20-year old Marc Marquez has been crowned the 2013 MotoGP World Champion in what he has called a 'dream come true'. At the age of 20 years and 266 days, Marquez is the youngest rider of all-time to win the…
Jorge Lorenzo riding his Yamaha with the Fiat Punto Evo livery, headed the top of the timesheets in the first free practice at Estoril with a 1.37.185 after heading most of the session. Second went to Dani Pedrosa who was…
Moto Matter’s David Emmett and Moto-Journal’s Thomas Baujard have revealed that the story of Rossi being seen at Yamaha HQ has turned out to be a hoax (and we all fell for it - I personally will recite a couple…
Italian Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi set the final fastest lap to top the timesheets at the end of the first day of testing at Sepang, and while he was at it he also broke Stoner’s exsisting lap record with a…
As it was highly expected Jorge Lorenzo ran away with today’s MotoGP race at Mugello to take his fifth victory of the season. It took the Yamaha rider exactly one turn to take the lead and never give it up…
Eighteen thousandths of second that’s how much Dani Pedrosa pipped Jorge Lorenzo to take the pole position at Misano today. The Repsol Honda rider needs to win both in Italy and at Aragon (a circuit that seems to favour more…
While the Ducati MotoGP factory team will be racing in Austin this weekend, their test team in currently at Jerez de la Frontera for another three-day test along with World Superbike riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini and Aprilia test…
Valentino has won the MotoGP championship, but not without an exciting race with more protagonists than just the Italian. Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo certainly gave the public some entertainment, at the end of an emotional season.Stoner was having a tough…
Ducati and their sponsors have never hidden the fact that they would love to have 9 times World Champion Valentino Rossi in their team, but to say it however slyly during the official 2010 MotoGP team presentation lacks a certain…
The weather at Sepang has decided to through a wrench into Ducati’s testing plans. With the Desmosedici GP12 being developed almost from scratch in just over a little more than six months, both Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi need to…
Sete Gibernau wants to return to MotoGP and he hopes to return to Ducati, possibly in the Ducati satellite team?Ducati has just confirmed it can supply five bikes in MotoGP. With the impending introduction of a one-make tyre rule, Ducati…
After last year’s exciting 2008 Laguna Seca race and on the eve of this season’s rematch, we thought that this is an interview that Casey Stoner gave to Alessandro Pasini from Corriere della Sera on June 12th, would give a…
In yesterday’s qualifying debrief with motomatters.com Jorge Lorenzo said “it will be difficult for them to catch me,” and it was exactly that way in the MotoGP race at Silverstone. The Fiat Yamaha rider not only dominated, but rode away…
Dani Pedrosa ended up the fastest rider on the first day of a two-day private test that also includes Yamaha factory team riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies and satellite LCR Honda rider Stefan Bradl.The Repsol Honda rider who won…
Ducati’s final day of private testing at Mugello was another washout, with the weather conditions at the track once again hindering any hope of getting some work done as Nicky Hayden and official test rider Franco Battaini spent more time…
Karel Abraham was already thinking of switching machines next season, unhappy with the performance and development of his Ducati GP12 (he is using the satellite ‘Valencia Zero’ with just some electronic upgrades) and with the new rules that each manufacturer…
Day two of testing at Valencia occurred under bad weather conditions with intermittent showers and a constantly damp state on the track.The Yamaha team decided not to ride, new Ducati rider Nicky Hayden rode the fastest lap time with a…
Casey Stoner did not only set Friday’s fastest time at Estoril, he also hit the top speed of 329,5 km/h on the Portughuese circuit, but it wasn’t all smiles for the Repsol Honda rider who admitted that his Honda still…
What did you think about Valentino Rossi’s overtaking move on Casey Stoner at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix?Voting online in the Third Annual SPEED Performance Awards, nearly 120,000 motorsports fan thought that Rossi’s pass at the Corkscrew was the…
After taking part in this year’s Indianapolis GP where Aaron Yates rode to a 16th place on the first Suzuki based CRT, GPtech has decided to take part in all three of next season’s 2013 US rounds after receiving the…
Ducati has decided to keep a very low profile on this seventh test of the GP12 (GP12.2) with Valentino Rossi at the Jerez de la Frontera. Infact, their profile is so low that they didn’t even put out the usual…
Effenbert Liberty Racing Team debuted last year in World Superbikes taking three podiums with Sylvain Guintoli who finished sixth overall, while team mate Jakub Smrz was less luckier, even though he too was on the podium three times, but having…
A few drops of rain hit Phillip Island during today’s a little more than half way during first free practice, but the sun and a stiff wind quickly improved the track conditions as the riders continued to use the softer…
No one told Marc Marquez that the first few laps at Misano should be done calmly because the nearness of the circuit to the Adriatic sea can deposit some saltiness on the track surface during the evening and making it…