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Rain ruins new Honda debut in Aragon

Matthew Birt, 18 June 2013 17:28

Rain stopped Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez from making their debut on the new 2014 factory Honda RC213V bike at the Motorland Aragon track in Spain today. Light rain fell intermittently this morning preventing the Repsol Honda pair from venturing out of the pits before lunch. The rain did eventually stop but cool air temperatures and heavy cloud cover meant ...

Honda talks about 2014 Honda RC213V

Matthew Birt, 18 June 2013 13:29

Honda has confirmed its new 2014 factory RC213V machine is a ‘completely brand new’ prototype bike that Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez could race this season if they are happy with improvements. The new RC213V was shown off briefly this morning at the Motorland Aragon track in Spain where rain and cold conditions has prevented the Repsol Honda duo from ...

First pics: Honda reveals 2014 factory RC213V in Aragon

Matthew Birt, 18 June 2013 12:13

This is the first look at Honda’s new 2014 factory Honda RC213V machine, which was scheduled to make its European track debut at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain today.One bike each for HRC duo Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez was flown in from Japan, but unfortunately cool temperatures and rain have so far prevented the Spanish pair from completing ...

Nicky Hayden unlikely to switch to new Ducati in Assen

Matthew Birt, 18 June 2013 11:41

American Nicky Hayden reckons he is unlikely to begin racing Ducati’s new ‘lab’ bike in Assen next weekend because it is no better than his current factory GP13 Desmosedici. Ducati has invested vast human and financial resources into the new ‘lab’ bike, which features revised weight distribution and a chassis with different stiffness. It was hoped the new bike would ...

New Suzuki shines on European track debut

Matthew Birt, 18 June 2013 08:58

Suzuki’s new 1000cc MotoGP machine produced an eye-catching performance on its first test outside of Japan yesterday (Monday), with test rider Randy de Puniet finishing just over 0.7s off the best time set by Jorge Lorenzo in Catalunya. A one-day test session at the track near Barcelona was the first time the new Suzuki was pitched against opposition like Yamaha’s ...

Bike development behind Suzuki’s delayed MotoGP return

Matthew Birt, 17 June 2013 16:52

Suzuki has confirmed that it has delayed its return to MotoGP action until 2015 to focus on development of its new 1000cc machine.When the Japanese factory suspended its premier class project at the end of 2011, Suzuki announced its intention to be back competing against the likes of Honda and Yamaha in 2014.But speaking during the first European test of ...

Cal Crutchlow praises ‘unbelievable’ Jorge Lorenzo

Matthew Birt, 17 June 2013 10:56

Cal Crutchlow hailed Jorge Lorenzo’s Catalunya MotoGP victory as one of the best of the Spaniard’s premier class career after the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider’s challenge was ended by an early crash. Lorenzo led home red-hot pre-race favourite Dani Pedrosa by 1.763s to cut the Repsol Honda rider’s world championship lead to just seven points with a third of ...

Marc Marquez gets confidence boost with home podium

Matthew Birt, 17 June 2013 10:38

Marc Marquez admitted he was close to crashing numerous times during yesterday’s Catalunya MotoGP clash that saw the Repsol Honda rider return to the podium in third position. The Spaniard might have suffered his first race crash in Mugello recently, but he was not adopting a more cautious approach in front of a massive home crowd of over 91,000 fans ...

Scott Redding content with fourth

Matthew Birt, 17 June 2013 09:46

Scott Redding kicked into damage limitation mode in Catalunya yesterday after he missed a Moto2 podium for only the second time in the opening six races. Battling in the leading group of four in the early phase of the 23-lap race, the Marc VDS Racing rider was unable to match the pace of eventual winner Pol Espargaro, Esteve Rabat and ...

Suzuki delays MotoGP return until 2015

Matthew Birt, 17 June 2013 09:33

Suzuki shocked the racing world today by confirming that it will not return to the MotoGP world championship as had been expected in 2014.The Japanese factory has delayed its return until 2015 at the earliest in an announcement made shortly before its new 1000cc machine made its first public appearance in Europe at the Catalunya track near Barcelona.When Suzuki suspended ...