Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez continued his relentless push for a second MotoGP™ World Championship as the Spaniard won his fifth race in a row with victory at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Starting from pole position, Marquez had a poor start and as the riders completed their first lap, found himself in tenth…
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A tweet from @michelin_sport has gives us hope to see their comeback for MotoGP. Based from our observation, the latest entry that theu can get into MotoGP is in 2016 season after the current Bridgestone sponsorhip ends in 2015. We actually hoping to see multi tyre sponsors fight their way to the race like in…
There is no stopping Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez at the moment, as the Spanish star smashed the existing Le Mans outright circuit lap record by 0.605 seconds for his fifth pole position from the first five races of the season. While Marquez continued his stranglehold on the top qualifying position this year, starting second on…
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez won his first ever Grand Prix at Jerez and made it four victories from four starts to take a commanding position in the MotoGP championship standings. Starting his one-hundredth Grand Prix, Marquez exchanged the race lead with Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi during the opening laps, before increasing his pace –…
Round four of the MotoGP™ championship sees the World Championship touch-down in Europe, as Spain’s Circuito de Jerez gets a new-look front and rear tyre allocation for 2014. The first of four races on Spanish soil always draws a huge crowd, with the 4.423 kilometre circuit providing some good overtaking opportunities that have set the…
Bridgestone, the Official Tyre Supplier to MotoGP™ since 2009, has agreed a one-year extension to its current tyre supply contract with series promoters Dorna to supply tyres for the 2015 season, after which the Japanese tyre manufacturer will withdraw from the role of Official Tyre Supplier. Bridgestone entered the MotoGP™ World Championship at the dawn…
Another dominant display from Marc Marquez this weekend culminated in the Repsol Honda rider winning his third race in a row at the Argentina Grand Prix. Starting on pole, Marquez found himself as low as seventh place during the opening laps of the race, before he charged through the field to take the lead on…
Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez got to grips with the challenging track surface at Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, posting a lap time of 1’39.313 to finish quickest in Friday practice at the Argentina Grand Prix. Marquez’s quickest lap was set using the medium compound front and hard compound rear slicks, the same combination his teammate…
2014 sees MotoGP™ return to South America for the first time since 2004, as Argentina’s Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo hosts round three of the season. Measuring 4806 metres in length, the Termas de Río Hondo circuit is characterised by numerous fast, long-radius corners that are expected to result in one of the highest average…