February

Year: 2017

Month: February

Son of double world champion Brian Reid to make racing debut

06 February 2017 by Stephen Davison

20 year old Simon Reid has inherited his famous father Brian’s love of speed. Reid senior was a double Formula Two world champion on the roads in 1985 and ’86 and now Simon will follow in his...

MotoGP: KTM crew chiefs pleased with progress

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The KTM crew chief duo of Tom Jojic and Paul Trevathan, responsible for Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró respectively in their first year with the factory, say that they’re both pleased with the...

MotoGP: Lowes ‘not focusing on final position’ at Sepang test

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has come away from his first test of 2017 as a factory Gresini Aprilia racer delighted with his progress on the RS-GP machine despite finishing the time sheets last of the regular riders...

BSB: ITV4 highlights deal extended to 2020

06 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Highlights of the MCE British Superbike Championship will continue to be broadcast on ITV4 after the signing of a new deal between the network and series’ rights holders Motorsport Vision. The deal...

MotoGP: Honda’s engine crisis continues

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The crisis of confidence that Honda Racing had hoped that they’d seen the back of at the end of the 2016 season looks set to plague the team for another season, with both factory and satellite riders...

MotoGP: Cecchinello hopeful of better Honda links

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello says he’s hopeful of an improved relationship with Honda in the coming season off the back of Cal Crutchlow’s double wins, after a successful meeting with the firm’s...

Gallery: A closer look at the 2017 Repsol Hondas

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With Repsol Honda pulling to covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine this week in Indonesia, we went up close and personal for a look at the machines that Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will campaign when...

BSB: Michael Dunlop hires Carl Phillips as Stock 1000 protégé

04 February 2017 by Stephen Davison

Although Michael Dunlop has still not revealed his own 2017 race plans, the winner of last year’s Superbike and Senior TTs has announced a new protégé for this season. The 13 times TT winner is set to...

Gallery: Rossi's special testing helmet

04 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With special testing liveries now almost a thing of the past come the first pre-season test at Malaysia as team launches get earlier and earlier every year, one splash of new colour that can usually...

MotoGP: Stoner says Ducati flying without wings

04 February 2017 by Colin Young

Casey Stoner has laid down an incredible marker to the MotoGP field by topping the opening day of the season’s first test at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit, shattering the lap record as he joined the...

MotoGP: Relieved Rossi reassured of Yamaha potential

04 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has admitted that he’s now much more relieved than he was before MotoGP returned to track in Sepang at the first of the official pre-season tests. He’s jumped onto a much-improved...

MotoGP: Repsol Honda reveal largely unchanged RC213V

03 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda squad of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have pulled off the covers from their 2017 RC213V machines, travelling to Honda’s Indonesian Astra factory to show off a largely unchanged...

BSB: Rain halts progress for Byrne in Jerez

03 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

MCE British Superbike Champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne enjoyed a rapid start to his second test of the 2017 season at Jerez this week to lap within 0.4 seconds of World Superbike man Tom Sykes. Byrne...

WSB: Rea ends European testing on a high

03 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Reigning World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea heads to Australia brimming with confidence after a positive European testing programme. Since November, Rea and his Kawasaki team have tested three...

MotoGP: Welsh MP questions Circuit of Wales over FTR purchase

02 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Welsh MP David Davies, who has emerged as the most vocal voice in questioning the Circuit of Wales project in recent months, has criticised circuit bosses for their purchase of chassis manufacturer...

MotoGP: Rabat has successful surgery after Sepang crash

02 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc VDS Honda rider Tito Rabat has undergone a successful surgery in Barcelona today to repair the damage he sustained during a testing crash on Tuesday at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit. The Spaniard...

MotoGP: Crutchlow with a lot of work still to do

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow says he still has a lot of work to do on the LCR Honda machine before he and the team are ready to race come the first round of the 2016 MotoGP championship next month in Qatar after...

MotoGP: Iannone pleased with positive test

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone says he’s delighted with the positive feeling that he and his new Suzuki team have made with his new GSX-RR machine after three days of testing in Sepang, where the Italian finished...

Opinion: BSB 2017 - Year of the young gun?

01 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Following the announcement of Sylvain Guintoli’s return to the MCE British Superbike Championship in November, someone tweeted me to ask why rides in the British series weren’t being offered up to...

MotoGP: Viñales ends Sepang test on top

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales has finished the first test of the 2017 MotoGP season on the top of the timesheets, controlling the final day of action at the Sepang circuit to finish ahead of a surprise result from...

BSB: Bradley Ray gets Buildbase Suzuki call-up

01 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

One of Britain’s most talented young racers, Bradley Ray, will get his chance to shine in the MCE British Superbike Championship next year after signing a deal to join the new Buildbase Suzuki...

Podcast: Sepang MotoGP test with special guest Cal Crutchlow

01 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Rounding up this week’s Sepang MotoGP test, MCN sports reporters Simon Patterson and Oli Rushby are joined by special guest LCR Honda rider and double MotoGP race winner Cal Crutchlow to discuss how...