Misano MotoGP 2016

MotoGP: New Tata deal set to revolutionise TV coverage

MotoGP: New Tata deal set to revolutionise TV coverage

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

Video: Repsol Honda unveil 2017 bike in Indonesia

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

MotoGP: KTM crew chiefs pleased with progress

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

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

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

MotoGP: Honda’s engine crisis continues

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

MotoGP: Cecchinello hopeful of better Honda links

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

Gallery: A closer look at the 2017 Repsol Hondas

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

Video: Big goals for Andrea Iannone in 2017

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

Gallery: Rossi's special testing helmet

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

MotoGP: Stoner says Ducati flying without wings

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

MotoGP: Relieved Rossi reassured of Yamaha potential

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

MotoGP: Repsol Honda reveal largely unchanged RC213V

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

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

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

MotoGP: Welsh MP questions Circuit of Wales over FTR purchase

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

MotoGP: Rabat has successful surgery after Sepang crash

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

Video: Rookie Rins keen to make his mark

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

MotoGP: Crutchlow with a lot of work still to do

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

MotoGP: Iannone pleased with positive test

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

MotoGP: Viñales ends Sepang test on top

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

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

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

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

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

MotoGP: Lorenzo unworried despite steep Ducati learning curve

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

MotoGP: Rossi struggles through opening day in Sepang

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

MotoGP: Stoner fastest on opening day of 2017

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

Gallery: Suzuki's 2017 MotoGP GSX-RR

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...

Video: Suzuki show off their 2017 MotoGP machine

Video: Suzuki show off their 2017 MotoGP machine

The ECSTAR Suzuki team of Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins have pulled the covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine at the Sepang International Circuit ahead of tomorrow’s first day of testing action at the...

Video: Lin Jarvis interviews Maverick Viñales

Video: Lin Jarvis interviews Maverick Viñales

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team pulled the covers off their new machines last week in the firm’s Madrid headquarters – and as part of the proceedings, new signing Maverick Viñales sat down with the...

MotoGP: Smith back to fitness ahead of 2017 KTM debut

MotoGP: Smith back to fitness ahead of 2017 KTM debut

Bradley Smith is loking forward to an easier time on his new bike than last timeon the Red Bull KTM tomorrow morning at MotoGP’s first test of the year at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit, with...

MotoGP: Marquez and Pedrosa raring to go in Sepang

MotoGP: Marquez and Pedrosa raring to go in Sepang

Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa say they’re raring to go ahead of tomorrow’s opening test for the 2017 MotoGP season, with Marquez admitting that he’s relishing the opportunity to...

MotoGP: Suzuki uncover 2017 machine ahead of Sepang test

MotoGP: Suzuki uncover 2017 machine ahead of Sepang test

The ECSTAR Suzuki team of Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins have pulled the covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine at the Sepang International Circuit ahead of tomorrow’s first day of testing action at the...

Live: Watch Suzuki uncover their 2017 bikes

Live: Watch Suzuki uncover their 2017 bikes

With the 2017 MotoGP season set to kick off tomororw in Malaysia with the firt of the official test, Suzuki are pulling the covers off their new bikes (and new riders Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins) at...

Video: Lin Jarvis interviews Valentino Rossi

Video: Lin Jarvis interviews Valentino Rossi

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team pulled the covers off their new machines last week in the firm’s Madrid headquarters – and as part of the proceedings, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi sat down...

MotoGP: Happy campers in Yamaha squad

MotoGP: Happy campers in Yamaha squad

The Movistar Yamaha team of Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales looks set to enjoy its most relaxed inner relationship of recent years come the start of the 2017 MotoGP season, thanks to a fast...

MotoGP: Dovizioso relishing Lorenzo challenge

MotoGP: Dovizioso relishing Lorenzo challenge

Andrea Dovizioso says he’s relishing the challenge of lining up alongside new teammate Jorge Lorenzo on the factory Ducati GP17 machine come Qatar, keen not only to measure himself against the...

MotoGP: Suzuki to reveal new bike live on Sunday

MotoGP: Suzuki to reveal new bike live on Sunday

The Suzuki MotoGP team of new signing Andrea Iannone and rookie Alex Rins will pull the covers off their 2017 bikes this Sunday at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit – and you can watch live from...

MotoGP: Calendar set to expand again in upcoming years

MotoGP: Calendar set to expand again in upcoming years

MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta has confirmed that the MotoGP calendar is set to expand in upcoming years, with a number of new rounds clamouring to join the ever-going series, potentially as soon as...