Front Row

Öncü Blitzes Circuit Record to Lead All R9 Front Row at Magny-Cours

September 6, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Can Öncü blitzed the Magny-Cours circuit record to take pole position in a red-flagged Superpole session, with championship leader Stefano Manzi second and home hero Lucas Mahias third to complete an all-Yamaha R9 front […]

Front Row Start to Podium Fight and Fourth Place for Locatelli in Race 1 at Balaton Park

July 26, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Pata Maxus Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli kept a cool head in high temperature track conditions to bring home a strong result from Race 1 at Balaton Park Circuit, for Round 7 of the 2025 FIM Superbike […]

Öncü narrowly misses out on third successive pole Manzi on the front row in Cremona

May 3, 2025 Michael Le Pard

Can Öncü narrowly missed out on a third consecutive pole position in the Supersport World Championship as Round 4 of the 2025 season got underway at Cremona. The Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing rider […]

Ducati off front-row for Michelin Grand Prix of Argentina Termas de Rio Hondo

April 1, 2023 Michael Le Pard

The Aruba Racing – Ducati Team concludes testing in Barcelona with Bautista on top and Rinaldi in fourth. Positive test also for Bulega in WorldSSP The last testing session leading up to the long European segment of […]

Ducati will start from MotoGP front row for 11th time this season

October 15, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Front-row start for Pecco Bagnaia at the Australian GP, third in qualifying. Jack Miller, eighth, will start from the third row at Phillip Island Jorge Mart󠇧in sets the new circuit record at Phillip Island and […]

Ducati secures another MotoGP front-row lockout in Buriram

October 1, 2022 Michael Le Pard

For the ninth time this season, Pecco Bagnaia will start from the front row of the grid as he closed qualifying for the Thai GP, scheduled for tomorrow at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, […]

All-Italian Front Row for Yamaha R7 SuperFinale at Barcelona

September 24, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Starnone Leads All-Italian Front Row for Yamaha R7 SuperFinale at Barcelona The inaugural Yamaha R7 SuperFinale grid is set, with Fabio Starnone leading an all-Italian front row in Spain, beating Filippo Rovelli to pole position […]

Ducati front row lockout in the Austrian GP

August 21, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Ducati scores its 65th pole position in MotoGP There are five Desmosedici GPs in the top six positions of the grid for the Austrian GP Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller will start from the front […]

Secure Provisional Front Row Start at Cola-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race

August 5, 2022 Michael Le Pard

YART Yamaha Secure Provisional Front Row Start at Suzuka The Yamalube YART Yamaha Official EWC Team impressed despite tricky conditions at the 43rd edition of the Cola-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race to finish second […]

Front row start for Pecco Bagnaia Catalan MotoGP at Montmelo

June 4, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Pecco Bagnaia will start from the front row in tomorrow’s Catalan GP at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya. After gaining direct access to Q2 by finishing FP3 with the fourth-fastest time overall, the rider […]

WorldSBK at Magny-Cours: Front row of the grid

September 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Magny-Cours. The FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) is at Magny-Cours (FRA) this weekend for round eight of the 2021 season. In Superpole on Saturday morning, Tom Sykes (GBR) from the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team finished […]

BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team secures front row and records top-five finishes

July 4, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Donington Park. The BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team gave a strong performance to start off the fourth event of the season in the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park (GBR). In Superpole on […]

Front row at home MotoGP race in Mugello

May 30, 2021 Michael Le Pard

Johann Zarco, third, completes the front row with the Ducati Desmosedici GP of the Pramac Racing Team Francesco Bagnaia will start from the front row of the grid in tomorrow’s Grand Prix of Italy, held […]

Ducati happy to be back on the front row at Le Mans MotoGP

October 11, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The Umbrian rider will start from the third position on the grid in the MotoGP French GP that will be held tomorrow at Le Mans; Andrea Dovizioso will start from the second row of the […]

From Front Row to 15th Place What Happened to BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team in Saturday’s race at Jerez?

August 2, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Jerez de la Frontera. The five-month break is over; the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) resumed this weekend with round two of the season at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. In Saturday’s Superpole, the BMW […]

Front Row Start In Sepang For Andrea Iannone

November 3, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – November 3. Andrea Iannone: 4th – 2:13.097 (+ 0.936) Alex Rins: 8th – 2:13.463 (+ 1.302) • Andrea Iannone set the 4th fastest time but starts on front row due […]

Rossi Takes Front Row as Rain Spoils Sepang Qualifying Day

November 3, 2018 Michael Le Pard

After a lengthy wait, due to a monsoon rain shower that hit the Sepang International Circuit directly at the end of FP4, the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP teammates were happy to get underway in qualifying. With […]

Record-breaking Rossi Pole and Double Movistar Yamaha Front Row in Mugello

June 4, 2018 Michael Le Pard

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi made the crowds go wild as he grabbed pole position at the Autodromo del Mugello, setting a new circuit best lap. Teammate Maverick Viñales also gave a heroic performance at […]

Mahias Fights Back for Front-Row Start in Assen

April 22, 2018 Michael Le Pard

The GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team fought back strongly on Saturday after a tricky opening day at Round 4 of the 2018 FIM Supersport World Championship in Assen. Championship leader, Lucas Mahias, managed to put […]

Front Row for Iannone at Circuit of the Americas