July

Year: 2014

Month: July

Honda deny 2015 talks with Cal Crutchlow

04 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Honda is not planning to launch a bid to save Cal Crutchlow from his Ducati nightmare. Rumours started to emerge in Assen last weekend that Crutchlow was being considered as a replacement for Alvaro...

Aspar to continue with Honda in MotoGP in 2015

04 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Spain’s high-profile Aspar squad will continue its MotoGP relationship with Honda in 2015 after confirming it will race a pair of production RCV1000R machines again in a two-rider outfit. Aspar boss...

HRC: No extra RCV1000R bikes on 2015 MotoGP grid

03 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Honda will not expand the number of production RCV1000R machines it has on the MotoGP grid for 2015. HRC has confirmed that it will enter a maximum of four RCV1000R machines next season, despite big...

Suzuki preparing for Valencia wild card appearance

03 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki’s new 1000cc MotoGP contender is set to make its much anticipated race debut in the final round of the 2014 world championship in Valencia in November. Plans for one or more wild card...

Yamaha ‘happy’ to keep Valentino Rossi until end of 2016

02 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis has spoken of his delight at securing nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi on a new two-year contract. Rossi’s deal to remain on a factory YZR-M1 for 2015 and 2016 was...

Valentino Rossi ‘proud’ to clinch new Yamaha contract

02 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi says he is ‘proud’ to have clinched a new two-year contract to stay with Yamaha’s factory MotoGP squad until the end of 2016. Five podium finishes in the first eight races have proved...

Valentino Rossi signs new two-year Yamaha deal

02 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has penned a new two-year deal with Yamaha’s factory MotoGP squad. The Italian made it clear right from pre-season testing in February that he wished to clinch a new two-year...

Dominique Aegerter aiming for MotoGP move in 2015

02 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Moto2 front-runner Dominique Aegerter is hoping he can secure a full-time switch to MotoGP in 2015. The Swiss rider made his MotoGP debut recently when he tested the Avintia Kawasaki Open class...

Pramac Ducati: Hard to replace Andrea Iannone

02 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Pramac Ducati bosses have admitted it will be difficult to replace Andrea Iannone if the Italian secures the factory seat he is seeking with Ducati or Suzuki for 2015. The 24-year-old has made it...

Aleix Espargaro: Hard to judge Suzuki potential

01 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

Aleix Espargaro reckons it is impossible to judge the true potential of Suzuki’s new factory MotoGP bike, which will return to premier class competition in 2015. The Spaniard, who finished the...

LCR pondering 2015 expansion plans

01 July 2014 by Matthew Birt

LCR Honda is once again exploring the option of expansion to a two-rider effort in 2015. Lucio Cecchinello’s Monaco-based squad has run as a one-rider effort ever since it joined MotoGP back in 2006...