In today’s MotoGP gossip column Andrea Iannone has admitted he ‘suffered a lot’ with doping ban and subsequent future without MotoGP, while former 250cc world champion Marco Melandri makes headlines by joking about contracting COVID-19.
Michael Van Der Mark wins BMW’s first World Superbike race in eight years and first aboard the new M 1000 RR package, after scything through from fifth on the grid during a wet Superpole race.
Tito Rabat joins the likes of Max Biaggi, Marco Melandri and Alvaro Bautista in attempting to make a successful leap from MotoGP to WorldSBK after signing with Barni Ducati
Marco Melandri quits motorcycle racing just four rounds into his comeback with the Barni Ducati team; Samuele Cavalieri replaces the three-time MotoGP race winner
Yamaha Motor Europe manager Andrea Dosoli says he didn’t expect to be informed of Marco Melandri’s decision to retire from motorsport at the end of the 2019 World Superbike Championship, but ‘respects’ his choice to do so.
Marco Melandri was at a loss to explain his terrible pace during the first World Superbike Championship race at a wet Donington Park after finishing last and more than a lap down.
Chaz Davies didn’t hold back when expressing his opinion of the clash between himself and Marco Melandri that led to both riders crashing out of the final World Superbike race in Jerez.
Marco Melandri has been handed a six-place grid penalty for the next round of the 2019 World Superbike Championship at Misano following the collision with Chaz Davies that eliminated both from race two in Jerez.
Jerez WorldSBK - Superpole Qualifying Results Jonathan Rea threw down the gauntlet to World Superbike Championship leader Alvaro Bautista in Superpole at Jerez after snatc
Marco Melandri is hoping solutions trialled during last week’s Misano test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.