Yamaha and Suisse Gas Extend MotoGP Partnership
2 Feb 2014, 08:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While the title sponsor of the MotoGP Yamha Racing Team for the 2014 season is still unknown, the House of Iwata has secured a good deal with Suisse Gas, one of their existing sponsors. Even more...
GO&FUN Honda Gresini Introduces 2014 Team and Bikes
31 Jan 2014, 09:06 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Fausto Gresini introduced his 2014 GO&FUN Honda team at the Teatro Titano of San Marino yesterday, and also revealed the bikes for the new season. After finishing 2013 in the 6th position, Al...
Argentina's MotoGP Circuit Officially FIM-Homlogated
30 Jan 2014, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The FIM and Dorna Sports have officially homologated the Circuito Termas de Rio Hondo, in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. This week's inspection was the final step before the two organizatio...
2014 MotoGP: Rossi Has to Adapt to Lorenzo's Motorcycle
29 Jan 2014, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / What comes around goes around, they say, and it looks like MotoGP racing is not an exception to this rule. Yamaha YZR-M1 development team boss Kouichi Tsuji speaks about the bikes of Rossi and ...
2014 MotoGP: Ducati Must Choose Between Factory or Open Entries by 28 February
28 Jan 2014, 12:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Ducati Corse has exactly one month to decide which type of entry will be made for the 2014 championship. The MotoGP regulations state that "Entries in the MotoGP class must sp...
No Ducati Wrooom Wrooom This Year
27 Jan 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Winter was the perfect time for Ducati to unveil their new MotoGP bikes in the snow-filled mountains of Madonna di Campiglio, but this year it's silence veiling the Italian resort, instead of r...
2014 MotoGP: Monster Energy Renews Title Sponsorship for Le Mans, Adds Catalunya
26 Jan 2014, 12:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Dorna Sports announces that the title sponsorship deal with Monster Energy is not only extended, but it has also grown. That is, Monster Energy continues to be the title sponsor for the Grand Pri...
Husqvarna Moto3 Bike Is Ready to Race
25 Jan 2014, 08:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Husqvarna's Moto3 machines are almost ready to race, and the first pre-season tests will provide a very good picture of how do they behave on the track. As the media suspected, the 2014 Moto...
2014 MotoGP: Movistar Rumored to Sponsor Yamaha Factory Bikes
24 Jan 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Paddock rumors speak about a possible comeback for Spanish telecom giant Movistar as one of the main sponsors for the bikes of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. The official announcement is said...
2014 MotoGP: Cardion AB Unveils Karel Abraham's Honda RCV1000R
24 Jan 2014, 12:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Family-run team Cardion AB has unveiled the 2014 motorcycle for their rider, Karel Abraham in the Czech Republic capital, Prague. 2014 brings the third different motorcycle for Karel, and with it...
2014 MotoGP: Brazil Round May Be Dropped
24 Jan 2014, 09:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While at the end of 2013 we were all happy to see the 2014 MotoGP season growing to include 19 rounds, it looks like things are slowly going back to the way they were last year, as the Brazilian cir...
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa Enjoy Trial Riding
23 Jan 2014, 14:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If you though Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa are only good for riding fast on the MotoGP circuits and look pretty in their sponsors' ads, here's one video to make you change your mind. M...
Extreme Lawn Mowing with Jorge Lorenzo
22 Jan 2014, 17:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / If someone told you that MotoGP riders sometimes have to mow the grass around the circuits while practicing and testing motorcycles, you'd probably laugh and told that chap to get a grip and ch...
Stefan Bradl Advertises the Dainese D-Air Airbag
22 Jan 2014, 16:21 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / MotoGP LCR Honda star Stefan Bradl has been working closely wth Dainese over the past years helping them develop the D-Air rider airbag. Created as an additional safety system to add even more pr...
Crutchlow on the Lorenzo-Ducati Affair: I think There Is Some Truth in These Rumors
22 Jan 2014, 12:54 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / After a Spanish radio journalist claimed that Jorge Lorenzo allegedly signed a pre-contract with Ducati, all the three interested parts have been quick in replying, with Ducati CEO Claudio Domenical...
Tech3 Workshop Wrecked by Floods
21 Jan 2014, 16:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad luck still sticks with Herve Poncharal's Tech3 team, as a flood wrecked the team's workshop in Bormes les Mimosas, southern France. The heavy rains over the past weekend caused a l...
How MotoGP Bikes Are Being Timed and the Flags' Meaning
21 Jan 2014, 15:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The fact that Dorna Sports is bent on adding as much more competitiveness to the MotoGP series is no secret, and it's been years since the rights holder for the championship has gradually imple...
2014 MotoGP: Lorenzo Denies Ducati Pre-Contract Rumors Officially
20 Jan 2014, 17:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Jorge Lorenzo used Yamaha Racing's official press outlet to deny the rumors of him inking a pre-contract with Ducati for 2015. Lorenzo also said that any rumor involving ay other manufacture...
Valentino Rossi: I Will Fight for the Podium Each Weekend
20 Jan 2014, 17:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha unveiled the 2014 YZR-M1 machines in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the presence of the two factory riders, 2013 runner-up Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. While Lorenzo's goal for the upco...
2014 Moto2 Provisional Entry List
18 Jan 2014, 08:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The entry list for the 2014 Moto2 season got two updates ahead of the pre-season tests. Italy's Franco Morbidelli was confirmed as the second entry for team Italtrans, riding a Kalex machin...