2018

Year: 2018

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MotoGP: KTM show off 2018 challenger

12 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: KTM show off 2018 challenger

The Red Bull KTM duo of Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro have unveiled a largely unchanged version – at least cosmetically – of their RC16 machine ahead of the opening round of the 2018 MotoGP...

Live: Pramac launch their 2018 Ducatis

12 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Live: Pramac launch their 2018 Ducatis

The Alma Pramac squad are the final team of 2018 to pull the covers off their MotoGP machines, with Danilo petrucci and Jack Miller taking to an iconic Italian location for tonight’s event – the...

Live: KTM unveil their 2018 MotoGP machines

12 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Live: KTM unveil their 2018 MotoGP machines

The Red Bull KTM duo of Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro will be pulling the covers off their 2018 MotoGP machines today in a unique setting – the home of Red Bull’s own private air force, Hanger-7 at...

250GP runner-up Ralf Waldmann has died

12 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

250GP runner-up Ralf Waldmann has died

Two-time 250GP championship runner-up Ralf Waldmann has died aged only 51 years old after suffering an apparent heart attack at his home in Germany. The German was a championship-front runner...

MotoGP: Avintia launch 2018 campaign in Madrid

09 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Avintia launch 2018 campaign in Madrid

The Reale Avintia Ducati squad have revealed their 2018 line-up at sponsor Reale Seguros’s headquarters in Madrid, showing off not only their MotoGP squad of Tito Rabat and Xavier Simeon but also...

MotoGP: Marquez says ‘anyone can win’

09 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Marquez says ‘anyone can win’

Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says that it’ll be anyone’s race to win when the 2018 season kicks off next week in Qatar, after the final pre-season test at the Losail circuit last...

MotoGP: Crutchlow’s got Qatar race pace

09 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Crutchlow’s got Qatar race pace

LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow might have finished the final test of the 2018 MotoGP season ahead of many of his factory riders and in a comfortable position for the year to come – but the British...

MotoGP: Aprilia debut 2018 machine

08 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Aprilia debut 2018 machine

The Aprilia squad of Scott Redding and Aleix Espargaró have rolled out their 2018 machines at the team’s headquarters in Noale, showing off a bike that might be visually quite similar but is radically...

Moto3: Martin locks out the top spot at Jerez test

08 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Martin locks out the top spot at Jerez test

Moto3 front runner Jorge Martin has topped the final day of the 2018 pre-season by finishing ahead of his rivals in the lightweight class at the final test of the year at Jerez. He ended the three...

Moto2: Lowes leaves pre-season testing on top

08 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Lowes leaves pre-season testing on top

Swiss Innovative Investors KTM rider Sam Lowes has finished the 2018 Moto2 pre-season in the best position possible, ending the final three days of testing at Jerez secure at the top of the time...

MotoGP: Go behind the scenes for Marquez’s title success

08 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Go behind the scenes for Marquez’s title success

MotoGP series organisers Dorna have released a trailer for their new documentary film telling the story of how Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez took victory in the 2017 championship battle. Admitting...

MotoGP: Zarco downplays testing speed

08 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Zarco downplays testing speed

Johann Zarco has downplayed an incredible lap set on the final day of the 2018 MotoGP pre-season that saw the Frenchman end the third of three outings within spitting distance of MotoGP’s...

Moto2: Lowes tops second day of official test

07 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Lowes tops second day of official test

British racer Sam Lowes has topped the second day of Moto2 action at the final pre-season test in Jerez for the class, finishing the day alongside teammate Iker Lecuona to give the Swiss Innovative...

Moto3: Martin tops second day as conditions improve

07 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Martin tops second day as conditions improve

Del Conca Gresini Honda rider Jorge Martin, winner of the final Moto3 race of 2017, has topped the second day of testing at Jerez, making the most of better conditions after rain struck the...

BTC: Skinner tops first test at Valencia

07 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

BTC: Skinner tops first test at Valencia

Former Red Bull Rookie Cup frontrunner Rory Skinner has topped the opening test for the new British Talent Cup series at Valencia, with the Scottish teenager’s speed coming as no surprise given his...

MotoGP: Rossi admits ‘probably going to race for two more years’

07 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Rossi admits ‘probably going to race for two more years’

It looks like an announcement on Valentino Rossi’s future as a MotoGP racer could come as soon as next week’s Qatar race, with the nine-time world champion all but confirming that he has signed a...

Moto3: Canet fastest at Jerez day one

06 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto3: Canet fastest at Jerez day one

Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda rider Aron Canet has topped a rain-struck opening day of Moto3 action at Jerez, heading the opening day from former teammate Enea Bastianini and another impressive...

Moto2: Bagnaia tops opening day of Jerez test

06 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

Moto2: Bagnaia tops opening day of Jerez test

Sky Team VR46 rider Francesco Bagnaia has topped the opening day of Moto2 action at this week’s Jerez test, with the Italian racer ending the day ahead of the KTM machine of Iker Lecuona and an...

Poll: With MotoGP about to kick off at Qatar, who's your money on?

06 March 2018 by MCN News

Poll: With MotoGP about to kick off at Qatar, who's your money on?

With MotoGP season 2018 about to start, we want to know who have you got your money on for the first round in Qatar? It’s not long to wait for MotoGP to kick off at Qatar. Who’s your money on for...

