2014

Year: 2014

Month: ALL

Rossi and Lorenzo hope to race 2015 Yamaha chassis this season

21 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have said they would both like to race a new 2015-spec Yamaha YZR-M1 chassis in the final phase of the current campaign. Italian Rossi and double MotoGP world...

Jeremy McWilliams to race in Moto2 – aged 50!!

21 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Jeremy McWilliams is to make a shock world championship comeback in next weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The former 250GP winner is to ride the experimental Brough Superior in the Moto2...

Record interest in Moto2 and Moto3 for 2015

21 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Record interest has been already been expressed in the 2015 Moto3 and Moto2 world championships ahead of the initial selection meetings due to take place during the forthcoming British GP at...

Marc Marquez denies MotoGP and Moto2 race plan in Valencia

21 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez has written off the prospect of racing in both MotoGP and Moto2 in Valencia’s final round in November. Speculation has been rife that the dominant reigning world champion was seriously...

Jorge Lorenzo not surprised by lack of Honda interest

20 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo says he was not shocked to have been completely overlooked by Honda for a spot next to dominant reigning world champion Marc Marquez in 2015. HRC boss Shuhei Nakamoto had vowed to...

HRC fears MotoGP development costs will soar with tyre switch

20 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Honda fears a switch to Michelin as the new official tyre supplier in MotoGP for 2016 will send its development costs rocketing. All the major factories are facing a costly and complex task to adapt...

Tech 3: Bradley Smith was always ‘plan A’

20 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal has strongly denied offering Bradley Smith a new YZR-M1 deal for 2015 because there was no suitable candidate to replace the British rider. Poncharal is known to...

Alvaro Bautista: Aprilia MotoGP move ‘exciting choice’

20 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista doesn’t believe he would be taking a big risk if he clinched a deal to partner Marco Melandri in Aprilia’s new factory MotoGP squad in 2015. Aprilia will be back in MotoGP next season...

Eugene Laverty doubts LCR Honda deal for 2015

20 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Eugene Laverty doesn’t believe he has a serious opportunity to be joining Cal Crutchlow in the LCR Honda MotoGP squad next season. The Crescent Suzuki World Superbike rider has spoken to LCR boss...

Marquez tops one-day Brno test

18 August 2014 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has topped a one-day official MotoGP test at Brno, only 24hrs after failing to win the Czech Grand prix at the same track, taking the top spot from Jorge Lorenzo as the factory Honda and...

Brno MotoGP: Pedrosa ends Marquez streak

17 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Marc Marquez’ 2014 winning streak came to an end at Brno as team-mate Dani Pedrosa took the top honours. Marquez started from pole position but got a lack lustre start and was pushed down the field as...

Brno Moto2: Rabat dominates

17 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Esteve Rabat stretched his championship lead to 12 points ahead of team-mate Mika Kallio with a faultless performance at Brno. The Spaniard got a great start from pole position to lead into the first...

Brno Moto3: Masbou takes last corner victory

17 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Frenchman Alexis Masbou took victory in a close fought Moto3 race at Brno which went down to the last corner on the final lap. Masbou put a hard move on championship leader Jack Miller to take his...

Brno Moto2: Rabat holds onto pole

16 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Moto2 championship leader Esteve Rabat secured pole position at Brno despite late charges from several of his rivals. The Spanish rider claimed pole with a best time of 2’01.911. Thomas Luthi and...

Brno MotoGP: Marquez takes pole

16 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Reigning champion Marc Marquez set a best time of 1’55.585 to secure pole position at the Brno circuit. Marquez will be joined on the front row by the Ducati duo of Andrea Dovizioso in second and...

Brno Moto3: Marquez on pole

16 August 2014 by Liam Marsden

Alex Marquez claimed pole position for tomorrow’s Moto3 race in a qualifying session which was hit by intermittent rain and interrupted by a red flag with just 10 minutes of the session remaining. The...

LCR Honda crew to remain unchanged for Cal Crutchlow

14 August 2014 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow looks certain to be ending his four-year association with crew chief Daniele Romagnoli after LCR Honda confirmed its garage personnel would remain unchanged for 2015. Italian Romagnoli...