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Qatar MotoGP 2016

No more testing, the 2016 MotoGP championship finally gets underway at the 3.3 mile floodlit Losail circuit, with all signs pointing towards reigning champ Jorge Lorenzo as the man to beat.

The factory Yamaha rider set an incredible 11 laps under the lap records over the winter, while his team-mate and rival Valentino Rossi only managed one.

Will Marquez finally click with the new Honda, control ECU and Michelin tyres, or will he just be an occasional annoyance for the title contenders? And let's not forget th surprise of winter testing - wunderkid Maverick Vinales, who pushed Lorenzo all the way in testing in just his second year on the Suzuki.

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Donington GP gripes

25 June 2007 by Mark Hunt

For me the Donington GP has had its day. £60 on the gate to sit on muddy grass, drink the same over-priced coffee, queue for the bogs, listen to the same commentators plugging over-priced British Superbike merchandise, while watching races with very little homegrown talent (except for Dan and Bradley). To the organisers… You can’t just hope that it won’t rain and then things will be OK. Wake up,...

Bradley's babes

25 June 2007 by Andy Bradley

Bradley's babes

A couple of pics of my six-year-old son Mark Bradley from Hull while at the Donington GP, with the Tissot and Rizla babes!

Brit GP qualifying shots

25 June 2007 by Andy Bradley

Brit GP qualifying shots

A few pics from Saturday’s qualifying session.

That's entertainment?

25 June 2007 by craig rogers

I had to pay £10 per night for entertainment at the British GP to watch groups I have not heard of (exept JT’s Crash), toilets filled to the brim with crap, showers that do not work and over-priced drink and food. Great racing, though.

Donington crash shots

24 June 2007 by Arthur Patchett

Donington crash shots

These images were taken at Donington MotoGP during the weekend. Most of the pictures were taken from the Old Hairpin on Sunday, although a couple were taken at the Esses on Friday.

Knee down at Donington

24 June 2007 by P.Berriman

Knee down at Donington

My Son Daniel and his Cousin Dale – burning Donington Park up ‘Hair Bare Stylie’. Taken in good weather on Saturday afternoon.

British GP: Post race reaction: Bradley Smith

24 June 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British GP: Post race reaction: Bradley Smith

Bradley Smith survived three crashes in practice including a particularly vicious highside at Coppice to finish seventh in Sunday’s GP125 race at Donington. The 16-year-old Brit is now equal seventh...

British GP: Post race reaction: Chris Vermeulen

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Post race reaction: Chris Vermeulen

After winning in the wet at Le Mans many weren’t surprised to see Chris Vermeulen on the podium at Donington this weekend. The Aussie set a stunning pace in the closing stages of the race, closing the...

British GP: Post race reaction: Colin Edwards

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Post race reaction: Colin Edwards

Colin Edwards scored his best result of the season at the British GP this weekend. The Texan Tornado not only took pole, he lead for a good portion of the race before being caught and overtaken by...

British GP: Post race reaction: Casey Stoner

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Post race reaction: Casey Stoner

Australian Casey Stoner racked up his fifth victory of the year at Donington Park today pulling 26 points clear of Valentino Rossi in the title hunt. The 21-year-old Ducati rider rode faultlessly in...

British GP: Q&A: Dan Linfoot

24 June 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British GP: Q&A: Dan Linfoot

Dan Linfoot finished ninth in the appalling wet conditions of the Donington GP250 race in his debut on the Team Sicilia Aprilia. It was the 18-year-old’s first race of the season and his only...

British GP: Bradley Smith gets seventh; Mattia Pasini clinches first win of ‘07

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Bradley Smith gets seventh; Mattia Pasini clinches first win of ‘07

A battered and bruised Bradley Smith fought his way to a heroic seventh position in the 125 race at the British GP after suffering a mammoth get-off in qualifying on Saturday. The 15-year-old Repsol...

British GP: Casey Stoner wins at Donington

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Casey Stoner wins at Donington

Championship leader Casey Stoner has put in a masterful performance at Donington Park to claim victory at the British GP, his fifth win of the season. The Australian Marlboro Ducati rider took...

British GP: Andrea Dovizioso closes gap on Jorge Lorenzo; Dan Linfoot ninth

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Andrea Dovizioso closes gap on Jorge Lorenzo; Dan Linfoot ninth

Andrea Dovizioso was handed victory one lap from the end at the British GP when leader Alex De Angelis dropped his Master Aprilia going down Craner Curves on the way to a certain first win of the...

British MotoGP: Anthony West tops morning warm-up at British GP

24 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British MotoGP: Anthony West tops morning warm-up at British GP

Anthony West has proved his wet riding credentials this morning by posting the fastest lap of a morning warm-up at a dreary drenched Donington Park. The heavens opened this morning before the first...

Dirty Rossi

24 June 2007 by Andy Morton

Dirty Rossi

Rossi’s muddy, after crashing at Donington.

British MotoGP: Colin Edwards admits struggle despite British MotoGP pole position

23 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Colin Edwards admits struggle despite British MotoGP pole position

Colin Edwards reckons he still needs to drastically improve his speed through the tight and slow final section at Donington Park despite claiming pole position for tomorrow’s 30-lap British MotoGP...

Rossi gets off!

23 June 2007 by Jason Neale

Rossi gets off!

Here are three photos of Valentino Rossi’s crash after the back end of his bike came round on him and highsided him into the kitty litter in Friday morning’s free practice session for the British...

Rossi fans Joe and Jamie

23 June 2007 by bill hutcheson

Rossi fans Joe and Jamie

My son Joe and his cousin Jamie in the KTM Superduke paddock at Donington MotoGP. Guess who they want to win?

