutchlow’s fourth start of...

Career best qualifying for Miller

09 August 2015 by Steve English

Career best qualifying for Miller

Jack Miller had the best qualifying performance of the year today with 16th on the grid and afterwards the Australian was pleased with his progress and how the bike felt more comfortable today than it...

Pole position for Marquez at Indy

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Pole position for Marquez at Indy

Marc Marquez followed up a dominant display of his race pace potential in FP4 by taking pole position for tomorrow’s Indianapolis Grand Prix. Marquez was able to take pole from Dani Pedrosa with Jorge...

Petrucci and Dovi progress to QP2

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Petrucci and Dovi progress to QP2

Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Dovizioso made it through from QP1 into the final top twelve shootout for pole position. The Ducati riders took advantage of their softer open class tyre to make it through...

Marquez fast and consistent in final practice

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Marquez fast and consistent in final practice

Final free practice doesn’t offer any guarantees but the performance of Marc Marquez in the 30 minute session all but ensured that he will start tomorrow’s race as the firm favourite. Marquez had a...

Fourth pole of the year for Kent

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Fourth pole of the year for Kent

Danny Kent claimed his fourth pole position of the year with the 21 year old smashing the track record at Indy to lead the way from Miguel Oliviera and Zulfhami Khairuddin. The Malaysian hadn’t...

Rins sets pace in final practice

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Rins sets pace in final practice

Alex Rins claimed the top spot at the end of final practice to give him plenty of momentum heading into qualifying at Indianapolis. The Spanish rookie has been strong all weekend and edged out Franco...

Marquez fastest, Dovi forced into QP1

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Marquez fastest, Dovi forced into QP1

Andrea Dovizioso will be the shock inclusion in the opening qualifying session with the Ducati rider failing to make it into the top ten spots after FP3. Dovizioso failed by over a tenth of a second...

Kent quickest ahead of qualifying

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Kent quickest ahead of qualifying

With the fastest time on his final lap of the session Danny Kent takes an advantage of almost half a second into qualifying with the Leopard Racing rider once again showing he is the class of the...

Positive start to Indy weekend for Redding

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Positive start to Indy weekend for Redding

A top ten time on Friday has given Scott Redding reason for optimism with the Marc VDS rider setting eighth fastest time and looking confident on the bike. In Germany Redding had a more encouraging...

Frustrated Smith "second in line"

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Frustrated Smith "second in line"

Bradley Smith’s frustration at not having his contract signed for 2016 has been bubbling over all weekend in Indianapolis with the Tech3 rider making barbed comments in the press conference about the...

How the markets look after opening day at Indy

08 August 2015 by Steve English

How the markets look after opening day at Indy

Ladbrokes has teamed up with Motorcycle News for this weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix to offer new customers a matched free bet up to £50! Any new customers can take advantage of the offer in what...

Crutchlow confident but needs to improve

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Crutchlow confident but needs to improve

Cal Crutchlow was fifth fastest on the opening day at Indy but having made few changes through the day he feels there’s plenty of potential in the bike once the track improves tomorrow. Unlike the...

Rabat and Lowes lead the way

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Rabat and Lowes lead the way

Tito Rabat and Sam Lowes started the second half of the season by trying to start putting pressure on Johann Zarco in the Moto2 class. Both riders have fallen adrift of Zarco in the championshipn...

Lorenzo tops opening day at Indy

08 August 2015 by Steve English

Lorenzo tops opening day at Indy

Jorge Lorenzo set the pace in Indianapolis today with the Spaniard outpacing Marc Marquez on the opening day. “It was very good, very positive,” said Lorenzo after the session. “I’m very happy with...

Vazquez sets pace, Kent fourth fastest

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Vazquez sets pace, Kent fourth fastest

Efren Vazquez has been continuously outshone by his Leopard Racing teamamte, Danny Kent, but in this afternoon’s practice Vazquez set the pace. The Spaniard took his first career victory in...

Rins leads the way in Indy

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Rins leads the way in Indy

With track conditions improving in Indianapolis Alex Rins set the pace at the end of the Moto2 session to outpace Jonas Folger and Tito Rabat. Rins has had an impressive rookie campaign in the class...

Espargaro acknowledges need for improvement

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro acknowledges need for improvement

Fresh from having his future confirmed with a one year contract extension from Yamaha Pol Espargaro spoke to MCN about his new deal. “Yesterday it was pretty close to being signed,” explained...

Lorenzo quickest but times will tumble

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Lorenzo quickest but times will tumble

The opening MotoGP session ended with a flurry with the majority field setting their fastest times at the end of the session. Jorge Lorenzo wound up with the fastest time but there’s little that can...

Kent's a man on a mission

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Kent's a man on a mission

A late crash took some of the shine off Danny Kent’s performance in opening practice in Indianapolis but the Leopard Racing rider’s half-a-second margin to the field saw him lay down a marker in FP1.

Espargaro signs new deal while Bradley waits

07 August 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro signs new deal while Bradley waits

Yamaha today confirmed that Pol Espargaro will remain with the Japanese manufacturer for 2016. Having won the Suzuka 8 Hours Espargaro was always likely to remain with the manufacturer for next year...

What are the odds for Indy?

06 August 2015 by Steve English

What are the odds for Indy?

Ladbrokes has teamed up with Motorcycle News for this weekend’s Indianapolis Grand Prix to offer new customers a matched free bet up to £50! Any new customers can take advantage of the offer in what...

Forward confirm Brno return

06 August 2015 by Steve English

Forward confirm Brno return

Forward Racing have today confirmed that they will return to MotoGP action in Brno after finding a solution to their ongoing budget problems. The team will miss this weekend’s Grand Prix at...

Video: Sam Lowes' half term report

06 August 2015 by Steve English

Video: Sam Lowes' half term report

Sam Lowes had a difficult rookie campaign in Moto2 last year however this year he has consistently ran at the front, won his first Grand Prix and made himself a rider in demand for next year. Changes...

Rossi: I'm ready to go in Indy!

05 August 2015 by Steve English

Rossi: I'm ready to go in Indy!

Valentino Rossi won the inaugural Indianapolis Grand Prix, held in the tail end of a hurricane and in awful conditions, but since then he’s had little luck at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This...

Laverty keen to put rookie lessons to good use

05 August 2015 by Steve English

Laverty keen to put rookie lessons to good use

Eugene Laverty took advantage of the summer break to fully recover from the lingering effects of some recent crashes and now he’s ready to get back to work at this weekend’s Indianapolis Grand...