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2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and Yamaha Top Brass talk about the title

25 March, 2020

Fifteen rounds, three races to spare Jorge Lorenzo took the 2010 MotoGP World Championship with seven race wins, six pole positions and was off the podium only twice this season and here’s what a very emotional Lorenzo had to say:“This…

Cal Crutchlow blitzes field in FP4 in Qatar

25 March, 2020

Cal Crutchlow is in a state of grace. The Yamaha Tech3 rider dominated the new half hour FP4 session with a blistering lap of 1:55.655 and was the first rider to break the 1.56 barrier this weekend and he was…

MotoGP Malaysia: preview Ducati Team

25 March, 2020

The Ducati Marlboro MotoGP team is traveling this time to Malaysia for the next round of the championship. Livio Suppo, the MotoGP Director from the Ducati Team is hopeful to get good results, Ducati’s winter test went well and Casey…

USA: McCain visits Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

25 March, 2020

US presidential candidate McCain has made a stop in the Badlands of South Dakota to speak to thousands of motorcyclists during the 68th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During a pause to honor American veterans, McCain criticised his Democratic presidential opponent…

Video highlights from the WSBK Donington round

25 March, 2020

Despite the chilly temperatures at Donington Park and luckily it wasn’t pissing rain, both races went off without any big hitches.Marco Melandri’s media value certainly went up a couple of notches after the ‘Biaggi Affair’ and his coming back from…

Husqvarna Nuda 900R pics Husqvarna naked

25 March, 2020

Pics of the new Husqvarna Nuda 900R have been released and not only is this a hot looking machine, we understand it’s got the performance to back up the looks. While full technical specs and other details haven’t been released…

Ducati Corse New Logo (w/video)

25 March, 2020

With a video that’s a walk down memory lane in Ducati racing history, the iconic company has launched their new Ducati Corse logo. Last year Ducati changed their logo and this year it’s their racing department’s turn.It’s got the same…

Pramac Racing Laguna Seca Livery

25 March, 2020

Pramac Racing has a new one off livery for this weekend’s Laguna Seca race, their title sponsor is Powermate, a leading consumer brand in the USA whose products include portable generators, pressure washers, air compressor and air tools.Paolo Campinoti -…

Max Biaggi denies comeback rumors

25 March, 2020

Following the rumors during last week’s Aragon Superbike round that Max Biaggi was thinking of making a comeback, the Roman Emperor in an interview with the usual Gazzetta dello Sport, categorically denied he was thinking of a return to racing,…

MotoGP Assen Qualifying – Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020

Rider quotes from today’s qualifying session at the Assen circuit. Valentino Rossi - 1st - 1:36.025“This is a really good pole position because I’ve only had one other this season, at Motegi in strange conditions. I had a lot of…

Ferrari Team pays tribute to Marco Simoncelli at Sepang

25 March, 2020

Formula 1 will be racing at Sepang this weekend and the Ferrari team has decided to pay tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli and went to turn 11 were the Italian rider lost his life, with a pit board message…

Marco Melandri signs 1 year contract with Hayate

25 March, 2020

We can call it cut and wrap, the Kawasaki/Dorna/Hayate/Melandri soap opera that started at the end of December is over and Carmelo Ezpeleta can finally stop biting his nails because Marco Melandri has finally and officially confirmed that he has…

Live pics from Assen: the paddock girls

25 March, 2020

For this behind the scenes at the MotoGP gallery I had to put myself in the shoes of my male colleagues. It’s in fact, not difficult to do because you can still think like a woman. If a brolly girl…

MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa gets ready for the second half of the season

25 March, 2020

Second in the World Championship and 16 points behind team mate Marc Marquez, Dani Pedrosa salvaged a difficult situation at the United States Grand Prix to score a well-deseved 5th place - ahead of rival Jorge Lorenzo - and add…

WSBK – Pitt and Resch at Eastern Creek with BMW

25 March, 2020

While waiting to receive the of racing version of their BMW, new World Superbike private racing team BMW Reitwagen Motorsport were at the Eastern Creek race track in Australia to try out a street version of the BMW S 1000…

Vintage footage: Max Biaggi wheelie

25 March, 2020

Have you ever wanted an example of Max Biaggi’s brashness? Wondered what it is that makes him so bold? What about his self righteous attitude? Well, in a little old school footage we give you a Max Biaggi wheelie that…

MotoGP Sepang Test Thursday: Pics and Rider Quotes

25 March, 2020

To accompany today’s riders quotes, we’ve got a batch of pics from today’s MotoGP test in Sepang, some official and some from Motoblog who has its own blogger who’s reporting directly from Malaysia.Valentino Rossi - 1st 2′01″411 Laps: 54“Today was…

Martin Heath's limited edition canvas prints of Valentino Rossi

25 March, 2020

Martin Heath, one of the world’s leading MotoGP photographers is releasing two of his most celebrated images of Valentino Rossi as limited edition canvas prints; The Pass and VR46 Elbow Down that will certainly be must for any hardcore Rossi…

Fonsie Nieto's Madrid Olympics Candidacy Helmet

25 March, 2020

Fonsie Nieto, who took part in three rounds of this year’s 2009 World Superbike Championship for Alstare Suzuki subbing for Max Neukirchner and then was called by DFX Corse to ride alongside Lorenzo Lanzi replaced injured Regis Laconi, will sporting…

Max Biaggi keeps teasing on comeback

25 March, 2020

Max Biaggi shot down any possibilities of returning to World Superbikes in an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport with ‘it’s impossible’, but the Roman Emperor via Twitter keeps teasing his millions of orphaned fans with ambiguous tweets that leaves…