2013

Year: 2013

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Aragon MotoGP: Marquez extends championship lead with win

29 September 2013 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rookie Marc Marquez has extended his championship lead to 39 points with victory in Aragon ahead of Jorge Lorenzo. Lorenzo got the jump and tried to stretch out a lead, but was unable to...

Aragon MotoGP: Terol cruises to home win

29 September 2013 by Liam Marsden

Aspar rider Nicolas Terol eased to his second Moto2 victory of the season from pole position at Aragon today. Terol got a brilliant start and had gapped the rest of the field by the end of the first...

Aragon MotoGP: Rins tops all Spanish podium

29 September 2013 by Liam Marsden

Estrela Galicia rider Alex Rins got the better of Maverick Vinales to take his fifth race win of the season at Aragon and move to second in the championship. Rins’ race-winning move came in the first...

Valentino Rossi finally happy with fourth

28 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Having finished fourth in the previous four MotoGP races you’d think that factory Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi would be growing weary of taking fourth spot. But after finishing fourth behind dominant...

Braking style tweak boosts Bradley Smith in Aragon

28 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith made a huge riding style breakthrough at the Motorland Aragon track today courtesy of some tough love from his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad in Spain. The 22-year-old was locked in a long...

Cal Crutchlow targets top five after worst qualifying

28 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow has targeted a return to the top five in tomorrow’s Motorland Aragon MotoGP clash after he slumped to his worst qualifying of 2013 in Spain this afternoon. A series of mistakes on his...

Aragon MotoGP: Terol starts from pole

28 September 2013 by MCN

Spaniard Nicolas Terol leads an all Spanish front row at Aragon ahead of team-mates Esteve Rabat and title hopeful Pol Espargaro. Espargaro’s main rival and current championship leader Scott Redding...

Aragon MotoGP: Marquez on pole

28 September 2013 by Liam Marsden

Repsol Honda rookie Marc Marquez will start tomorrow’s Aragon race from pole position after narrowly beating reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo by just 0.010s. Marquez broke Casey Stoner’s lap...

Top speed concern for Cal Crutchlow in Aragon

27 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

British rider Cal Crutchlow expressed concern about the top speed of his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine after he ended the first day of practice at the Motorland Aragon track in sixth...

Brake and grip issues halt Valentino Rossi’s early charge

27 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

A front brake issue and a lack of rear grip conspired to make the start of the Motorland Aragon MotoGP weekend a tough one for nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi. The Italian was optimistic he...

Valentino Rossi talks new Moto3 venture

26 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has spoken for the first time about a new Moto3 project he will be heavily involved in next season to develop and nurture young Italian talent in the GP world championship. The...

Aleix Espargaro pushing for Aspar exit

26 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Spaniard Aleix Espargaro has publicly acknowledged informing his current Aspar MotoGP squad that he wants to quit and ride a new Yamaha YZR-M1 engine and chassis project in the Forward Racing outfit...

Andrea Dovizioso critical of Ducati ahead of landmark race

26 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso renewed criticism of Ducati’s struggling MotoGP project in Spain today on the eve of the Italian’s 200th world championship appearance at the Motorland Aragon. The former 125GP world...

Bryne: BSB rules make it impossible to escape

26 September 2013

The new rules introduced last year into the British Superbike championship have made the series so equal that it’s now almost impossible for a rider to win a race by a big margin. That’s the view of...

Michael Laverty seeking to finalise 2014 MotoGP contract

26 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Michael Laverty’s future with the PBM MotoGP squad seems secure for 2014, but the British rider is hoping to finalise a deal imminently having not yet put pen to paper on a final contract. Laverty...

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa urged to start faster

25 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Honda boss Shuhei Nakamoto doesn’t believe it is only machine tweaks that will boost Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa’s hopes of ending Jorge Lorenzo’s revival in the 2013 MotoGP title chase. Lorenzo is...

Ducati denies approaching Aprilia technical boss

25 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Ducati has denied approaching current Aprilia technical guru Gigi Dall’Igna to drag the struggling Bologna factory out of its MotoGP slump. Without a clear technical mastermind since long-serving...

Video: Assen BSB race two highlights

25 September 2013 by MCN

The Showdown format brings drama and controversy once again! Watch the highlights of race two from Assen to see what happened for yourself.

Ellison video shows Shakey/Lowes Collision

24 September 2013

MCE British Superbike Championship sponsors Drift HD have released onboard footage shot from James Ellison’s Milwaukee Yamaha of the now-infamous collision between Shane Byrne and Alex Lowes in the...

