2016

Year: 2016

Month: ALL

Iannone pleased with testing times

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone has walked away from the final testing days of the 2016 pre-season pleased with his times on the new GP16 Ducati machine, content with the progress he made. Finally lapping the Losail...

Laverty: ‘The bike feels like mine now’

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Eugene Laverty says his Apsar Ducati is finally starting to feel like his own bike, as the Northern Irishman comes close to finding a base setting with the GP14.2 machine after missing much of the...

Video: Marquez and Pedrosa go classical

07 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Watch Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have some fun with renowned violinist Ara Malikian, just because they can, in the Japanese manufacturer’s latest video promotion ahead of the...

Cartagena test, final lap times

06 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Very few riders managed to improve on their times on the final day of the BSB test at Cartagena due to the windy and cold conditions at the Spanish track. Luke Mossey, who threw his leg over his...

VR46 Moto3 takes all the headlines at Jerez test

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

The Team Sky VR46 KTM team have taken all the headlines at the first Moto3 test of the winter after the team’s duo of Romano Fenati and new boy Nicolo Bulega stole the limelight. It was Fenati who...

Lowes fastest on final day as Pons tops overall times at Jerez

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Britain’s Sam Lowes has topped the final day of the first Moto2 official test of the winter at Jerez, but was unable to touch Axel Pons’ impressive lap time from the middle day of the three-day...

Aprilia ‘making important progress’ with new RS-GP

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Aprilia have made important progress in the final three days of pre-season testing with the new RS-GP machine, after finally getting to take stock of their progress against their rivals, according to...

Smith says 2016 testing ‘very different’

06 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith has described the 2016 pre-season as ‘very different’ to previous years, as the Yamaha rider undergoes the first major rule changes of his time in MotoGP with new electronics and...

Cartagena test, final day ahead

06 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

After three days of testing at Cartagena, Luke Mossey remains the fastest man on track on the Quattro Plant Teccare Kawasaki ZX-10R. Half a second slower is Danny Buchan on the Lloyds British Moto...

McPhee reveals 2016 Moto3 Peugeot

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Scotsman John McPhee has pulled the covers off the Peugeot Moto3 machine he will hope to take t success in the 2013 Moto3 championship. A re-branded Mahindra machine but with direct support from the...

Leon Haslam focussed on making progress

05 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Over the past three days one of the most intense people in the Cartagena BSB test garages has been Leon Haslam. Returning to the domestic series from WSB after a seven year absence, the 32 year old is...

Fun in the sun at Cartagena BSB test

05 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Former Honda and Norton race team boss Barry Symmons has been running the Cartagena Pro- test for 18 years and it has become a mecca for all of the top BSB and road race teams. This year the four day...

Viñales happy with used-tyre pace and seamless gearbox

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Winter testing sensation Maverick Viñales says he’s most happy with the pace he’s been able to take from used tyres, after finishing the final pre-season test of 2016 in third overall. Losing the...

Redding: P2 time came from electronics improvements

05 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Scott Redding has put the impressive lap time that left him P2 overall at the final pre-season test of the winter down to continuing advances made by him and the Pramac Ducati squad with the control...

Irwin has 'interesting' start to BSB career

05 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Young rookie Glenn Irwin has made a strong start to his BSB career- despite throwing up in his helmet on the first laps of the Cartagena circuit! The 25 year old has been suffering from a chest...

Lorenzo under lap record to maintain Qatar domination

04 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo will start the opening weekend of the 2016 MotoGP season as the clear favourite, after continuing his run of form at the Losail International Circuit on the final...

Kiyo has mountain to climb with Suzuki

04 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Ryuichi Kiyonari was blunt and disarmingly honest as he began his 2016 season on the Bennetts Halsall Suzuki at Cartagena today. “Last year I was too slow so I must practice, practice, practice.” he...

Easton adapting to ePayMe R1 Yamaha at Cartagena

04 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

“Steady away.” That’s how canny Scot Stuart Easton described his two days of testing on the ePayMe R1 Yamaha at Cartagena. “Although I raced the bike in Macau last year coming here after a few months...

Shakey and the Be Wiser Ducati on track at Cartagena this morning - briefly!

