If you’re looking for a justification for the “Sport” name in this car’s nomenclature, forget it. The F Sport package gets you slightly more handsome cosmetic add-ons – the bumper and grille are a different pattern than standard. But the rest of F Sport, it seems, is primarily to add...

Jorge Lorenzo has hit back at critics he feels have forgotten his past MotoGP success in the wet amid his 2016 struggles, after qualifying third in Malaysia.Lorenzo's bid for a fourth title in his final season with Yamaha unravelled mid-year with a string of lowly results in mixed-weather races.The Spaniard...

The Ducati MotoGP team thinks losing its dispensation to use softer tires than Honda and Yamaha in 2016 might actually prove beneficial.A package of measures to help the struggling Italian squad – which was later adapted into the rules as an ongoing set of dispensations for less successful manufacturers –...

Aprilia has confirmed that Michael Laverty will return to MotoGP to replace Marco Melandri in its Gresini-run factory team from this weekend's German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.The long-rumored end of 2005 runner-up Melandri's unsuccessful MotoGP comeback was announced by Aprilia earlier on Wednesday. Laverty, whose younger brother Eugene is...

Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi believe the increase in arm problems among MotoGP riders this year is directly related to the technical improvements to their 2015 bikes.The compartment syndrome condition has long been common among motorcycle riders but there has been an increase in the severity of the issue. Marquez's...

GP2 could switch to low-profile tires next season, if Formula 1 decides to do the same in the long-term.Pirelli plans to start a track-testing program of larger rubber with a GP2 car soon in consideration of a possible change. It is understood that should F1 decide to commit to moving...