
The 2015 MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar this Sunday, March 29. Can Marc Marquez and Honda be beaten? Kevin Schwantz, the 1993 500cc World Champion, says there's only one way—try to break his rhythm from the very first lap to prevent him from getting away. As longtime race fans know, the...
In 1993, Schwantz would become the United States' last premier class title winner for seven years. Two decades on, the Texan talks of MotoGP™'s latest star from Spain. "I watched pre-season testing and he had good speed from the get-go," Schwantz says of Repsol Honda Team's Marquez, speaking in...
Circuit of The Americas Press Release: Circuit of The Americas and motorcycle racing legend Kevin Schwantz have amicably settled their legal differences and have reached a new agreement to collaboratively promote motorcycling racing at the Austin circuit and across the United States. Schwantz...
Suzuki's former World 500cc GP Champion Kevin Schwantz joined the Suzuki MotoGP Test Team for its test at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas this week. The 1993 World Champion, who last raced a MotoGP machine in 2006, completed 11 laps of the 5,513m circuit with a best lap-time of...
Former 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz recently visited Japan to take part in the official test for the 2014 Coca-Cola Zero Suzuka 8-Hours. Schwantz, who last year finished third at Suzuka riding for Team Kagayama, is part of the Yoshimura Suzuki Shell Advance Legend Racing Team and will...
The Thursday before the start of the Grand Prix of the Americas, Asphalt & Rubber was part of a quick event put on by Dainese and Ducati Austin, which allowed fans to meet Kevin Schwantz. Before the start of that evening's meet-and-greet, I got to sit down with the former 500cc World Champion,...
Not only did MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez have what he called the "perfect weekend" at Circuit of The Americas—leading every practice, topping qualifying, and winning Sunday's race—the 21-year-old Spaniard duly impressed 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz. "At the end of qualifying,"...