Tag Archives: MotoGP

Monday, 12 September 2016   MISANO ADRIATICO: Spain’s Dani Pedrosa, on a Honda, secured an impressive victory in the San Marino Moto GP on Sunday after a superb overtaking move on Valentino Rossi ended the Italian’s hopes at his home track. Pedrosa started eighth on the grid, several places behind …

Tuesday, 12 September 2017 :  Marc Marquez says he cannot understand why MotoGP fans “cheer” when he crashed at the Misano round, and admitted it left him feeling “sad”. Honda rider Marquez won the San Marino Grand Prix with a last-lap pass on Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci, and was …

Monday, 11 September 2017 :  Defending champion Marc Marquez won the rain-affected San Marino MotoGP to go joint top of the world championship standings with Andrea Dovizioso. The Honda rider’s final lap was the fastest of the race as he registered his fourth victory of the year. Italian Danilo Petrucci, …

Friday, 19 May 2017 :  Nicky Hayden, the 2006 MotoGP world champion, suffered severe brain damage as the result of his bicycle accident, a medical statement issued on Thursday confirmed. The American remains hospitalised in the Intensive Care unit in the Bufalini hospital in Cesena in Italy after being hit …

Thursday, 18 May 2017 :  Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden has been injured after he was hit by a car while cycling in Italy. The 35-year-old, who has been racing for Red Bull Honda’s World Superbike team this year, is being treated at a hospital in Cesena. The American competed …

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 :  Lowes stepped up to the premier class in 2017 after three seasons in Moto2, having entered that from the World Supersport Championship rather than the traditional Moto3 route. His best qualifying result from the first four events in the 23-rider field was 20th at Austin, …

Thursday, 11 May 2017 :  Aprilia is set to introduce a new gearbox and chassis for its MotoGP bike in the coming races. The Italian manufacturer has developed its RS-GP, the first fully-fledged prototype of its current programme, extensively since it was introduced at the start of the 2016 season. …

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 :  The satellite outfit fielded two entries in 2015 but has otherwise been a single-bike operation since entering the premier class with Casey Stoner in ’06. What would be MotoGP’s 24th and final grid slot is reserved for LCR, and Cecchinello is working on getting the …

Tuesday, 9 May 2017 :  Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales led the way in MotoGP’s post-Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez. After struggling for front-end grip and finishing sixth on Sunday, Vinales set his 1m38.635s late in the morning. The time was 1.6 seconds quicker than the best recorded during the race, and …

Tuesday, 2 May 2017 :  KTM will test a new-specification engine for its maiden MotoGP bike at Le Mans this week, before the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez. Riders Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro have noticed how aggressive the RC16 is, with much of that coming from the V4 engine, …