2015

Year: 2015

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Dakar stage 5: Coma wins stage, Barreda leads overall, Brits out

08 January 2015 by Michael Guy

Factory KTM man Marc Coma was able to claw back 2m 16s on race leader Joan Barreda after winning stage five of the 2015 Dakar. The four time Dakar champion Spaniard who started two minutes behind...

New Ducati title sponsor Aruba takes on team role

08 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The official Ducati World Superbike Team will now be called the ‘Aruba.it Racing – Ducati Superbike Team’ as Italian web hosting and cloud services company Aruba joins with the existing factory Ducati...

Andrea Iannone relishing Andrea Dovizioso battle

08 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Iannone says he is relishing the challenge of trying to seize the number one spot at Ducati from fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2015. Iannone will join his compatriot in Ducati’s official...

Halsall Suzuki set sights on BSB Showdown return

08 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Halsall Suzuki team boss Jack Valentine says he believes his new line-up of Christian Iddon and Josh Waters are capable of returning Suzuki to the BSB Showdown after a year’s absence in...

Motorpoint return as British Supersport sponsors

08 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Car supermarket Motorpoint will return as title sponsors of the British Supersport championship in 2015. The chain of car showrooms, recently expanded to eight UK sites, are based only minutes away...

Ex-Stoner crew chief flattered by Lorenzo approach

08 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s former crew chief Cristian Gabbarini says it was flattering to have been approached by double MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo about a technical role with the Spaniard in...

Pata Honda nears first 2015 test dates

08 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

The number one plate holders will get a jump on most of their 2015 WSB competitors when Pata Honda riders Sylvain Guintoli (2014 WSB champ) and Michael van der Mark (2015 WSS champ) start testing at...

High-flying Sunderland on yesterday's Dakar stage

08 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brit Sam Sunderland might be out of this year’s Dakar after a crash in yesterday’s stage, but the factory KTM rider was still able to entertain the Argentine crowds on the stage with his skills on the...

Pavey Dakar Diary: day 4

08 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

With not one but two Paveys in Dakar this year, as veteran campaigner Simon is joined by son Llewelyn, the pair still has a hard battle ahead of them to complete the arduous 9295km race across South...

Dakar stage 4: Video highlights

08 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

British hope Sam Sunderland has been forced to retire from the 2015 Dakar 67km into the fourth stage following a crash which has left him dizzy and with shoulder ligament damage. The factory KTM rider...

Dakar Stage 4: Sunderland out, Barreda retains control

07 January 2015 by Michael Guy

HRC: Scott Redding worthy of factory RC213V chance

07 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

HRC boss Livio Suppo believes highly rated Briton Scott Redding fully deserves his big chance to show his potential on a factory Honda RC213V in MotoGP this year. Redding will return to the Marc VDS...

Team EBR Hero start early testing

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Team EBR Hero riders Larry Pegram and Niccolò Canepa have kickstarted their 2015 testing early, making the most of the Southern US sunshine to get in track time at Louisiana’s NOLA circuit and also at...

Dakar stage 3: Video highlights

07 January 2015 by Michael Guy

In only his third ever Dakar stage, Austrian Matthias Walkner secured a convincing victory, taking the honours ahead of four time Dakar winner Marc Coma. The young Austrian may be new to Dakar but he...

Yamaha boss ‘curious’ to see Jack Miller’s MotoGP move

07 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha will closely monitor Honda’s gamble on fast tracking Jack Miller straight from Moto3 into the MotoGP world championship in 2015. Aussie Miller will skip the normal route to MotoGP through the...

McGuinness and Cummins sticking with Honda for 2015 roads

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

As widely speculated in the past weeks, John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will remain with the official Honda team for their 2015 road racing campaign. The duo will ride for the team in the superbike...

McGuinness and Cummins to tackle Superstock EWC and roads with Jackson Racing

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

John McGuinness and Conor Cummins will return to the Endurance World Championship in 2015 with Jackson Racing, as they team up with Dan Stewart for the superstock class with Jackson Racing. They’ll...

Pavey Dakar Diary: day 3

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Michal Hernik dies in Dakar

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Polish rider Michal Hernik has lost his life on the third day of this year’s Dakar Rally. The 39 year old newcomer was found dead by race officials at the 206km point of the 220km special stage, after...

Waters and Iddon to lead Halsall Suzuki charge

07 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Australian Josh Waters and 2014 Bimota WSB rider Christian Iddon will lead Halsall’s switch from Kawasaki to Suzuki for the 2015 MCE British Superbike championship, as they take over the reigns as the...

Dakar Stage 3: Dakar rookie Matthias Walkner takes stage win, Sunderland back in the mix

06 January 2015 by Michael Guy

Pavey Dakar Diary: day 2

06 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

2015 WSB testing updates

06 January 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

With the 2015 FIM Superbike World Championship being the first major road racing series to kick off the new season the top teams are now preparing for their last European tests before they head off to...

Pavey Dakar Diary: day 1

06 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Roczen lays out cards with opening Supercross win

06 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Suzuki rider Ken Roczen has laid out his cards for the opening race of the 2015 Supercross season, taking the victory at the world championship’s opening round at Anaheim, California’s Angels Stadium...

Cal Crutchlow: ‘I’m fast enough to be back at the front’

06 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow is confident he can recapture the form that saw him become a consistent podium threat in MotoGP when the new season gets underway in Qatar on March 29. After a difficult season with...

Dakar stage 2: Video highlights

06 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Day two of Dakar saw the riders get chucked right into the deep end with an ultra-long day in the saddle – all 518km of it! With varied terrain all day – everything from gravel to sand – it was set to...

Dakar stage 2: Navigation error costly for Sunderland

05 January 2015 by Michael Guy

After winning the opening stage of the 2015 Dakar on Sunday, Brit Sam Sunderland was brought back to earth with a bump when he got lost just before way point 12 of the second stage. Having been a...

FIM Womens’ Commission launch 2015 race camps

05 January 2015 by Michael Guy

The FIM’s Women in Motorcycling Commission have announced their fourth training camp, ahead of the biggest year yet for the program, designed to bring more women into the sport. The launch event of...

Blazusiak extends winning ways in SuperEnduro over Brit duo

05 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Taddy Blazusiak has extended his FIM SuperEnduro lead after taking his second victory from two. He finished ahead of the British duo of Manxman David Knight and extreme enduro star Johnny Walker. The...

Derek Minter passes away aged 82

05 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

Derek Minter, the man famously described by Mike Hailwood as his toughest ever rival, passed away on Saturday aged 82. Minter was regarded as one of the best racers of his generation, succeeding not...

Jerry Burgess: Michelin change bigger than electronics revamp

05 January 2015 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP’s forthcoming switch to Michelin tyres could upset the established elite in the premier class. That’s the view of Valentino Rossi’s legendary ex-crew chief Jerry Burgess, who believes a new...

Former GP star Van den Goorbergh out to win Dakar unsupported

05 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

A name more familiar to tarmac racing fans than off-road is out to win the Malles Moto classification within the 2015 Dakar Rally in the shape of former MotoGP front runner Jurgen van den Goorbergh.

Dakar stage 1: Video highlights

05 January 2015 by Simon Patterson

With the opening day of Dakar testing the riders out straight away with a long 838km day in the saddle, the route also had space to give something for everyone as it ploughed through the heart of the...