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Year: 2016

Month: May

Video: Erzberg winner Graham Jarvis speaks with MCN

31 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Brit Graham Jarvis didn’t just win the Erzbergrodeo this year – he utterly dominated the hardest race in extreme enduro to take what he described as the best win of his illustrious career. MCN caught...

Hutchinson ups ante with 130mph lap on second night

31 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson upped the pace to break the 130mph barrier in this evening’s second big bike practice at year’s Isle of Man TT. The iconic mountain course basked in sunshine once again as the combined...

Davies: 'I probably pushed too hard'

31 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies was relieved to finish on the podium in Sunday’s second race after a difficult start to the weekend at Donington Park. The Welshman lost the majority of the FP2 session on Friday after his...

Record ferry bookings in 24 hours for 2017 TT

31 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company has seen record-breaking bookings for the 2017 TT festival after just 24 hours of reservations being on sale. This year’s TT might have only just got underway but...

TT 2016: Holden and Winkle lead way in opening sidecar session

31 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

John Holden and Andy Winkle got off to an ideal start to the 2016 Isle of Man TT, setting the fastest lap in Monday night’s opening sidecar session. The Silicone Engineering duo’s lap of 112.055mph...

Rabat set for Barcelona return

31 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Tito Rabat will make a return to the MotoGP championship this weekend at Barcelona, only two weeks after braking his left collarbone and having surgery to fix the damage. Rabat fell heavily during FP3...

Saroléa unveil Johnston's TT Zero contender

31 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Saroléa has lifted the covers off the electric race bike Lee Johnston will campaign in this year’s TT Zero. The bike, named the SP7, gets a number of modifications for 2016, including enhanced...

Video: Anstey's RCV practice lap

31 May 2016 by MCN News

One of the most anticipated bikes to have ever ridden the mountain course, Bruce Anstey and his Honda RCV213V-S didn’t disappoint in last nights practice session clocking an average speed of 122mph...

Padgett 'over the moon' with RCV debut

30 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

All eyes were on Bruce Anstey as the opening Isle of Man TT Superbike practice session got underway this evening, with the New Zealander taking to the track on his RC213V-S MotoGP replica for the...

Hutchinson on top as Anstey debuts RCV

30 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson was on the verge of a 130mph lap on the first night of practice for the 1000cc classes at this year’s Isle of Man TT. The Tyco BMW star recorded an average speed of 129.964mph on his...

Laverty dedicates Catalunya helmet to TT racer McDonnell

30 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Northern Irish MotoGP racer Eugene Laverty will wear a special helmet this weekend at the Catalan MotoGP round to commemorate his namesake, Isle of Man TT racer Gene McDonnell. McDonnell, the 1985...

Exclusive! Anstey after RCV shakedown: 'It reminds me of an RC45!'

30 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Bruce Anstey is set to take his RC213V-S MotoGP replica around the Isle of Man TT course for the first time in this evening’s Superbike practice session. The New Zealander will race the exotic Grand...

McGuinness launches 20th anniversary display

30 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

John McGuinness is celebrating his 20th year at the Isle of Man TT this year and to mark the momentous occasion the Morecambe Missile is displaying a wide variety of machines from his iconic career...

Lorenzo and Marquez’s Mugello lucky escape

30 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Both Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez were lucky to get away with a huge moment in the final stages of last Sunday’s MotoGP race at Mugello, after a tiny mistake from Lorenzo on the last lap left the...

Yamaha boss Jarvis admits Pedrosa deal was ‘at advanced stages’

30 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis has admitted that they were at an advanced stage of negotiation with Honda rider Dani Pedrosa for the 2017 season, as they sought to tempt him away after a career at...

Picture Special: Anstey meets Padgetts RC213V-S

29 May 2016 by Stephen Davison

Bruce Anstey had his first view of the Valvoline Padgetts RCV 213 Honda that he is set to ride in this year’s Superbike and Senior TT races on the Isle of Man today. “It looks like a proper racing...

Video: Race highlights from the Red Bull Hare Scramble

29 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Graham Jarvis won his third Red Bull Hare Scramble, and made his most emphatic win to boot, with a victory by more than 30 minutes at the 2016 Erzbergrodeo.The Husqvarna rider blasted his way from a...

