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MotoGP: Xavier Simeon completes 2018 grid

21 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Xavier Simeon will complete the 2018 MotoGP grid after finally confirming this afternoon that he will join the Reale Avintia Ducati team, confirming a rumour that has bene circulating the MotoGP...

MotoGP: Rins goes pink for breast cancer awareness

21 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Alex Rins will wear a special pink helmet this weekend at his home race in Motorland Aragon to raise awareness of breast cancer, not only wearing the colours throughout the weekend but encouraging...

Moto3: Foggia and Marini join Bulega and Bagnaia at Team Sky VR46

21 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Spanish championship front-runner Dennis Foggia will step up to the Moto3 world championship for 2018 as he joins Niccolo Bulega at Valentino Rossi’s Team Sky VR46 squad, with Rossi’s half-brother...

MotoGP: Official: Rossi to attempt to ride in Aragon

20 September 2017 by Oli Rushby

Valentino Rossi will attempt to compete in this week’s Aragon Grand Prix, the Movistar Yamaha team have this afternoon confirmed. The nine-time world champion will try to make an incredible comeback...

Video: Onboard at Aragon with Alex Marquez

20 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

It’s the Aragon round of the 2017 Moto2 championship this weekend and Alex Márquez is back after a free practice one crash ruled him out of the last race in Misano. Here he is at speed around the...

MotoGP: Aragon ‘should suit the RC213V’ says Miller

20 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc VDS Honda rider Jack Miller says he’s hoping for a strong weekend’s performance at Motorland Aragon this weekend, admitting that he thinks that the Spanish circuit will play to the strengths of...

MotoGP: Marquez lauds ‘amazing’ championship battle

20 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says that this year’s title race has been ‘amazing, as he goes into this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix level on points with Andrea Dovizioso after an incredible...

MotoGP: Rossi to try and ride at Aragon?

19 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi may be set to make an incredible comeback to MotoGP action only 22 days after undergoing surgery to have a nail inserted into his broken right leg, after a successful test today at...

MotoGP: Zarco aiming for Aragon podium

19 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Johann Zarco says he’s aiming for a podium finish at the penultimate European round of the 2017 MotoGP season, as the championship heads to Motorland Aragon this weekend before the three-week trip to...

MotoGP: Rossi back on track this afternoon, aiming for Aragon return

18 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi looks set to return to track action tomorrow, less than three weeks after breaking his leg in a training crash on his enduro bike and potentially even with the goal of riding at this...

MotoGP: Smith plays it smart for best KTM result

17 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith has admitted that Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix was a case of playing it smart to stay on the bike and make a good result in terrible conditions, as he beat teammate Pol Espargaró and...

Moto2: Triumph moving closer to debut

17 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Triumph Moto2 project has moved another step closer to fruition this week after the manufacturer completed a successful test at Motorland Aragon with the 765cc engine that will power Grand Prix...

Moto2: Mackenzie down but not out after Misano crash

16 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Tarran Mackenzie has come away from last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano down but not out, positive about what he learned riding the Kiefer Racing Suter in the rain despite crashing out...

MotoGP: Title leaders agree ‘no such thing as a Honda or Ducati track’

16 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Both Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez were in agreement about one thing come the end of Sunday’s race – that the old notion of certain circuits suiting certain machines is now well and truly dead in...

MotoGP: Redding with mixed emotions after top ten

16 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Pramac Ducati rider Scott Redding was left with mixed emotions after Sunday’s race, pleased to have come home in seventh and as best of the GP16 Ducatis – but unhappy to have been limited by his usual...

Moto3: Crash culminates tough weekend for McPhee

15 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

British Talent Team Honda rider John McPhee’s difficult weekend at the San Marino Grand Prix was brought to an unfortunate end when the Scottish rider fell out of Sunday’s race at the Misano circuit,...

MotoGP: Series bosses want Rea in at Suzuki

15 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sunday’s race at the San Marino Grand Prix saw yet another embarrassing weekend’s performance for Andrea Iannone on the factory Suzuki machine, spending most of the weekend on the bottom half of the...

MotoGP: Lorenzo admits ‘I made a mistake’

15 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo has held his hands up and admitted that carelessness ended his best hope yet of taking his maiden Ducati victory at Misano, after he crashed out of a controlling...

