2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Bautista facing up to challenging season

25 March 2015 by Steve English

While Aprilia have struggled in winter testing Alvaro Bautista is relatively pleased with the bike saying that there are no specific areas that the bike is performing poorly. Rather the Spaniard...

Espargaro: Finally we start the season!

25 March 2015 by Steve English

It’s a rare moment to catch Pol Espargaro as anything other than bubbling with excitement and ahead of Sunday’s season opening Qatar Grand Prix the former Moto2 champion can barely contain that...

Iannone looking forward to first Ducati start

25 March 2015 by Steve English

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s opening practice Andrea Iannone could barely contain his excitement of making his debut for the factory Ducati squad. Iannone has had great pace throughout the winter and...

Melandri expected more progress from Aprilia

25 March 2015 by Steve English

Marco Melandri’s difficult pre-season comes to a close tomorrow in Qatar with the Italian making his return to MotoGP aboard the Aprilia. Melandri, who was the form rider over the second half of 2014...

LCR Honda sponsor CWM under investigation for money laundering

25 March 2015 by Simon Patterson

CWM FX, the foreign currency trading firm who are title sponsors of the LCR Honda MotoGP bikes of Cal Crutchlow and Jack Miller this season, have had thirteen staff members arrested in a police raid...

Dainese plot Rossi from rookie to champion

23 March 2015 by MCN Staff

Italian safety equipment manufactuirer Dainese have released an infographic plotting the career path – and the rivals – of their most successful sponsored rider; namely, one Mr Valentino Rossi.

Miller readying himself for MotoGP debut

21 March 2015 by Steve English

The highest profile rookie of 2015 is undoubtedly Jack Miller with the Australian making the jump from Moto3 to MotoGP having finished runner-up to Alex Marquez in last year’s Moto3 title tussle. His...

Laverty: Now I can attack

21 March 2015 by Steve English

Eugene Laverty took a low key approach to winter testing with the Irishman focussing on learning as much as possible as he adapts to MotoGP rather than looking to set headline times. The adaptation...

Smith targets top satellite rider in 2015

21 March 2015 by Steve English

Far from drying to deflect attention ahead of the new season Bradley Smith has acknowledged the challenge that he’ll face in 2015. The Englishman, in his third season in the premier class, knows that...

Brivio: We're excited to start the season

21 March 2015 by Steve English

Suzuki surprised the MotoGP paddock throughout the winter with the returning manufacturer much more competitive than expected. Now, with one week to go until the start of the season, Suzuki needs to...

Kent second fastest in final Moto3 test

19 March 2015 by Steve English

The wind and rain that affected this week’s Jerez test will have done little to dent Danny Kent’s confidence ahead of the new Moto3 season with the Englishman finishing the week second fastest with...

Lowes finishes Jerez test fastest

19 March 2015 by Steve English

Sam Lowes topped the final test of the pre-season after rain interrupted running at Jerez throughout the week. Lowes finished the week one second faster than Jonas Folger but with so little dry...

Hayden: Front straight is definitely a lot better here compared to what we had last year!

19 March 2015 by Steve English

Nicky Haden came away from Qatar pleased to have been able to get closer to the front on the Open Honda but once again disappointed to have finished down the timesheets in 16th position. The new bike...

Bridgestone adds two new tyres to 2015 allocation

19 March 2015 by Steve English

Bridgestone might be quitting MotoGP at the end of 2015 but the Japanese manufacturer has made new developments available throughout this season. Teams and riders will now have six different...

Marquez: Ducati can win in Qatar

19 March 2015 by Steve English

Marc Marquez wrapped up winter testing with the second fastest time of the Qatar test after spending time trying to improve front feel and eke out more top speed from the Honda RC213v. On the opening...

Winter testing offically draws to a close

17 March 2015 by Steve English

The MotoGP paddock can now fully turn its attention towards next weekend’s season opening Qatar Grand Prix after the final day of testing was completed at the Losail International Circuit today. The...

Rain postpones final day of testing

16 March 2015 by Steve English

Rain ended play early in the desert with the final day of pre-season testing washed out after heavy rain in Losail. The night session means that riding is impossible in the wet due to the floodlights...

"Lots of effort" on day two for Rossi

16 March 2015 by Steve English

Having struggled for most of the day with a lack of rear grip Valentino Rossi was able to find a solution in the final hour of the second day of testing to vault himself from the midpack into the top...

Lack of feel holding back Lorenzo

16 March 2015 by Steve English

Jorge Lorenzo wound up with the fourth fastest time on Day Two of the Qatar test but afterwards the double MotoGP champion was disappointed with the handling of his Yamaha M1 and surprised to have...