February

Year: 2017

Month: February

Cal Crutchlow wins MCN Man of the Year

15 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

2016 double MotoGP race winner Cal Crutchlow has fended off stiff opposition from Isle of Man TT winner Ian Hutchinson and double World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea to win the fan’s vote for MCN...

MotoGP: Two Wheels for Life auctioning exclusive paddock passes

14 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP charity Two Wheels for Life have launched an auction for a series of exclusive ‘money-can’t-buy’ paddock passes for the 2017 season, with two passes for every round of the 18-race calendar up...

MotoGP: Rabat forced to sit out Phillip Island test

14 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc VDS Honda rider Tito Rabat has been forced to sit out this week’s second pre-season MotoGP test of 2017 at Phillip Island as he continues to recover from heavy injuries sustained last time out at...

MotoGP: Second official test gets underway at Phillip Island

14 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP’s second official pre-season test of 2017 is set to get underway this evening at 2245 UK time, with the full field taking to Australia’s Phillip Island for three days of action at one of the...

WSB: Davies: 'The best is yet to come'

14 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies has said he is ready to start from scratch with the Aruba Ducati team at the first round of the 2017 Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island next week despite winning seven out of...

MotoGP: No ITV highlights for 2017 season

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

British MotoGP fans hoping to watch race highlights on ITV4 this year are set to be disappointed with it soon to be announced the channel won’t continue with the coverage this season. ITV4 have aired...

Roads: Martin joins McGuinness in Mugen TT team

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Guy Martin will join new Honda team-mate John McGuinness in the Mugen team for this year’s TT Zero race as he returns to the iconic mountain course laster this year. As reported by MCN last month,...

WSB: Hayden: 'We have a big job ahead of us'

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden has said the new-look Red Bull Honda team have a big job ahead of them as they prepare to debut the Honda Fireblade CBR1000RR SP2 at Phillip Island later this month. The ten Kate team...

WSB: Sykes working on change of style ahead of Phillip Island

13 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes is hoping for a significant turnaround in performance in this year’s Superbike World Championship after a change of focus during the winter has seen him attempt to adapt his style to suit...

Moto3: McPhee delighted with Honda debut

10 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Scotsman John McPhee says that his debut on the new British Talent Team Honda machine that he’ll compete for the 2017 Moto3 championship on has gone even better than expected, after completing two...

Video: John McGuinness: A life behind the bars

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

John McGuinness is an undisputed Isle of Man TT legend, but what makes the Morecambe Missile tick? Honda Pro Racing have just released this exclusive 10 minute video detailing the life of the 23-time...

Gallery: Kawasaki unveil 2017 WSB livery

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Kawasaki Racing unveiled their 2017 livery in Barcelona last night. The colours follow the now traditional design of the Monster Energy-backed championship-winning squad. The team have just two days...

Moto2: Oliveira takes new KTM to top of the timesheets

10 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Miguel Oliveira has proven that Austrian manufacturer KTM mean business as they make their first forays into Moto2, by topping the first of 2017’s private tests at Valencia this week. Completing two...

WSB: Kawasaki uncover 2017 livery in Barcelona

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champions Kawasaki Racing have unveiled their 2017 colours ahead of flying to Australia for the opening round of the season. Back-to-back champion Jonathan Rea and team-mate Tom Sykes...

Gallery: Team Sky VR46 unveil Moto2 and Moto3 machines

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi’s Team Sky VR46 squad have revealed not only the Moto3 machines that Andrea Migno and Nicolo Bulega will campaign when the season gets underway next month but also their new Kalex...

Moto3: Title contender Di Giannantonio breaks collarbone

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Gresini Honda rider and 2017 Moto3 title contender Fabio Di Giannantonio’s season has gotten off to a bad start, after the 18-year-old crashed out of today’s private Valencia test and broke his...

BSB: Haslam plotting WSB, MotoAmerica and World Endurance wildcards

09 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam is hoping to add a host of wildcard appearances to his regular MCE British Superbike duties in 2017. The 2016 BSB runner-up signed a contract directly with Kawasaki UK at the end of last...

Video: ECSTAR Suzuki in action at Sepang

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With two new signings in the form of Andrea Iannone and rookie Alex Rins joining the ECSTAR Suzuki MotoGP team for the coming season, the squad have released a little look at some of the action from...

