Alvaro Bautista
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MotoGP: Marquez takes Texas – and Dovizioso takes the Championship lead
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It’s closer than ever as the flag falls at the end of the Americas GP, with Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) taking the win and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) taking the Championship lead as Texas shook up the standings. There are now five riders within eight points at the top of the title fight –…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso takes first honours of 2018 in Qatar
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Andrea Dovizioso took the first victory of the new MotoGP season at the Losail International Circuit – just 0.027 seconds ahead of Marc Marquez in second place. Opening the season with a sensational final lap performance, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) beat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to the line at the Losail International Circuit by just…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso, Rossi, Marquez top the pile in FP1
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Battle has commenced as action kicks off for the start of the MotoGP season at Losail International Circuit in Dubai. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) went fastest in FP1 in Qatar, showing good form to start the season – the first in which he says he can be called a title contender from Day 1. But…
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Vinales crashes, Cal third quickest, Jack Miller second and Dani stays on top at Jerez!
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Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) topped a wet FP1 in the Red Bull Gran Premio de España, before conditions improved dramatically for a dry FP2 with the same name at the top. The three-time World Champion did a 1:39.420 to go quickest by over half a second, with a stunning laptime from Jack Miller (Estrella…
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Jorge Lorenzo: “Something not right” at Ducati
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Worrying words from the three-time MotoGP champ after Phillip Island tests. After only managing a best of 15th on day one of Phillip Island testing, 11th on day two and 8th on day three, Jorge Lorenzo has admitted that: “Something is still not right,” in the Ducati camp. The frank admission comes after three tests on…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
