Base to build on for Hayden and Aoyama
After their preseason test times and with an uphill battle facing them on new machinery from the fifth row, Drive M7 Aspar riders Nicky Hayden and Hiroshi Aoyama were not overly disappointed with eighth and 11th at Losail. Read more.

Bad luck at opening round for Tech3 pair
Monster Yamaha Tech3’s Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro suffered bad luck during an eventful opening race of the 2014 MotoGP World Championship at the Commercial Bank of Qatar Grand Prix. Read more.

Redding ‘very happy’ with seventh in first MotoGP™ race
Scott Redding completed his first premier class race with an excellent seventh place, after a battle with the experienced Nicky Hayden, who of course also rides the Open class Honda RCV1000R. Read more.

Fifth and sixth for Dovizioso and Crutchlow
Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow finished fifth and sixth respectively in Qatar, with Dovizioso pointing to a reduced gap to the frontrunners as a positive point, whilst Crutchlow described his Ducati debut as ‘bittersweet’. Read more.

Lorenzo admits: ‘I made a mistake’
After the brilliant form which saw him win five of the last seven races of last season, Jorge Lorenzo had a disastrous start to his 2014 campaign on Sunday in Qatar. Read more.