Australian Grand Prix 2016

Nicky Hayden cautious after Sepang test

Nicky Hayden cautious after Sepang test

Nicky Hayden has played down hopes he could emerge as a regular podium contender in 2010 after his impressive top three finish in the recent Sepang MotoGP test in Malaysia. The American gave his...

Hungary on course for September clash

Hungary on course for September clash

The Hungarian GP at the new Balatonring looks certain to go ahead later this year. The circuit was due to host the first Hungarian GP since 1992 last season but was dropped off the calendar because...

Scott Redding upbeat despite lowly finish

Scott Redding upbeat despite lowly finish

British teenager Scott Redding declared himself happy with progress on his Marc VDS Racing Moto2 machine despite finishing a lowly 28th at the first official test in Valencia. Using Honda’s new spec...

Ben Spies grateful for Casey Stoner advice

Ben Spies grateful for Casey Stoner advice

American Ben Spies reckons the help and advice he’s getting from the likes of former world champion Casey Stoner is proving a massive help in him adapting to the MotoGP world championship. The...

Injury no big blow for Jorge Lorenzo, says Yamaha boss

Injury no big blow for Jorge Lorenzo, says Yamaha boss

Valentino Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha team boss Davide Brivio doesn’t believe Jorge Lorenzo’s early 2010 MotoGP title assault will be badly hindered by the Spaniard missing a third of pre-season testing. The...

Julian Simon heads close Moto2 timesheets

Julian Simon heads close Moto2 timesheets

Reigning world 125GP champion Julian Simon headed the timesheets on the second day of official Moto2 testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain yesterday. And hopes that a spec Honda engine, controlled...

Toni Elias fastest at first official Moto2 test

Toni Elias fastest at first official Moto2 test

Toni Elias showed why he is a hot favourite to win the inaugural Moto2 world championship after he topped the timesheets on the first day of the opening official test session in Valencia. The...

Dani Pedrosa Q and A

Dani Pedrosa Q and A

Dani Pedrosa is confident he will be competitive when the new MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar next month. The Spaniard has had a tough pre-season campaign so far and issues in setting up his new...

Andrea Dovizioso Q and A

Andrea Dovizioso Q and A

British GP winner Andrea Dovizioso has praised the effort Honda is putting in to try and claim its first 800cc MotoGP world championship in 2010. The Repsol Honda rider reckons development of the new...

Valentino Rossi is overwhelming title favourite, says Colin Edwards

Valentino Rossi is overwhelming title favourite, says Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards has tipped former factory Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi as an overwhelming favourite to retain his MotoGP world title in 2010. Rossi has been in sensational pre-season form and the...

FB Corse told to prove competitiveness

FB Corse told to prove competitiveness

The new FB Corse squad will only be given clearance to race in the 2010 MotoGP world championship if it can demonstrate its new three-cylinder 800cc machine is competitive. International Race Teams...

Jerry Burgess happy with Yamaha engine performance

Jerry Burgess happy with Yamaha engine performance

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess reckons Yamaha has achieved its double target with the new 2010 factory YZR-M1 engine. With a team now restricted to using only six engines for the entire...

Valentino Rossi ends on top in Sepang

Valentino Rossi ends on top in Sepang

Valentino Rossi’s domination of the 2010 MotoGP pre-season continued today when the Italian topped the timesheets at a scorching hot Sepang circuit. The Italian has now topped each of the four days of...

Marco Simoncelli suffers second big Sepang crash

Marco Simoncelli suffers second big Sepang crash

Marco Simoncelli’s baptism of fire in MotoGP continued at the Sepang circuit today after the Italian suffered a second massive high-side crash in three weeks at the Malaysia venue. The former 250GP...

Yamaha plan to continue racing 800cc YZR-M1 in 2012

Yamaha plan to continue racing 800cc YZR-M1 in 2012

Yamaha intends to continue racing its prototype 800cc YZR-M1 machine in the MotoGP world championship in 2012, MCN can reveal. The Japanese factory is the first of the big four to signal its intention...

Has anyone seen FB Corse?

Has anyone seen FB Corse?

The future of the FB Corse squad still remains shrouded in mystery with the Italian-based team yet to be seen in track testing ahead of a planned 2010 MotoGP assault. But it seems that the FB Corse...

Moto2 engine well short of performance target

Moto2 engine well short of performance target

Honda’s official Moto2 engine will produce a miserly 125bhp. That is nearly 30bhp lower than initial targets and makes the spec CBR600RR motor around 20 to 25bhp less powerful than current World...

Valentino Rossi continues Sepang winter domination

Valentino Rossi continues Sepang winter domination

Having dominated the opening winter test session of 2010 in Sepang, Valentino Rossi picked up where he left off earlier this month to comfortably head the timesheets in Malaysia today. The reigning...

