Fast MotoGP News: Tests in Argentina, Assen Confirmed through 2021, Spies Still Not Riding
1 Jul 2013, 15:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This week sees the MotoGP in Argentina, testing the new facility at Termas de Rio Hondo, 1,100 km (685 miles) north-west of Buenos Aires. Confirmed riders to test the new circuit are Cal Crutchlow,...
2013 MotoGP: Valentino Rossi Is Back to Winning Days in Assen
1 Jul 2013, 10:00 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Glorious and dramatic past weekend at Assen, the Netherlands, as 9-times world champion Valentino Rossi claimed his first victory of the season, and his highest podium back on Yamaha machinery. C...
2013 MotoGP: Crutchlow's First-Ever Pole as Lorenzo Flies Back after Surgery
28 Jun 2013, 17:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The 2013 MotoGP round at Assen, the Netherlands will surely be remembered as a truly full weekend in two-wheeled road racing. Alongside the terrible crash of the reigning world champion Jorge Lorenz...
2013 MotoGP: Marc Marquez Crashes Violently in FP3
28 Jun 2013, 10:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Crash fest in Assen today, as well, as Repsol Honda's rooking extraordinaire Marc Marquez crashed spectacularly in FP3, at the end of his second lap on slick tires. As the rain ended and the...
2013 MotoGP: Lorenzo Has Successful Surgery, Looks Alright
28 Jun 2013, 06:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Last night, reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo has undergone a successful operation to repair his broken left collarbone following the high-speed crash he had in Assen, the Netherlands yesterday....
2013 MotoGP: Ivan Silva Substitutes for Hiroshi Aoyama at Assen
26 Jun 2013, 09:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Team Avintia Blusens announces that Ivan Silva will eb the substitute rider for Hiroshi Aoyama in the next race of the season, the Dutch round at Assen. Aoyama lost a part of one of his fingers a...
Yamaha Launches YZR-M1 WGP 50th Anniversary Edition
17 May 2011, 13:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / In order to mark the company’s 50th anniversary in GP racing, Yamaha has launched a special livery for the YZR-M1, which will adorn the MotoGP racebikes at Assen TT and Laguna Seca events. The...
Barry Veneman to Replace Toseland at Assen
6 Apr 2011, 14:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / BMW rider James Toseland has suffered a fracture to the distal radius of the right wrist in a fall at the Motorland Aragon circuit, where he was riding in a private test. After being operated on at ...
Bayliss Denies Toseland's Maiden Double
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / “The Cathedral” could have been the place where James Toseland scored his first ever double in World Superbike. Reigning champion Troy Bayliss had other plans, though, as the Australian ...
Lorenzo Wins at Assen
26 Jun 2010, 15:16 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo might set a new winning record in the MotoGP this season, as the Spaniard scored his 4th win of the 2010 campaign with a wonderful performance at Assen. Having won in the Cathedral in ...
Marco Melandri Misses Dutch GP Due to Shoulder Injury
25 Jun 2010, 12:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / This weekend's Dutch Grand Prix at Assen has become forbidden territory for Honda Gresini's Marco Melandri, as the Italian rider suffered a dislocated left shoulder in a crash during the f...
Lorenzo Beats Stoner in Dutch GP Practice
24 Jun 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo doesn't mess around when it comes to his personal hunt for a MotoGP title this year. Once his in-team rival Valentino Rossi moved out of the way due to an unwelcome injury, the Sp...
Jonathan Rea Scored Double Win in Assen
26 Apr 2010, 09:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea gave the Dutch fans something to cheer about on Sunday afternoon, as he handed his team a splendid double-win on the Assen circuit in Holland. Rea left no...
Kallio Will Miss Laguna Seca Due to Hand Injury
1 Jul 2009, 14:15 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Unfortunately for Mika Kallio, the Laguna Seca event will be a no show this weekend, as the injury he sustained in the very last lap of the Dutch Grand Prix last Saturday will keep the Fin sidelined...
Kallio Injures Finger, In Doubt for Laguna Seca
29 Jun 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Finland's Mika Kallio is on the verge of missing the upcoming MotoGP race at Laguna Seca, due to his late crash in the Dutch GP last Saturday. The Pramac Ducati rider was running into an impres...
Rossi Takes 100th MotoGP Win at Assen
28 Jun 2009, 13:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi once again made the history books of the MotoGP championship, as the Yamaha rider scored his 100th win in the series and became undisputed leader of the overall classification follow...
Rossi Clinches Breathtaking Pole at Assen
26 Jun 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Things might not have worked out very well for Valentino Rossi during the second practice earlier today, but the reigning MotoGP champion took sweet revenge this afternoon when clinching a dramatic ...
Lorenzo Tops Second Practice at Assen
26 Jun 2009, 10:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo managed to top the second and last practice session of the Dutch Grand Prix, as the Yamaha rider posted the best time of 1:36.756 ahead of nearest rival Casey Stoner. Reigning world ch...
De Puniet Tops First Practice at Assen
26 Jun 2009, 09:47 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The first practice session at the Assen circuit was not topped by either Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo or Casey Stoner – the riders that practically rule the world standings at the moment &nd...
FIA Approves A1 GP Calendar for 2009/10
25 Jun 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Yesterday's meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council was surely a busy one, as the ruling body has announced several directions for the 2010 season of most motor sport series currently unde...