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Young Guns Caricasulo and Gerloff to Step up to WorldSBK in 2020

Oct 21, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that the GRT Yamaha Supported WorldSBK Team will field an exciting new international rider line-up for the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship season, with Italian Federico Caricasulo joining […]

Barcia Scores Sixth-Place Finish in Challenging Conditions at Monster Energy Cup

Oct 21, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Justin Barcia ended the night sixth overall in an all-new three-race format that presented challenges at the 2019 Monster Energy Cup (MEC) Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium in […]

COLTON HAAKER CLAIMS RUNNER-UP FINISH AT DENVER ENDUROCROSS

Oct 21, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Colton Haaker fought his way through a chaotic night of racing on Saturday to claim a runner-up finish from Round 2 of the 2019 AMA EnduroCross Championship in Denver, Colorado. […]

DEAN WILSON SUSTAINS HIP INJURY AT MONSTER ENERGY CUP

Oct 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Team’s Dean Wilson will miss Saturday night’s Monster Energy Cup in Las Vegas after suffering a hard crash during the second qualifying session of the day. Wilson was immediately transported […]

RINS AND MIR MAKE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH IN MOTEGI

Oct 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 20. Alex Rins: 7th (+ 9.306) Joan Mir: 8th (+ 10.695) Sylvain Guintoli: 20th (+ 50.235) • Alex Rins keeps pushing on to take 7th. • Joan Mir continues […]

Motegi masterclass makes Quartararo Rookie of the Year

Oct 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard

PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team rider Fabio Quartararo has taken the 2019 MotoGP Rookie of the Year title, securing the award in style with a sensational sixth podium finish of the season at the Grand […]

Andrea Dovizioso 3rd at MotoGP Motegi as Danilo Petrucci finishes 9th

Oct 20, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Andrea Dovizioso was back on the podium again in the GP of Japan at the end of a great comeback race that saw him fight his way through from the third row at the start […]

Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci 7th and 8th Motegi MotoGP Qualifying

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Both the Ducati Team riders will start from the third row of the grid in tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit.Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci obtained seventh and eighth quickest […]

HUSQVARNA MOTORCYCLES LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE IN NORTH AMERICA

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Husqvarna Motorcycles is proud to launch the new EE 5 – an electric Minibike that continues the brand’s pioneering motocross journey and delivers a complete and fully adaptable, five-kilowatt machine. Perfect for pure beginners and […]

MOTORCYCLE RACING WEEKEND ACTION – OCTOBER 19-20th

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 18. The third weekend of October sees MotoGP™ in Japan for round 16 of the series at Motegi, plus in the UK the 12th and final round of the […]

Monster Energy Yamaha Make it a Double Top 5 on Opening Day at Motegi

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP‘s Maverick Viñales made a very positive start to the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, taking first place in FP1 and following it up with a second position in FP2 and the […]

Flying Fabio fastest on Friday at Motegi

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team duo Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli made a flying start at the Grand Prix of Japan, finishing the day first and sixth on the timesheets at the Twin Ring Motegi. […]

Double front row for PETRONAS Yamaha SRT at Japanese GP

Oct 19, 2019 Michael Le Pard

PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team team-mates Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo will line up together on the front row of the grid for the third time this season at the Grand Prix of Japan, after […]

SUZUKI COMPLETES STEADY DAY ONE IN MOTEGI

Oct 18, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 18. Joan Mir: 9th – 1:45.641 (+ 0.877) Alex Rins: 11th – 1:45.730 (+ 0.966) Sylvain Guintoli: 20th – 1:46.803 (+ 2.039) • Joan Mir finds good rhythm from […]

Barcia and Plessinger Ready to Battle at the Monster Energy Cup

Oct 18, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Justin Barcia and Aaron Plessinger head to Las Vegas looking for a top result aboard the 2020 Yamaha YZ450F this Saturday, October 19, at the 2019 Monster Energy Cup […]