The number 58 used by Marco Simoncelli has been formally retired by MotoGP on the eve of what was his home race, the San Marino Grand Prix.A 250cc world champion, Simoncelli lost his life aged 24 following an accident in the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix while racing a Gresini Honda....

Marc Marquez remained a class apart in the second MotoGP practice session at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix.After his commanding morning performance, Marquez quickly brushed aside early practice two pacesetter Andrea Dovizioso and then gave himself a one-second margin over the pack with a 2m02.126s halfway through the...

Valentino Rossi emerged fastest as poor weather at Assen resulted in a shortage of action in third MotoGP practice.Pre-session rain created tricky track conditions, leading to an uneventful first half in which riders were reluctant to explore 'The Cathedral'.It was left to Alvaro Bautista to provide any form of entertainment...

Marc Marquez came back from 10th place to maintain his 2014 MotoGP unbeaten run with win number five in the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Marquez made a poor start from pole position and then became embroiled in a mid-pack traffic jam further around the opening lap, having to...

Marc Marquez remained on top in second MotoGP practice at Le Mans, but only by 0.007 second over surprise challenger Andrea Iannone.An initial time-topping effort from Marquez was disallowed because he had exceeded track limits at the final Raccordement corner after running wide on the way. That came amid a...

Alvaro Bautista denied Aleix Espargaro the top spot on an unusual first day of the second pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang.Few of the big names came out early on due to the dusty track conditions, with Gresini Honda rider Bautista taking up first position for much of the day.He was...

New world champion Marc Marquez set a blistering pace on the second day of MotoGP post-season testing at Valencia on Tuesday.The Honda rider had bettered Jorge Lorenzo's day one benchmark by the late morning by dipping under the 1m31s barrier and went even faster in the early afternoon to end...

Marc Marquez edged out Jorge Lorenzo to set the pace in the first practice session of this weekend's MotoGP 2013 title decider at Valencia.The two championship contenders were separated by just 18 hundredths of a second at the flag.Marquez's Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa completed an incredibly tight top three, finishing...

Moto2 title contender Scott Redding will compete in Japan this weekend despite fracturing his wrist in Australia last Saturday.Redding's championship hopes appeared to be over in the wake of the Phillip Island practice crash. His title rival Pol Espargaro won the race and took a 16-point lead, while Redding did...

Jorge Lorenzo set a searing pace in Friday afternoon MotoGP practice at Phillip Island, while rivals Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez had issues.Marquez's problem was a crash at Lukey Heights early in the session. The Honda rider quickly got up unhurt, but could not improve on sixth place when he...