
Quickest across the opening three practice sessions in Qatar, the elder of the two Espargaro brothers was a favourite for pole position before crashing both of his bikes in qualifying. He would finish Sunday's race fourth from ninth on the grid, which was still his best ever race result in the...
Several MotoGP™ riders left the pits at the same time, eager to beat the rain as the 15-minute dash got underway, whilst Espargaro held back slightly - a decision that would prove critical. The 'Open' Yamaha rider was able to pick his way through the field on their one dry flying lap. A...
Movistar Yamaha Press Release: Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi pushed hard this evening at the Losail International Circuit to take sixth and eighth respectively on the grid in qualifying for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Qatar. Lorenzo was the last rider to start the...
Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez grabbed pole position for the first race of the 2014 MotoGP season in a thrilling Qualifying Practice 2 session that saw the front row split by just 0.094 seconds. After a strong showing in today's FP4 session where he finished second quickest, Marquez went one better...
Having qualified third behind Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro, Dovizioso found himself leading the Le Mans event for the second year in succession. However, the Italian would cross the finish line 22 seconds in arrears of winner Marquez. "At least I tried!" Dovizioso began. "I made a great start...
Several riders have told the media in Qatar that this could be the most competitive MotoGP series in a long time. Not only have new faces appeared near the top of the time sheets in testing, a single second blankets 10 riders, or more, in much of the pre-season testing. Round 1 in Qatar is...
Team Suzuki Press Office – June 26. Team SUZUKI ECSTAR's Aleix Espargaro put in an astonishing qualifying-lap to claim second place on the grid for tomorrow's eighth round of the MotoGP™ World Championship at Assen in The Netherlands with the time of 1'32.858; just 0.231-seconds from Pole...