2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Johann Zarco edges Sam Lowes in Valencia Moto2 test

10 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

British rider Sam Lowes kicked off preparations for his second season in the Moto2 world championship in style today. The former World Supersport champion was second fastest at the Valencia track in...

Circuit of Wales ‘disappointed’ at Donington Park split

10 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

The Circuit of Wales has denied the collapse of its British MotoGP deal with Donington Park is because it doesn’t have the financial backing to proceed with the 2015 race. The partnership between...

Fabio Quartararo stars as Moto3 testing kicks off

10 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Rookie sensation Fabio Quartararo made a stunning start to 2015 today when he topped the timesheets on the opening day of Moto3 action in Valencia. The Estrella Galicia Honda rider set a fastest time...

Donington Park announce British GP ticket refund plan

10 February 2015

Donington Park has confirmed details of how fans can get full refunds for 2015 British MotoGP tickets now the race will no longer take place at the Leicestershire circuit. Hundreds of fans had already...

Breaking news: 2015 British MotoGP back at Silverstone?

10 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

The 2015 British MotoGP round, which was scheduled to take place at Donington Park in late August, will now likely be staged back at the Silverstone track, just six months after the Northamptonshire...

Cal Crutchlow bemoans speed on new tyres

06 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

When he was riding for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team in 2013, Cal Crutchlow was famed for his ability to post blisteringly quick lap times on brand new Bridgestone tyres. But when he moved to Ducati...

Plenty of promise for Rossi at Sepang

06 February 2015 by Steve English

Valentino Rossi set a new personal best at Sepang today but the Italian could only manage the fourth fastest time as the first test of 2015 drew to a close. The Italian struggled with chatter problems...

Marquez: After 1m58 comes a crash!

06 February 2015 by Steve English

Marc Marquez ended the three day test in Sepang with the fastest time after a scintillating run to start the day in Malaysia. The reigning world champion broke the lap record and ended the day over...

Scott Redding ‘not worried’ after low-key Sepang test

06 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding said he isn’t worried about his lowly 17th position on the final timesheets at the end of this week’s three-day MotoGP test at the Sepang track in Malaysia. The British rider was on a...

Marc Marquez smashes Sepang record

06 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez produced the fastest ever MotoGP lap of the Sepang track in Malaysia today to claim a Repsol Honda 1-2 at the conclusion of the opening pre-season test of 2015. In cool conditions for the...

Riders for Health auctioning exclusive paddock access

06 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Riders for Health, the official charity of MotoGP, are once again auctioning off paddock passes to every one of this season’s Grand Prix races, kicking off with the season-opening Qatar round in only...

'Fantastic morning' for consistent Lorenzo

05 February 2015 by Steve English

Jorge Lorenzo set the pace on Day 2 at Sepang and afterwards the Yamaha rider was clearly excited by the progress made by his team in the morning and his ability to set consistent laptimes. When asked...

Miller more concerned with lost time than crash

05 February 2015 by Steve English

Jack Miller crashed early in today’s action at Sepang, a slow speed fall at turn five, and afterwards the LCR Honda rider shrugged off the incident as another step in his learning process as he adapts...

Jorge Lorenzo fastest on second day in Malaysia

05 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo closed the second day of MotoGP testing at the Sepang track in Malaysia on top of the timesheets. The factory Yamaha rider, who was third fastest yesterday, put his new 1000cc Yamaha...

Rossi pleased with day one efforts

04 February 2015 by Steve English

Having set the pace for the majority of the opening day of the Sepang test Valentino Rossi was piped by Marc Marquez in the closing moments for the fastest time. The Italian however came away pleased...

Marquez tests three chassis to find balance

04 February 2015 by Steve English

Marc Marquez set the pace at the end of the first day of the Sepang test after a late switch to new tyres allowed the Spaniard to finish one tenth faster than Valentino Rossi. While Marquez has been...

Cal Crutchlow happy on ‘handful’ Honda

04 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow reckons the factory Honda RC213V machine he will race in 2015 is the most physically demanding bike he’s ridden in his entire career. The British rider was satisfied with his return to...

Marc Marquez fastest as 2015 MotoGP testing kicks off

04 February 2015 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez left it until the final five minutes of the opening day of the 2015 MotoGP pre-season to deny Valentino Rossi top spot in Malaysia today. In cloudy and windy conditions at the long and...

