Le Mans MotoGP
-
Sete Gibernau faces two and a half years in jail
Posted
by
The Spanish ex-MotoGP rider and current advisor to Dani Pedrosa is accused of two counts of tax fraud, committed during his final full Championship season in 2006. Sete Gibernau faces a two-and-a-half year prison sentence following accusations of two counts of tax fraud. According to the EFE agency, the Spanish State Attorney’s Office is accusing…
-
MotoGP: Yamaha removes Rossi’s wing for Mugello GP
Posted
by
We’ve been sent a couple of images this morning, comparing Rossi’s racebikes from Le Mans and Mugello. The more eagle-eyed among you, will spot the changes to the wing design on Rossi’s Yamaha M1. In Le Mans, Rossi’s machine was equipped with the typical internal wing, which works by offering increased downforce on the front…
-
MotoGP: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Le Mans
Posted
by
The MotoGP world championship is heading back to Le Mans – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about this weekend’s MotoGP racing at the iconic French circuit. This weekend will be the thirtieth round of the MotoGP hosted at Le Mans. The first was in…
-
MotoGP: JerezTest: Viñales and Marquez split by 0.002 at the top
Posted
by
After Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his first win of the year on Sunday, bikes were back out on track the following day for the Jerez Test – the first post-race test of the year. The tyre allocation for the test was the same as available throughout the weekend, plus an extra front option…
-
Bennetts announces sponsorship line-up for 2017
Posted
by
Advertisement Feature Motorcycle insurance specialist, Bennetts, has announced its sponsorship line-up for the 2017 race season. The Bennetts racers will represent the brand at British and World level, on short circuits and roads, with the squad including riders at the outset and the height of their careers. Racing legend, John McGuinness, will be supported by Bennetts…
-
MotoGP: KTM to try out new ‘big bang’ motor instead of ‘screamer’ engine at Jerez
Posted
by
KTM is using a revamped version of its MotoGP engine to Jerez this weekend and could end up with the ‘big bang’ lump in the bikes for the premier race on Sunday. The motor was out at Le Mans earlier this week for some hard laps with Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith and test rider Mika…
-
MotoGP: Guintoli gets call up to French round. Will replace injured Alex Rins on the factory Suzuki
Posted
by
Sylvain Guintoli has been designated the rider to race Suzuki´s GSX-RR in the French GP in Le Mans on May 21st and following races, until Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s factory rider Alex Rins is fully recovered and able to return to competition. Guintoli will join Team Suzuki MotoGP, already in Jerez, to take part in Tuesday´s…
-
MotoGP: Dovizioso on Ducati’s 2017 campaign ‘We have to rethink everything 360 degrees!’
Posted
by
Ducati MotoGP man Andrea Dovizioso sounds like he’s already given up on this season with some pretty downbeat comments about the Italian team’s set-up and results following his sixth place finish in Texas at the weekend. After finishing 14 seconds behind winner Marc Marquez, Dovi let loose with his thoughts of the 2017 Desmosedici bike…
-
Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal
Posted
by
Bridgestone announces return to world racing scene with WEC deal. Bridgestone has announced that it will supply racing tyres to two teams in the FIM Endurance World Championship series (EWC). Both YART Yamaha Official EWC Team and the F.C.C. TSR Honda team will race on Bridgestone tyres for the next round of the FIM EWC,…
-
MotoGP: Marquez on his 2016 approach
Posted
by
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez had a more difficult 2015 than the previous two years in which he’d been proclaimed MotoGP world champion. Pushing to the limit and too often over it, Marquez had spectacular podium finishes and wins throughout the year – but found his points haul dented by too many DNFs. Learning…