Jarvis dominates Red Bull Hare Scramble at Erzberg

29 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Brit Graham Jarvis has dominated the main event at the Erzbergrodeo, the Red Bull Hare Scramble, cruising to victory with relative ease to take what he described afterwards as the best win of his...

Rea frustrated to miss out on Race 2 win

29 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea was left frustrated after missing out on a chance of victory in Sunday’s second Superbike race at Donington Park. The Ulsterman stalked team-mate Sykes, who had so far dominated the...

Sykes hails 'perfect' weekend

29 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes has hailed a perfect weekend after taking his eighth consecutive victory at Donington Park in front of his home crowd. The Kawasaki star shattered the outright lap record to take pole...

Tom Sykes reigns supreme with Donington double

29 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes fended off an attack from team-mate Jonathan Rea to take his eighth consecutive victory in the second Superbike race at Donington Park. With a much better start than yesterday’s first...

Hillier out for big bike win at TT 2016

29 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

James Hillier has his sights set on a ‘big bike’ victory at this year’s Isle of Man TT after podiums in the Superbike and Senior races last year. The 31-year-old recorded a lap of 132.414mph on his...

Dominant Donington win for Sofuoglu

29 May 2016 by Gordon Ritchie

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) extended his championship lead with a start-to-finish victory in the 20-lap WorldSSP race at Donington, winning by 1.569 seconds. It was his 35th career WSS...

Video: Day two at the Red Bull Hare Scramble

29 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Saturday saw the world’s best Hard Enduro riders line up for another blast up the Iron Giant. For some it was an opportunity to shave a second or two off their previous day’s time, and most crucially,...

TT 2016: Harrison leads way on opening night

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Dean Harrison opened the 2016 Isle of Man TT with the fastest time in tonight’s Supersport qualifying session. This year’s event got underway in near perfect conditions as the solo newcomers were led...

Stapleford secures Donington front row

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Luke Stapleford will start his home round of the 2016 Supersport World Championship at Donington Park from the front row of the grid. The reigning British Supersport Champion qualified third behind...

Camier matches season-best result for MV Agusta

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Leon Camier repeated his best-ever performance on MV Agusta’s F4 with a fourth place in today’s opening race at Donington Park. The 2009 British Superbike Champion has been on the pace throughout the...

False neutrals hinder Rea in opening race

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Jonathan Rea’s progress in today’s opening World Superbike race at Donington Park was hindered after hitting a number of false neutrals while fighting with team-mate Tom Sykes and Ducati’s Davide...

Sykes: 'I had to fight for it!'

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes took a seventh consecutive victory at Donington Park this afternoon and says the win was all the more rewardable given the fight he had to put up to get it. Having been beaten up in the...

Disastrous opening race for Davies

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies’ weekend went from bad to worse at Donington Park this afternoon as he crashed out of the opening race twice. The Welshman’s weekend didn’t get off to the best of starts on Friday as he...

Lougher itching to get out on Suter 500

28 May 2016 by Stephen Davison

The Swiss built Suter two stroke that Ian Lougher will race in this year’s TT has arrived on the Island today. Two of the 588cc V4s and four crew members made the 27 hour journey from Zurich and the...

FIRST PIC: Valvoline Padgetts RCV arrives on Isle of Man

28 May 2016 by Stephen Davison

The Valvoline Padgett’s Honda RCV213 that Bruce Anstey is set to ride in the Superbike and Senior TT races has arrived on the Isle of Man ahead of this evening’s opening practice session. Final...

Magnificent seven for Sykes at Donington

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes cruised to a seventh consecutive Donington Park victory this afternoon, beating Ducati’s Davide Giugliano and team-mate Jonathan Rea. Chaz Davies took the holeshot to lead the early stages...

Sofuoglu takes supersport pole

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Reigning World Supersport Champion Kenan Sofuoglu fought off competition from PJ Jacobsen and Luke Stapleford to take pole position for tomorrow’s World Supersport race at Donington Park. The...

Dean Martin dies in Pre-TT Classic crash

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Organisers of the Blackford’s Pre-TT Classic races have this morning announced that Dean Martin, the rider involved in a red flag incident in yesterday’s 850cc classic practice, has passed...

Sykes decimates opposition for record Donington pole

28 May 2016 by Oli Rushby

Tom Sykes obliterated his opposition as he set the fastest ever two-wheeled lap around Donington Park on his way to pole position for the weekend’s two World Superbike races. The Kawasaki man’s time...