Jonathan Rea (KRT) scored two emphatic race wins in the first ever WSBK races at the Chang International Circuit and in doing so left the new venue with a ten point championship lead. Tom Sykes (KRT) scored his first podium of the year with third place in race one and is now third in the championship rankings.

The first 20-lap race of the day belonged to Rea from green light to chequered flag, as the Superpole winner became race one winner after setting an unbeatable race pace in the 1’34s for almost the whole race duration.

Leon Haslam was second in the opener but Sykes mixed attack with defence as he chased hard to catch a slowing Haslam in the final laps, while also keeping eventual fourth placed rider Jordi Torres behind him to the end. This was Tom’s first podium of 2015, as he adapts to the new technical regulations for the 2015 WSB class.

In race two Rea repeated his perfect display from race one and in doing so scored his first double in Kawasaki colours. He also has the new lap record of 1’33.817 to his credit.

Voltcom Crescent Suzuki is looking forward to the inaugural World Superbike race at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand this weekend as the Championship travels to its second long-haul event of the 2015 season.

After a difficult race day in Australia, Alex Lowes is energised by the new location and looking to build on the potential shown in practice at the opening round. The Buriram track’s more conventional stop-start design will see the team reverting to pre-season test settings rather than those needed for the unique and flowing nature of Phillip Island and Lowes is determined to use this knowledge to continue his challenge on the Yoshimura-powered Suzuki GSX-R1000.

Rehabilitated from his testing injury Down Under, Randy de Puniet is excited by the prospect of racing his Suzuki Superbike on neutral territory. The Chang circuit’s introduction will allow the Championship rookie a clean slate against his competitors while he continues his development within the Crescent team.

The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team took to the Losail International Circuit today for the final official preseason three-day test of 2015. Riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi continued to work on perfecting the set-up of their Yamaha YZR-M1s before the first race to be held at the same track in two weeks time.

The first day of testing started off slowly, with most of the teams opting to wait out the afternoon until the temperatures cooled, so conditions were closer to those of the traditional night race of Losail.

Jorge Lorenzo had a challenging start to the test, with a lack of grip on the slippery track slowing him down. Having waited until after 6pm local time before heading out, he rode a 1’57.351s lap and moved up to seventh place in the provisional session standings. He improved his times throughout the session and finished the day in sixth place on the timing sheets with a best time of 1’55.828s, +0.563s off the front.

Yamaha Motor officially kick started the 2015 road racing season this week with the first ever Official Race Teams combined test. The Alcarras circuit in sunny Spain played host to an incredible spectacle as more than 20 fully race prepared next generation YZF-R1s and YZF-R1Ms made their track debut for the first ever shakedown.

Endurance World Championship teams GMT94 Yamaha and Monster Energy Yamaha (YART) were joined by British Superbike’s Milwaukee Yamaha, IDM German Superbike Championship’s Team Yamaha MGM (Michael Galinski Motorsport) and European Superstock 1000 contenders The Morillas Racing School Team (MRS) for the two day test.

2014 Endurance World Champions David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines put the R1 through it’s paces whilst rubbing elbows with top level multiple class riders including Sheridan Morais, Broc Parkes, Josh Brooks, Damian Cudlin, Max Neukirchner, Ivan Silva, Kev Coghlan, Florian Marino and many more.

The Suzuki MotoGP team continued to improve with the newly-refined GSX-RR in the opening day of testing at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia today with riders Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales setting fourth and ninth-placed positions on the timesheets.

Espargaro completed a total of 39 laps in mixed weather and track conditions, setting a time of 2:01.055 on his 17th attempt with hot weather conditions, while Viñales posted a 2:01.317 on his 22nd of 50 laps of the 5.543 km circuit.

With air temperatures of 32° and track temperatures reaching 53°, today’s conditions were more slippery compared to the opening test at the beginning of the month and got worse by the end of the afternoon with some scattered rain showers.

The Ducati Desmosedici GP15 will make its debut on the track during the second test session at Sepang in Malaysia, scheduled for 23 to 25 February, while waiting to start in the 2015 MotoGP Championship. It's the first Ducati Desmosedici born under the guidance of Gigi Dall'Igna, CEO of Ducati Corse.