FTR team up with Talmacsi and Iannone

FTR team up with Talmacsi and Iannone

FTR Moto has extended its 2010 Moto2 World Championship involvement by supplying machinery to the Speed Up Team of former 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi of Hungary and Italian star Andrea...

Ben Spies looking to build on impressive Sepang debut

Ben Spies looking to build on impressive Sepang debut

Ben Spies is confident he can impress again when MotoGP winter testing resumes at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia tomorrow (Thursday). The Texan was a superb fifth quickest on the final day and seventh...

Bridgestone begin talks on MotoGP future

Bridgestone begin talks on MotoGP future

Internal discussions have started at Bridgestone about whether the Japanese factory will quit MotoGP at the end of 2011, MCN can reveal. Bridgestone has a contract to be the single tyre supplier in...

Casey Stoner poised to test new carbon swingarm

Casey Stoner poised to test new carbon swingarm

Former world champion Casey Stoner will evaluate a new stiffer carbon fibre swingarm when MotoGP winter testing resumes at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia tomorrow (Thursday). Designed to improve...

Jorge Lorenzo’s crew chief enters secrecy debate

Jorge Lorenzo’s crew chief enters secrecy debate

Jorge Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha crew chief Ramon Forcada has stepped into the debate about the ban on information sharing between the Spaniard and team-mate Valentino Rossi in 2010. Yamaha confirmed...

Budgets will decide 2012 MotoGP capacity choice

Budgets will decide 2012 MotoGP capacity choice

Money will be the prime factor in determining whether Yamaha, Ducati, Honda and Suzuki roll out new 1000cc factory prototype machines in MotoGP in 2012. Although unanimously supporting proposals to...

Debon vows to be fit for next Moto2 test

Debon vows to be fit for next Moto2 test

Spaniard Alex Debon insists he’ll be fit to ride the British-built FTR M210 in the official Moto2 tests as Valencia on March 1-3. Debon crashed in testing at Catalunya last week and fractured his left...

Danny Webb given 2010 lifeline

Danny Webb given 2010 lifeline

British teenager Danny Webb has flown to Spain today (Monday) to finalise what he hopes will be a season-saving 125GP ride. Webb’s 2010 plans were thrown into turmoil last week when the Aprilia WRB...

Suzuki ready to evaluate 2010 motor

Suzuki ready to evaluate 2010 motor

Having surprisingly failed to rollout its new 2010 factory GSV-R motor in testing earlier this month in Sepang, Suzuki is preparing for the debut of this year’s V4 contender in Malaysia this...

Valentino Rossi expertise helping Scott Redding

Valentino Rossi expertise helping Scott Redding

Scott Redding’s hopes of success in the inaugural Moto2 world championship have been given another massive boost after it was confirmed Valentino Rossi’s Ohlins suspension technician will work with...

Scott Redding confident after rain-hit Catalunya test

Scott Redding confident after rain-hit Catalunya test

Scott Redding was satisfied with his progress at the conclusion of a weather-hit three-day Moto2 test at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona today. Overnight rain meant that testing didn’t get...

Roberto Rolfo suffers injury blow

Roberto Rolfo suffers injury blow

Experienced Italian Roberto Rolfo’s Moto2 preparations suffered a blow in Catalunya yesterday when he dislocated his left shoulder after a heavy testing crash. The former MotoGP, 250GP and World...

Shoya Tomizawa springs Moto2 surprise

Shoya Tomizawa springs Moto2 surprise

It might be difficult to gauge the performance potential of anybody in the new Moto2 class until the arrival of Honda’s spec CBR600RR engine, but Japan’s Shoya Tomizawa was the surprise pacesetter in...

Scott Redding makes progress in Catalunya

Scott Redding makes progress in Catalunya

Scott Redding said he was delighted with his progress on the second day of Moto2 testing at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona. Unable to complete any meaningful testing on a weather-hit opening...

MotoGP bosses reveal 2012 rule plan

MotoGP bosses reveal 2012 rule plan

MotoGP fans could be watching the world’s elite riders racing on three different machines in 2012, as was exclusively revealed by MCN earlier this month. A mixed grid of 800cc prototypes, 1000cc...

Rain hits Scott Redding’s 2010 Moto2 debut

Rain hits Scott Redding’s 2010 Moto2 debut

Rain and a slow drying track at Catalunya restricted British rider Scott Redding to just 11 laps on his first Moto2 appearance of 2010 yesterday. Making his debut for the Belgian-based Marc VDS Racing...

Valentino Rossi still motivated at 31

Valentino Rossi still motivated at 31

Valentino Rossi reckons his motivation to stay on top in MotoGP is stronger than ever as the Italian icon celebrates his 31st birthday today (Tuesday). Rossi recently struck a crucial early...

Yamaha chase grip with 2010 YZR-M1

Yamaha chase grip with 2010 YZR-M1

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess reckons Yamaha has achieved one of its major 2010 targets by improving rear grip with a new YZR-M1 chassis. As well as increasing performance and durability...