May

Year: 2013

Month: May

Video: Metzeler Tyres interview Guy Martin and Josh Brookes

15 May 2013 by MCN

Metzeler Tyres recently caught up with Tyco Suzuki racers Guy Martin and Josh Brookes prior to the start of their 2013 road racing campaign. Hear what they had to say here.

NW200: Michael Dunlop dominates opening practice

14 May 2013 by Stephen Davison

Michael Dunlop continued his meteoric start to the 2013 season by setting the fastest time in the Superbike class during the opening practice for the Vauxhall International North West 200 today. The...

Monza WSB: Championship Dashboard

14 May 2013 by MCN

Four rounds done in the World Superbike championship, and things are starting to heat up, with Sykes and melandri finding their form at Monza to challenge the Aprilia domination. Here’s how it stands...

Valentino Rossi still not comfortable on YZR-M1

14 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi is still not 100% comfortable and confident on Yamaha’s factory YZR-M1 after an up and down return to the Japanese factory in 2013. The Italian made a fairytale return to Yamaha in...

HM Plant and Padgett's Honda merge for 2013 NW200 and TT

14 May 2013 by Stephen Davison

Two of the most iconic race teams- and colour schemes- in British bike racing have merged at this year’s Vauxhall International North West 200. HM Plant Honda has joined forces with Clive Padgett’s...

John McGuinness: 20 years at the North West 200

14 May 2013 by Stephen Davison

Honda TT Legends rider John McGuinness first raced at the North West 200 20 years ago. In that time he has only missed two meetings- in 2001 when the Foot and Mouth epidemic led to the race being...

Yamaha boss calls on Race Direction to hold Marquez talks

14 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss Massimo Meregalli believes MotoGP’s Race Direction should speak to world championship leader Marc Marquez about his riding tactics following the recent controversial Jerez race. But...

BT Sport wins MotoGP from the BBC: What do you think?

14 May 2013 by MCN

BT has signed a five-year deal to exclusively show MotoGP live in the UK from 2014. How will this affect you?

Monza WSB: Laverty battles to race two victory

12 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

Factory Aprilia rider Eugene Laverty prevailed in the second race at Monza today to take his sixth World Superbike victory and third of the season. It was another race long battle between Laverty,...

Monza WSB: Melandri takes race one win

12 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

GoldBet BMW rider Marco Melandri took his first race win of the season in the first race at Monza after a race long battle with Tom Sykes, Eugene Laverty and Sylvain Guintoli. Melandri was third at...

Monza WSS: Lowes piles in to take pole

11 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Racing Yamaha) left it to the very last minute to take pole in the Supersport World Championship class at Monza, although not reaching the previous best lap, set in 2010 by Eugene...

Monza WSB: Sykes grabs pole

11 May 2013 by Liam Marsden

Motocard Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes will start tomorrow’s WSB races from pole position after setting the fastest time ever around the Monza circuit with a best lap of 1:41.223. Current championship...

Monza WSB: Melandri leads the pack into superpole

11 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) used his Friday lap time to enter Superpole as fastest rider after combined qualifying. Heavy overnight thunderstorms ensured that track conditions did not...

Monza WSB: Melandri tops Friday qualifying

10 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad GoldBet SBK) bounced back from the relative depression of Assen to an impressive fastest time in the Friday qualifying session at Monza. It was called a wet session but...

Yamaha reveal details of YZR-M1 lease plan

10 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has exclusively revealed to MCN more details of its plan to lease a YZR-M1 engine package for the 2014 MotoGP world championship. In Texas last month, the Japanese factory confirmed its plan to...

Monza WSS: Coghlan fastest in first practice

10 May 2013 by Gordon Ritchie

Kevin Coghlan (DMC-Lorenzini Kawasaki) made the best of tricky damp track conditions at the fast Monza circuit to lead the field in the first timed Supersport World Championship qualifying session...

BBC and British Eurosport react to BT Sport’s MotoGP deal

09 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

The BBC and British Eurosport have given their reaction to the confirmation today that BT Sport has successfully bid for the exclusive UK TV rights for MotoGP from 2014 onwards. BT Sport’s new...

BT Sport announces five-year UK TV deal for MotoGP

09 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

BT has signed a five-year deal to show MotoGP exclusively live in the UK from the 2014 world championship campaign onwards. The deal, which MCN revealed would be confirmed today from last weekend’s...

Exclusive Q and A: Ben Spies injury latest

09 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies has admitted rushing his return from a serious right shoulder injury after the Ignite Ducati rider missed last weekend’s Jerez race and will also be missing for the forthcoming French round...

Seeley and Easton go head to head at NW200

08 May 2013 by Stephen Davison

The first International road race of 2013, the Vauxhall North West 200 on May 18, promises to be the scene of a series of fascinating duels between the heavyweights of the pure road racing...

Dani Pedrosa: ‘You can’t leave the door open to anybody’

08 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa has given his impressions of the last corner collision between Repsol Honda teammate Marc Marquez and reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo in Jerez last weekend. Pedrosa took his first...

Marc Marquez didn't fear penalty after Jorge Lorenzo collision

08 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez says he wasn’t worried that his hard overtake on title rival Jorge Lorenzo at the end of Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP race would result in a penalty from Race Direction. Marquez snatched a...

Maiden top 10 and new frame boost for Bradley Smith in Jerez

08 May 2013 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith has good reason to be optimistic heading to the forthcoming French MotoGP round at Le Mans after an encouraging race and test performance in Jerez last weekend. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3...

Jerez MotoGP: Championship Dashboard

08 May 2013 by MCN

With three rounds done in MotoGP, check out the state of the championship after Jerez with our dashboard infographic.

Oulton BSB: Championship Dashboard

08 May 2013 by MCN

With three rounds done in British Superbikes, check out the state of the championship after Oulton Park with our dashboard infographic.

Oulton BSB: Championship Dashboard

08 May 2013 by MCN

Three rounds in and this is the state of the championship after last weekend’s Oulton Park round.

Video: Norton's TT bike revealed

07 May 2013 by MCN

Norton was brought back into British hands in 2009. After two previous attempts, Norton is back at the TT in just a few weeks with two almost completely new 1000cc V4 bikes, two riders, and a bundle of determination to make this the start of a new racing era for the firm.