The tension that has been building between Jonathan Rea and Chaz Davies finally spilled over at Assen. Three years of competing with one another for race wins and championships has strained their relationship, and on Saturday at Assen it reached its breaking point. On the final laps of Superpole, Davies
World Superbike Race Results from Assen, The Netherlands - Race 1: Pos. Rider Team Bike Diff. 1 J. REA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR - 2 T. SYKES Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki ZX-10RR 4.501 3 M. MELANDRI Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Ducati Panigale R 17.673 4 X. FORÉS BARNI Racing
When riders get off to a blinding start in the first couple of races, it is easy to get carried away and start penciling their name onto the championship trophy. Doing that after just two races is plainly ridiculous. Doing it after three races is hardly any better. Yet the
MotoGP Race Results from the Americas GP at Austin, Texas: Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Diff. 1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.9 43'58.770 2 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.7 +3.069 3 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.6 +5.112 4 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda Honda 157.4
There is a move afoot among MotoGP riders to have qualifying changed. Or rather, to have the way the selection is done for Q1 and Q2. A lot of riders have complained about the current system of prequalifying using combined times from FP1 through FP3. The riders complain that they
MotoGP Qualifying Results from the Americas GP at Austin, Texas: Q2 Results Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Time Diff. 1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 332.6 2'02.741 - 2 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 336.2 2'02.871 0.130 3 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 336.4 2'03.673 0.932 4
Weird is still the new normal in MotoGP, though after Qatar, we appear to be entering the second half of the acid trip, the part where the hallucinations stop being overwhelming and start to take on a strange kind of internal logic once you learn to embrace the weirdness. You
MotoGP Race Results from the Argentina GP at Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina: Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Diff. 1 Maverick VIÑALES Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 172.6 41'45.060 2 Valentino ROSSI Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 172.4 +2.915 3 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda Honda 172.4 +3.754 4 Alvaro BAUTISTA Pull&Bear Aspar
MotoGP Qualifying Results from the Argentina GP at Termas de Rio Hondo, Argentina: Q2 Results Pos. Rider Team Bike KM/H Time Diff. 1 Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team Honda 314.0 1'47.512 - 2 Karel ABRAHAM Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 303.6 1'48.275 0.763 3 Cal CRUTCHLOW LCR Honda Honda 311.7 1'48.278
Sometimes you can't see the forest from the trees, and Aragon's Race 2 was a good example of that in World Superbike. The championship standings have been dominated by Jonathan Rea all season, but this was the fourth time that the reigning world champion was pushed to the limit on race