Argentina MotoGP 2016

Reigning champ Jorge Lorenzo started his title defence with a controlling victory at the opening round in Qatar ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez. Now the MotoGP circus heads to the Termas de Río Hondo circuit, which last year played host to the now infamous clash between Valentino Rossi and Marquez.

Fifth pole of the year for Zarco

Fifth pole of the year for Zarco

Johann Zarco will start from pole position for the fifth time this year with the runaway Moto2 championship leader finding a different gear once again on Saturday afternoon. The Frenchman, who has...

Pol and Cal through to Q2

Pol and Cal through to Q2

Pol Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow made it through to Q2 after setting the fastest times in a hugely competitive Q1 session. With the duo joined by Danilo Petrucci, Scott Redding and Aleix Espargaro it...

Relentless Lorenzo leads way in FP4

Relentless Lorenzo leads way in FP4

The headline time shows Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in FP4 but far more important that the fastest time was his consistency. Lorenzo set seven times in the 1m56’s and to compare that to his teammate,...

Kent focusing on the race and not his future

Kent focusing on the race and not his future

Danny Kent claimed second on the grid in what could be a very important qualifying session for the Moto3 world championship. With Kent on the front row and his chief title rival, Enea Bastianini, on...

First pole of the year for Antonelli

First pole of the year for Antonelli

Niccolo Antonelli claimed his first pole position of the year after a well judged final lap saw him outpace Danny Kent by two thousandths of a second. The Italian, fresh from having his future...

Folger leads the way in final practice

Folger leads the way in final practice

Jonas Folger, winner of two early season races, put in a strong performance in final practice today to lead the way from Tito Rabat at Brno.  Alex Rins, winner of the previous Moto2 race at Indy, was...

Lorenzo smashes lap record at Brno

Lorenzo smashes lap record at Brno

Jorge Lorenzo laid down a marker to the field by dominating the FP3 session at Brno to smash the lap record and finish over half a second clear of Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. Lorenzo, using...

Kent fastest ahead of qualifying

Kent fastest ahead of qualifying

Despite the speculation regarding his future Danny Kent was able to concentrate on the job at hand and set the pace in final practice at Brno. Kent has looked strong all weekend and ended the session...

Czech out the Brno betting markets

Czech out the Brno betting markets

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Rabat sets hot pace in Brno

Rabat sets hot pace in Brno

A string of fast times at the start of the session showed the strength of Tito Rabat at Brno and he punctuated his session with a fast time on his final run to lead the way from Thomas Luthi and...

Marquez leads Czech crash fest

Marquez leads Czech crash fest

Marc Marquez led the way in the afternoon practice session but with the Spaniard having tasted the Czech gravel traps twice today the challenges facing riders was obvious. Valentino Rossi, Dani...

Kent sets the pace at end of FP2

Kent sets the pace at end of FP2

The majority of the field set their fastest times on their last lap in the second Moto3 practice session but as has been the case for so much of the year it was Danny Kent who topped the timesheet.

Zarco dominates opening practice

Zarco dominates opening practice

Three tenths of a second was the advantage that Johann Zarco held over the field after the opening practice session at Brno. The runaway championship leader looks on course to get back to winning ways...

Lorenzo fastest from Marquez in Brno

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

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

Get set to bet on Brno

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Kent weighing up MotoGP option for 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marquez starts as firm favourite in Indy

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Second row for Crutchlow, talks Ducati rumours

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

How the markets look after opening day at Indy

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Crutchlow confident but needs to improve

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...