Tag: Season 2016

French GP FP3: Iannone Licks wheels

Thanks to a tow from Lorenzo, Andrea Iannone secured the fastest time of the weekend ahead of…

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French GP FP2: The Lorenzo’s Rocketship

Jorge Lorenzo with a clear advantage over the rest of the field in Le Mans, Iannone and…

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French GP FP1: Long Overdue…

Pedrosa, Lorenzo and Marquez topped the morning session, Pedrosa’s first time on top in 2016. Clear skies…

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French GP: Press Conference

Now back in Europe, the MotoGP™ World Championship settles into a familiar rhythm with a steady stream…

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Jerez GP: The GOAT got Wings

The Gran Premio Red Bull de España saw Valentino Rossi lead from start to finish, winning from…

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Jerez GP Warmup: Marquez early Bird

The podium for Sunday’s MotoGP race at Jerez seems locked in but the order of how and…

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Jerez GP Qualifications: The old GOAT

Valentino Rossi banished his Qualifying demons to secure hi 52nd premier class pole position in Jerez, besting…

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Jerez GP FP4: Yamaha mean Business

While others focused on used tyres, Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest lap of the weekend to lead…

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Jerez GP FP3: Rossi go to War

Times plummeted in the final minutes of Free Practice 3, Valentino Rossi just holding off the Spanish…

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Jerez GP FP2: Jorge Lorenzo Confirm

There were a number of new parts introduced in FP2, but once again all eyes were focused…

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Jerez GP FP1: Lorenzo Show Time

Back to the familiar setting of Jerez, Jorge Lorenzo showed that recent news is of no distraction…

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Jerez GP: Press Conference

Despite a difficult winter, Marc Marquez and Honda have emerged with two wins from the opening three…

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Austin GP Race: Behind? Dunno…

Marc Marquez took little notice of a number of falls behind, cruising to a fourth win in…

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Austin GP Q2: Shall I say High Five?

Marc Marquez remained undefeated at the Circuit of the Americas, securing pole position ahead of Lorenzo and…

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Austin GP FP4: Et de Quatre!

Marc Marquez made it four out of four has he topped the final Free Practice from Lorenzo…

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Austin GP FP3: Et de Trois!

Untouchable once more, Marc Marquez improved his best time as Andrea Iannone and Jorge Lorenzo close in…

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Austin GP FP2: Dominance…

Domination continues for Marquez on Friday in Austin Not even a mid-session crash could stop Marquez from…

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Austin GP FP1: On the roll…

Austin form continues for Marquez Once again it was Marc Marquez who set the pace in Free…

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Austin GP: Press Conference

Two rounds of the MotoGP™ have produced five different podium finishers, now the Championship arrives in Austin…

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Argentina Warmup: Clarity out of confusion…

Latest update: The race distance is changed to 20 laps. IN THE CASE OF THE RACE STARTING…

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Argentina GP: Qualifying

Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo will line-up on the front row of Sunday’s MotoGP grid…

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Argentina GP FP4: Red Flags, Tyres and Dramas…

Marc Marquez led Free Practice 4 from Iannone and Rossi, the session disrupted due to an incident…

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FP3 Argentina: MM93 leads the pack

Marc Marquez leads a much-improved Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone in an ultra competitive FP3 in Argentina;…

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FP2 Argentina: Faster Faster Faster… Down

Mighty Marc Marquez fended off all challengers to hold onto the top spot of FP2 ahead of…

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FP1 Argentina: Ducati on a slow motion

Pedrosa: “Times were a little slower than we had expected” Second place on Friday offered Dani Pedrosa…

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Argentina GP Press Conference

Jorge Lorenzo enters the weekend with the lead in the championship, but his rivals are keen to…

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Qatar GP Results: Lorenzo’s Land

The 2016 MotoGP™ World Championship got off to a fiery start in Qatar as Lorenzo blitzed the…

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Qatar GP: Warmup

Red Flag restart procedure revised: The procedure for restarting a race after a red flag has been…

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Qatar GP: Qualifications

A tight Q1 session saw both Crutchlow & Smith head into Q2 to do battle for a…

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Qatar GP Free Practice 4

Lorenzo heads Marquez and Dovizioso as riders turn their focus to race distance during the revealing FP4…

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Qatar GP Free Practice 3

Asserting himself as the fastest man again under the desert floodlights was Iannone who set a 1’54.639…

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Qatar GP Free Practice 2

MotoGP™ riders were the first on track on Friday due to Qatar’s unique schedule with Iannone topping…

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Qatar GP Free Practice 1

Despite leading the MotoGP™ field by over a quarter of a second, Jorge Lorenzo feels he can…

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2016: Time to Race!

With the tension ahead of the opening round building, six of the biggest names in MotoGP™ from…

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Qatar Day 3: Tyres matters

A crash-filled final day in Qatar as the MotoGP™ World Championship conclude their pre-season testing, Lorenzo on…

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