season opener

Tough MotoGP Season Opener Losail International Circuit

Mar 7, 2022 Michael Le Pard

MotoGP made its highly anticipated return to action this weekend at the Losail International Circuit with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo kicking off his title-defending season with a top-ten finish. It was a […]

Podium Delight for Geerts at MX2 Season Opener Winchester England

Feb 27, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Jago Geerts claimed solid points at the opening round of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Matterley Basin in Winchester, England. After two hard-fought races, in which he finished fourth […]

Stand-in Racer for Yamaha’s MX2 Season Opener

Feb 18, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that Andrea Bonacorsi will replace the injured Thibault Benistant under the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 awning at this weekends’ MX2 Grand Prix of Great Britain. The event […]

Monster Energy AMA Supercross season opener Anaheim California

Jan 10, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Christian Craig fired the first shot in the 250SX West Championship, taking a commanding victory at last night’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross season opener in Anaheim, California. At a challenging […]

24 Heures Motos Le Mans season opener

Jun 3, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Munich. BMW Motorrad Motorsport and BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team get the FIM Endurance World Championship 2021 (FIM EWC) started with a real endurance classic. The season kicks off with the ‘24 Heures Motos’ on […]

WorldSBK Superpole Aragón Season Opener Results

May 27, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK, GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team and the Alstare Yamaha WorldSBK Team were in action for the opening round of the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship season, with riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and […]

Double Victory at MotoAmerica Season Opener

May 25, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 24. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 1-2 Jake Lewis: GSX-R1000 – 1-2 Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – 12 – 5 Suzuki and Team Hammer upped the ante following a successful […]

Season Opener 2021 MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American Road Racing Championship Results

May 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – May 3. Sean Dylan Kelly: GSX-R600 – 1-1 Bobby Fong: GSX-R1000 – 2-5 Cameron Petersen: GSX-R1000 – 4-4 Sam Lochoff: GSX-R600 – 5-7 Suzuki Motor, LLC and Team Hammer kicked-off […]

Season opener MotoAmerica Road Atlanta features Aprilia RS660

Apr 28, 2021 Michael Le Pard

APRILIA RS 660 ARRIVES FOR MOTOAMERICA WITH APRILIA JOINING THE PADDOCK, THE GROWING TWINS CUP GRID RECEIVES 10 RIDERS ABOARD THE NEWLY HOMOLOGATED RS 660 MINIMAL MODIFICATIONS WITH APRILIA’S POTENT ENGINE AND CAPABLE CHASSIS MAKE […]

2021 MotoGP season opener Losail International Circuit of Doha Qatar

Mar 6, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Pirro opens the 2021 MotoGP season at the Shakedown Test in Qatar. Miller and Bagnaia to debut tomorrow with the Ducati Lenovo Team’s Desmosedici GP bikes on the first day of official testing at Losail […]

Sim Racing: Racers sliding into crash barriers at Formula E season-opener in Diriyah

Feb 27, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Diriyah. BMW i Andretti Motorsport drivers Maximilian Günther (GER) and Jake Dennis (GBR) have missed out on the points in the opening race of Season 7 in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in […]

Crashes red-flags and Restarts Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250SX West season opener

Feb 22, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Justin Cooper won the Monster Energy AMA Supercross 250SX West season opener for the second year running. Although not the traditional Anaheim I, Saturday’s victory at Camping World Stadium in […]

Stellar Night for Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing at Supercross Season Opener

Jan 17, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing’s Christian Craig fired the first shot in the 2021 250SX East Championship with a dominant win on Saturday night in Houston, Texas. Colt Nichols came out on top in the […]

Dominant Win for Yamaha bLU cRU Rider Unai Orradre in WorldSSP300 Season Opener

Aug 2, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Yamaha’s bLU cRU FIM Supersport 300 World Championship racers finally got their 2020 season underway today in Jerez and they did it in the best way possible, with an emphatic race win. The victory came […]

2020 season opener of the FIM Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team

Feb 25, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Phillip Island. The countdown is on for the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: This weekend (28th February to 1st March) sees the team start its second season in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) on Phillip […]