March

Year: 2016

Month: March

Rea wins close race from teammate Sykes

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Jonathan Rea (KRT) kept his 100% record rolling into the third race of the new season with a close win over his team-mate Tom Sykes after 20-laps at an overheated Buriram circuit in Thailand. Rea and...

Cluzel and MV go top after WSS Superpole

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

In the Supersport World Championship Superpole contest Jules Cluzel (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) led the field, with a 1’38.383 lap that held off the Kawasaki Puccetti Racing duo of randy Krummenacher...

First Superpole win for Honda sensation Van Der Mark

12 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Former Stock 600 and WSS Champion Michael van der Mark (Honda World Superbike Team) enjoyed his first Superpole win in Thailand today, shortly before the start of the first race of the...

Rins fastest but Lowes ecstatic with race pace on opening day

11 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Alex Rins has topped the first night of Moto2 testing at Qatar – but Brit Sam Lowes has stamped his mark on the day by topping two out of three sessions as well as completing an impressive race...

Navarro tops opening day of Moto3 testing at Qatar

11 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Navarro has topped the opening day of moto3 testing at Qatar, finishing 0.286 ahead of Livio Loi – and only a tiny 0.006 seconds from Alex Masbou’s 2015 pole position time. Loi made it a Honda...

Rossi admits he plans to stay until 2018

11 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has dropped a bombshell in an exclusive interview today with Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, admitting that he plans on remaining in MotoGP until he turns 39 in 2018. Admitting in recent...

Local rider Wilairot fastest in WSS free practice

11 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

In the 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship category at the 4.554km long Buriram circuit a local rider led the qualifying field, with Ratthapong Wilairot and his A.P. Honda Racing CBR600RR setting...

Van der Mark quickest on Friday in Thailand

11 March 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

The fastest man on the first day of qualifying at the FIM Superbike World Championship round in Thailand was precocious podium rider from the opening round, Michael van der Mark (Honda World Superbike...

Team WD40 BSB bikes stolen in break-in

11 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

MCE British Superbike squad Team WD40 have had a number of bikes stolen from their Sheffied base in an overnight break-in. The team lost two Kawasaki ZX-10Rs that were set to be campagined by Jack...

Honda Racing rolls out 2016 BSB colours

10 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Honda Racing has rolled out the colours that Dan Linfoot, Jason O’Halloran and Jenny Tinmouth will use for the 2016 MCE British Superbike championship. Taking the opportunity to use their trip to...

Michelin show 2016 tyre identifying colours

10 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Michelin have announced the identifying colours that their new MotoGP tyres will sport for the coming season. The coloured strips around the edges of the tyres are designed to give spectators an ‘at a...

LCR Honda to run multiple liveries in 2016

10 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow have confirmed that they will continue to be sponsored by a selection of brands in 2016, repeating the actions of 2015 that saw a number of companies all gain their own livery on his...

BT Sport confirm Suzi Perry as new face of MotoGP

09 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

BT Sport have confirmed MCN’s story from last week that Suzi Perry will return to MotoGP, becoming the new face of the broadcaster’s coverage alongside Craig Doyle. A huge fan favourite in the past,...

Video: Avintia take to the snow with Ducati GP14s!

08 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Ever wondered how you get a MotoGP bike up a mountain and down again? Or what a Ducati GP14 sounds like running through the narrow streets of Andorra? Well, wonder no more, as Avintia Ducati give us a...

Enduro legend Knighter joins McGuinness and Cummins at Jackson Racing

08 March 2016 by Simon Patterson

Enduro legend David Knight will join Jackson Racing’s John McGuinness, Conor Cummins and Steve Mercer at the team’s Spanish test this week, with a view to potentially joining the squad on track and in...

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...