04 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Arriving a day later than rival BSB teams, Be Wiser Ducati duo Shane Byrne and Glenn Irwin made their first appearance at the Cartagena pre-season shakedown this morning. But Shakey’s outing only...

Ellison short of track time in Cartagena

04 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

JG Speedfit Kawasaki ‘s James Ellison only completed a few laps with the new ZX-10R on the opening day of the BSB test at Cartagena. The squad didn’t arrive at the Spanish venue until midnight on...

Hopper over the moon at Cartagena test

04 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

John Hopkins was running out of adjectives to describe how much he liked his new ePayMe Yamaha R1 after the opening day of testing at Cartagena. It was the first time the American had thrown his leg...

Viñales takes the top spot on day two

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales has proved that his ultra-fast pace at Phillip Island two weeks ago was no mere fluke by topping the time sheets at the end of the second day of action at the final MotoGP pre-season...

Stoner’s Qatar test possibly in doubt

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Casey Stoner’s planned test this week at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit may be in doubt, as the Ducati Corse team seek clarification on rules banning testing near race weekends. Stoner was due...

Dunlop has first test on Buildbase Hawk BMW superbike

03 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Michael Dunlop has had his first test on the Buildbase Hawk BMW superbike that he will race on the roads in 2016. The 26-year-old rode the S1000RR at Cartagena on Thursday at the start of a four day...

Laverty happy with his BMW after first day of testing

03 March 2016 by Stephen Davison

Tyco BMW’s Michael Laverty is starting off in his 2016 BSB challenge exactly where he left last year with a test session in Spain today. “We more or less parked the bike last year after we won the...

FIM scrap penalty point punishments

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Motorcycling governing body the FIM have scrapped MotoGP’s punishments for amassing penalty points, in a controversial decision that looks to be a continuing part of the aftermath of the Sepang...

Luthi and Lowes on it at Jerez test

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Former world champions Thomas Luthi and Sam Lowes have topped the time sheets on the opening day of the official pre-season Moto2 test at Jerez, with the Swiss rider finishing the day 0.118 ahead of...

Confident Rossi shrugs off first lap crash

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has shrugged off a crash after only ten corners of the Losail circuit in yesterday’s first day of testing at the Qatari track. The Movistar Yamaha rider got caught out at turn ten on...

Suzi Perry to join BT Sport for 2016?

03 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Former BBC MotoGP presenter Suzi Perry looks set to make a welcome return to screens in 2016, with MCN’s sources saying that she will be confirmed as part of the broadcaster’s revamped team for the...

Lorenzo clears off on opening day at Losail

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo has cleared off from the rest of the field on the opening day of the final pre-season test at Qatar’s Losail circuit, topping the day’s session by nearly half a...

Video: Behind the scenes of the Aprilia RS-GP's development

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

With the final pre-season test of the 2016 MotoGP season set to get underway today at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, Aprilia have rolled out the all new RS-GP machine Stefan Bradl and Alvaro...

Aprilia roll out 2016 RS-GP

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Aprilia have rolled out the all-new RS-GP MotoGP machine that Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista will contest this season, ahead of it’s debut against it’s rivals at the final Qatar pre-season test. The...

ITV to screen World Superbike highlights

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

ITV have announced an eleventh hour deal to screen highlights of the 2016 World Superbike series, as they further expand their already comprehensive motorcycling highlights package. The free-to-air...

MotoGP bosses hit with multi-million euro fine

02 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP bosses Dorna, as well as CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and CFO Enrique Aldama personally, have been hit with multi-million euro fines by the Spanish Supreme Court, after a ruling on stock sales dating...

Bumper BSB field bound for Cartagena

01 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

One of the biggest pre-season tests of recent seasons is set to kick off later this week, as the MCE British Superbike field assembles at southern Spain’s Cartagena circuit for the Pro-Test. Taking to...

Saroléa confirm Johnston and Harrison for 2016 TT Zero

01 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Belgian manufacturer Saroléa have confirmed that the experienced duo of Lee Johnston and Dean Harrison will line up on their Electric SP7 machine for the TT Zero race at the 2016 Isle of Man...