2018

Year: 2018

Month: ALL

BSB: Byrne: 'I want 100 race wins'

27 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Shane Byrne might be heading in to the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship as the series’ most successful rider, but the six-time British Champion isn’t without motivation for the season...

WSB: Muir short on options for Laverty substitute

27 March 2018 by Greg Haines

Milwaukee Aprilia team principal Shaun Muir is commencing the difficult task of finding a substitute rider for the injured Eugene Laverty after it was confirmed that the Irishman is to miss the...

WSB: Laverty out for three rounds after Thailand crash

27 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Eugene Laverty will miss the next three rounds of the 2018 World Superbike Championship after his horrifying crash in Thailand at the weekend. Laverty fell from his Milwaukee Aprilia at the Chang...

Roads: Michael Dunlop signs Tyco BMW deal

27 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Michael Dunlop has signed an eleventh hour deal to ride for Tyco BMW in the superbike classes at this year’s international road races. The 15-times TT winner’s plans have been subject to much...

CEV: Booth Amos taking the positives from opening weekend

27 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

British Talent Team racer and reining British Motostar champion Tom Booth Amos says he’s taking the positives from his opening weekend in the Junior Moto3 World Championship at Estoril after crashing...

MotoGP: Viñales confident he’s turned a corner with Yamaha

27 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales says he and his Movistar Yamaha crew have turned an important corner with their M1 machine as they struggle to return to the competitiveness he enjoyed twelve months ago. Starting...

EWC: Kawasaki confirm Rea and Haslam for Suzuka 8 Hour

26 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Kawasaki have confirmed that 2012 Suzuka 8 Hour and three-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea will return to the famous endurance race this year to partner fellow Suzuka winner and British...

MotoGP: Petrucci proving a point at Ducati

26 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Alma Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci says he’s out to prove a point in the opening races of the 2018 MotoGP season, by turning a steady start to proceedings into a factory seat. Making a good...

MotoGP: Yamaha boss Jarvis says ‘we were right to sign Mav early’

26 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis has hit back at critics who’ve said that their deal to extend Maverick Viñales’ deal by two years came far too early for both rider and team. Announcing an extension to...

WSB: Broken pelvis for Laverty after Torres collision

25 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Eugene Laverty sustained a broken pelvis in a terrifying crash during today’s second World Superbike race in Thailand. The Milwaukee Aprilia rider fell from his RSV4 at turn six, five laps in to the...

WSB: Davies ends Kawasaki's Thai dominance with race two win

25 March 2018 by Greg Haines

Chaz Davies put the demons of his pre-season behind him by storming to victory in Thailand’s second WorldSBK race of the weekend on Sunday afternoon. The new regulations continue to deliver...

MotoGP: Rookies Morbidelli and Syahrin step up to the mark

25 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP’s 2018 rookies have stepped up to the mark in impressive form in the opening race of the season, with reigning Moto2 world champion Franco Morbidelli impressing by taking a strong finish in...

MotoGP: Rossi silences critics with Qatar podium

25 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has sealed a new two-year extension to his Yamaha contract that will keep him racing until at least 2020 by taking an impressive podium finish at the opening race of the 2018...

WSB: Rea back to winning ways in Thailand

24 March 2018 by Greg Haines

WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea got back to winning ways in Buriram on Saturday, collecting his first victory of 2018 and his sixth from seven starts at the Chang International Circuit. Xavi Fores and...

MotoGP: Redding searching for grip at Aprilia

24 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Scott Redding’s nightmare debut on the Aprilia machine has continued into the first race weekend of the 2018 season, after never finding a comfortable setting on the RS-GP bike and eventually coming...

MotoGP: Brake failure ends Lorenzo’s chances

24 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo’s chances of taking his debut win on the Ducati twelve months after first making his debut on it were destroyed at Qatar when he was lucky to walk away from a crash out of his control.

TT: Jodie Kidd and Matt Roberts lead new TV line-up

23 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Jodie Kidd and Matt Roberts will head up the all-new presenting line-up for the 2018 Isle of Man TT TV broadcasts. Kidd, who has previously hosted Channel 5’s ‘The Classic Car Show’ will front the...

Roads: Hutchinson still fighting to be fit for TT

23 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Ian Hutchinson has admitted he still doesn’t know whether he’ll be fit for this year’s TT as he continues to recover from the injuries he sustained after crashing out of last year’s Senior...

