Australian Grand Prix 2016

LCR Honda to run multiple liveries in 2016

10 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow have confirmed that they will continue to be sponsored by a selection of brands in 2016, repeating the actions of 2015 that saw a number of companies all gain their own livery on his...

BT Sport confirm Suzi Perry as new face of MotoGP

09 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

BT Sport have confirmed MCN’s story from last week that Suzi Perry will return to MotoGP, becoming the new face of the broadcaster’s coverage alongside Craig Doyle. A huge fan favourite in the past,...

Video: Avintia take to the snow with Ducati GP14s!

08 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Ever wondered how you get a MotoGP bike up a mountain and down again? Or what a Ducati GP14 sounds like running through the narrow streets of Andorra? Well, wonder no more, as Avintia Ducati give us a...

Iannone pleased with testing times

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone has walked away from the final testing days of the 2016 pre-season pleased with his times on the new GP16 Ducati machine, content with the progress he made. Finally lapping the Losail...

Laverty: ‘The bike feels like mine now’

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Eugene Laverty says his Apsar Ducati is finally starting to feel like his own bike, as the Northern Irishman comes close to finding a base setting with the GP14.2 machine after missing much of the...

Video: Marquez and Pedrosa go classical

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Watch Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have some fun with renowned violinist Ara Malikian, just because they can, in the Japanese manufacturer’s latest video promotion ahead of the...

VR46 Moto3 takes all the headlines at Jerez test

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Team Sky VR46 KTM team have taken all the headlines at the first Moto3 test of the winter after the team’s duo of Romano Fenati and new boy Nicolo Bulega stole the limelight. It was Fenati who...

Lowes fastest on final day as Pons tops overall times at Jerez

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Britain’s Sam Lowes has topped the final day of the first Moto2 official test of the winter at Jerez, but was unable to touch Axel Pons’ impressive lap time from the middle day of the three-day...

Aprilia ‘making important progress’ with new RS-GP

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Aprilia have made important progress in the final three days of pre-season testing with the new RS-GP machine, after finally getting to take stock of their progress against their rivals, according to...

Smith says 2016 testing ‘very different’

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith has described the 2016 pre-season as ‘very different’ to previous years, as the Yamaha rider undergoes the first major rule changes of his time in MotoGP with new electronics and...

McPhee reveals 2016 Moto3 Peugeot

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Scotsman John McPhee has pulled the covers off the Peugeot Moto3 machine he will hope to take t success in the 2013 Moto3 championship. A re-branded Mahindra machine but with direct support from the...

Viñales happy with used-tyre pace and seamless gearbox

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Winter testing sensation Maverick Viñales says he’s most happy with the pace he’s been able to take from used tyres, after finishing the final pre-season test of 2016 in third overall. Losing the...

Redding: P2 time came from electronics improvements

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Scott Redding has put the impressive lap time that left him P2 overall at the final pre-season test of the winter down to continuing advances made by him and the Pramac Ducati squad with the control...

Lorenzo under lap record to maintain Qatar domination

04 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo will start the opening weekend of the 2016 MotoGP season as the clear favourite, after continuing his run of form at the Losail International Circuit on the final...