Reale Esponsorama Racing rider Hector Barbera suffered a broken left collarbone during a private test at Valencia and is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow.The team, formerly called Avintia Racing, confirmed the injury on social media and said Dr. Xavier Mir will perform the operation at the Clinica Dexeus in Barcelona....

Ducati stand-in Hector Barbera was fastest in second MotoGP practice for the Australian Grand Prix, a session that was essentially washed out.Rain at Phillip Island set in on Friday, and conditions deteriorated between the first and second sessions, while air and track temperatures also dropped by several degrees.Related StoriesPrimarily due...

Hector Barbera will stand in for injured Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone again in next weekend's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.Iannone crashed during practice at Misano five weeks ago, fracturing the T3 vertebra in his upper back. The Italian attempted to return at Aragon a fortnight later but withdrew...

Avintia MotoGP satellite rider Hector Barbera will stand in for the injured Andre Iannone for the factory Ducati outfit in this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.Iannone fractured his T3 vertebra in a practice crash at Misano last month and had been eyeing a return at Motegi. However, the Italian has elected...

Current Aprilia rider Alvaro Bautista will return to the Aspar team to race a satellite Ducati in MotoGP in 2017.The Spaniard won the 125cc title with Aspar in 2006 and moved up to the 250cc class with the team, winning eight races across three seasons and finishing second in the...

LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow felt his ride-through penalty after being deemed to have jumped the start of MotoGP's Austrian Grand Prix was "very harsh."Lining up seventh on the grid, Crutchlow was one of five riders penalized for a start line infringement, along with Hector Barbera, Yonny Hernandez and Aprilia pair...

The satellite Avintia Ducati team will field an unchanged lineup of Hector Barbera and Loris Baz in MotoGP in 2017.Barbera is currently the highest-placed Ducati rider in the championship in seventh place, and next year will be his fifth campaign with Avintia.The Spaniard will step up from his current GP14.2...

Andrea Iannone led Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner in a Ducati 1-2-3 as the marque dominated the second day of MotoGP testing at the Red Bull Ring.The majority of the field took part in a two-day test at the Austrian Formula 1 venue on Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of grand...

Cal Crutchlow hit out at "tow artists" in MotoGP who he says are "embarrassing" in their quest to follow top riders to set quick times in practice and qualifying.The LCR Honda rider was fourth in German Grand Prix practice on Friday but endured a frustrating Saturday and will start the...

Jorge Lorenzo left it late to stamp his early authority on the third round of the MotoGP season at Jerez by topping Friday's second practice session.The Yamaha rider topped the morning session and led the afternoon order early. His time of 1m40.005s was eclipsed by Marc Marquez 10 minutes in,...