Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) topped the timesheets on Day 1 at the Jerez Test after setting a 1m37.968s in the afternoon, heading teammate Andrea Dovizioso – the Italian crashing at Turn 5 late in the day – by 0.217s, with Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) having a very positive opening...

HRC test rider Stefan Bradl will reunite with the LCR Honda team he participated with between 2012 and 2014 to replace the injured Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) at the Malaysian GP after the British rider suffered right ankle fractures in an FP2 crash at Turn 1 in Australia.“[Cal']’s fairly...

KTM's first MotoGP chassis has impressed 2017 recruit Bradley Smith, who found "nothing mysterious" during his first test at Valencia.Having spent his first four seasons in MotoGP on Tech3-run Yamahas, Smith is moving to newcomer KTM next year, followed by his Tech3 teammate Pol Espargaro. After KTM test rider Mika...

The corner speed of Suzuki's MotoGP bike impressed Andrea Iannone during his first test since joining the team from Ducati.Squeezed out of Ducati to accommodate Jorge Lorenzo, Iannone has moved to Suzuki to ride the GSX-RR that became a race winner in 2016 with Maverick Vinales.Related StoriesSuzuki made major progress...

Suzuki refugee Aleix Espargaro admits he was surprised with how good Aprilia's MotoGP bike is, during his first test at Valencia.Having been delayed in development, Aprilia's RS-GP only turned a wheel for the first time five weeks before the 2016 season opener in Qatar.Related StoriesWhile it generally spent the year...

Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis admits it has been "strange" to spend nearly a whole season working with Jorge Lorenzo knowing the Spaniard was leaving for Ducati.Three-time champion Lorenzo announced his 2017 switch to Ducati in April, three races into the campaign, having pushed Yamaha to offer him an extended...

Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that Red Bull engine supplier Renault is still not where it needs to be at the second pre-season Formula 1 test at Barcelona.After a frustrating opening test at Jerez that was hampered by reliability concerns, Ricciardo revealed after the first day of this week's test on...

Ferrari's strong form in the first pre-season Formula 1 test has left rivals wary that it might have made a much bigger leap than expected over the winter.Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were fastest on three of the four days of the first pre-season test at Jerez last week. Their...

Renault says fixes for its Jerez reliability worries having been put in place, which means that the next Formula 1 test at Barcelona will show off its true potential.Renault had to restrict how hard teams could push its engines in the first pre-season test because of fears over a minor...

Related StoriesHonda will introduce a host of upgrades to its latest Formula 1 engine for the next test at Barcelona to solve the reliability problems that it suffered at Jerez this week.The Japanese manufacturer faced a spate of niggling issues with its new power unit in F1's first 2015 test,...