May

Year: 2016

Month: May

Crutchlow slams social media

12 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow has hit out at fans on social media, after his crash out of Sunday’s MotoGP race at Le Mans once again opened a floodgate of abuse towards the LCR Honda rider on Twitter and...

Honda boss Suppo calls for ease in engine restrictions

11 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Honda boss Livio Suppo has called for MotoGP organisers to look at lifting the ban put in place on in-season engine development, as Honda continue to struggle with an under-accelerating...

Rossi: Viñales could ‘become like Kevin Schwantz’

11 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

As his plans for the 2017 season continues to hang in the balance, not many men have faced the options currently presented to Maverick Viñales, in the form of a choice between a known winner and a...

Get ready for Silverstone

05 May 2016 by MCN News

Grab an earlybird offer for the British Grand Prix – fast! With four rounds of the 2016 MotoGP season already behind us, the focus will soon swing to one of the best rounds on the calendar – when...

Crutchlow eyeing up Repsol Honda seat for 2017?

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Cal Crutchlow may well be eyeing up a return to a factory seat for the 2017 season, with the Brit potentially one of the favourites to take over the possibly vacated seat of Dani Pedrosa for the...

Pedrosa to join Rossi at Yamaha, Viñales to remain at Suzuki?

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Dani Pedrosa may be set to make an incredible shift from Honda to Yamaha, according to MCN’s sources within the MotoGP paddock. The Spaniard looks set to make the move from the Repsol Honda squad...

Laverty sets sights on factory ride

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Eugene Laverty has firmly set his sights on a factory ride for 2017 after yet another impressive performance at Jerez this weekend. Capitalising on 14th on the grid, the Apsar Ducati rider was able to...

Smith set for second home round at Le Mans

03 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Bradley Smith says he’s all set for his second home round of the MotoGP season this weekend at Le Mans, after a difficult start to the 2016 season so far for the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha racer. And...

Extra GP grid space withdrawn

02 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

The 24th MotoGP grid space set to be made available for the 2017 season has been withdrawn after objections from the manufacturers, despite organisers admitting that there were a number of strong...

Marquez wants to see MotoGP winglets banned

01 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Marc Marquez has gone on the record to admit that he would like to see the multitude of wings currently in use in MotoGP banned in the future – but won’t stop taking any advantage he can form them...

Successful private test for Lowes

01 May 2016 by Simon Patterson

Sam Lowes has had a successful one-day test of the Federal Oil Gresini Kalex machine at Barcelona’s Montmelò, home of June’s Catalan round of the 2016 Moto2 championship that the Lincolnshire racer...