October

Year: 2014

Month: October

Danny Kent backs Jack Miller to bounce back from Aragon crash

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

British rider Danny Kent has backed Moto3 title contender Jack Miller to bounce back from losing the world championship lead for the first time in 2014 last weekend. An early crash at the Motorland...

Danilo Petrucci joins Pramac Ducati

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Pramac Ducati has confirmed it will replace Andrea Iannone with current Ioda Racing rider Danilo Petrucci in the 2015 MotoGP world championship. Petrucci has signed a two-year deal with the...

Loris Baz keen on Forward Yamaha move

02 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Loris Baz is hoping Forward Yamaha can save his MotoGP dream after the shock collapse of a proposed move to Aspar Honda in 2015. Aspar Honda rejected Baz for a production RC213V-RS alongside Nicky...

Honda celebrate Motorcycle Live with Silverstone paint scheme

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing will celebrate the UK’s biggest motorcycle show this weekend at Silverstone’s MCE British Superbike round, as the wildcard Honda of Julien Da Costa takes to the track in a special paint...

Guintoli playing a waiting game, but focused on PATA Honda switch

01 October 2014 by Gordon Ritchie

Aprilia’s number one man in the WSB title standings Sylvain Guintoli, has almost been forgotten in the maelstrom of other Aprilia news. With every passing day it appears less likely there will be an...

Aprilia WSB Decision Looming

01 October 2014 by Michael Guy

When Aprilia announced that they were heading to MotoGP one year earlier than planned, the future of a 2015 official WSB effort looked at best uncertain. With the announcement that Alvaro Bautista...

Ex-Casey Stoner crew chief to head Jack Miller’s MotoGP switch

01 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s former factory Ducati and Honda crew chief Cristian Gabbarini will play a key role in Jack Miller’s graduation to the MotoGP world championship in 2015. Aussie Miller is Honda’s new...

Suzuki never considered delaying MotoGP return until 2016

01 October 2014 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki had no intention of further delaying its MotoGP return to 2016, despite major technical rule changes in advance of the Japanese factory’s much-hyped comeback. Suzuki has spent months of...

Tommy Hill returns to BSB as team boss with Be Wiser Kawasaki

01 October 2014 by Simon Patterson

Tommy Hill, the 2011 MCE British Superbike champion, will return to the BSB paddock in 2015, but not as a racer. Hill is instead set to launch a two-rider team alongside Alan Greig, team owner and...