British GP: Eugene Laverty starts 250 race from 15th

23 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Eugene Laverty starts 250 race from 15th

British 250cc hopeful Eugene Laverty will line up on the fourth row of the grid for Sunday’s race at Donington aboard his LCR Honda. The 21-year-old from Ballymena posted a qualifying time of...

British MotoGP: Colin Edwards denies Valentino Rossi as Yamaha dominate British MotoGP qualifying

23 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Colin Edwards denies Valentino Rossi as Yamaha dominate British MotoGP qualifying

American Colin Edwards claimed his second career MotoGP pole position this afternoon at Donington Park to deny Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi in an enthralling end to final qualifying. The...

British GP: Bradley Smith on third row after massive high-side crash at Donington Park

23 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British GP: Bradley Smith on third row after massive high-side crash at Donington Park

Battered and bruised Bradley Smith will start tomorrow’s British 125 GP from the third row of the grid after he suffered a vicious high-side crash at the end of this afternoon’s final qualifying...

British GP: Alvaro Bautista leads the way in 250 FP2

23 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Alvaro Bautista leads the way in 250 FP2

Alvaro Bautista heads into this afternoons qualifying session with the fastest 250 lap of the weekend, recording a 1.33.397 with six minutes left on the clock in this morning’s free...

Show your power, Ducati!

23 June 2007 by Anonymous

A great race should be served to all MotoGP supporters. Even though Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri feel England is their second home, the “young guns” like Casey Stoner and Pedrosa will take most of the race. Ducati will be the dangerous “monster” for the other riders.

British MotoGP: Nicky Hayden fastest as Valentino Rossi crashes again at British MotoGP

23 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Nicky Hayden fastest as Valentino Rossi crashes again at British MotoGP

Reigning MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden continued his sudden and shock return to form at the British MotoGP this morning while Valentino Rossi suffered a bizarre crash in the third and final free...

British MotoGP: Roger Lee Hayden to ride third factory Kawasaki in Laguna Seca MotoGP

23 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Roger Lee Hayden to ride third factory Kawasaki in Laguna Seca MotoGP

Kawasaki will field Roger Lee Hayden on a factory ZXRR in next month’s American MotoGP race in Laguna Seca. Roger Lee is the younger brother of reigning MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden and the...

British GP: Bradley Smith 15th fastest in dry Saturday free practice session at Donington Park

23 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Bradley Smith 15th fastest in dry Saturday free practice session at Donington Park

Bradley Smith missed out on moving into the top five of the second free practice session for the 125s after making a couple of mistakes on his final flying lap. Smith was on for a fourth fastest time...

Donington parking

22 June 2007 by Ken Booth

So we are waiting our turn in the queue and after 30 minutes manage to enter the circuit, only to be stopped well inside the complex and told if we are not weekend campers that we have to make a U-turn and take the other entrance. This means going back out on to the main road where they have the right turn blocked off, so we have to go back towards the airport and rejoin the queue yet again. Why...

British MotoGP: Casey Stoner not worried by British boo boys

22 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Casey Stoner not worried by British boo boys

MotoGP world championship leader Casey Stoner has shrugged off the hostile reception he received from some British fans on the eve of this weekend’s British GP at Donington Park. When the 21-year-old...

British GP: Alex De Angelis fastest in crash ridden 250 first qualifying session

22 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Alex De Angelis fastest in crash ridden 250 first qualifying session

Alex De Angelis put himself to the top of the time sheets in the first qualifying session for the 250 class, but his scorching laps in the soaking conditions didn’t come without consequences. The San...

British MotoGP: Sete Gibernau turned down Kawasaki MotoGP ride

22 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Sete Gibernau turned down Kawasaki MotoGP ride

Sete Gibernau rejected the chance to resurrect his career with Kawasaki’s factory MotoGP squad. The retired Spaniard was considered to replace French rider Olivier Jacque for the rest of the MotoGP...

British MotoGP: Picture exclusive - Valentino Rossi crashes out at Donington Park

22 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

British MotoGP: Picture exclusive - Valentino Rossi crashes out at Donington Park

MCN reader Kerry Green was in the perfect place at Coppice corner this morning as Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi crashed in the wet in the first free practice session. Kerry Green, sent these exclusive...

British MotoGP: Keen Race Preperations' youngsters Donington Park dream comes true

22 June 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British MotoGP: Keen Race Preperations' youngsters Donington Park dream comes true

KRP youngsters Robbie Stewart, Nikki Coatesand Tom Hayward are gearing up for the biggest race of their lives at the British MotoGP on Sunday, June 24, 2007. Robbie Stewart from Perth, Nikki Coates...

British MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa buries rain demons to set pace in Donington MotoGP downpour

22 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa buries rain demons to set pace in Donington MotoGP downpour

Dani Pedrosa underlined his growing confidence in wet weather conditions to set the fastest time in this afternoon’s rain-soaked second free MotoGP practice session at Donington Park. Pedrosa has...

British MotoGP: Bradley Smith 11th quickest in Donington Park deluge

22 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

British MotoGP: Bradley Smith 11th quickest in Donington Park deluge

Bradley Smith claimed 11th place on the provisional grid in an opening 125 MotoGP qualifying session run in diabolical conditions at Donington Park this afternoon. Bradley Smith logged a best time of...

British GP: Andrea Dovizioso goes fastest in 250 FP1 at a damp Donington Park

22 June 2007 by Rob Hull

British GP: Andrea Dovizioso goes fastest in 250 FP1 at a damp Donington Park

Koporon Team Scott Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso put in the fastest time of the first 250 practice session from the British GP, leading his closest rival by three tenths of a second. In the last ten...