Yamaha’s new signing for 2017, Maverick Vinales, takes the glory in Qatar after a breathtaking race long duel. Starting front row: Pole – Maverick Vinales (Yamaha), P2 – Andrea Iannone (Suzuki, P3 – Marc Marquez (Honda) A spot of drizzle just moments before the scheduled race start caused panic from race organisers, threatened to deny…
The long, dark winter is finally drawing to a close. In just ten days’ time the sounds of highly stressed engines, tuned to within an inch of their lives will echo back into life as pre-season testing returns. In preparation of this, two of the factory manufacturers (Yamaha and Ducati) publicly launched their challengers for…
The fate of this year’s truly remarkable MotoGP World Championship was sealed today, on the sun drenched Motegi Circuit in Japan, as Marc Marquez claimed his third crown at the first opportunity. Admittedly, to seal the championship today, Marquez required both Yamaha riders to score either three points or less (Jorge Lorenzo) or not score…
With the main European portion of the World Championship now concluded, MotoGP heads to the far east for the next three rounds of racing. To add to the intensity which always accompanies these races, the three events are scheduled for consecutive weekends. It also is almost a certainty that, series leader, Marc Marquez will secure…
MotoGP is set for an intake of fresh talent for the 2017 season, with four riders being given the chance to step up from it’s primary feeder series – Moto2. Johann Zarco – Tech3-Yamaha Age: 26, Race starts: 134, Wins: 14, Podiums: 38, Pole-Positions: 16 Arriving in the premier class the smooth talking, smooth riding, Frenchman…
MotoGP finished the European leg of the 2016 World Championship on Sunday with another encaptivating race weekend as the story of this year’s race for the title perhaps reached its defining chapter. Championship is Marquez’ to lose The only place to start is with the winner, Honda’s Marc Marquez. The 23 year-old was in incredible…
Almost 100,000 spectators crammed into the the Misano circuit to witness yet another piece of MotoGP history as Honda’s Dani Pedrosa ensured the story of this remarkable season continued… Pole- Jorge Lorenzo, P2- Valentino Rossi, P3- Maverick Vinales Venue: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Race Distance: 28 Laps Everyone got away cleanly at the start…
Venue: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Distance: 25 Laps Pole: Johan Zarco, P2- Lorezo Baldassarri, P3- Takaaki Nakagami Starting from pole, Johan Zarco got a terrible start with wheelspin off the line, consigning him to fall to sixth position by the time the field made it to the first corner. Initially, it was Franco Morbidelli…
Venue: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Distance: 23 Laps Attempting to win his first grand-prix from pole position, Binder (Red-Bull KTM) was mugged off the line by both Enea Bastianini (Honda-Gresini) and Jakub Kornfeil (Drive MT-Honda) into the opening ‘s’ bends. After the typical opening lap shenanigans, a leading train of ten riders formed. With…
Following the incredible races at Laguna Seca this weekend just gone in the latest round of the FIM World Superbike Championship, I once again found myself waxing lyrical to a friend about how incredible this racing series is… Now unfortunately he’s more of a car racing enthusiast and as such, had been left more than…
