Five-Time Dakar Winner Marc Coma Rumored to Switch over to Cars, with Toyota in 2016
20 Jan 2015, 13:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s only been a couple of days since KTM factory rider Marc Coma won his 5th Dakar Rally, achieving his second consecutive victory in this gruel competition and it looks like our previsions o...
2015 Dakar: Jakes Takes Final Stage, Coma Wins His 5th Dakar
19 Jan 2015, 08:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With the overall distance of Dakar’s final timed stage shortened to 101 km (63 miles) due to the heavy rain, it was obvious that nothing could change dramatically in the way the podium positio...
2015 Dakar: Rookie Price Gets First Stage Win, One More Round Remaining
17 Jan 2015, 10:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Australian Toby Price grasped the holy grail of Dakar rookies as he claimed his debut victory in the penultimate stage of this year’s rally-raid. His achievement is the result of both leader M...
Michael Dunlop Rides the New Yamaha YZF-R1 in the Isle of Man TT 2015 and Other Races
17 Jan 2015, 08:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Multiple TT winner Michael Dunlop has inked a deal with Yamaha and will dress the Milwaukee Yamaha Team livery for the 2015 edition of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. The team is officially supporte...
2015 Dakar: New Victory for Barreda in Stage 11
16 Jan 2015, 09:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With nothing more to lose after having lost all the chances for a podium this year, Joan Barreda Bort has set out to proving that he is still the fastest rider of the pack. Barreda claimed his secon...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Wins Stage 10 Despite Zero Podium Chances
15 Jan 2015, 09:27 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Joan Barreda Bort is the rider who lost everything in terms of Dakar podium glory after his troubles in the two marathon stages, but this doesn’t mean that he abandoned the fight. In fact, his...
Casey Stoner Back with Honda... As a Test Rider
14 Jan 2015, 15:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Casey Stoner and HRC have just announced that they inked a new deal for 2015, with the house of Tokyo retaining the Australian pilot and MotoGP Legend as a test rider. Knowing that Honda has contrac...
Fast MotoGP News: No New Ducati at Sepang, Riders with Penalty Points for 2015
14 Jan 2015, 13:58 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The chief of Ducati Corse, Gigi Dall’Igna says that Ducati will not field the GP15 prototype at the first pre-season tests in Sepang in early February. The Italian team will bring to Malaysia ...
2015 Dakar: Stage 9 Leaves Coma and Goncalves Battling for the Title
14 Jan 2015, 08:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Helder Rodrigues claimed a new stage victory at the end of the ninth leg of the 2015 Dakar, after the final routes in the Atacama desert. With nothing more to lose, after the disastrous Stage 8, Rod...
2015 Dakar: Wet Salt Causes Multiple Abandons in Stage 8, Quintanilla Wins
13 Jan 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Once again, the Dakar Rally shows how unpredictable such competitions can be, and how quickly can things change in favor of racers who are more or less likely to make real claims for the victory. Na...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Rides 120 KM with a Broken Handlebar in Stage 7
12 Jan 2015, 08:49 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The first marathon stage of the 2015 Dakar was definitely not what the overall leader Joan Barreda Bort had hoped for. At kilometer 200 , Barreda suffered a crash and broke the left side of his bike...
Fast Tracking Banned in F1, Will the Rookie Rule Return in MotoGP?
9 Jan 2015, 13:42 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The FIA has recently announced that a new super-license will be enforced for 2016, and the future regulations will prevent riders under the age of 18 from accessing the first road-racing car competi...
2015 Dakar Marc Coma Returns to Winning in Stage 5
9 Jan 2015, 09:46 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / KTM and Marc Coma are back to winning in the Dakar Rally, with the Spaniard claiming his first victory in the 2015 edition, in Stage 5 between Copiapo and Antofagasta. Coma’s rival Joan Barred...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Leads after Stage 4, Sunderland Quits with a Broken Collarbone
8 Jan 2015, 08:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Joan Barreda Bort claimed victory in the fourth stage of the 2015 Dakar, after he trailed Marc Coma for some time. The HRC rider overtook the KTM machine in the final kilometers of Stage 4, which li...
McGuinness and Cummins Together with Honda in 2015 for Isle of Man TT and NW200
7 Jan 2015, 13:22 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Honda Motor Europe has announced that John Mc Guinness and Conor Cummins will be the official riders in 2015. After the good results the two-man squad obtained in the previous road racing season, Ho...
2015 Dakar: Rookie Matthias Walkner Claims Stage 3 Victory
7 Jan 2015, 08:43 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Tough and putting every last bit of strength to the test, the Dakar Rally is a place where surprises do occur. And the latest surprise comes from Austrian rookie Matthias Walkner, who claimed his fi...
2015 Dakar: Barreda Bort Wins Stage 2, Sunderland Loses 2 Hours and Chances for Podium
6 Jan 2015, 09:15 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The real toughness of the Dakar showed up as early as the second stage of the 2015 edition. A grueling, very long and physically-demanding special wreaked havoc through all categories, and the ranki...
2015 Dakar: Young Gun Sam Sunderland Claims Stage 1 Victory
5 Jan 2015, 12:19 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sam Sunderland claimed victory in the debut stage of the 2015 Dakar Rally. Sunderland is one of KTM’s new hopes as the 25-year-old rider is the wingman of Dakar star Marc Coma. The British rid...
Suzuki GSX-RR Documentary Tells More about the New MotoGP Story
4 Jan 2015, 11:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Suzuki reveals more high-performance prototype goodies from the MotoGP paddock, as a new documentary on the development of the new GSX-RR machine has just been launched. The under-8-minute-long vide...
Yamaha MotoGP Bikes Surface 28 January, Movistar Wants More Space, Abarth Replaces Fiat
3 Jan 2015, 13:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We still have a month or so to wait until Movistar Yamaha will introduce the 2015 liveries of Valentino Rossi’s and Jorge Lorenzo’s motorcycles and leathers. The launch of the 2015 looks...