WSS: Sofuoglu considering retirement after 155mph Phillip Island crash

23 March 2018 by Greg Haines

World Supersport legend Kenan Sofuoglu will decide over the next few weeks whether or not to continue his racing career after a succession of heavy crashes, MCN can reveal. The Turk has admitted he...

WSB: Rea leads as eight riders split by 0.2 in Thailand

23 March 2018 by Greg Haines

World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea was back on top in Thailand after Friday’s three practice sessions ahead of this weekend’s second round of the season. The visit to Thailand’s Chang...

Roads: Johnston joins McGuinness and Anstey at Mugen

23 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Mugen has today confirmed their trio of riders as they bid to lock out the podium in the 2018 Isle of Man TT Zero race. The Japanese manufacturer has won the electric race for the last four years with...

MotoGP: Hodgson predicts last corner drama between Dovi and Marquez

23 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Former world champion and BT Sport pundit Neil Hodgson says that he’s expecting fireworks before long as the fight between marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso for the 2018 MotoGP championship carries on...

Moto2: Gearbox issues end Lowes’ charge

23 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Former Moto2 title contender Sam Lowes has faced an inauspicious return to the middleweight class after being forced out of his first race back on the Swiss Innovative Investors KTM with gearbox...

MotoGP: Zarco’s race ended by tyre woes

23 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 racer Johann Zarco saw his aspirations of completing the job he started last year and winning at the Losail circuit quashed in Sunday’s opening race of the 2018 MotoGP season...

Moto3: Broken brakes stop McPhee

22 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

British racer John McPhee was left disappointed with Sunday’s result in the opening round of the 2018 moto3 championship in Qatar, after crashing out of the battle for the podium on the final lap.

MotoGP: Crutchlow gunning for Pedrosa’s seat

22 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow has made it clear exclusively to MCN that his strong result in Sunday’s opening race of the 2018 MotoGP season is simply the first move in a longer game as the British racer sets out to...

MotoGP: Fast Freddie on how Marquez can beat Dovizioso

22 March 2018 by Greg Haines

Freddie Spencer thoroughly enjoyed Sunday evening’s Qatar Grand Prix, the three-time World Champion revelling in another MotoGP clash of the titans as Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez again took the...

Roads: McGuinness and Dunlop join forces for Supersport TT

21 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness will join forces with rival Michael Dunlop to race a CBR600RR in the supersport class at this year’s TT. Dunlop, who has already confirmed he’ll run his own Honda...

2018 Bennetts BSB set to kick off at Donington Park

21 March 2018 by MCN News

The 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship kicks off at Donington Park over Easter weekend and it’s sure to be an action packed opening round as the grid go head to head for the first time this...

Roads: What next for Michael Dunlop?

21 March 2018 by Stephen Davison

With the 2018 Isle of Man TT launch set to take place on the Isle of Man today, almost all of the top riders have already confirmed their 2018 plans. All except the biggest name of all; Michael...

Roads: McGuinness to ride Farquhar supertwin in Lightweight TT

21 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

John McGuinness will ride for Ryan Farquhar’s KMR Kawasaki team in this year’s lightweight race at the Isle of Man TT. The 23-time TT winner, who won the Lightweight 250cc race with lap and race...

BSB: Haslam storms to the top at official test

20 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Leon Haslam lapped within a second of Shane Byrne’s lap record to top the timesheets at a chilly Donington Park to close the final pre-season test ahead of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike...

Gallery: 2018 British Superbike metal

20 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

The annual Bennetts British Superbike pre-season test and media day is taking place at Donington Park today, and while weather conditions have led to little track action so far teams and riders have...

MotoGP: Repsol Honda duo race carbon swing arm

19 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

The Repsol Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have raced their new carbon fibre swinging arm for the first time in Sunday’s opening race of the 2018 MotoGP season. The team have been...

BSB: Free entry at official Donington test

19 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

The Bennetts British Superbike Championship will roll in to Donington Park tomorrow for the official pre-season test before the season gets underway at the Leicestershire circuit next week. Riders and...

BSB: Byrne: 'I'd rather have issues in testing than at round one!'

19 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

Six-time Bennetts British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne remained pragmatic despite hitting a number of issues with his Be Wiser Ducati at last week’s Monteblanco test. Testing alongside the JG...