MotoGP: Yamaha boss Jarvis ‘We’ve assembled a dream team’

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha Racing boss Lin Jarvis says that the addition of the youth of Maverick Viñales to the experience of Valentino Rossi for the 2017 and 2018 seasons mean that the squad have now assemble his...

Gallery: Guintoli makes Bennetts Suzuki debut

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

It might have been a cold and wet Februrary afternoon at Mallory Park, but that didn’t stop Sylvain Guintoli getting his first taste of the Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 he’ll ride in the MCE British...

Gallery: Baldassarri and Marini launch Forward Racing Moto2

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo Baldassarri and Luca Marini have launched the 2017 Forward Racing machines that they’ll ride in this year’s Moto2 world championship, pulling the covers off the Kalex bikes that they’ll ride...

BSB: Solid shakedown for Guintoli at Mallory

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Sylvain Guintoli has today got a first taste of what the GSX-R1000 will feel like in MCE British Superbike trim in a quick shakedown test at a damp Mallory Park. The team first took delivery of the...

WSB: Brookes launches Go Fund Me campaign for Phillip Island wildcard

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes has put out a request to his fans to help raise vital funds for his wildcard appearance at the opening round of the 2017 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. Determined to...

Gallery: PATA Yamaha lift covers off 2017 YZF-R1

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

The PATA Yamaha World Superbike Team lifted the covers of its 2017 YZF-R1 at the Yamaha Racing headquarters in Italy yesterday. The bike’s livery remains largely unchanged from last year, but with...

Gallery: Aruba Ducati launch 2017 World Superbike effort

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ducati’s World Supersbike effort has been unveiled ahead of the 2017 season kicking off in Phillip Island in just over two weeks’ time. Minimal changes have been made to the striking fluorescent red...

WSB: Ducati unveil 2017 challenger

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri have uncovered the 2017 Panigale R they will race in the 2017 World Superbike Championship at the team launch in Italy. Welshman Davies heads in to the 2017 season a...

Gallery: Yamaha unveil EWC contenders for 2017

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha Endurance World Championship squads GMT94 and Yamaha Austria have pulled the covers off their 2017 machines alongside their fellow Yamaha superbike and off-road teams at the company’s racing...

MotoGP: Monster Yamaha rookies impress on 2017 debut

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

While headlines at last week’s opening test of the 2017 MotoGP season were firmly on factory Movistar Yamaha duo of Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi, they weren’t the only Yamaha riders to impress...

Gallery: Red Bull Honda launch 2017 WSB campaign

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl lifted the covers off the all new Red Bull Honda World Superbike challenger at a presentation in Austria yesterday. The team will race the all-new CBR1000RR Fireblade...

MotoGP: Bautista impresses at Sepang test

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Alvaro Bautista has impressed the MotoGP paddock after a stunning first test of the 2017 season to finish the three days top independent rider and in a strong seventh place overall, as he comes to...

WSB: PATA Yamaha launch 2017 livery

07 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

A multi-discipline pre-season launch of Yamaha’s official racing teams, from WorldSBK to off road and back again, took place at 11am on 7 February 2016, at the racing headquarters in Gerno di Lesmo,...

WSB: Jerez confirmed as penultimate round

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jerez has been confirmed as the penultimate round of this year’s Superbike World Championship as the FIM release the finalised calendar for 2017. It was well rumoured that the Andalusian circuit would...

Moto3: SIC58 Squadra Corse launched ahead of debut season

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marco Simoncelli’s father Paulo has pulled the covers off the Moto3 machines that Tatsuki Suzuki and Tony Arbolino will campaign in the Moto3 world championship when the team steps up from the Junior...

MotoGP: New Tata deal set to revolutionise TV coverage

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP organisers Dorna say that a new deal signed with television back end provider Tata Communications will revolutionise the coverage of MotoGP that they provide to both host broadcasters and...

Video: Repsol Honda unveil 2017 bike in Indonesia

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have once again received a hero’s welcome in Indonesia, one of MotoGP’s biggest market and home to a hugely passionate fanbase. Travelling to...

WSB: Honda unveil stunning Red Bull-liveried Fireblade

06 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Honda’s World Superbike team have announced a new sponsorship deal with energy drinks firm Red Bull for the 2017 World Superbike season. Former Grand Prix World Champions Nicky Hayden and Stefan...