April

Year: 2017

Month: April

MotoGP: KTM out to challenge for title by 2020

04 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Red Bull KTM racer Pol Espargaró says that his new Austrian team have made it quite clear to him that their goal in the premiere class is to be challenging for the MotoGP title in only three years’...

MotoGP: Zarco out to make amends in Argentina

04 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco is out to make amends at this weekend’s Argentinian Grand Prix, after the double Moto2 world champion crashed out of his first trace in the premiere class last...

MotoGP: Michelin ‘very focused’ on Argentinian GP

04 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP sole tyre manufacturer Michelin have admitted that they’re going into this weekend’s Argentinian Grand Prix ‘very focused’ on the job at hand, after the issues that they suffered last year at...

MotoGP: Tyre life key for Marquez in Argentina

03 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez says that the key to this weekend’s second round of the 2017 MotoGP world championship will be tyre life, as he prepares to take the fight to Maverick Viñales after finishing the opening...

MotoGP: ‘Difficult to know what to expect’ in Argentina for Smith and KTM

03 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Red Bull KTM rider Bradley Smith says it’s hard to know what to expect this weekend when he and teammate Pol Espargaró make their debut on the RC16 machine at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo...

MotoGP: Baz wants to build on Qatar form

03 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Reale Avintia Ducati rider Loris Baz says that he needs to capitalise on his best ever dry result in the first round of the 2017 MotoGP championship in Qatar last month if he wants to maintain the...

MotoGP: Yamaha boss Jarvis delighted with garage atmosphere

02 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis has admitted that with the first race of 2017 in the bag, he’s delighted with the changes in his team’s garage after a series of years of tension between Valentino Rossi and...

Moto2: Dream start for Oliveira and KTM project

02 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

KTM’s first foray into the middleweight class of Grand Prix racing since the end of the 250GP class has gotten off to a dream start, after Miguel Olivera took the machine to an impressive fourth place...

MotoGP: Iannone ‘wasted a positive result’

01 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Andrea Iannone has admitted that he wasted a chance for a strong result in the opening race of the 2017 MotoGP season, after the Italian replicated his 2016 performance at the Qatar Grand Prix by...

MotoGP: ‘Strange’ opening weekend for Lowes

01 April 2017 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has admitted that his opening night in MotoGP was ‘a bit strange,’ after the rookie made his debut at a rain-delayed and confused Qatar Grand Prix that saw numerous delays hit the grid...