2015

Year: 2015

Month: ALL

Yamaha boss: ‘We are ready to challenge for victory in 2015’

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis is confident that Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo can mount a serious threat to end the recent domination of Marc Marquez and Honda in the MotoGP world championship. Marquez...

Jorge Lorenzo ‘more motivated than ever’

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

After a bitterly disappointing 2014 MotoGP world championship campaign, it is no surprise to hear Jorge Lorenzo say he is more motivated than ever to kick off this year’s season at the end of March in...

Valentino Rossi expecting stronger Jorge Lorenzo in 2015

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi says he is expecting factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo to pose a much stronger threat in the 2015 MotoGP world championship. Rossi finished second behind dominant MotoGP world...

Yamaha unveils Rossi and Lorenzo’s 2015 YZR-M1

28 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has unveiled the 2015 factory YZR-M1 it hopes will help Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo end the recent domination of Honda rival Marc Marquez. The new YZR-M1 was officially unveiled during...

Honda bosses back Tinmouth for BSB success

28 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Jenny Tinmouth will be an upset to the order in the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship when she makes her debut as part of the Honda Racing squad. That’s the view of team boss Havier Beltran, who...

Jenny Tinmouth to become factory Honda BSB rider

28 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

The fastest woman ever around the isle of Man TT, Jenny Tinmouth, is set to be rewarded for her privateer efforts with a full-factory Honda seat in the MCE British Superbike Championship for 2015.

New FIM-Dorna deal set to deliver mainstream Sidecar coverage?

28 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

The FIM have signed a new deal with MotoGP commercial rights holders Dorna that will see television coverage boosted for a whole host of race series that fall under the FIM’s direct control. Under the...

Biaggi and Laverty continue Aprilia GP development work

27 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Former world champion Max Biaggi and Tyco BMW MCE British Superbike rider Michael Laverty have been continuing the development of the electronics package for Aprilia’s new MotoGP machine, rumoured to...

Guigliano tops final European WSB test

27 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Davide Guigliano has taken Ducati to the top of the time sheets on the final day of European pre-season testing before the World Superbike championship kicks off next month in Australia. The Italian...

Shakey Byrne wins exclusive Torrens Trophy

27 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning MCE British Superbike champion Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne has won the RAC Club’s exclusive Torrens Trophy, becoming only the eighth person to be awarded the trophy since it’s introduction in...

Guintoli heads back to UK for checks following Jerez testing crash

27 January 2015 by Michael Guy

World Superbike champion Sylvan Guintoli has left the two day WSB test at Jerez and returned to the UK for further medical checks following his crash yesterday. The PATA Honda rider suffered a...

Doohan/Schwantz: Honda should have placed Miller in factory team

27 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Honda should have gambled on placing rising star Jack Miller alongside Marc Marquez in HRC’s official factory team in 2015. That’s the high-risk strategy that MotoGP legends Mick Doohan and Kevin...

Joey Dunlop voted greatest Northern Irish sportsman

27 January 2015

Twenty-six times Isle of Man TT winner Joey Dunlop has been voted the greatest Northern Irish sportsman of all time. Dunlop beat off opposition from footballer George Best and golfer Rory McIlroy to...

Scottish star Dean Wilson’s Supercross season dashed by injury

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Scottish AMA Supercross star Dean Wilson has had his debut season in the 450cc class potentially cut short after a training crash tore his ACL and MCL knee ligaments, potentially leaving him out of...

Kawasaki back in MotoGP?

26 January 2015 by Michael Guy

Moto2 contender Dominique Aegerter is at Jerez today testing an evolution of the Avinta Kawasaki CRT bike used in 2014. The project appeared to have no official connection with the current factory...

Guintoli sits out opening day at Jerez following highside

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Reigning World Superbike champion Sylvain Guintoli has been foced to sit out the opening day of the final European test of the winter after an early morning highside left him with shoulder and ankle...

WSB times not slowed at Jerez test by new engine rules

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

World Superbike lap times do not appear to have been significantly affected by the new engine rules making their debut in 2015, with Jonathan Rea pushing the factory Kawasaki ZX-10R to a 1:41.327 lap...

