Glenn Irwin picked up pole position at Brands Hatch GP circuit. The BeWiser Ducati rider saw off competition from Josh Brookes (McAms Yamaha) and Jake Dixon (RAF Regular and Reserves Kawasaki), before picking up his brother, Andrew, who had fallen earlier in Q3. Leon Haslam (JG Speedfit Kawasaki), who leads the championship by 74 points,
World Superbikes champion Jonathan Rea has signed a new two-year deal with the Kawasaki Racing Team. Despite speculation Rea is on the verge of a move to MotoGP, the Northern Irishman says he is happy with his lot in World Superbikes. Rea enjoyed his 60th career win on Saturday in the Czech Republic to overtake
Marc Marquez would have won the 2017 MotoGP title even if he was riding for Ducati, according to Max Biaggi. Honda rider Marquez saw off a stern challenge from Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso this season to claim a fourth premier class title in only his fifth season at the top level of grand prix motorcycle racing.
A six-time world champion at just 24, Spain’s baby-faced assassin motorcyclist Marc Marquez is on course to become the greatest rider of all-time after securing a fourth MotoGP title in five seasons on home soil in Valencia on Sunday. Only three men in Italian duo Giacomo Agostini and Valentino Rossi and Australia’s Michael Doohan with
World champion Marc Marquez topped the MotoGP timesheets in Saturday’s third free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix in slippery conditions. The Spaniard, who was catapulted from his Honda on a rain-soaked Friday, clocked a fastest lap of one minute, 55.254 seconds to lay down a marker as he looks to close in on a
Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso breathed new life into the MotoGP championship on Sunday, edging Marc Marquez in a ferocious duel to win a rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi. In a white-knuckle battle in appalling conditions at the Twin Ring circuit, Dovizioso snatched the lead from championship leader Marquez in a dramatic last lap after
Johann Zarco claimed a surprise pole for Yamaha Tech 3 at the Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi on Saturday as championship leader Marc Marquez grabbed a spot on the front row. Frenchman Zarco roared to the top of the timesheet on his non-works bike with a lap of one minute 53.469 seconds late in the
Marc Marquez has opened up a 16-point lead in the World Championship battle after securing back-to-back victories with a win at Aragon. Marquez led a Repsol Honda one-two as a resurgent Dani Pedrosa clinched second; Jorge Lorenzo completed the rostrum. Maverick Vinales was fourth, with the heroic Valention Rossi battling valiantly for fifth. Andrea Dovizioso
World champion Marc Marquez on a Honda stormed on Saturday to pole position for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix ahead of Ducati pair Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo. Having won the last two GPs, three-time world champion Marquez has a 14-point lead in the standings over Maverick Vinales, who was fourth on Saturday with his Yamaha
Valentino Rossi says his difficulty in getting his second set of qualifying tyres to work is to blame for his third row starting position for Sunday’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix The Italian veteran could manage no better than seventh in qualifying, not only behind team-mate Maverick Vinales but also the satellite Tech 3 Yamaha of
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