Danilo Petrucci

  • MotoGP: Vinales ends Sepang test on top

    MotoGP: Vinales ends Sepang test on top

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    MotoGP: Vinales ends Sepang test on top. First it was Ducati test rider Casey Stoner, then Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Andrea Iannone – but it was the fastest man from the Valencia test, Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP), who hit back on Day 3 to head the timesheets. Fastest in the session and setting the quickest…

  • Iannone fastest at Sepang on day two of MotoGP winter tests

    Iannone fastest at Sepang on day two of MotoGP winter tests

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    Iannone fastest at Sepang on day two of MotoGP winter tests. Rain and damp conditions were the early headlines of the second day, with no real action until the final few hours of the session as it began to fully dry. Once conditions allowed riders to push, the first crasher of the season was Aleix…

  • Stoner fastest as MotoGP Sepang test finishes early

    Stoner fastest as MotoGP Sepang test finishes early

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    Stoner fastest as MotoGP Sepang test finishes early. Ducati Team test rider and double MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner led the way at the top of the timesheets on the first day of the first Official Test of 2017 – ahead of Ducati race rider and 2016 Malaysian GP winner Andrea Dovizioso as the Italian…

  • MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet

    MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet

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    MotoGP: Valencia test day two – Maverick stays at the top of the timesheet. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – above) is settling into his new home well – fastest on day one at the Valencia test and then repeating the feat on day two for an amazing debut. A 1:29.975 in the afternoon saw…

  • MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest

    MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest

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    MotoGP Valencia test: Maverick Vinales proves Yamaha credentials by going fastest. Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP – above) topped the first test day for the 2017 MotoGP season, up to speed quickly before then stealing the top spot from new teammate Valentino Rossi as the day wore on. With a 1:30.930, Viñales beat his 9-time…

  • MotoGP: Historic win for Crutchlow

    MotoGP: Historic win for Crutchlow

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    Cal Crutchlow had a good day at the office yesterday as he became the first British rider to win the Australian Grand Prix, and the first Briton since Barry Sheene in 1979 to win more than once race in a season, as he secured his second MotoGP career victory at Phillip Island. Cal Crutchlow (LCR…

  • MotoGP: Crutchlow fastest, Rossi gets a penalty and rain stops play in MotoGP darrrn unda

    MotoGP: Crutchlow fastest, Rossi gets a penalty and rain stops play in MotoGP darrrn unda

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    After a wet morning of action at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, and a Moto3 FP2 that saw times get significantly slower, the red flag came out during the second session for MotoGP – and it was decided to cancel the remainder of the session, as well as FP2 for Moto2. With few bikes venturing…

  • MotoGP: Maverick is Silverstone’s Top Gun, Crutchlow second and Rossi third

    MotoGP: Maverick is Silverstone’s Top Gun, Crutchlow second and Rossi third

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      Maverick Viñales (Team Suzuki Ecstar) has taken a historic first win for Suzuki since their return to the championship, as the 2013 Moto3 world champion was in a class of his own at the Octo British Grand Prix to become the seventh winner so far in 2016. Viñales, who got his first podium in…

  • MotoGP: The secrets of braking good at Silverstone

    MotoGP: The secrets of braking good at Silverstone

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    At 3.6-miles (5.9 km) in length, the Silverstone track is the longest and one of the fastest in the World Championship. It poses a lot of issues for stopping a full-on MotoGP machine and Brembo has broken down what is going to happen over this weekend. Silverstone is characterised by numerous straightaways, fast curves and…

  • Lorenzo tops the timesheets at MotoGP test

    Lorenzo tops the timesheets at MotoGP test

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      Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo topped the timings in the one day official post-race test at the Automotodrom Brno with a 1:55.394, as the reigning champion proved the fastest man on track ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi (+0.371) and Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Marquez (+0.754). Those present at the test were Movistar…

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