Valentino Rossi needs faster starts to strengthen podium bid

24 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s bid to end a frustrating succession of fourth place finishes in MotoGP will be boosted if he can match factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo’s electrifying early pace. Lorenzo’s fast...

Tough to turn down MotoGP return, admits Redding's crew chief

24 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding’s long-serving crew chief Pete Benson has admitted turning down the chance to return to MotoGP with the rising British star in 2014 was one of the hardest decisions of his...

Video: Assen BSB race one highlights

24 September 2013 by MCN

Check out all the action from race one at Assen, as the first race of the Showdown produces one of the best races of the season so far!

Damian Cudlin joins PBM for Aragon

23 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Damian Cudlin will bring a fresh perspective to the British-built PBM MotoGP frame when he joins Paul Bird’s premier class squad at this weekend’s Motorland Aragon clash in Spain. The 30-year-old, who has previous MotoGP experience as a stand-in rider for Pramac Ducati at the end of 2011, will replace Colombian Yonny Hernandez, who ironically has joined Pramac for the final five races of...

Patience key for Pol Espargaro’s factory Yamaha ambitions

23 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha newcomer Pol Espargaro will need to be patient to realise his factory Yamaha ambitions with a works YZR-M1 seat potentially unavailable until 2017. The Spanish Moto2 title contender will take Cal Crutchlow’s seat in the satellite Tech 3 operation next season, with his clear intention to secure a switch to the factory squad in 2015. Yamaha though has made it clear that it intends to agree...

Marc Marquez not concerned by fast starting Jorge Lorenzo

23 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world championship leader Marc Marquez says he is not overly concerned with Jorge Lorenzo’s fast starting strategy that helped the factory Yamaha rider claim back-to-back wins in Silverstone...

BSB Assen: Ellison takes race two as Lowes disqualified!

22 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

James Ellison has won the second MCE British Superbike race at Assen under dramatic circumstances, after race one winner Alex Lowes was stripped of his race two win. Lowes and Shane Byrne looked set to continue their epic battle from race one when Lowes ran wide on lap four lookin to set up an overtake on Byrne, colliding with the Kawasaki rider and knocking him off. Lowes was able to continue,...

BSB Assen: Lowes takes race one victory - just

22 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Alex Lowes has taken victory in the first MCE British Superbike race of the day at Assen, winning a sensational battle from Shane Byrne after the pair swapped the lead six times on the last lap before...

BSS Assen: Easton maintains championship lead with win

21 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Stuart Easton has taken a win in the opening Motorpoint British Supersport race at Assen, controlling from the front as his championship rivals suffered, allowing him to start consolidating his thin...

BSB Assen: Lowes unstoppable in Dutch qualifying

21 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Alex Lowes has taken his sixth pole of the season at Assen, to continue his dominating run of form in the MCE British Superbike Championship into the Showdown. The Samsung Honda set a blistering...

Bridewell struggling to adapt to Milwaukee Yamaha

20 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Tommy Bridewell is struggling to adopt to his new Milwaukee Yamaha, after his switch from his Halsall Kawasaki bike this week, with a crash in free practice one making his task even more difficult. He...

Assen BSB: Lowes fastest on opening day despite tumble

20 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Alex Lowes was the fastest rider of the day in opening practice at Assen, despite a tumble for the Samsung Honda rider in the opening session of the day. He fell in the first practice of the day after...

Ducati add new 899 to one-make series

20 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Ducati have announced the successor to their successful one-make series that runs alongside the MCE British Superbike Championship, launching the TriOptions Cup and including the new 899 revealed in...

Haga completes Kawasaki shakedown at Snetterton

19 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Nori Haga has completed his first test ride of the Rapid Solicitors Kawasaki at Snetterton ahead of stepping in to replace the injured Keith Farmer at Assen this weekend. The former World Superbike...

Byrne feeling confident after pre-Assen testing

19 September 2013 by Simon Patterson

Shane Byrne is confident that last minute tweaks to his Rapid Solicitors at a test at Snetterton yesterday (Tuesday) will help him recover some of his form ahead of the first round of the MCE British...

HRC: Top six achievable for new production bike

19 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

A top rider on Honda’s new production RCV1000R MotoGP bike will be capable of upsetting the formbook to beat full factory prototype 1000cc machines at some tracks in 2014. Honda’s production bike qualifies for the new non-factory rules, which permits it to run 24 litres of fuel and use Bridgestone’s special soft tyres. That’s four more litres than the factory bikes to be campaigned by the likes of...

Yamaha expected more tension between Rossi and Lorenzo

18 September 2013 by Matthew Birt

When Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo were together in Yamaha’s factory MotoGP squad between 2008 and 2010, you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife. They barely spoke, a wall split them inside...