MotoGP

Valentino Rossi shows just how much winning still means to him by successfully changing his whole approach to qualifying at the Dutch GP. Valentino Rossi is known as the “greatest of all time” (GOAT) in motorcycle racing, and his record speaks for itself. He has nine World Championship titles to his name, 110 career GP […]

The Movistar Yamaha rider spent the race with a clear track ahead of him, crossing the line first for the third time in a row. Lorenzo‘s 25 point score adds to his total of 112 points, keeping him in second position in the standings. He is six points behind teammate and championship leader Rossi, whose […]

Marc Marquez stamps his authority on the MotoGP™ World Championship by winning in Austin by more than 2.3 seconds. The reigning MotoGP™ World Champion Marquez sent a message out to the rest of the paddock that he was back after his mishap in Qatar, as he dominated the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, at one […]

It’s hard to imagine we will ever see a more mesmerising 122.1 seconds of MotoGP action… With nineteen years of experience reporting on MotoGP™ for Motorcycle News, Matthew Birt knows the championship inside-out. For the 2015 season he joins the motogp.com team to bring you exclusive news and opinion from inside the paddock. It’s hard […]

The MotoGP™ press conference ahead of the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas featured Hayden, Rossi, Lorenzo, Marquez, Smith and Iannone. With the MotoGP™ World Championship having arrived in Austin for round two of the 2015 season, it was once again time for a number of riders to assemble in front of the world’s media […]

Nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi claimed the first win of the 2015 MotoGP™ season in Qatar, after an awesome battle with Dovizioso. Movistar Yamaha’s Rossi came out on top against the resurgent Ducati GP15’s of Dovizioso (2nd +0.174s) and Iannone (3rd +2.250s). Jorge Lorenzo was in 4th (+2.707s), with Marc Marquez (+7.036s) recovering to an incredible […]

Andrea Dovizioso takes pole position for his Ducati Team on the Desmosedici GP15, ahead of Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez in Qatar. It was always going to be close in QP2, and the first qualifying session of the season did not disappoint as Dovizioso took a sensational pole position for the factory Ducati Team ahead […]

Marc Marquez finished on top of the combined timesheets after a frantic end to FP3, with Cal Crutchlow claiming a sensational 2nd place. With the combined times from all three Free Practice sessions deciding who would qualify automatically for Q2, with the top ten riders all making it through, it was once again Repsol Honda’s […]

Ducati leaves Qatar the happiest team after torrential rain ended any chance of track action on the last day of the final preseason test. It was a disappointing end to the test at the Losail International Circuit on Monday as torrential rain meant that race direction had to issue a red flag early on as conditions […]

The factory Ducati Team dominated proceedings under the floodlights on the first day of the final preseason test at Qatar. With most teams waiting until at least 6pm before heading out on track for the conditions to be more reflective of when they will race here in two weeks time, it took a while for […]