What it’s like to ride COTA

“It’s really difficult – one of the most difficult tracks in my career to understand,” says Jorge Lorenzo of Austin’s brand new Circuit of the Americas. MotoGP is racing there for the very first time this weekend, but I spent … Continued

Jorge Lorenzo, pickup artist

Here’s Jorge Lorenzo, the MotoGP Champ, doing a watch commercial for Sector. He gets ditched by two women for having a plastic watch — only to buy a Sector and take off with both of them in a sidecar.

What MotoGP looks like at COTA

Last month, the Repsol Honda team visited Austin’s Circuit of the Americas for a private test. Finally, here’s action photos, onboard videos and interviews with Dani, Marc and Stefan. Photos: Garth Milan

Jorge Lorenzo’s MotoGP Bike

Photos: Yamaha Racing Facebook Here’s the 2013 Yamaha Racing Factory motorcycle that Jorge Lorenzo will be riding in the 2013 MotoGP, dubbed the Yamaha YZR M-1. It’s a 1000cc, 240+ horsepower, 160kg race machine. For more pictures of the bike … Continued

Watch Attack Performance’s CRT racer hit the dyno

Cycle World has put together a great little feature on Attack Performance’s wild card CRT effort in MotoGP for the upcoming season. Most interesting is Richard Stanboli’s “odd-fire” engine which “works like a three-cylinder” but is based on the inline-four … Continued

Marc Marquez on being the 3rd fastest rider in MotoGP

Pictured is the right elbow of Marc Marquez’s Alpinestars TechAir suit following the first MotoGP practice at Sepang. Marc didn’t crash, but he did lap just 0.044 seconds slower than teammate Dani Pedrosa and 0.383 seconds faster than Valentino Rossi. … Continued