The engine is still a 90° V four-cylinder with desmodromic distribution, but it's a completely new unit, plus the bike is more compact than before, offers more adjustment options, and has more advanced electronics.

So here we are: Dovizioso and Iannone can't wait to take it out on track to give all the fans and Ducatisti the thrills that only these bikes can give!

Two Andreas: Dovizioso and Iannone. Two Italians: one from Romagna and the other from Abruzzo. These are our official riders, wearing the Ducati Team's colours for the 2015 MotoGP season, ready and focused on the objective of getting the most from the Ducati Desmosedici GP15 doing battle with their adversaries on the world's racetracks and feeding the passion and hopes of Ducati fans for the season ahead.

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo ended the third and final day of MotoGP testing in Sepang on a positive note, finishing fourth and fifth in today’s session times.

Rossi clearly enjoyed today’s perfect weather conditions and was able to successfully complete his testing schedule. The progress he made in terms of the setup and pinpointing the direction of the development for his YZR-M1 showed when he shattered his own record at the Sepang International Circuit with a 1m 59.401s lap, moving him up to third on the leader board. The Doctor used the remaining time of the session to test some more parts for the bike and did a race simulation, before finishing the day in fourth place.

Teammate Lorenzo also made strides today. Continuing his good rhythm of yesterday, he was quick right from the start of today’s eight-hour session. Despite the crowdedness of having 27 riders on the track at the same time, he was able to focus on his pace and position himself as one of the key protagonists. As with his teammate, it only took him about half an hour into the session to beat his fastest ever lap at the Malaysian track when he posted a time of 1’59.624s. The Spaniard also concluded his testing schedule with a race simulation at the hottest time of the day and ended fifth in the standings.

After more than two months of waiting, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo make a strong start at the first of a three-day pre-season Official IRTA test at Sepang, finishing second and third in today’s session times.

What started as a slightly cool morning for Malaysian standards turned into a scorching hot and sunny afternoon with plenty of action. Clearly eager to get going back aboard his YZR-M1, Rossi came prepared with a special Sepang Test helmet and showed that this year he’ll once again be one of the top protagonists. As the pace of the field started to pick up, he battled teammate Jorge Lorenzo, and rivals Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa for the top billing until, with almost three hours into the session, he cruised to the top the leader board. Clocking an impressive 2’00.380s lap, he is already less than 0.9 of second off last year’s fastest pre-season test time of 1’59.533s.

Like his teammate, Lorenzo was riding similar YZR-M1 machines to the prototypes they tested at Valencia at the end of the 2014 season and was also right on the pace. After familiarising himself with the bike again, the Spaniard steadily booked progress and made it a provisional Yamaha 1-2 when he posted a 2’00.521s, just +0.141s off Rossi.

Honda and Casey Stoner has a successful partnership that saw the Australian rider win a title for the Japanese manufacturer in 2011. After Casey Stoner retired at the end of the 2012 season, the rider hasn't really had too much saddle time. That changed a little last year with Casey Stoner carrying out private tests for the Honda team, the most recent of which was held at Motegi last October.

Honda have now declared that this partnership will continue in the 2015 season, with Casey Stoner testing for the team at Sepang too.

Could 2015 be Ducati's final roll of the dice in MotoGP? The company that's endured relentless failure since Casey Stoner walked out half a decade ago has an all-new MotoGP bike ready for the coming season.

The Ducati Desmosedici GP15 will make its debut during preseason tests in Malaysia this month. If the Desmosedici GP15 fails, Ducati owners Audi might decide to pull the plug. The Desmosedici GP15 follows miserable failures at the hands of a number of different riders and engineers. But last year the motorcycle did improve thanks to the arrival of Aprillia RSV4 Gigi Dall'Igna.

But there was one thing Dall'Igna couldn't fix last season. 'Our big problem is understeer, so we need different geometry and we can't do that with the existing engine,' he said. 'The new Ducati GP engine will be smaller because for a chassis designer it's really important to have the engine as small as possible.' Dall'Igna was told he could do whatever he wanted to make Ducati win again, even if that meant parting from the 90-degree vee configuration – the company's trademark since the 70s.