Articles tagged with 'moto' | Pirelli

· Focus on front tyre development. At the San Marino and the Rimini Riviera GP, Pirelli will introduce a new front tyre for Moto2™ riders, continuing the intensive front tyre development programme that began at Aragón with the soft E1089 …

Jeffrey Herlings (Honda HRC PETRONAS) was crowned 2026 MXGP World Champion after Race 1 of the Turkish Grand Prix, securing Pirelli's 84th world title in the FIM Motocross World Championship. The Dutchman has now won six world titles, having …

· Bulega makes it 26. Nicolò Bulega (Ducati) is getting ever closer to a perfect season, with the Italian leaving Magny-Cours having secured his eighth hat-trick in nine rounds. After winning Race 1 yesterday, he claimed both the Superpole Race and …

· Bulega in command. Nicolò Bulega (Ducati) made the best possible start to the Magny-Cours weekend, which hosts the ninth round of the FIM Superbike World Championship, winning the 12-lap Race 1 after an incident involving Thomas Bridewell prompted …

· New front tyre scores podium on its debut. Spaniard Alonso López (Kalex) won the Aragon GP from pole position, crossing the finish line after 19 laps ahead of fellow Spaniards Izan Guevara (Boscoscuro) and David Alonso (Kalex). While all 29 riders …

· López strikes. Antonio López (Kalex) will start tomorrow’s Moto2™ race at the Aragon Grand Prix, the 13th round of the MotoGP™ World Championship, from pole position. The Spanish rider set the fastest time in qualifying and established a new …

· New front option for Moto2™. For the Aragón Grand Prix, Pirelli will make available to Moto2™ riders a new development front tyre featuring a soft compound, the E1089 specification. Compared with the SC1 soft from the range, it retains the same …

· First career victory for Salač in Moto2™. In the 2026 Grand Prix of Great Britain Moto2™ race, held over 17 laps, all riders chose the soft Pirelli options, with the SC1 front and SC0 rear combo - the same solutions used throughout the weekend. …

· Guevara’s third pole position. At the 2026 British Grand Prix, currently taking place at Silverstone, Spanish rider Izan Guevara (Boscoscuro) claimed the third pole position of his Moto2™ career. With a time of 2’01.483, he secured pole and set …

· SC0 becomes the benchmark. This weekend, the MotoGP World Championship begins the second half of the season with the twelfth of 22 rounds. For the occasion, Pirelli will supply standard range tyres for both classes. In Moto2™, the new 2026 rear …

· Bulega strikes back with a double win. After his 25 consecutive wins streak was ended yesterday by team-mate Iker Lecuona, Nicolò Bulega (Ducati) bounced back in style in the two Sunday races of the UK Round, the eighth event of the FIM Superbike …

· Ortolá wins from pole as Holgado rewrites a new record. After winning the 2026 Grand Prix of Germany, Iván Ortolá (Kalex) secured his second win in Moto2™. Starting from pole position, the Spanish rider led the race from start to finish, keeping …

· Lecuona's maiden victory. After a season so far dominated by Nicolò Bulega, Donington Park marked the breakthrough for Iker Lecuona, who secured his maiden victory in the FIM Superbike World Championship, after an enthralling head-to-head with his …

· A day of firsts. During the 2026 Grand Prix of Germany, at the Sachsenring, Iván Ortolá (Kalex) claimed his first pole position in Moto2™ in his second season in this category. The Spanish rider finished ahead of Manuel Gonzalez (Kalex) and Izan …

· Softest rear range solutions. Taking place this weekend at Donington Park, the UK Round of the FIM Superbike World Championship marks the conclusion of the first part of the season before the traditional summer break. For the occasion, Pirelli …

· Two medium compounds for Moto2™, one being ‘all new’. The 2026 Grand Prix of Germany will mark the track debut with the Moto2™ riders of Pirelli’s new F0468 development rear specification, a solution already …

· Alonso wins the duel with Gonzalez. Colombian rider David Alonso (Kalex) claimed his first Moto2™ victory of the year after starting from pole position and engaging in a thrilling battle with Manuel Gonzalez right …

· Another Moto2™ pole for Alonso. The riders made a unanimous tyre choice for Moto2™ qualifying: all of them used soft compound tyres on both axles, specifically the SC1 front and SC0 rear. After taking pole last weekend in …

· Rear soft solutions favoured. For the 2026 Grand Prix of The Netherlands, taking place this weekend at the Assen circuit, Pirelli will provide riders in the Moto2™ and Moto3™ classes with soft and …

All five Manufacturers took part in the test, each choosing the riders who would test out the tyres, on both the prototypes of the 850 cc bikes that will debut in 2027 and on current bikes, detuned and modified to simulate the new …

· Ortolá is back at the podium’s top. Iván Ortolá (Kalex) won the Moto2™ race at the 2026 Grand Prix of Czechia after a fine overtake shortly before the chequered flag on poleman David Alonso (Kalex), who finished …

· Alonso on pole in Moto2™. Spanish rider David Alonso (Kalex) took pole position for the Moto2™ race at the 2026 Grand Prix of Czechia with 1’57.718, and set also the new all-time lap record for the intermediate class, improving by six tenths on …

· Allocation confirmed. For the Grand Prix of Czechia, scheduled for this weekend at the Automotodrom Brno, Pirelli is confirming for riders in the Moto2™ and Moto3™ classes the tyre solutions that were successfully used last season. For the …

· There’s no stopping Bulega. Another flawless weekend for Nicolò Bulega, who continued his dominant run aboard his Ducati by conquering the Misano World Circuit in the seventh round of the FIM Superbike World Championship. The Italian rider won all …

· Bulega celebrates in front of his home crowd. The pressure of racing on home soil had no effect on Nicolò Bulega, who ended the racing opening day at the Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round as the increasingly dominant leader of the FIM Superbike World …

· From development to standard range The Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round, for which Pirelli is the Event Main Sponsor, and which takes place this weekend at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, marks the start of the second …

· Gonzalez continues his Championship lead. Manuel Gonzalez (Kalex) claimed his third win of the season, taking home the Moto2™ race of the Grand Prix of Hungary 2026 from fourth on the grid ahead of Czech rider …

· Izan Guevara took pole position in the Moto2™ race at the 2026 Grand Prix of Hungary with a time of 1'40.280, set on the penultimate of his seven laps. Behind him were Filip Salač and Senna Agius, both on …

· Hungarian debut for Moto2™. For the second year in a row, the Grand Prix of Hungary will be held at the Balaton Park circuit, located on the shores of the lake of the same name, around 100 kilometres from Budapest. Drawing on the information …

· Bulega’s triumphant run continues Another outstanding weekend for Nicolò Bulega (Ducati) at MotorLand Aragón, where the sixth round of the FIM WorldSBK Championship took place, marking the completion of the first …