Moto GP

MotoGP Interested in Imola Circuit?

28 March, 2020

Italian daily Il Resto del Carlino has reported that FIM’s Race Director Paul Butler has visited the Imola race circuit because it seems that Dorna is interested in bringing another MotoGP race to Italy.Butler seemed to approve the track and…

MotoGP riders Toni Elias and Cal Crutchlow undergo surgery

28 March, 2020

More surgery for MotoGP riders, after Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, Moto2 World Champion and MotoGP returnee Toni Elias also went under the knife Tuesday evening. The Spanish rider went in to remove the screws from his left hand and…

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo video interviews

28 March, 2020

Yamaha has released two video interviews with Valentino Rossi and reigning World champion Jorge Lorenzo following the team’s 2013 presentation today at Jerez de la Frontera.Rossi gets asked about his return to Yamaha, his famous love letter to his 2010…

Wind and rain hampers MotoGP Day 2 testing at Jerez

28 March, 2020

As expected rain and wind hampered today’s second day of MotoGP testing at Jerez de la Frontera. In the first hour of the morning session from 10am to 11am and when it was still dry, Avintia CRT rider Ivan Silva…

Why was Ben Spies wearing Colin Edwards Helmet?

27 March, 2020

After the computer theft from the Aspar team garage that occured at Sepang, there was another small mystery in the paddock surrounding Ben Spies’ helmet. The Texas Terror usually wears a HJC FC-15 lid, but on Thursday Spies was sporting…

Repsol Honda riders have chatter issues in Qatar

27 March, 2020

The chatter issues that plagued the Repsol Honda riders during the pre-season tests in Sepang, but not at the IRTA test at Jerez came back with a vengeance during tonight’s first free practice session in Qatar.Casey Stoner despite his chatter…

Chris Vermeulen talks about Catalunya FP1

27 March, 2020

Chris Vermeulen talks about today’s free practice and about Bridgestone’s asymmetric slick rear tires they’re using this for this particular circuit. Vermeulen finished 13th and only 17th in terms of top speed. It would been interesting to know if the…

Nicky Hayden: official Ducati MotoGP rider

27 March, 2020

In a press release from today, the Ducati Marlboro MotoGP team announced the latest news about Nicky Hayden: the 27-year-old Kentucky kid will join the Ducati factory team in 2009 like we all expected already. Nicky and Casey will ride…

Nicky Hayden has fun for a couple of laps at Jerez, while Valentino Rossi follows 'Ducati style'

27 March, 2020

Nicky Hayden once again ended up being the best Ducati rider at Jerez and put in several hard fought and entertaining passes until you noticed that after a few laps that he was running and the slowly began to fade…

Ducati GP11 testing underway at Jerez

27 March, 2020

Ducati has taken their two test teams to Jerez de la Frontera, which also includes team manager Vittoriano Guareschi who took off his official cap to don his rider’s helmet again, to help Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in their…

Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone fighting to regain fitness

27 March, 2020

Pramac’s Andrea Iannone and Ben Spies may be smiling in this picture at the 2013 Wrooom, but the two riders are still fighting to regain fitness ahead of the first official MotoGP test at Sepang early next month.The MotoGP rookie…

Andrea Iannone to sit out Laguna Seca round

27 March, 2020

Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will be forced to skip this upcoming MotoGP round at Laguna Seca.The MotoGP rookie crashed his Ducati GP13 during the fourth free practice at Sachsenring, dislocating his right shoulder.The Clinica Mobile fixed the shoulder, but he was…

Casey Stoner's retirement opens new 2013 silly season scenarios

27 March, 2020

Casey Stoner’s retirement announcement yesterday at Le Mans not only shook the MotoGP world, but it also opened a whole new scenario for the 2013 season, leaving Repsol and Honda in a very complicated situation of who they will replace…

Robertino Pietri to wild card in MotoGP for Avintia Racing

27 March, 2020

After spending two seasons with Italtrans in Moto2 (and picking up a single point), 26-year old Robertino Pietri will be making the leap to the premier class after reaching an agreement with CRT Avintia Racing (formerly known as BQR) to…

Hungarian MotoGP Round to be Cancelled

27 March, 2020

Balatonring Zrt, the event promoter for the Hungarian Grand Prix has spoken to MotoGP Rights Holders Dorna Sports requesting postponement of this year’s race until 2010. The decision to move back the September 20th race owes to a delay in…

Pramac Racing to field only one rider in 2011?

27 March, 2020

From the rumors that World Superbike’s Max Neukirchner would be heading to MotoGP and ride a Pramac Ducati with the latest item coming out of Sepang is that not only Neurkirchner will not be in MotoGP, but the Italian team…

MotoGP Sepang 2 – Final Day Rider Quotes

27 March, 2020

With four days of pre-season testing at Sepang already over, MotoGP will be heading to Qatar on March 18-19 for the final two days of tests, before the new season kicks off at Losail for the night race that takes…

Valentino Rossi's first lap on the Ducati Desmosedici (w/video)

27 March, 2020

Valentino Rossi final took to the Valencia track at 12:20 pm onboard the Ducati Desmosedici for the very first time and his first timed lap was 1.44.773.His first run with the new machine was under twelve laps, the best of…

MotoGP post race test cancelled – Ducati to test at Mugello

27 March, 2020

Due to the atrocious weather at Estoril the programmed MotoGP post race test that was to take place today has been cancelled.Following this decision, Ducati has decided to programme a three-day test at Mugello with both factory riders, Valentino Rossi…