Repsol Honda unveil 2015 MotoGP livery

02 February 2015 by Simon Patterson

Repsol Honda has unveiled their 2015 livery on the tropical Indonesian island of Bali. Riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa were in attendance to pull the covers off the machine just days before the...

Donington Park GP work slides to mid-season

30 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

The work mandated by MotoGP organisers to be carried out at Donington Park in preparation of the British Grand Prix returning to the Derbyshire circuit will now not take place until well into the...

Colin Edwards talks early Michelin testing

30 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards says his early development work with Michelin has been incredibly positive ahead of the French tyre brand becoming the exclusive MotoGP tyre supplier from the 2016 world championship...

Alvaro Bautista: No big risk joining new Aprilia project

30 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista doesn’t believe he has taken a huge risk by agreeing to spearheard Aprilia’s surprise early return to the MotoGP world championship in 2015. Aprilia is returning to MotoGP with an...

Lowes gets laps under his belt ahead of Jerez tests

30 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Speed Up Moto2 rider Sam Lowes has got his first track action of 2015 underway, joining the Honda BSB team for a private test at Spain’s Monteblanco circuit. Riding a stock Yamaha R6 on Moto2-spec...

HRC boss: Impossible to give Jack Miller Repsol Honda chance

29 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Promoting teenage sensation Jack Miller straight into Honda’s official factory MotoGP squad would have been a ‘stupid idea’, according to senior HRC boss Shuhei Nakamoto. Nakamoto has personally...

Yamaha boss: ‘We are ready to challenge for victory in 2015’

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is confident that Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo can mount a serious threat to end the recent domination of Marc Marquez and Honda in the MotoGP world championship. Marquez...

Jorge Lorenzo ‘more motivated than ever’

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

After a bitterly disappointing 2014 MotoGP world championship campaign, it is no surprise to hear Jorge Lorenzo say he is more motivated than ever to kick off this year’s season at the end of March in...

Valentino Rossi expecting stronger Jorge Lorenzo in 2015

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi says he is expecting factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo to pose a much stronger threat in the 2015 MotoGP world championship. Rossi finished second behind dominant MotoGP world...

Yamaha unveils Rossi and Lorenzo’s 2015 YZR-M1

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has unveiled the 2015 factory YZR-M1 it hopes will help Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo end the recent domination of Honda rival Marc Marquez. The new YZR-M1 was officially unveiled during...

Biaggi and Laverty continue Aprilia GP development work

27 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Former world champion Max Biaggi and Tyco BMW MCE British Superbike rider Michael Laverty have been continuing the development of the electronics package for Aprilia’s new MotoGP machine, rumoured to...

Doohan/Schwantz: Honda should have placed Miller in factory team

27 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Honda should have gambled on placing rising star Jack Miller alongside Marc Marquez in HRC’s official factory team in 2015. That’s the high-risk strategy that MotoGP legends Mick Doohan and Kevin...

Kawasaki back in MotoGP?

26 January 2015 by Michael Guy

Moto2 contender Dominique Aegerter is at Jerez today testing an evolution of the Avinta Kawasaki CRT bike used in 2014. The project appeared to have no official connection with the current factory...

Injury rules Yonny Hernandez out of first Sepang test

23 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

A dirt bike training accident has claimed another MotoGP casualty after the Pramac Ducati squad confirmed that Yonny Hernandez will miss the first test of 2015 in Malaysia next month. The Colombian...

Mugello safety works underway

23 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

The fast and technical Mugello track in Italy is currently undergoing numerous safety upgrades. Work to improve and extend run-off in several corners of the spectacular Ferrari-owned track has...

Andrea Iannone never looked to quit Ducati

22 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Iannone reckons he’d have been ‘stupid’ to quit Ducati just when the Bologna factory is embarking on a radical re-design of its struggling Desmosedici machine. The Italian has been promoted to...

Circuit of Wales preparing for crucial public inquiry

21 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Bold plans to build a state-of-the-art new 830-acre motorsport facility in Wales will face a public inquiry in March. The multi-million pound Circuit of Wales project applied to de-register hundreds...

Michelin to complete intensive 2016 testing schedule

20 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Michelin will gather key data and feedback from at least 10 test sessions this year in advance of the French tyre brand taking over from Bridgestone as the sole tyre supplier in MotoGP in...