The last test day for Marc Márquez, before the winter ban imposed by the regulations during December and January, has been cancelled due to the cold and the rain. The Repsol rider held onto his options to get on the Moto2 he will compete on next year until the last day, but finally, he ruled [...]
Bancaja Aspar rider Nico Terol has already left his home in Bocairente to embark on a very special journey. Today he met up at the Madrid Barajas airport with his friend, the mountaineer Jesús Calleja who presents the television programme Desafío Extremo, and the rest of the team that makes up the expedition (Emilio Valdés, [...]
Suzuki MotoGP star, Álvaro Bautista, has confirmed that he will be joining participants on the Riders for Health Experience Africa adventure ride in Zambia in November 2011. Not only will participants have the chance to take part in a life-changing new adventure, they will also be raising money to save lives in Africa with Riders [...]
It’s almost becoming a tradition that each season end sees not only the release of the year’s MotoGP and feeder classes Season Review DVDs, but also a companion Official MotoGP DVD of some kind, such as the previous releases “Evolution of a Species” and “The A-Z of MotoGP”, both excellent documentaries in their own right. [...]
Despite the frosty temperatures and icy roads, many bike fans took the trip to Birmingham for the opening day of Motorcycle Live. After all, when do you ever get the chance to see a world champion up close and personal? No other than current Moto GP world champion Jorge Lorenzo had been invited to officially [...]
The disadvantage of organizing a test at this point in the year always holds the risk of problematic weather conditions and unfortunately the same came true for the 3-day test at Jerez that ended today but in which only one day actually allowed the riders to work productively. This morning the track was still damp [...]
Marc Márquez adaptation to the Moto2 on which he will compete next season has once again been influenced by the whims of the weather, with the rain putting in appearance when the Repsol rider had done just six laps – four of them valid for taking down his times –. This extremely short margin was [...]
Aleix Espargaro and Axel Pons returned to work today with the weather conditions at the Jerez circuit improving from yesterday. Both riders were able to do some miles on the new Pons Kalex machine. Both Espargaro and Pons had a very good feeling from the first laps on and were able to work on a [...]
The Mapfre Aspar riders had an amazing day of testing at the Jerez circuit today. Julian Simon, who did not go out on yesterday because of the damp tarmac, has started around noon on the second day. The Villacañas native tested bot the 2010 and the 2011 chassis to compare them and to set a [...]
