July

Year: 2017

Month: July

MotoGP: Buy Valentino Rossi’s love letter to his Yamaha

31 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi’s love letter to his M1 Yamaha, which the team issued as a press release when the nine-time world champion departed the squad to head to Ducati in 2011, is up for auction for an...

MotoGP: Angel Nieto in serious condition after quad crash

27 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Thirteen-time world champion Angel Nieto has been placed in a medically-induced coma after suffering serious head injuries in a quad crash yesterday on the Spanish island of Ibiza. The 70-year-old was...

90 riders picked for British Talent Cup selection

26 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

90 riders will line up next month for the British Talent Cup selection event at the British Grand Prix, after organisers for the new series series whittled down the 200 applications ahead of the...

Video: Red Bull KTM Ajo review first half of 2017

25 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Miguel Oliveira and Brad Binder look back on the first nine races for the Red Bull KTM Ajo project in the intermediate class, before the second half of the campaign gets underway.

MotoGP: Marc Marquez's mid term report

23 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

With nine races run and the riders of the 2017 MotoGP championship laid up on the beach for their month-long summer break, we’ve finally had a brief truce in what has so far been the fiercest start to...

MotoGP: Maverick Viñales' mid term report

22 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso's mid term report

21 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Pramac Ducati crew chiefs rate their riders

21 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

It’s been a bittersweet start to the 2017 MotoGP season for the Pramac Ducati pair of Danilo Petrucci and Scott Redding, with the Italian enjoying a strong start to the season and podium pace while...

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi's mid term report

20 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Archer and Booth Amos get Brit GP wildcard

20 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Team City Lifting KTM duo of Jake Archer and Tom Booth Amos, who currently sit first and second in the British Motostar championship, will take to the grid at this year’s British Grand Prix for a...

MotoGP: Bautista to remain with Aspar Ducati for 2018

19 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

2006 125GP world champion Alvaro Bautista will remain with the Pull&Bear Aspar Ducati squad for the 2018 MotoGP season, after signing an extension to his contract with Jorge Martinez Aspar’s squad at...

Video: What do all the buttons on a MotoGP bike do?

13 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP bikes have become complicated beasts in recent years, with a plethora of buttons on the handlebars to control how a rider runs his race. But Pramac Ducati sat down Scott Redding to give us a...

MotoGP: Aprilia lifeline for Scott Redding?

13 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The news that Miller has completed his move to Pramac looked set to leave current rider Scott Redding out in the cold, after a difficult start to the season left him far from the top of the list of...

MotoGP: Miller to make Pramac Ducati switch?

12 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Jack Miller will make the switch from Honda machinery for the first time in his MotoGP career in 2018 as he makes the move to Pramac Ducati, joining Danilo Petrucci at the factory-supported satellite...

MotoGP: Championship ‘better than in my day’ says Schwantz

12 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

This year’s MotoGP world championship is closer than it’s ever been, according to 1993 world champion Kevin Schwantz, who told MCN at the German Grand Prix last week that he’s glad he’s not still...

Video: Marquez and Pedrosa go head to head… on lawnmowers!

11 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

With the MotoGP summer break upon us, Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa still have an itch for racing to scratch… and took to some Honda machines very different from their usual...

MotoGP: KTM launch fans grandstand at Silverstone

11 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

KTM fans will be able to enjoy their own grandstand at this year’s British Grand Prix to cheer on home favourite Bradley Smith and the rest of the Team Orange riders at this year’s race at Silverstone...

MotoGP: What does Circuit of Wales news mean for British GP?

10 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The bosses of the Circuit of Wales have been quick to stress to MCN that any uncertainty over the fate of the project will have no effect whatsoever on the running of this year’s British Grand Prix in...

MotoGP: KTM trio joined by Olivera at Aragon test

10 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

KTM’s regular MotoGP trio of racers Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró and test rider Mika Kallio were joined at a two-day test last week at Spain’s Aragon circuit by Moto2 rider Miguel Oliveira, with...

MotoGP: Catalunya set for resurfacing and return to old layout

07 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The bosses of Barcelona’s Montmelò circuit have confirmed that the home of the Catalan Grand Prix will be fully resurfaced and returned to it’s original layout for next year’s race, following a stark...

MotoGP: ‘Great race’ to ninth for Zarco

07 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Johann Zarco has admitted that he’s happy to have come away from Sunday’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring with a solid ninth place finish after a difficult weekend for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3...

MotoGP: Lorenzo ‘can’t be satisfied’ with German result

07 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Jorge Lorenzo has admitted after Sunday’s German Grand Prix that there is no way that he could have come away from the Sachsenring satisfied with his result, after coming home in a distant 11th place...

Moto3: Kent unsure what the future brings

06 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Former Moto3 world champion Danny Kent has admitted that he’s unsure what the future brings for him as he completed yet another weekend wildcard appearance at the German Grand Prix, this time for the...

MotoGP: Baz undergoes successful arm pump surgery

06 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

French MotoGP racer Loris Baz has made the most of the championship’s month-long summer break to undergo successful arm pump surgery to relieve a recurrent issue he’s struggled with in 2017 on the...

MotoGP: Jerez resurfacing approved by local government

05 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

The Jerez local government have approved nearly €1 million in funds in their latest budget so that the home of the Spanish Grand Prix can be fully resurfaced ahead of next year’s race, following...

MotoGP: Viñales confident about championship hopes

05 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Movistar Yamaha racer Maverick Viñales says he’s going into the 2017 MotoGP season’s summer break confident that when the actions gets underway again in a month’s time he can get his hopes of lifting...

MotoGP: Circuit of Wales bosses insist project lives on

05 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Last Tuesday’s announcement that the Welsh Government were set to withdraw from the Circuit of Wales project looked set to spell the end for the project, after economics minister Ken Skates laid out...

MotoGP: Rossi pleased after ‘difficult weekend’

04 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Valentino Rossi has admitted that he’s left the ninth round of the 2017 MotoGP season at the German Grand Prix pleased to have come away with a fifth place and valuable championship points, after a...

Moto2: Morbidelli ‘living the dream’ after another win

04 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Moto2 championship leader Franco Morbidelli says he’s ‘living the dream’ after taking yet another win in the middleweight class to go into the summer break with a comfortable 34-point championship...

MotoGP: Tyre issues slow Pedrosa’s charge

04 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Dani Pedrosa’s hopes of finishing higher than third in this year’s German Grand Prix were brought to a sudden halt during Sunday’s race at the Sachsenring, when unexpected tyre wear came into play and...

MotoGP: Small mistakes costs Lowes

03 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

A small mistake cost Aprilia rider Sam Lowes the chance to battle for the points during Sunday’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, according to the Lincolnshire native after the race. Crashing out...

MotoGP: Folger lost for words after home podium

03 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Jonas Folger has admitted after an incredible home podium finish in Sunday’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring that he was left lost for words with the response he...

MotoGP: Sachsenring an ‘important moment’ for Marquez

03 July 2017 by Simon Patterson

German Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez says he’s very aware just how important this weekend’s victory at the Sachsenring was in the defence of his MotoGP world championship, after taking control of the...