Matthew Birt Motorcycle Sport

Browse Motorcycle Sport

News Type

Blogs (1)
Exclusives (10)
Interviews (7)
Results (20)

Make

Ducati (3)
Suzuki (2)
Yamaha (1)
Honda (1)

Date

Find Dealers & Services

You looked for...

and found 1091 items

Results 11 - 20 of 1091

Patience the key for Marc Marquez

Matthew Birt, 03 April 2013 16:55

Rookie sensation Marc Marquez insists he won’t get swept away on a wave of expectation as the Spaniard's MotoGP debut moves ever closer in Qatar. Speaking during the pre-event press conference for the 2013 season opener at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, the Repsol Honda rider said he will try and adopt a patient approach in the early phase ...

Nicky Hayden: Ducati in a big hole for Texas race

Matthew Birt, 01 April 2013 15:00

Nicky Hayden has conceded that Ducati will be in a ‘big hole’ when the inaugural Texas MotoGP race is staged at the spectacular Circuit of the Americas (COTA) next month.Ducati was the only factory team not to travel to the recent private test session at the new COTA track near Austin.Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez took part in ...

LCR targets regular podium threat from Stefan Bradl

Matthew Birt, 27 March 2013 14:25

Bradl Italian MotoGP team boss Lucio Cecchinello says he expects Stefan Bradl to be a consistent podium threat in the 2013 MotoGP world championship. The 2011 Moto2 world champion is in his second season on Honda’s RC213V and with additional factory support from HRC this season, Bradl has been backed to fight for the top three after an encouraging rookie ...

Cal Crutchlow: My goal is to win Qatar by one minute!

Matthew Birt, 26 March 2013 09:24

Cal Crutchlow had good reason to crack jokes and be all smiles about his potential in the first MotoGP race of 2013 in Qatar next weekend after he topped the timesheets at the end of a rain-hit final test in Jerez. On a greasy but dry track after mid-morning rain had disrupted the final day, Crutchlow powered his Monster Yamaha ...

Bradley Smith: I needed more seat time

Matthew Birt, 26 March 2013 09:22

Bradley Smith admits that his MotoGP debut in Qatar next month will be a daunting experience because bad weather has robbed him of priceless time on track to adapt to Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine. The Oxfordshire rider completed only 72 laps on slick tyres during the final three-day test in Jerez that was badly disrupted by rain and cold temperatures. He ...

Cal Crutchlow fastest on final day of 2013 MotoGP testing

Matthew Birt, 25 March 2013 17:12

Cal Crutchlow ended the 2013 MotoGP pre-season in the best way possible after the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider topped the timesheets on the final day of testing in Jerez. The British rider set a best time of 1.39.511 late on the final afternoon to lap marginally quicker than factory Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi’s best lap of 1.39.525 that the ...

Valentino Rossi thrilled to be back on top in Jerez

Matthew Birt, 24 March 2013 20:10

Valentino Rossi could barely contain his delight after he put a disastrous two-year stint at Ducati firmly behind him in Jerez today when he set the fastest time on a day of domination by Yamaha. Rossi went some way to showing he will be a title contender in 2013 after he logged a best time of 1.39.525 to edge out ...

Cal Crutchlow plays down Jerez speed

Matthew Birt, 24 March 2013 19:58

British rider Cal Crutchlow played down his eye-catching performance on the second day of testing at the Jerez track in Spain today after he finished third quickest behind factory Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. After yesterday’s torrential rain the surface didn’t dry out until after 1pm today, but former World Supersport champion Crutchlow was immediately fast and found ...

Yamaha confirm new gearbox ‘under development’

Matthew Birt, 22 March 2013 16:14

Yamaha has confirmed it does have a new seamless shift gearbox under development in Japan, but gave no indication of when reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi will race it. There has been some doubt about whether a seamless shift system was being worked on by Yamaha, with both Lorenzo and Rossi kept in the dark about development ...

Bradley Smith satisfied with positive Sepang test

Matthew Birt, 01 March 2013 13:25

On paper at least, Bradley Smith’s second MotoGP test in the space of three weeks at the Sepang track in Malaysia looked worse than it actually was.Earlier this month in the opening Malaysia test he had got an early confidence boost after setting the eighth best time on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1, which put him ahead of factory ...