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MotoGP: New Tata deal set to revolutionise TV coverage

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP organisers Dorna say that a new deal signed with television back end provider Tata Communications will revolutionise the coverage of MotoGP that they provide to both host broadcasters and...

Video: Repsol Honda unveil 2017 bike in Indonesia

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have once again received a hero’s welcome in Indonesia, one of MotoGP’s biggest market and home to a hugely passionate fanbase. Travelling to...

MotoGP: KTM crew chiefs pleased with progress

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The KTM crew chief duo of Tom Jojic and Paul Trevathan, responsible for Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró respectively in their first year with the factory, say that they’re both pleased with the...

MotoGP: Lowes ‘not focusing on final position’ at Sepang test

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has come away from his first test of 2017 as a factory Gresini Aprilia racer delighted with his progress on the RS-GP machine despite finishing the time sheets last of the regular riders...

MotoGP: Honda’s engine crisis continues

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The crisis of confidence that Honda Racing had hoped that they’d seen the back of at the end of the 2016 season looks set to plague the team for another season, with both factory and satellite riders...

MotoGP: Cecchinello hopeful of better Honda links

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello says he’s hopeful of an improved relationship with Honda in the coming season off the back of Cal Crutchlow’s double wins, after a successful meeting with the firm’s...

Gallery: A closer look at the 2017 Repsol Hondas

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With Repsol Honda pulling to covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine this week in Indonesia, we went up close and personal for a look at the machines that Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will campaign when...

Video: Big goals for Andrea Iannone in 2017

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season underway after the first test got underway today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and with the Suzuki squad launching their new bikes at the track, we got the...

Gallery: Rossi's special testing helmet

04 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With special testing liveries now almost a thing of the past come the first pre-season test at Malaysia as team launches get earlier and earlier every year, one splash of new colour that can usually...

MotoGP: Stoner says Ducati flying without wings

04 February 2017 by Colin Young

Casey Stoner has laid down an incredible marker to the MotoGP field by topping the opening day of the season’s first test at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit, shattering the lap record as he joined the...

MotoGP: Relieved Rossi reassured of Yamaha potential

04 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has admitted that he’s now much more relieved than he was before MotoGP returned to track in Sepang at the first of the official pre-season tests. He’s jumped onto a much-improved...

MotoGP: Repsol Honda reveal largely unchanged RC213V

03 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda squad of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have pulled off the covers from their 2017 RC213V machines, travelling to Honda’s Indonesian Astra factory to show off a largely unchanged...

Video: Davide Brivio talks about Suzuki's 2017 MotoGP targets

03 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season underway after the first test got underway today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and with the Suzuki squad launching their new bikes at the track, we got the...

MotoGP: Welsh MP questions Circuit of Wales over FTR purchase

02 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Welsh MP David Davies, who has emerged as the most vocal voice in questioning the Circuit of Wales project in recent months, has criticised circuit bosses for their purchase of chassis manufacturer...

MotoGP: Rabat has successful surgery after Sepang crash

02 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc VDS Honda rider Tito Rabat has undergone a successful surgery in Barcelona today to repair the damage he sustained during a testing crash on Tuesday at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit. The Spaniard...

Video: Rookie Rins keen to make his mark

02 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season underway after the first test got underway today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and with the Suzuki squad launching their new bikes at the track, we got the...

MotoGP: Crutchlow with a lot of work still to do

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow says he still has a lot of work to do on the LCR Honda machine before he and the team are ready to race come the first round of the 2016 MotoGP championship next month in Qatar after...

MotoGP: Iannone pleased with positive test

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone says he’s delighted with the positive feeling that he and his new Suzuki team have made with his new GSX-RR machine after three days of testing in Sepang, where the Italian finished...

MotoGP: Viñales ends Sepang test on top

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales has finished the first test of the 2017 MotoGP season on the top of the timesheets, controlling the final day of action at the Sepang circuit to finish ahead of a surprise result from...

MotoGP: Iannone on top on rain struck second day in Sepang

31 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone has taken the Suzuki GSX-RR to the top of the time sheets on the second day of action in MotoGP’s season-opening Malaysian test, finishing ahead of former Suzuki and now Yamaha rider...

MotoGP: Rossi and Yamaha try out ‘winglet’ fairing design

31 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

While MotoGP may have placed a ban on aerodynamic winglets for the 2017 season, it seems that some manufacturers have found a way around the new veto – with Valentino Rossi testing a new fairing today...

MotoGP: Lorenzo unworried despite steep Ducati learning curve

30 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo says he’s unworried after finishing 17th on the opening day of MotoGP’s first pre-season test in Sepang, as he discovered that the learning curve he’s going through to adapt his riding...

MotoGP: Rossi struggles through opening day in Sepang

30 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has struggled through the opening day of MotoGP pre-season testing at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit, after awakening suffering from the effects of travel and sitting out the early part of...

MotoGP: Stoner fastest on opening day of 2017

30 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

Ducati test rider and former world champion Casey Stoner was a surprise top of the time sheets after the opening day of the 2017 MotoGP season, with the Australian dipping under the lap record at...

Gallery: Suzuki's 2017 MotoGP GSX-RR

30 January 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season underway after the first test got underway today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and with the Suzuki squad launching their new bikes at the track, it’s the...