2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Lorenzo: “Surely the intention is for Stoner to do wildcards”

18 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

2015 MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo says he’ll be very surprised if fellow champion Casey Stoner doesn’t return to track next year, after signing a new deal to become a Ducati test...

Rossi withdraws Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has drawn a line under his 2015 season with the withdrawal of his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for his incident with Marc Marquez at Sepang. Rossi suffered three...

Pedrosa and Marquez take to track on 500GP machines

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez have had the chance to take to the track on Honda’s special NSR500 two-stroke Grand Prix machines for the first time at an event at Motegi. Joining...

GP stars line up for Superprestigio

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Some of the top talent from MotoGP have assembled in Barcelona for this weekend’s Superprestigio flat track race, with the entry once again led by double world champion and defending winner Marc...

Eugene Laverty ties the knot

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Aspar Ducati racer Eugene Laverty has tied the knot with long time partner Pippa Morson in a star-studded ceremony at Ireland’s Dromoland Castle. Pippa and the 29 year old Laverty, who first met while...

Michelin schedule extra MotoGP tests

10 December 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michelin have scheduled an extra MotoGP test for late this month at Jerez, as they continue to refine their tyres ahead of the first official GP test at Sepang in early February. Coming during the...

Marquez: ‘Valentino created this problem’

09 December 2015 by MCN

How did it come to this? The boy who grew up with Rossi posters adorning his walls gives his side of MotoGP’s biggest controversy arc Marquez has had time to let the dust settle on a bitter feud with...

First of many: Exclusive Danny Kent interview

04 December 2015 by MCN

Danny Kent speaks exclusively to MCN about taking his first world title and why he doesn’t intend it to be his last. hen Danny Kent crossed the line in Valencia, British race fans let out a huge sigh...

Ducati: Stoner likely to have first tests in Sepang and Qatar

03 December 2015 by Steve English

The return of Casey Stoner to Ducati as a test rider was rubber stamped late last month but Ducati are still to confirm when the double world champion will make his return to the track. Senior team...

Marini confirmed at Forward Moto2

02 December 2015 by Steve English

Forward Racing has confirmed that Luca Marini will join the team for next year’s Moto2 campaign. Marini, a half-brother of Valentino Rossi, will join the team for his first full campaign in Grand Prix...

Kallio gets first taste of KTM MotoGP machine

01 December 2015 by Steve English

KTM has been out on track once again with their new RC16 MotoGP bike. Mika Kallio, who has been signed on as a test rider for the project had his first outing on the bike at Valencia. Kallio was...

Rossi takes fourth Monza Rally win

29 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has taken his fourth win at the Monza Rally Show, taking the victory by an impressive 50 seconds from World Rally Championship regular Thierry Neuville. Leading by half a minute going...

Iannone focusing on understanding used tyres

29 November 2015 by Steve English

Despite only riding on the final day of the three day Jerez test Andrea Iannone felt that Ducati made a positive step in understanding the Michelin tyres. Having completed 67 laps Iannone...

Rossi and MotoGP announce Rossi: The Game

29 November 2015 by Simon Patterson

The 2016 official MotoGP game will take on a new look upon it’s release in June of next year, with a change in focus from covering the season’s action to focusing on the career of Valentino Rossi by...

Is Valentino Rossi the greatest of all time?

28 November 2015 by MCN Sport

He may have missed out on his 10th World Championship by a whisker, but Valentino Rossi’s brilliance is unquestioned. But is he the greatest racer of all time? t’s the oldest argument among fans of...

Laverty undergoes surgery, 6 week recovery

27 November 2015 by Steve English

Eugene Laverty underwent surgery this afternoon to plate his left radius after fracturing the bone in a crash yesterday in testing at Jerez. Laverty’s primary injury is a fracture of the distal radius...

Redding sets the pace on final day at Jerez

27 November 2015 by Steve English

The final day of the 2015 MotoGP saw Scott Redding set the pace at Jerez with the Pramac rider feeling confident on the Ducati. “Today was good,” said Redding. “We improved the lap time by quite a big...