Thailand is poised to join the MotoGP calendar from 2018, with Sakon Wannapong, the Governor of Sport Authority of Thailand, and Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna Sports CEO, set to…
In a close second but unable to make a last lap lunge was Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), with early leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) completing the…
Silverstone’s layout – especially the trade-mark to-and-fro swerves early in the lap between Maggots and Chapel – combined with hard-paved run-off areas there tempted many riders to take short-cuts through…
Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro was battling serious pain and “rationing my strength” after suffering rib injuries in a go-kart crash after the Austrian GP. The all-internal damage to ligaments and…
“It has,” as Rossi said, “something good and something bad compared to the old system.: But, he added, if it was intended to prevent collisions like that between Espargaro and…
The Repsol Honda rider became the first rider to lap 5.9-km Silverstone, longest track of the year, inside two minutes. And he did it two laps in a row, rebounding…
In that race, not only did Loris Baz knock one of his mechanics over, but Iannone coming in collided with the exiting Aleix Espargaro. Iannone fall off, and his sliding…
The GP is already on borrowed time at the Northamptonshire circuit, owned by the F1-oriented British Racing Drivers Club. Silverstone took over the race from Donington in 2010, but then…
The more surprising was the rider filling the vacant seat at the EG VDS team: long-serving Moto2 rider Thomas Luthi, at 30 years old. The Swiss former 125 champion (2005)…
The rider from Coventry, some 40 miles away, lapped the Northamptonshire circuit – at 5.9 km longest of the year – in 2m 00.897 seconds (175.6 km/h), inside the race…
Ahead of track action on Friday for the Octo British Grand Prix, the Pre-Event Press Conference got the ball rolling at Silverstone, with Championship leader Marc Marquez (Repsol…
As the dust settles on the Spielberg duel, it’s already time to gear up for Silverstone and the British GP – home to some of its own classics. It’s…
