August

Year: 2013

Month: August

Colin Edwards confident of new Forward Racing deal

08 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

American veteran Colin Edwards is confident he will be re-united with a Yamaha YZR-M1 machine in 2014. The Texan’s Forward Racing squad has verbally agreed a deal with Yamaha to lease YZR-M1 engines...

Pramac confident of new Ducati deal for 2014

08 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Ducati’s long-running association with its satellite Pramac squad looks certain to continue in 2014, despite an already forgettable current MotoGP campaign. The Italian-based Pramac squad was in the...

Bradley Smith: Pol Espargaro just another teammate

07 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith says new Monster Yamaha Tech 3 teammate Pol Espargaro is just another rider he has to beat to safeguard his own MotoGP future beyond next season. Current Moto2 world championship...

Cal Crutchlow vows not to ‘wreck’ Tech 3 team

07 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow wants current crew chief Daniele Romagnoli to join him at Ducati in 2014 but insists he will not decimate his side of the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team when he leaves to join the Bologna...

Casey Stoner tests 2014 factory Honda but no wild card plans

07 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner was able to give HRC technical staff vital information on development of its 2014 factory RC213V MotoGP prototype at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan today. But the Aussie ruled out...

Rain disrupts Casey Stoner’s return to two wheels in Japan

06 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner has returned to MotoGP action at the Twin Ring Motegi track in Japan today, the double world champion completing his first stint on a factory Honda since he retired from racing nine...

Yamaha to test 2014 factory YZR-M1 in Brno?

06 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi are widely expected to test Yamaha’s new 2014 prototype YZR-M1 machine in a two-day test session at the Brno track this week. It has...

Exclusive: Cal Crutchlow ready for Ducati challenge

03 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow has admitted the challenge of making Ducati’s struggling factory Desmosedici machine a winner again in the MotoGP world championship will be the toughest of his career. Speaking for the...

Tech 3 boss ‘sad’ at Cal Crutchlow departure

02 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s Monster Yamaha Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal has spoken of his sadness at the British rider’s decision to complete a lucrative switch to Ducati’s struggling factory MotoGP squad in...

Bradley Smith happy to have future speculation ended

02 August 2013 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s decision to join Ducati for 2014 has at least ended constant speculation about the MotoGP future of current Monster Yamaha Tech 3 teammate Bradley Smith. With Pol Espargaro signed for...

Cal Crutchlow signs for Ducati

01 August 2013 by MCN

Cal Crutchlow has taken a massive career gamble by accepting the tough challenge of transforming Ducati’s flagging fortunes in MotoGP next season. The British rider rejected an improved pay deal to...