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Moto2: Lowes tops second day of official test

07 March 2018 by Simon Patterson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MotoGP: Lorenzo smashes Sepang record to take top spot

30 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo has smashed the lap record at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit to finish MotoGP’s first official pre-season test on top of the time sheets, finishing...

MotoGP: Suzuki show off 2018 bike ahead of testing start

27 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Suzuki have become the latest team to take the covers off their 2018 MotoGP machine, with Alex Rins and Andrea Iannone unveiling the bike at the Sepang circuit ahead of the start of the first official...

Gallery: The 2018 Movistar Yamaha M1

25 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

With the 2018 MotoGP season set to get underway this weekend at the first official pre-season test in Sepang, the Movistar Yamaha duo of Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi pulled the covers off...

MotoGP: Hernandez to deputise for Folger at Sepang

25 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Columbian rider Yonny Hernandez will replace Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Jonas Folger at this weekend’s official MotoGP test at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit, as he lines himself up to replace the German full...

MotoGP: Movistar Yamaha duo reveal 2018 machine

24 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

The Movistar Yamaha duo of Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi have pulled the covers off their 2018 MotoGP machines in Madrid, revealing a modified variant of last year’s design only days before the...

MotoGP: Viñales kicks off silly season with two-year Yamaha extension

24 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Maverick Viñales has delivered the first deal of the 2018 MotoGP silly season by announcing a two-year contract extension with the Movistar Yamaha team at the squad’s launch event in Madrid this...

Live: Watch Yamaha launch their 2018 MotoGP effort

24 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

With the 2018 MotoGP season set to get underway in earnest later this week in Malaysia with the opening official test at the Sepang circuit, the Movistar Yamaha squad of Valentino Rossi and Maverick...

MotoGP: Alex Lowes speaks out to end Tech 3 speculation

21 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Pata Yamaha World Superbike rider Alex Lowes has spoken to MCN to end speculation that he’s in line to replace Jonas Folger at the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad after the German announced that he would...

MotoGP: Silverstone set for whole-track resurfacing

19 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

The home of the British Grand Prix will have an entirely new surface for the 2018 season according to MCN’s exclusive sources, with work set to start on a full-track resurfacing of the Silverstone...

MotoGP: Folger to sit out 2018 MotoGP season

17 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider will, as originally reported by MCN in October, sit out the 2018 MotoGP season as he continues to recover from the genetic disorder that saw him miss the final races of...

Gallery: Lorenzo and Dovizioso unveil 2018 Ducati

16 January 2018 by Simon Patterson

Ducati have pulled the covers off a new-look 2018 MotoGP machine at the Italian manufacturer’s headquarters in Bologna, with Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo unveiling a new colour scheme that sees...

MotoGP: Ducati unveil new-look 2018 machine

15 January 2018 by Simon Patterson