Tricky

Top five spoils for Acosta and Viñales in tricky and tremendous French MotoGP

May 12, 2025 Michael Le Pard

The 2025 MotoGP season continues to bloom for KTM’s factory effort at the highest level of FIM world championship competition. A record-breaking 311,000 fans loaded the spectator areas at Le Mans for a chaotic wet […]

MotorLand circuit tricky for Grand Prix of Aragon as thunderstorms created a wet and cool climate

September 2, 2024 Michael Le Pard

The MotorLand circuit was a tricky stage for the Grand Prix of Aragon as thunderstorms created a wet and cool climate for the start of race day in Spain but sunshine soon dried the asphalt. […]

Tricky Moto3 Aragon chase presented a conundrum: rain

September 1, 2024 Michael Le Pard

The twists and speed of MotorLand Aragon delivered a new surface and a sun drenched twelfth outing for the world championship in 2024, as well as being the third of four dates on mainland Spain […]

Tricky EnduroGP and Enduro1 FIM EnduroGP World Championship in Wales

August 5, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia capped off the penultimate round of the FIM EnduroGP World Championship in Wales with victory in both the EnduroGP and Enduro1 categories on day two. The Spaniard, locked in a […]

Overall tricky weekend of inclement weather conditions in WorldSBK Netherlands

April 21, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Pata Prometeon Yamaha Riders in Podium Fights on Sunday in Assen Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea both leave the Dutch WorldSBK Round encouraged with their potential despite an overall tricky weekend of inclement weather conditions […]

Tricky Friday for everyone at 2024 WorldSBK Phillip Island

February 23, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Locatelli Looking Impressive in Friday Free Practice at Phillip Island Pata Prometeon Yamaha rider Andrea Locatelli continued to impress with a super strong showing in Friday’s Free Practice sessions on Day 1 of the opening […]

Debrief: Traditionally Tricky WorldSBK Aragon Proves Positive

September 27, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Dosoli Debrief: Traditionally Tricky Aragon Proves Positive The tenth round of the 2023 FIM Superbike World Championship was held at Motorland Aragon, a track that has traditionally proved tough for the Yamaha riders due to […]

Superb fighting spirit with tricky weather-affected fourth day at TransAnatolia Rally Turkey

September 7, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Double Podium for Ténéré World Raid Team on Challenging Day 4 at TransAnatolia The Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team, in partnership with Riders for Health, showed superb fighting spirit on a tricky weather-affected fourth day […]

Tricky track conditions tested Yamaha WorldSBK Donington team

July 2, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Aegerter and Gardner Fight Back to Grab More Points in Donington Race 2 Dominique Aegerter and Remy Gardner scored more useful points on Sunday in Donington, finishing in 11th and 15th in the Superpole race […]

Tricky opening day at Donington Park WorldSBK

June 30, 2023 Michael Le Pard

GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team Needing Valuable Track Time on Opening Day at Donington Park Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter returned to action in a tricky opening day at Donington Park, finishing 16th and 18th […]

Rainy Tricky Hoosier GNCC Crawfordsville Results

May 10, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Round 6 | The Hoosier Crawfordsville, IN May 7th, 2023 Lipscomb 2nd, Johnson Grabs Holeshot. The GNCC series was in Indiana for the Hoosier GNCC. The conditions were pretty tricky for this round. Rain fell […]

MotoGP Argentina tricky track conditions foils Ducati

April 3, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Bagnaia closes the Argentina GP at Termas de Rio Hondo sixteenth after crashing out while he was second All-Ducati podium at Termas de Rio Hondo. Marco Bezzecchi (VR46 Racing Team) takes first MotoGP win ahead […]

Windy tricky Valencia 2022 MotoGP season’s last round

November 5, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Jack Miller third after the first day of free practices for the Valencia GP. Bagnaia closes Friday in ninth position Three Ducatis head the field at the end of Day 1 of the Valencia GP, […]

Tricky Stage 3 at the Africa Eco Race 2022

October 21, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Ténéré World Raid Team Continue the Charge During Stage 3 at Africa Eco Race The Yamaha Ténéré World Raid Team rose to the challenge during a tricky Stage 3 at the Africa Eco Race, with […]

FIM Motocross World Championship slick hillside of Ernee became quite tricky

June 5, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Intense rainfall made round ten of the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship, the Grand Prix of France, a spectacle, as the slick hillside of Ernee became quite tricky. Pauls Jonass was the sole star underneath […]

Particularly tricky 367.43 kilometers Rallye du Maroc

October 12, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Featuring the longest timed special of the event at a demanding 367.43 kilometers, stage four of the Rallye du Maroc proved to be another huge test of pace and navigational skill. Following a long liaison […]

Tricky and technical test for round thirteen of eighteen in 2021 MotoGP

September 12, 2021 Michael Le Pard

After their successful efforts around one of the longest and fastest circuits on the MotoGP calendar two weeks ago at Silverstone, the Sterilgarda Max Racing Team travelled to another tricky and technical test for round […]

Tricky opening 2021 Bennetts British Superbike Championship Oulton Park race

June 27, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – June 27. Gino Rea: GSX-R1000R (SBK Class) – 11-13-11th Danny Kent: GSX-R1000R (SBK Class) – DNF-14-DNF Tim Neave: GSX-R1000R (Superstock Class) – 5th It was a tricky opening round to […]

Le Mans MotoGP Tricky Track Temperatures

May 15, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Johann Zarco leads Day 1 of free practices at Le Mans with the Ducati Desmosedici GP of the Pramac Racing Team Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia finished respectively seventh and twelfth overall at the end […]

Tricky MotoGP Losail Conditions Full of Dust and Wind

April 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

The Tissot Grand Prix of Doha represents the second round of 2021 MotoGP, and for the second event in seven days at a blustery Losail International Circuit Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Miguel Oliveira was […]

European MotoGP Grand Prix Tricky for Ducati

November 8, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The mixed wet-dry conditions of the Spanish race track complicated the Ducati Team riders qualifying as Dovizioso and Petrucci will start from the twelfth and nineteenth positions on the grid respectively in tomorrow’s European Grand […]