Moto2: Lowes to return to class on KTM

14 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes will be KTM-mounted in 2018 when he returns to the Moto2 championship, after the announcement at the weekend that his new Swiss-based CGBM Evolution team have penned a deal to become the...

MotoGP: Petrucci ‘second but sad’ at Misano

14 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Danilo Petrucci was left not elated but downhearted on Sunday despite taking in incredible second home podium finish at Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix, after spending most of the 28-lap race in...

MotoGP: Rossi explains enduro crash

14 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi’s hopes of returning to MotoGP action only three weeks after undergoing surgery to have his broken leg pinned has been quashed, after he conceded that he would be forced to miss not...

MotoGP: Lowes shows improvements despite crashing out

13 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has come away from this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix pleased with his progress on the Aprilia RS-GP despite crashing out of the race, after showing that he’s more than capable of running...

MotoGP: Provisional 2018 calendar announced

13 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

The provisional 2018 MotoGP calendar has been released, as the series expands to 19 rounds with the addition of a trip to Thailand for the first time. However, the calendar doesn’t answer the biggest...

MotoGP: Viñales makes wet weather progress

13 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

While Maverick Viñales might now sit some 16 points behind joint championship leaders Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso, he came away happy with his fourth place finish after turning a step in wet...

MotoGP: British GP to return to Donington?

13 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Next year’s British Grand Prix could be set for a sensational return to Donington Park after eight years at Silverstone, according to MCN’s sources in the MotoGP paddock, with a deal possibly even...

MotoGP: Crutchlow lucky to escape unscathed

12 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow has admitted that he was lucky to come away from the San Marino Grand Prix not only uninjured but with three championship points, after crashing out of the race only days after...

MotoGP: Dovi happy to come home safe in third

12 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Dovizioso had admitted that he was happy to come home in a safe third position in Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix despite championship rival Marc Marquez closing the gap to him with a last lap...

Moto2: Morbidelli ‘needs to keep pushing’ after Misano crash

12 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2 championship leader Franco Morbidelli says he knows now that he needs to keep pushing and to rely on his ultra-strong Marc VDS team going into the final five rounds of the 2017 season only nine...

MotoGP: Iannone’s race ended by too-tight rain suit

11 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone had yet another disappointing weekend on the factory Suzuki machine ended by the most unusual of circumstances on Sunday at the San Marino Grand Prix, claiming that a too-tight rain...

MotoGP: Van der Mark to replace Rossi at Aragon

11 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha have confirmed that World Superbike racer Michael van der Mark will get his MotoGP debut next time out at Motorland Aragon, deputising for the injured Valentino Rossi as he continues to recover...

MotoGP: Zarco pushes it home after running out of fuel

11 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Johann Zarco was forced to push his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine over the line at yesterday’s San Marino Grand Prix after running out of fuel on the last lap, according to the Frenchman who currently...

MotoGP: Misano win for Marquez ‘one of the best of my career’

11 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has hailed yesterday’s last lap victory over Danilo Petrucci at the San Marino Grand Prix as one of the best wins of his career, after the reigning world champion put it all on the line...

MotoGP: Marquez masterclass at moist Misano

10 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has delivered a masterclass win at a moist Misano circuit to leave the 2017 MotoGP season tighter than ever, after taking a stunning last lap victory over home favourite Danilo Petrucci...

Moto2: Aegerter and Luthi take Swiss one-two

10 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Dominique Aegerter has taken a dominant win at the San Marino Grand Prix, joined on the podium by fellow Swiss racer Thomas Luthi, as he closed down crasher Franco Morbidelli in the title...

Moto3: Fenati triumphs in flooded Misano

10 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Romano Fenati has run an almost flawless race from start to finish to take victory in the San Marino Grand Prix by a whopping 28 seconds from championship leader Joan Mir, in a rain-struck race that...

Moto2: Pasini stays in control for qualifying

09 September 2017 by Simon Patterson

Mattia Pasini has continued his control of the San Marino Grand Prix to take pole position for his home race tomorrow, extending his resurgence in form by finishing the day 0.083 ahead of championship...