The 2014 MotoGP™ season is set to start this weekend amidst a huge buzz of excitement at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, as Bridgestone embarks on its sixth season as Official Tyre Supplier to the world’s premier class of motorcycle road racing. Twenty-three riders will take part in MotoGP™ for the 2014 season, which will span…
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From the first race of the 2014 season, Bridgestone will employ a new colour marking system for its MotoGP™ tyres to make it easier for spectators to see which front and rear tyre options each rider is using at a given time. The change in the tyre marking system has been devised in response to…
Wednesday, March 5 2014 Phillip Island Circuit, Australia Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Extra-soft & Soft. Rear: Hard (various test compounds – asymmetric) Weather: Dry. Ambient 17-33°C; Track 22-52°C (Bridgestone measurement) Bridgestone completed a successful three-day tyre test at Phillip Island, as the Official Tyre Supplier to MotoGP™ met its objective of testing a range…
Yamaha Factory Racing’s Valentino Rossi has completed the second official test of the 2014 MotoGP season as the fastest rider. Rossi wrapped up the three days of riding at the Sepang International circuit in Malaysia with a fastest time of 1’59.999, one of only two riders to drop under the two minute mark after an…
Moto3 pre-season testing has shown a good start to Hafiq Azmi, who has also known as baby hulk, has finished in Session 3 at position 4 which is a good thing since he just started. The graphics of the baby hulk is nice and could be the next thing to put on your helmet.
Josh Herrin will be riding this Caterham Moto2 bike for the pre-season test. The unpainted black carbon fiber base colour is very nice with that contrast white texts on the body. I don’t mind if this is the final livery for the 2014. Via: Caterham Moto2 FB
Records has been broken again on Day 3. We can now seen Marquez hits 1.59.533s, Rossi gets more action with 1.59.727s and Lorenzo with 1.59.866s. The top three are from factory racing team which is from Honda and Yamaha, but the 4th position by Espargaro at 1.59.998 is held by Open class NGM Mobile Forward…
MotoGP Sepang Pre-season Test 1 Day 1 has concluded with Marc Marquez being the fastest man at 2.00.286. Following with him closely is the colourful guy we always know, Valentino Rossi, at 2.00.804, which differs at only 0.518. That is miliseconds, faster than the blink of the eye.
Honda Racing Corporation has introduced in November 2013, the Honda RCV1000R prototype machine to be used from 2014 in the MotoGP “Open” Class (prototype machines with Magneti Marelli hardware and software, 24 liter tank and 12 engines per season). The goal of this new machine, which will be sold and not leased to the teams,…