
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: The first prelude to the 2014 MotoGP season, the Valencia post-season test wrapped up today at Circuito Ricardo Tormo, with newly-crowed World Champion Marc Marquez clocking the fastest time – a 1'30.287 – over the three days on his Repsol Honda RC213V....
The test, to be staged across three days from 16:00-23:00 local time, will come as a final opportunity for teams to try out new components and race simulation runs before the opening practice session of the Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar on Thursday 20th March. The official riders of...
FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix 2014 Provisional MotoGP Calendar updated 13 December * Evening Race ** Saturday Race STH (Subject to the Homologation) 2013 MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez concluded the three-day '2014′ pre-season test on top of the time sheets at Valencia, After...
Dani, who was still suffering from some jet-lag, had a quiet morning and only completed 15 laps. In the afternoon he began to work properly, focusing on setup of the front of his RC213V and also with mappings, completing 57 laps with a fastest time of 2:00.039 on lap 55. Tomorrow, the final day...
Perhaps the biggest surprise after the first day of testing at Sepang was the sheer, unadulterated speed of Aleix Espargaro on the Forward Yamaha, racing in the Open category. Seventh fastest, half a second off the fastest factory Yamaha of Valentino Rossi, and ahead of the two Tech 3 riders...
1. Andrea Iannone (ITA) Ducati Team 1'55.265 2. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) Ducati Team 1'55.363 3. Marc Marquez (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'55.554 4. Aleix Espargaro (SPA) Team Suzuki MotoGP 1'55.698 5. Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda Team 1'55.813 6. Jorge Lorenzo (SPA) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP...
As the 2013 MotoGP season heads into its final five races, negotiations for 2014 are coming to a head. While the seats on factory and satellite machines were filled some time ago, the next level of competitiveness, both in terms of riders and bikes, is now up for grabs. Two names and two teams...