2017

Year: 2017

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Video: John McGuinness: A life behind the bars

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

John McGuinness is an undisputed Isle of Man TT legend, but what makes the Morecambe Missile tick? Honda Pro Racing have just released this exclusive 10 minute video detailing the life of the 23-time...

Gallery: Kawasaki unveil 2017 WSB livery

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Kawasaki Racing unveiled their 2017 livery in Barcelona last night. The colours follow the now traditional design of the Monster Energy-backed championship-winning squad. The team have just two days...

Moto2: Oliveira takes new KTM to top of the timesheets

10 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Miguel Oliveira has proven that Austrian manufacturer KTM mean business as they make their first forays into Moto2, by topping the first of 2017’s private tests at Valencia this week. Completing two...

WSB: Kawasaki uncover 2017 livery in Barcelona

10 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

World Superbike Champions Kawasaki Racing have unveiled their 2017 colours ahead of flying to Australia for the opening round of the season. Back-to-back champion Jonathan Rea and team-mate Tom Sykes...

Gallery: Team Sky VR46 unveil Moto2 and Moto3 machines

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi’s Team Sky VR46 squad have revealed not only the Moto3 machines that Andrea Migno and Nicolo Bulega will campaign when the season gets underway next month but also their new Kalex...

Moto3: Title contender Di Giannantonio breaks collarbone

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Gresini Honda rider and 2017 Moto3 title contender Fabio Di Giannantonio’s season has gotten off to a bad start, after the 18-year-old crashed out of today’s private Valencia test and broke his...

BSB: Haslam plotting WSB, MotoAmerica and World Endurance wildcards

09 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam is hoping to add a host of wildcard appearances to his regular MCE British Superbike duties in 2017. The 2016 BSB runner-up signed a contract directly with Kawasaki UK at the end of last...

Video: ECSTAR Suzuki in action at Sepang

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With two new signings in the form of Andrea Iannone and rookie Alex Rins joining the ECSTAR Suzuki MotoGP team for the coming season, the squad have released a little look at some of the action from...

MotoGP: Yamaha boss Jarvis ‘We’ve assembled a dream team’

09 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha Racing boss Lin Jarvis says that the addition of the youth of Maverick Viñales to the experience of Valentino Rossi for the 2017 and 2018 seasons mean that the squad have now assemble his...

Gallery: Guintoli makes Bennetts Suzuki debut

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

It might have been a cold and wet Februrary afternoon at Mallory Park, but that didn’t stop Sylvain Guintoli getting his first taste of the Bennetts Suzuki GSX-R1000 he’ll ride in the MCE British...

Gallery: Baldassarri and Marini launch Forward Racing Moto2

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo Baldassarri and Luca Marini have launched the 2017 Forward Racing machines that they’ll ride in this year’s Moto2 world championship, pulling the covers off the Kalex bikes that they’ll ride...

BSB: Solid shakedown for Guintoli at Mallory

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Sylvain Guintoli has today got a first taste of what the GSX-R1000 will feel like in MCE British Superbike trim in a quick shakedown test at a damp Mallory Park. The team first took delivery of the...

WSB: Brookes launches Go Fund Me campaign for Phillip Island wildcard

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Josh Brookes has put out a request to his fans to help raise vital funds for his wildcard appearance at the opening round of the 2017 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. Determined to...

Gallery: PATA Yamaha lift covers off 2017 YZF-R1

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

The PATA Yamaha World Superbike Team lifted the covers of its 2017 YZF-R1 at the Yamaha Racing headquarters in Italy yesterday. The bike’s livery remains largely unchanged from last year, but with...

Gallery: Aruba Ducati launch 2017 World Superbike effort

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Ducati’s World Supersbike effort has been unveiled ahead of the 2017 season kicking off in Phillip Island in just over two weeks’ time. Minimal changes have been made to the striking fluorescent red...

WSB: Ducati unveil 2017 challenger

08 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Chaz Davies and Marco Melandri have uncovered the 2017 Panigale R they will race in the 2017 World Superbike Championship at the team launch in Italy. Welshman Davies heads in to the 2017 season a...

Gallery: Yamaha unveil EWC contenders for 2017

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha Endurance World Championship squads GMT94 and Yamaha Austria have pulled the covers off their 2017 machines alongside their fellow Yamaha superbike and off-road teams at the company’s racing...

