Shortly after Danilo Petrucci crashed at the end of MotoAmerica Medallia Superbike Race Two May 22 at VIRginia International Raceway, he posted on his social media feed about his experience and his displeasure with how MotoAmerica handled the situation. Journalists from Europe, who were not at the track and some who clearly didn’t even watch a video replay of the incident, took Petrucci’s account as absolute fact and without getting information from any other sources wrote articles that painted MotoAmerica s safety standards and the series as a whole in a negative light. Unfortunately, Petrucci’s account of events is not exactly accurate and could arguably be called exaggerated. Petrucci claimed he “hit three sponsor signs with my body,” when in fact he slid through one sponsor sign made of lightweight material because it is intended to be placed near the track without being a hazard to riders. Petrucci claimed he was a lying down for “over two minutes with
F.C.C. TSR Honda France leads the 24 Heures Motos after eight hours of high-speed action in the opening round of the FIM Endurance World Championship at Le Mans – scoring 10 bonus points in the process. With fans back in the grandstands after two years of COVID-19 restrictions, the race began in .
Yoshimura SERT Motul has made it back-to-back wins in the 24 Heures Motos to begin the defence of its FIM Endurance World Championship title in style. Riders Gregg Black, Sylvain Guintoli and Xavier Siméon were supreme for the Le Mans-based squad to win the 45th edition of an event that welcomed .
YART – Yamaha Official Team EWC has claimed a sensational provisional pole position – its third in succession – for the 24 Heures Motos, round one of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship. With qualifying results this season based on the average time of the fastest two riders from each team, .
A three-year-high 52 entries have been assembled for the 45th 24 Heures Motos, round one of the 2022 FIM Endurance World Championship. The number of registrations is six more than started last year’s race and 14 higher than the starting amount from the 2020 edition of the day and night classic, .