Luke Mossey kicks off 2015 BSB testing

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

The first of the 2015 MCE British Superbike testing programmes has gotten underway in Spain, with Supersport graduate Luke Mossey taking to track at Cartagena on the Quattro Plant Teccare...

Enduro legend Knight to make Dakar debut – in a car!

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Enduro legend and four-time world champion David Knight will finally make his much-rumoured debut at the Dakar Rally in 2016 – but to the surprise of many, the Manxman will be on four wheels rather...

Canard wins for Honda as title favourite Roczen crashes heavily

26 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Honda rider Trey Canard, the man at the centre of a storm of controversy only seven days ago after a collision with double champion Chad Reed, has taken his first AMA Supercross victory of the year in...

Team UK take Philip Island Classic win, Farquhar wins overall

25 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team UK have taken a visitors victory for the first time at the Philip Island Classic, with Ryan Farquhar and Conor Cummins coming out on top of the individual standings to secure the win for the...

Kyle Smith confirmed for Pata Honda supersport ride

25 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

As exclusively revealed by CN yesterday, reigning World Supersport champions Pata Honda have confirmed expatriate British rider Kyle Smith as the sole heir to Michael van der Mark’s title winning...

Pata Honda unveil 2015 livery

24 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Pata Honda have unveiled their 2015 livery at the Verona Motorcycle Expo, with their pair of reigning World Champions in the form of Sylvain Guintoli and Michael van der Mark officially stepping out...

McWilliams leads Island Classic at half way point

24 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team UK’s Jeremy McWilliams has finished the first day at Philip Island leading International Classic race series after a first and second in the opening day’s racing. His results have boosted a...

Dunlop crowned Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year

24 January 2015 by Stephen Davison

Michael Dunlop has been crowned Enkalon Irish Motorcyclist of the Year at the Adelaide Motorbike awards. The 25 year old was also the winner of the International Road Racer of he Year. Dunlop, who...

North West 200 wins race of the year at Adelaide Motorbike awards

24 January 2015 by Stephen Davison

The opening Superbike race of the 2014 Vauxhall International North West 200 has been voted the Race of the Year at the Adelaide Motorbike awards. Race winner, William Dunlop, was presented with the...

Conor Cummins at the English Institute of Sport

24 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

A host of top Honda Racing riders have been given a pre-season assessment at the English Institute for Sport ahead of the beginning of their 2015 campaigns. BSB riders Jason O’Halloran and Dan Linfoot...

Camier now waits for Australia

23 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

As one of the smaller manufacturers in WSB racing MV Agusta has not got the resources of some other teams but it is a full factory effort in 2015, with one rider to focus on in the tall shape of Leon...

True Heroes Racing to expand in BSB

23 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

True Heroes Racing, the team set up to support injured servicemen with a return to civilian life, will expand their presence in the MCE British Superbike paddock for 2015, going from one bike in the...

R&G become official BSB crash protection

23 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

R&G will become the official crash protection provider for the 2015 MCE British Superbike season, after a deal signed with oprganisers MSV to bring the Hampshire supplier into the paddock on multiple...

Pre-season assessment with Olympic coaches for Honda Racing

23 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Injury rules Yonny Hernandez out of first Sepang test

23 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

A dirt bike training accident has claimed another MotoGP casualty after the Pramac Ducati squad confirmed that Yonny Hernandez will miss the first test of 2015 in Malaysia next month. The Colombian...

Mugello safety works underway

23 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

The fast and technical Mugello track in Italy is currently undergoing numerous safety upgrades. Work to improve and extend run-off in several corners of the spectacular Ferrari-owned track has...

Haslam fastest in final day rush at Portimao

23 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The weather was usually unkind at the well-attended two-day Portimao tests in Portugal, but there was enough in the track later in the final dry afternoon to allow Leon Haslam (Red Devils Aprilia) to...

Expat Brit Smith to join reigning WSS champions Pata Honda

23 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Expatriated British rider Kyle Smith will step into the shoes of World Supersport champion Michael van der Mark as he replaces the WSB-bound Dutchman as a single man team, according to MCN ‘s insider...

Supersport star Irwin gets Ulster Grand Prix backing

22 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Northern Irish British Supersport frontrunner Glenn Irwin will have a new sponsor for his 2015 circuit campaign in the form of the world’s fastest road race. Irwin, who is planning a road racing...