Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) stole the headlines again on Day 1 of the Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, taking to the top to take over from reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team). Marquez had a lowside crash in FP1, but escaped unscathed to duel it out...

MotoGP has announced a minor change to its 2017 calendar, which was originally released back in September. The German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring has been moved forward by two weeks, to July 2.Revised 2017 MotoGP calendarMarch 26 Losail, QatarApril 9 Termas de Rio Hondo, ArgentinaApril 23 Circuit of The...

Jose Maria Lopez will start the opening World Touring Car Championship race in Argentina from the back of the grid after his Citroen team opted to change his engine.Argentinian Lopez secured pole for Sunday's main race at Termas de Rio Hondo after compatriot and debutant Esteban Guerrieri exited the pits...

Debutant Esteban Guerrieri was a surprise leader in World Touring Car Championship practice in Argentina, topping both sessions at Termas de Rio Hondo.Argentinian Guerrieri, who is making a one-off appearance in the championship in a second Campos Racing Chevrolet Cruze this weekend, was a surprise leader in the opening half-hour...

Argentinian Esteban Guerrieri will make his World Touring Car Championship debut at his home round at Termas de Rio Hondo next month.Guerrieri, who finished third in the Formula Renault 3.5 series in 2010 and was twice a runner-up in Indy Lights, has participated in Argentina's Super TC2000 championship since 2014...

Moto2 title contender Sam Lowes believes Aleix Espargaro's experience developing Suzuki's MotoGP bike will help when they both join Aprilia next year.Aprilia is in the early stages with its first full-blown MotoGP bike, the RS-GP, which missed the bulk of 2016's pre-season testing owing to delays. Lowes and Espargaro will...

MotoGP champions Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo believe tweaks are required to reduce the risk on the rare occasions the flag-to-flag format is used.A pit stop for a bike swap is implemented when riders have to change between dry and wet tires in a race, but has also...

Marc Marquez says entertaining the notion that he would be leading the MotoGP championship after two rounds would have been "crazy" as Honda toiled during pre-season testing.Of the leading factory outfits, Honda was the hardest hit by the 2016 move to a control ECU, struggling in particular with power delivery....

Eugene Laverty feels he is now rebuilding his confidence in MotoGP, after finishing a breakthrough fourth in Argentina.On an open-class Honda run by the Aspar team, Laverty finished 22nd in the standings in 2015, his first season after switching from World Superbikes, where he was a race winner.Laverty finished last...

Ducati will hold discussions with riders Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizoso this week after Iannone cost it a double MotoGP podium finish in Argentina on Sunday.Dovizioso and Iannone looked set to finish second and third in Termas de Rio Hondo having dispatched Yamaha's Valentino Rossi late in the shortened, flag-to-flag...