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Casey Stoner rules out wild-card appearances after completing first Honda test (w/video)

20 March, 2020

After yesterday’s washout at Motegi due to rain, the second and final day of HRC testing, saw ‘test rider extraordinaire’, Casey Stoner able to complete 47 laps between the RC213V 2013 version and the 2014 version. that Dani Pedrosa and…

MotoGP Catalunya: Marco Simoncelli leads warm-up practice

20 March, 2020

This morning’s warm-up practice at Montmelò saw a full wet track and that began drying towards the end and only in certain areas with Marco Simoncelli showing once again his excellent form by taking the top spot on the timesheets…

Valentino Rossi says: "It's really a matter of me not being physically right"

20 March, 2020

While seventh place in last evening’s Qatar GP race is not even worth texting home about and despite Ducati’s team manager Vitto Guareschi voicing hopes that Valentino Rossi could pull off something similar to what Andrea Iannone did in Moto2…

Marc Marquez enjoys battle with Lorenzo, Pedrosa rues Brno strategy

20 March, 2020

When Marc Marquez, who is sensationally ruling in MotoGP with his fifth victory of the season says he ‘will always attack’ and he’s ‘not feeling any pressure’, instead his team mate Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo are definitely feeling the…

MotoGP Silverstone: Casey Stoner confirms pace in FP3

20 March, 2020

MotoGPs final free practice at Silverstone was done in the worst possible conditions, the track were treacherously damp as it first started drizzling during Moto3s practice session and several drops of rain wet the surface occasionally during the 45 minutes…

Rossi's White Stripe Mystery Solved

20 March, 2020

We posted yesterday the controversy regarding the missing white stripe on Valentino Rossi’s front tire that he used during the Sachsenring GP race.The mystery surrounding the stripe has been solved thanks to English website Crash.net who talked to a Bridgestone…

Ben Spies out of Ducati?

20 March, 2020

There has been a lot of rumors regarding Ben Spies’ position in Pramac Ducati, following his crash during the third free practice at Indianapolis - which was supposed to be his comeback - but instead, cost him another shoulder surgery…

Furusawa reveals that Yamaha Racing had doubts on Valentino Rossi's return

20 March, 2020

Valentino Rossi’s return to Yamaha was not as seamless as it was made out to be. Besides Rossi, two other riders were gunning for Ben Spies M1, Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow who both thought they deserved the ride much…

Catalunya Qualifying 2009: 3rd Pole Positon for Jorge Lorenzo

20 March, 2020

It was Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo who got the pole position in today’s Catalunya qualifying in the dying moments of the session with a blistering 1.41.974 lap. The first thirty minutes of qualifying was led by Lorenzo with a…

Repsol Honda does the stat comparison

20 March, 2020

During the three day test at Sepang, Repsol Honda and Yamaha engaged in some friendly bantering on Twitter, but apparently the Japanese team has decided take on that certain ‘belittling’ Valentino Rossi to set off some extra sparks between the…

Jeremy Burgess criticizes Ducati's slowness

20 March, 2020

Valentino Rossi’s two-year debacle in Ducati has left many wondering if it was him or the Desmosedici that wasn’t competitive (we’ll probably find out in the post race test at Valencia at the end of the season). In an interview…

MotoGP Jerez Paddock Signoritas

20 March, 2020

Paddock babes from Jerez. It looks like LCR Honda’s Playboy Bunnies are a big hit and getting as much attention as the Rizla girls usually do. The guy in the pic with Loris Capirossi is Keith Flint, lead singer of…

2013 MotoGP Jerez : more rider comments after FP1 and FP2 at Jerez

20 March, 2020

Cal Crutchlow was the second fastest rider of the day at Jerez, and despite his complaints that his Tech3 Yamaha is the same as last year’s with just a small electronic update received at the start the season, and the…

Valentino Rossi's M1 after Misano GP

20 March, 2020

This is how Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha M1 ended up after the Misano GP, when a group of over enthusiastic and idiotic fans literally ripped off that fantastic gyrcoscopic onboard state-of -the art camera from his bike that has given us…

Stefan Bradl's new livery for Estoril GP

20 March, 2020

LCR Honda MotoGP team has tweeted the new livery that that Stefan Bradl will be using during this weekend’s MotoGP race at Estoril.The special livery is the team’s thanks to sponsor Linear (an online insurance company part of the Unipol…

Petronas to Sponsor Fiat Yamaha

20 March, 2020

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd has signed a three-year agreement with Petronas, the Malaysian national oil and gas corporation to become a new official sponsor and partner of the Fiat Yamaha Team.Under the new partnership, the Fiat Yamaha Team will carry…

New Circuit of Wales gets Dorna's approval

20 March, 2020

Despite talks of opening MotoGP to new venues in South American and the Far East to cash in on the booming motorcycle markets, Dorna still remains very Eurocentric, as Carmelo Ezpeleta visited the new proposed Circuit of Wales facility that…

Andrea Dovizioso take first podium with Yamaha as Cal Crutchlow battles with Stoner

20 March, 2020

It took just five races for Andrea Dovizioso on a satellite Yamaha to get on the podium and claim a third place podium. The Italian rider who switched to Iwata manufacturer after spending his entire career on Honda’s. The Italian…

Official: Ducati confirms Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone

19 March, 2020

It wasn’t exactly a state secret, so the fact that Ducati has officially announced that Ben Spies and Andrea Iannone will be riding for Pramac Racing in 2013, will no longer be a big surprise for anyone after all the…

Casey Stoner denies end of the season retirement rumors

19 March, 2020

As expected one of the first questions posed to Casey Stoner during today’s pre-event press conference at Estoril was the rumor that the reigning World Champion was thinking of retiring at the end of 2012 to spend more time with…

Jerez on lockdown for Ducati GP12 test

19 March, 2020

Very little leaked out from Ducati’s first day of testing at Jerez de la Frontera. The circuit was on lockdown and no one got a glimpse of the highly awaited GP12, also due to the fact that the expected shakedown…

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies both satisfied with first day testing at Jerez

19 March, 2020

Jorge Lorenzo was the first rider out on track this morning at 10am sharp and the Spaniard put in a massive 76 laps on the first day of MotoGP testing at Jerez and once he broke the 1.40 mark was…

Vitto Guareschi: with Battaini and Pirro we have an excellent test team

19 March, 2020

Ducati is undergoing a small revolution in their racing department with the arrival of Audi and the first change was moving Filippo Preziosi to the research and development deparment while Bernhard Gobmeier take his place as the General Manager of…

Cal Crutchlow: 'this was a true pole' says of second pole position

19 March, 2020

Everyone loves Cal Crutchlow. The Yamaha Tech3 rider scored his second pole position of the season in record-breaking lap, saying that this one topped his first at Assen, because he beat out the rest of the riders on equal terms.“It's…

PBM UK teams up with MinxFlix adult movies

19 March, 2020

French rider Olivier Pain shows up at the Dakar sponsored by Video Marc Dorcel that produces adult entertainment movies (porn) and now Paul Bird Motorsports UK has also added the same type of sponsor to his MotoGP, British Superbikes and…