Qatar

Zarco and Syahrin Thrilled to Commence 2018 This Weekend in Qatar

Mar 15, 2018 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Yamaha Tech3 duo eagerly awaits the Qatar Grand Prix, which will ring in the upcoming 2018 MotoGP season. Full of motivation Johann Zarco aims to transfer his faultless results at the recent test […]

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Ready to Start the 2018 Racing Season in Qatar

Mar 15, 2018 Michael Le Pard

This weekend Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales get to fire up their YZR-M1’s engines again, signalling the start of the 2018 MotoGP season at the Grand Prix of Qatar. It was only […]

TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR QATAR MotoGP TEST VIDEO

Mar 9, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 9. Suzuki Motor Corporation has today released a new video following three positive days of testing with Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins at Losail International Circuit, Qatar earlier this […]

Testing Continues for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP in Qatar

Mar 2, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Today the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team completed the second of the three test days at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. Riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi continued to prepare for the 2018 racing season […]

IANNONE LEADS SECOND DAY IN QATAR, RINS IN TOP 5

Mar 2, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 2nd. Andrea Iannone: 1st – 1:54.586 Alex Rins: 5th – 1:54.967 (+ 0.381) • Blistering pace from Andrea Iannone at the top. • Consistency and confidence continues for Alex […]

Movistar Yamaha Get Testing Underway in Qatar

Mar 2, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi completed the first day of pre-season testing at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar this evening, finishing in first and seventh place respectively. Viñales was the first […]

FINAL SETTINGS THE KEY AS THE LAST WINTER TEST KICKS OFF

Mar 2, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – March 1st. Andrea Iannone: 3rd – 1:55.107 (+ 0.054) Alex Rins: 6th – 1:55.432 (+ 0.379) • Fast pace as Iannone finds comfortable set-up. • More consistency and many laps […]

RINS KICK STARTS MOTORCYCLE SEASON AT MOTORBEURS UTRECHT

Mar 1, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – February 28. Right between the Thailand and Qatar winter tests, Alex Rins took the opportunity to visit Suzuki’s Dutch fans at their annual motorcycle season opener; the Motorbeurs fair in […]

Monster Yamaha Tech3 to Compete the 2018 MotoGP Season with Hafizh Syahrin

Feb 21, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Following Jonas Folger’s declaration not to contest in 2018, the entire Monster Yamaha Tech3 was trying to find the best solution to replace the German, thereby evaluating available riders. Finally, the French-based squad is very […]

Zarco and Syahrin Leave Thailand with Excellent Impressions

Feb 19, 2018 Michael Le Pard

The Monster Yamaha Tech3 pair concluded the Buriram test in outstanding fashion today, as Johann Zarco topped the time sheets for the majority of the day, while Hafizh Syahrin showed a sensational achievement during his […]

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Presents its 2018 Colours in Madrid

Jan 25, 2018 Michael Le Pard

The Italy-based Yamaha Factory Racing team travelled to Madrid not only to present a new livery, but also to celebrate its strong partnership with telecommunications giant Telefónica Spain. The two companies signed a five-year partnership […]

ANDREA IANNONE BLOG – January 2018

Jan 3, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s Andrea Iannone reflects on his first 2017 MotoGP™ season aboard the GSX-RR in the latest issue of Team Suzuki Racing Magazine – WINTER Issue #3. “This year has not been an easy […]

Leon Camier impresses on debut test with Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team

Nov 24, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Leon Camier has completed his first-ever test with the Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team at ‘Circuito de Jerez’ in southern Spain, in which he got to grips with the team’s Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 […]

Triple M Racing steps up to WorldSBK as official Honda satellite team in 2018

Nov 21, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Honda Motor Europe is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with Triple M Racing to run a third Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 machine in the 2018 FIM Superbike World Championship. Triple […]

Solid performance by Jake Gagne in race two to wrap up the season

Nov 7, 2017 Michael Le Pard

The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team wraps up the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship with a solid performance by Jake Gagne, who was twelfth again at the end of the 17-lap, final encounter of […]