MotoGP News
We’re first for the latest MotoGP news. Motorcycle racing’s elite competition is a fast paced, ever-evolving beast and here you’ll find all of the MotoGP news you could wish for. We cover everything from interviews with the major players, updates on machine reveals, team news and more. See brand new content from MotoE and insightful ‘first look’ features showing the forthcoming MotoGP season’s riders in their new colours.
Rossi notches up number 46 at Donington.
Valentino Rossi capped his 100th grand prix in perfect fashion, by taking victory number 46 in front of a packed Donington Park crowd at the Cinzano British Grand Prix.
Sabbatani uninjured in Donington crash.
Having only just returned from a spell on the sidelines through injury, another accident was just what Max Sabbatani didn't want at the British Grand Prix - but is just what happened in the early stages of the 125cc race.
Vincent times it right.
Frenchman Arnaud Vincent scored his most impressive 125cc victory to date with a finely judged performance from the outside of the fourth row of the grid at a sun-drenched Donington Park circuit.
Proton V5 'no Honda copy', claims Roberts.
Proton Team KR's new V5 four-stroke MotoGP bike, aimed to contest the championship next year, is not the first grand prix racer to adopt this unusual engine configuration, but team founder Kenny Roberts was quick to deny that his latest project is in any way a copy of the V5 Honda.
Result - 250cc.
Full results from Sunday's 250cc race at the Cinzano British Grand Prix at Donington Park.
Rossi carries on regardless.
Despite being diagnosed with a slight fracture in his left thumb after a worrying crash in free practice yesterday, Valentino Rossi defied pain and apprehension to take his seventh pole position of the season.
Marlboro Yamaha so close to pole.
Marlboro Yamaha rider Carlos Checa came within nine-hundredths of a second of scoring his first pole position on his YZR-M1 at Donington this afternoon, heading the times in the dying moments of the session before Valentino Rossi stole his thunder.
Riba joins Ukawa on injured list.
Although Valentino Rossi managed to return to the fray at Donington Park this afternoon, Spain's Pere Riba ensured that there were still two names to add to that of Loris Capirossi on the MotoGP injury list.
Checa settles into new home.
Carlos Checa is the latest motorcycling star to settle down in Britain, joining MotoGP series leader Valentino Rossi and 250 championship leader Marco Melandri as UK residents.
Day of Champions raises ?100,000.
The world's leading MotoGP riders joined forces with British motorcycle fans on Thursday to raise ?100,000 for the charity Riders for Health.
Kenny chases pole at Donington.
Team Telef?nica MoviStar Suzuki riders Kenny Roberts Jr and Sete Gibernau claimed second and twelfth places in today's first qualifying runs for Sunday's British GP.
Records fall in Donington qualifying.
Lap records tumbled during the opening day of qualifying for the British Grand Prix, but the achievement was overshadowed by falls of a different kind involving the pre-race MotoGP favourites.
Ukawa out for weekend, Rossi waits.
The Repsol Honda attack has been halved with just one day of the British Grand Prix meeting over, after Tohru Ukawa was ruled out of action following a heavy crash in Friday free practice.
Donington's Day of Champions a success.
The now traditional 'Day of Champions' prelude to the Cinzano British Grand Prix took place at the Donington Park circuit yesterday, and crowds packed the Derbyshire racetrack in their thousands, despite heavy downpours late in the afternoon.
Ukawa, Rossi injured in MotoGP practice.
Repsol Honda duo Tohru Ukawa and Valentino Rossi headed the injury list after first free practice for the MotoGP class resulted in something of a crash fest.
Cobas: Donington never a good track for us.
The original Donington Park circuit was built in 1931 and hosted many big events, but has never been the happiest of hunting grounds for the West Honda Pons team.
British GP wild cards named.
The wild-card riders for this weekend's Cinzano British Grand Prix have been unveiled, with some of Britain's rising stars slated to ride at Donington Park on 14 July.
London to give Rossi the red carpet treatment.
A movie-star welcome awaits the MotoGP World Champion as Rossi-mania arrives in London's Leicester Square on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the Cinzano British Grand Prix.
Rossi baptises own rose.
Terra Nigra's bright yellow hybrid-T rose was baptised in Holland by the 500cc world champion of 2001 and six-times MotoGP race winner Valentino Rossi, as the Italian attended a party at Honda Netherlands in the VIP Village after Saturday's Gauloises Dutch TT in Assen.
Rossi takes sixth 2002 MotoGP win.
Valentino Rossi (Repsol Honda Team RCV211V) waited until the 16th lap of the 19-lap Dutch TT to take the lead and from that point on his supremacy was never in question, setting the fastest lap of the race and the new record with a time of 2m 00.973s.
Rossi wins but Barros is best.
Valentino Rossi's unstoppable march towards a second MotoGP World title took another step in Saturday's Dutch TT at Assen but the Italian star had some of his glory taken away following a truly heroic ride by Alex Barros on a two-stroke Honda.
Walter Villa passes away.
Fifty eight year old Walter Villa died in Italy last from from a heart attack. Villa won three 250 and one 350cc World title for the Harley Davidson team. The American company bought the Italian Aermacchi team and re-badged their machines as Harleys.
Points for Ryo.
Team Suzuki's Akira Ryo got into the points at the seventh round of the MotoGP championship at Assen today, finishing 15th. Ryo has scored in every MotoGP race he has entered this year on the awesome new Suzuki GSV-R race bike.
Rain hands pole to Rossi in qualifying washout.
Valentino Rossi was virtually handed pole position today in the Gauloises Dutch TT taking place at Assen this weekend, as a couple of heavy downpours put paid to any other rider improving on the time he set in the first qualifying session yesterday.