Valencia Grand Prix 2016

MotoGP: Tension building between Viñales and Marquez

24 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Tensions are already starting to build between 2017 MotoGP championship favourite Maverick Viñales and reigning champion Marc Marquez ahead of the start of the season next month, brought to a head...

Moto3: Bulega tops rain-hit Jerez test

24 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Nicolò Bulega has topped two days of Moto3 testing at Jerez, finishing the two-day outing in good form as he sets up a year in which he starts the series as one of the favourites for Valentino Rossi’s...

MotoGP: Oakley to become title sponsor of Mugello race

23 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sunglasses brand Oakley will become the title sponsor of this year’s Italian Grand Prix in Mugello, replacing Italian telecommunications giant TIM in the role. The deal sees Oakley, owned by Milanese...

Moto3: Ducati nearing lightweight class return

23 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Ducati are nearing a return to MotoGP’s lightweight class for the first time in nearly sixty years, with MCN’s sources confirming that the Italian manufacturer’s new Moto3 machine has taken to the...

MotoGP: Michelin to run wet track test at Valencia

22 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP tyre manufacturer Michelin will take the almost-unprecedented step of running a special wet track test later this season at Valencia, with plans to douse the Spanish track in water to test...

Gallery: Red Bull KTM's 2017 MotoGP RC16

22 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season now well underway after the completing of the second test at Phillip Island last week and with the Red Bull KTM squad dashing back to Austria to launch their new bikes at...

MotoGP: Smith and Espargaró reveal KTM contender

20 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Red Bull KTM duo of Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró have pulled the covers off the 2017 MotoGP machine that the pair will campaign in the coming season. The pair flew directly from Australia and...

Moto3: McPhee out to make the most of Honda potential

20 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

2016 Moto3 race winner John McPhee has come away from his first test of 2017 – and his first time on a bike since his season-ending crash at Phillip Island last year – delighted with the potential of...

Moto2: Rossi and VR46 Academy take on the world

19 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi and his army of VR46 Academy protégés have set themselves the ambitious target of securing victory in all three classes in 2017. In Moto3, Rossi’s SKY backed team of Andrea Migno and...

Opinion: Why does MotoGP test where we race?

18 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

One complaint that was issued more than any other this week during MotoGP’s three-day testing visit to Phillip Island was the weather. Now, with beautiful sunshine, no rain, and track temperatures...

MotoGP: KTM pleased with progress despite positions

17 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The KTM duo of Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró have come away from the second of MotoGP’s three pre-season test pleased with the progress made on the new RC16 machine, despite the timing screens...

MotoGP: Rookie Folger fires warning shots

17 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP rookie Jonas Folger has fired an important warning shot on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine during three days of testing at Phillip Island, taking the machine to fourth overall and coming away...

MotoGP: Rossi improving, but not fast enough

17 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has admitted that despite some positive results form this week’s three-day MotoGP test at Phillip Island, he and his Movistar Yamaha team didn’t find the progress that they were hoping...

MotoGP: Viñales and Marquez throw down gloves in Phillip Island

17 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Movistar Yamaha new signing Maverick Viñales and reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez have thrown down gloves – and perhaps shown us the direction of the 2017 season – after they went head to head on...

MotoGP: Crutchlow a danger man according to Viñales

16 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow is a danger man for the 2017 MotoGP season according to Maverick Viñales, who says people are forgetting the potential of last season’s double race winner despite another strong...

MotoGP: Redding lucky to avoid injury in Bautista collision

16 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Scott Redding was lucky to escape injury free from the second day of testing at Phillip Island today after a high-speed collision with fellow Ducati rider Alvaro Bautista on the start-finish straight...

MotoGP: Suzuki and Aprilia roll out new winglet design

16 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Suzuki and Aprilia have become the latest MotoGP manufacturers to roll out a newly designed aerodynamic package as they try to skirt rules banning winglets for the 2017 season, with unusually designed...

MotoGP: Viñales demolishes field on day two at Phillip Island

16 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Movistar Yamaha rider Maverick Viñales has demolished his 2017 MotoGP opposition on the second day of action at the Phillip Island pre-season test, setting a fast time early on and backing it up in...