For many it would be very interesting to see how the Kawasaki ZX-10RR from the WSBK would fare in the field of the prototypes of the MotoGP. Especially if Jonathan Rea were the pilot. But we won’t see that at first. […weiter lesen]
When you think of a Harley-Davidson Street Glide or an Inidan Springfield, you probably don’t think of moving it on a race track. Nevertheless, there will soon be a racing series for it. […weiter lesen]
This weekend (07. – 09. February 2020) the first MotoGP winter test with the new racing machines will take place on the Sepang International Circuit. […weiter lesen]
The two Marquez brothers unveiled their MotoGP motorcycles for the 2020 season today. […weiter lesen]
As Jorge Lorenzo already announced, he will remain at MotoGP despite the end of his active racing career. Now it has been announced how, he will be a test driver for Yamaha. After racing for Ducati and Honda, he returned to the team […weiter lesen]
Yamaha has already done everything for years 21 and 22. In addition to the contract extension for Maverick Vinales (as reported yesterday), a contract has now been concluded with Fabio Quartararo for the factory team. He gets the previous place from Valentino Rossi. Fabio Quartararo: […weiter lesen]
As has now been announced, Maverick Vinales will compete for the Yamaha factory team in MotoGP for two more years. He is the first factory driver, who is already for 2021/2022 under contract. It was important for Vinales to finalize the new contract before the […weiter lesen]
At the Dakar 2020, private driver Edwin Straver crashed with his motorcycle and was seriously injured. He still had to be resuscitated at the scene of the accident. Now it has become known that he succumbed to his injuries. The Dutchman passed away in the […weiter lesen]
The presentation of the MotoGP team and the Desmosedici GP20 took place in Bologna on Thursday evening. Ducati has a clear goal for 2020, the world championship title. “Our goal is to win the championship title. We’re working hard to be leaders in all races […weiter lesen]
Indian Motorcycles wants to increase investments in the growth of European motorsport and is organizing the European Flat Track Series 2020 in cooperation with the Dirt Track Riders Association (DTRA). There was already an opening series in 2019. Indian and DTRA would like to select […weiter lesen]
In 2020, three former drivers will be inducted into the Hall of Fame and thus declared MotoGP legends. The award will go to Jorge Lorenzo, Max Biaggi and Hugh Anderson. The award for Jorge Lorenzo is not surprising, since Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta already announced […weiter lesen]
Ricky Brabec is the first overall motorcycle winner from the USA and has broken the KTM winning streak that has been going on since 2001 with Honda. The last stage went from Haradh to Al-Qiddiya. 447 kilometers had to be covered. The 374 km special […weiter lesen]
Stage 11 went from Shubaytah to Haradh and was the second part of a marathon stage. 744 km had to be covered, of which 379 km were scored. 97 motorcycles entered the stage. It seemed that the day’s victory would be decided between Quintanilla and […weiter lesen]
The tenth stage went from Haradh to Shubaytah. The rated distance should be 534 kilometers, but had to be stopped after 345 kilometers. Since there were several accidents, all helicopters were in use. As “quick first aid” was no longer possible for another accident, the […weiter lesen]
Out of respect for Paulo Goncalves’ accident death, the eighth stage for motorcycles and quads was canceled. They wanted to give the drivers time to deal with the situation. The decision was made together with the drivers of the two categories. In the meantime, […weiter lesen]
After five years, there was another fatal accident at the Dakar Rally. The motorsport world mourns the loss of Paulo Goncalves. Paulo was an experienced driver. The Portuguese started at the Dakar for the first time 14 years ago. On the seventh stage from Riyadh […weiter lesen]
After the breakup between John McGuinness and Norton, the RoadRacer was looking for a new team to compete on the Isle of Man TT with. McGuinness has now signed to Quattro Plant Bournemouth Kawasaki. He will compete in the RST Superbike TT, RL360 Superstock TT […weiter lesen]
As reported, a blood sample from MotoGP rider Andres Iannone tested positive for doping. The rehearsal came from the racing weekend in Malaysia. Iannone requested analysis of the B sample because he is not aware of any guilt. In the meantime, the B sample has […weiter lesen]
On the sixth day of the Dakar, 830 km had to be driven from Ha`il to Riyadh. 477 km counted. The section was completely offoad on sandy ground. Again, the road book was only issued shortly before the start. Since Price won the stage yesterday, […weiter lesen]
564 km had to be bridged from Al-´Ula to Ha´il, 354 km was the timed route. It got a bit sandy again and went over dune belts. The road book was only distributed to the participants shortly before the start. Sam Sunderland fell heavily halfway […weiter lesen]
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