“We now have another two days of testing left, where we hope we can improve the package we have even further. We had some more things we wanted to try today but didn’t manage to get done, however I felt good riding the bike and felt at ease. We know what the team and I are capable of doing around this circuit, and I feel that if we had the race again tomorrow we would be in a similar position. I’m happy with that, but we still need to work hard because I still think we can have a better feeling with this bike.” Source link
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Keep up to date on the #AusTest!
motogp.com will keep you up-to-date on all the action, beginning the day with a video update as the engines fire up. There will be several video updates throughout each of the three days, with one mid-way through the session and then another in the afternoon before action draws to a close. Whenever anything happens at the track, motogp.com will keep you up-to-date! Source link
Fenati hails positive Valencia test
Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) got 2017 off to a good start at the recent private Valencia tests for Moto2™ and Moto3™, setting the fourth fastest time and putting in a good consistent number of fast laps before the end of Day 2 - after Day 1 saw little action for the lightweight class due to high winds. Ending 2016 in the top ten in the standings despite not racing after parting ways with his previous team before the end of the season, Fenati’s aim for 2017 is clear: top three finishes and the title. Source link
Sky Racing Team VR46 launch all-new Moto2™ project
Bagnaia, who won two Moto3™ races in 2016 and was rewarded with a brief MotoGP™ test ride at the post-race test following the season finale in Valencia, gets a new teammate as he moves up to Moto2™ in the form of fellow Italian Stefano Manzi. Manzi has a podium in the FIM CEV Repsol Moto3™ Junior World Championship and is a race winner in the Red Bull Rookies Cup; making the step up to Moto2™ after outgrowing the lightweight class bikes. Source link
Introducing the 2017 MotoGP™ grid: what's new?
After nine years in blue, three-time MotoGP™ World Champion Jorge Lorenzo sees red in 2017 as he moves to the Ducati Team. Partnering longtime Borgo Pannigale rider Andrea Dovizioso, the ‘Spartan’ is one of the talking points of the year – and after a challenging few years, the Italian factory got back on top twice in 2016, ready to challenge at the top in 2017. Source link
Lift off for Del Conca Gresini Moto3™
Fausto Gresini, Team Manager: "I would first like to thank once again Del Conca, which have embraced this ambitious project with a lot of enthusiasm. We can definitely claim to be a top team in the category and we believe we have the credentials to fight for the World title, as actually we did in the last two seasons. Di Giannantonio already achieved great results in 2016, so we expect a lot from him because he can now count on more experience. On the other hand, Martin accumulated a good experience in the past years and I like him a lot as a rider: he’s talented and I think he will give us great satisfaction. Moreover, the choice of Jorge
Navarro gets 2017 into gear at team launch
Fausto Gresini, Team Manager: “Our program in the Moto2 World Championship together with Federal Oil continues to be a very ambitious project: in the 2017 season we will bring to the Moto2 debut one of the most talented riders expressed by Moto3, Jorge Navarro. A rider of undoubted talent, which in 2016 was still one of the great protagonists of the smaller displacement, despite some injuries have not allowed him to fully express his potential. Jorge has a great desire to do well and last November, although he was not in the best physical condition, he already wanted to try the Kalex to start getting to grips with a totally new category for him; later he had time to undergo