MotoGP: Monster Yamaha rookies impress on 2017 debut

08 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

While headlines at last week’s opening test of the 2017 MotoGP season were firmly on factory Movistar Yamaha duo of Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi, they weren’t the only Yamaha riders to impress...

Gallery: Red Bull Honda launch 2017 WSB campaign

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl lifted the covers off the all new Red Bull Honda World Superbike challenger at a presentation in Austria yesterday. The team will race the all-new CBR1000RR Fireblade...

MotoGP: Bautista impresses at Sepang test

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Alvaro Bautista has impressed the MotoGP paddock after a stunning first test of the 2017 season to finish the three days top independent rider and in a strong seventh place overall, as he comes to...

WSB: PATA Yamaha launch 2017 livery

07 February 2017 by Gordon Ritchie

A multi-discipline pre-season launch of Yamaha’s official racing teams, from WorldSBK to off road and back again, took place at 11am on 7 February 2016, at the racing headquarters in Gerno di Lesmo,...

WSB: Jerez confirmed as penultimate round

07 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Jerez has been confirmed as the penultimate round of this year’s Superbike World Championship as the FIM release the finalised calendar for 2017. It was well rumoured that the Andalusian circuit would...

Moto3: SIC58 Squadra Corse launched ahead of debut season

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marco Simoncelli’s father Paulo has pulled the covers off the Moto3 machines that Tatsuki Suzuki and Tony Arbolino will campaign in the Moto3 world championship when the team steps up from the Junior...

MotoGP: New Tata deal set to revolutionise TV coverage

07 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP organisers Dorna say that a new deal signed with television back end provider Tata Communications will revolutionise the coverage of MotoGP that they provide to both host broadcasters and...

Video: Repsol Honda unveil 2017 bike in Indonesia

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have once again received a hero’s welcome in Indonesia, one of MotoGP’s biggest market and home to a hugely passionate fanbase. Travelling to...

WSB: Honda unveil stunning Red Bull-liveried Fireblade

06 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Honda’s World Superbike team have announced a new sponsorship deal with energy drinks firm Red Bull for the 2017 World Superbike season. Former Grand Prix World Champions Nicky Hayden and Stefan...

Son of double world champion Brian Reid to make racing debut

06 February 2017 by Stephen Davison

20 year old Simon Reid has inherited his famous father Brian’s love of speed. Reid senior was a double Formula Two world champion on the roads in 1985 and ’86 and now Simon will follow in his...

MotoGP: KTM crew chiefs pleased with progress

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The KTM crew chief duo of Tom Jojic and Paul Trevathan, responsible for Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró respectively in their first year with the factory, say that they’re both pleased with the...

MotoGP: Lowes ‘not focusing on final position’ at Sepang test

06 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has come away from his first test of 2017 as a factory Gresini Aprilia racer delighted with his progress on the RS-GP machine despite finishing the time sheets last of the regular riders...

BSB: ITV4 highlights deal extended to 2020

06 February 2017 by Oli Rushby

Highlights of the MCE British Superbike Championship will continue to be broadcast on ITV4 after the signing of a new deal between the network and series’ rights holders Motorsport Vision. The deal...

MotoGP: Honda’s engine crisis continues

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

The crisis of confidence that Honda Racing had hoped that they’d seen the back of at the end of the 2016 season looks set to plague the team for another season, with both factory and satellite riders...

MotoGP: Cecchinello hopeful of better Honda links

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello says he’s hopeful of an improved relationship with Honda in the coming season off the back of Cal Crutchlow’s double wins, after a successful meeting with the firm’s...

Gallery: A closer look at the 2017 Repsol Hondas

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With Repsol Honda pulling to covers off their 2017 MotoGP machine this week in Indonesia, we went up close and personal for a look at the machines that Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa will campaign when...

Video: Big goals for Andrea Iannone in 2017

05 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the 2017 MotoGP season underway after the first test got underway today at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia and with the Suzuki squad launching their new bikes at the track, we got the...

BSB: Michael Dunlop hires Carl Phillips as Stock 1000 protégé

04 February 2017 by Stephen Davison

Although Michael Dunlop has still not revealed his own 2017 race plans, the winner of last year’s Superbike and Senior TTs has announced a new protégé for this season. The 13 times TT winner is set to...

Gallery: Rossi's special testing helmet

04 February 2017 by Simon Patterson

With special testing liveries now almost a thing of the past come the first pre-season test at Malaysia as team launches get earlier and earlier every year, one splash of new colour that can usually...