MotoGP: ‘Super tough’ for junior classes thanks to Qatar schedule change

06 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: ‘Super tough’ for junior classes thanks to Qatar schedule change

Aprilia MotoGP racer Aleix Espargaró says that the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will suffer at the opening round of the 2018 Grand Prix racing season, thanks to a new schedule that will see their races run...

MotoGP: EG 0,0 and Marc VDS unveil 2018 livery

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: EG 0,0 and Marc VDS unveil 2018 livery

Spanish beer company Estrella Galicia and the Marc VDS Honda team have unveiled their 2018 liveries at an event at Madrid’s historic Jarama circuit, with MotoGP riders Tom Luthi and Franco Morbidelli...

MotoGP: KTM confirm Tech 3 as satellite team

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: KTM confirm Tech 3 as satellite team

Austrian manufacturer KTM has confirmed speculation that the Tech 3 squad will become their official satellite team from the 2019 season. The news was hinted at as soon as Yamaha announced last week...

BTC: Official British Talent Cup test kicks off at Valencia

05 March 2018 by Oli Rushby

BTC: Official British Talent Cup test kicks off at Valencia

The official pre-season test for the inaugural British Talent Cup kicked off in Valencia this morning with the 23 selected riders out on track for the first time aboard their Honda Moto3...

MotoGP: Zarco tops final pre-season test of 2018

05 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Zarco tops final pre-season test of 2018

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco has signed off the final pre-season test of the 2018 MotoGP season in fine form, ending the three-day test at Qatar’s Losail circuit top of the time sheets –...

MotoGP: Marquez adds two more years to Repsol Honda deal

26 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Marquez adds two more years to Repsol Honda deal

Reigning MotoGP world champion marc Marquez has added two more years to his deal with the Repsol Honda team, meaning that the six-time world champion will remain with them until at least the end of...

MotoGP: Crutchlow goes riding with Lewis Hamilton

22 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Crutchlow goes riding with Lewis Hamilton

Four-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has joined fellow Brit and LCR Honda MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow for a day of track riding, with the Mercedes driver releasing a video of the pair’s...

MotoGP: Tech 3 to split with Yamaha after 2018

22 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Tech 3 to split with Yamaha after 2018

The Monster Energy Tech 3 team have dramatically announced that they will split with manufacturer Yamaha at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season, bringing to an end a twenty-year partnership that has...

MotoGP: Syahrin finally confirmed as Folger’s Tech 3 replacement

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Syahrin finally confirmed as Folger’s Tech 3 replacement

Monster Energy Yamaha Tech 3 team boss Herve Poncharal has finally confirmed that Malaysian racer Hafizh Syahrin will be the full time replacement for Jonas Folger at the squad for the 2018 MotoGP...

MotoGP: BT Sport extend deal until 2021 as Laverty joins team

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: BT Sport extend deal until 2021 as Laverty joins team

BT Sport will remain as the exclusive live broadcaster of the MotoGP world championship in the U.K. and Ireland until at least the end of the 2021season, after announcing a three-year extension to...

MotoGP: Bagnaia to step up in 2019 with Pramac Ducati

21 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Bagnaia to step up in 2019 with Pramac Ducati

Moto2 rider Francesco Bagnaia has been the second rider confirmed on the grid for the 2019 MotoGP season, after official confirmation from the Pramac Ducati squad that he will join them for next...

MotoGP: Repsol Honda duo roll out carbon swing arm

18 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Repsol Honda duo roll out carbon swing arm

The Repsol Honda duo of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have been secretly testing a new carbon fibre swing arm on their RC213V machines at both of MotoGP’s official pre-season tests in Malaysia and...

MotoE: Covers come off MotoGP’s electric race bike

06 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoE: Covers come off MotoGP’s electric race bike

MotoGP bosses Dorna have pulled the covers off the Energica MotoE machines that will make up the one-make series when it takes to the grid for the first time in 2019. Unveiled by safety officer and...

MotoGP: Syahrin confirmed at Tech 3 for Thai test

05 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Syahrin confirmed at Tech 3 for Thai test

Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin will make his MotoGP debut next week with the Monster Energy Yamaha Tech 3 squad at the second of the championship’s three pre-season tests, ahead of the final...

MotoGP: Syahrin to Tech 3 confirmed by Khairuddin move?

03 February 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Syahrin to Tech 3 confirmed by Khairuddin move?

The promotion of Malaysian rider Hafizh Syahrin to the MotoGP class for the 2018 season looks set to be confirmed any day now, after the Sepang International Circuit announced today that fellow...

MotoGP: Hafizh Syahrin in line to replace Folger?

31 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

MotoGP: Hafizh Syahrin in line to replace Folger?

MCN’s sources believe that Malaysian racer Hafizh Syahrin is now one of the prime candidates to replace German rider Jonas Folger at the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team for the 2018 MotoGP season, with the...

Poll: Do you think Lorenzo can lift the MotoGP title for Ducati in 2018?

31 January 2018 by MCN News

Poll: Do you think Lorenzo can lift the MotoGP title for Ducati in 2018?

Lorenzo has just topped the timesheets at the Sepang MotoGP test. Will 2018 see him take the title for Ducati?