2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Elias in at Forward, Corti out

16 September 2015 by Steve English

Toni Elias will replace Claudio Corti at Forward Racing for the remainder of the 2015 MotoGP season. The Spaniard, who replaced an injured Karel Abraham, earlier this year will race alongside Loris...

Davies confident of Spanish form

16 September 2015 by Steve English

Chaz Davies has won three of the last four World Superbike races and the Welshman could be excused for feeling that his momentum of the summer has been lost by the summer break. However more so than...

Lowes keen to get back on track

16 September 2015 by Steve English

World Superbikes returns to action on Friday with the Spanish round of the championship at Jerez. It’s been a long break since Sepang and Alex Lowes is keen to get back on track for Suzuki and...

Race of two halves for Laverty

16 September 2015 by Steve English

The flag to flag San Marino Grand Prix left Eugene Laverty once again seeing positives from the weekend but no points on the table. The Irishman was strong in the dry on Friday and at the end of the...

Marquez: Yamaha were faster during the race

16 September 2015 by Steve English

“I think nobody expect that in a race you can change twice and win the race,” said Marc Marquez after winning at Misano. Having been on the wrong side of the flag to flag coin last year at Aragon,...

Lottery of Misano leaves Cal frustrated

16 September 2015 by Steve English

The “lottery” of Misano left Cal Crutchlow finishing 11th after one of the most incredible races in MotoGP history. With the majority of the field making two bike changes in the flag to flag race...

Pedrosa missed pit signal for four laps

16 September 2015 by Steve English

Dani Pedrosa’s chances of podium finish at Misano ended midrace when the Spaniard missed a pit signal on his pitboard for four consecutive laps. The Repsol Honda rider had been running in the top four...

Fond memories of going bonkers at the Bol

16 September 2015 by MCN

September 1999: The last Bol d’Or held at Paul Ricard – until now rom the late 1970s to September 1999, the Bol d’Or was one of the biggest events on the European race calendar. For racers it was the...

Ride the legendary Assen circuit with MCN and BSB

15 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCN have once again linked up with the MCE British Superbike championship to offer 200 lucky readers the opportunity to lap the legendary Assen circuit ahead of this weekend’s BSB round at the iconic...

Lack of patience hurts Lorenzo

15 September 2015 by Steve English

Jorge Lorenzo said that a lack of patience cost him dearly in Italy after crashing out of the San Marino Grand Prix on his first lap on slick tyres on a drying track. He had made the decision to pit...

Rossi and Lorenzo talk 23 point title gap

15 September 2015 by Steve English

The MotoGP title momentum has shifted once again towards Valentino Rossi. After finishing fifth at his home Grand Prix at Misano, the Italian stretched his lead over championship rival, Jorge Lorezno,...

Rossi: I had too much to lose

15 September 2015 by Steve English

Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix turned into a lottery with Valentino Rossi eventually extending his title lead over Jorge Lorenzo to 23 points. Having fought back to the front of the lead group as rain...

MCN Plus - World Exclusive - GUY MARTIN: What Doesn't Kill You...

15 September 2015 by MCN

TT star and much-loved biking celeb admits his racing future is uncertain after a massive crash – now a new book reveals how he tackled tough times in the past. uy Martin is at a crossroads. In his...

Picture story: The last man to win a TT at the first attempt

14 September 2015 by MCN

This is 27-year-old Dieter Braun, on his way to an extraordinary victory at the 1970 Lightweight 125 TT. Extraordinary not just because he did it on a four-year-old bike (a Suzuki RT67 125 parallel...

Marquez wins, Smith and Redding on the podium

13 September 2015 by Steve English

Misano produced a thrilling race with Marc Marquez taking the win ahead of Bradley Smith and Scott Redding. Spits of rain as the race started provided riders with challenging conditions but an early...

Zarco on the verge of Moto2 title after Misano win

13 September 2015 by Steve English

Johann Zarco took a major step towards the Moto2 world champion by dominating at Misano and leaving him on the verge of claiming a first world title. The Frenchman led throughout the race and with...

First career win for Bastianini, Kent sixth

13 September 2015 by Steve English

Misano could be a pivotal race in the Moto3 world championship with Danny Kent struggling to a sixth place finish and his chief title rival, Enea Bastianini, winning the race. It was the Italian’s...

Oliviera moves to Moto2 with Leopard for 2016

13 September 2015 by Steve English

Miguel Oliviera has signed to race for Leopard Racing in next year’s Moto2 championship. The Portuguese rider, who claimed his first Grand Prix win at Mugello this year, will join Leopard for their...

Speedway: Hancock victory but Woffy steamrollers on

12 September 2015 by Tony Hoare

World speedway champion Greg Hancock stormed to victory in tonight’s Slovenian Grand Prix to take the fight to Britain’s Tai Woffinden in the championship chase. Hancock dropped just one point in his...