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Max Biaggi to miss Imola Superbike round

20 March, 2020

Max Biaggi will not be racing in this weekend’s World Superbike round. The Aprilia Alitalia rider who won his his World Superbike title at Imola last year, will be forced to skip the Italian round as hasn’t recovered from his…

Scot Racing Moto2 Bike on Display at Valencia

20 March, 2020

Several Moto2 prototype bikes that will be running in next year’s new series are on display at Valencia this weekend and one of them is from Scot Racing Team. Called GP209, the team designed their own Moto2 bike. It has…

Kawasaki – Back in MotoGP

20 March, 2020

Marco Melandri will race in the 2009 MotoGP world championship as part of a one-man Kawasaki team.Kawasaki confirmed its plans to quit MotoGP in January because of the global economic crisis, but after negotiations involving Kawasaki and Dorna, an agreement…

CRT teams to test at Aragon

20 March, 2020

Ahead of the final official pre-season IRTA test at Jerez later this month, several CRT teams will be testing at the Aragon circuit tomorrow and Friday, however there will be a couple of defections.Sitting out this private test will be…

Dani Pedrosa to ride in Qatar GP

20 March, 2020

After speculation whether Dani Pedrosa would be able to participate in the first GP of the season after his surgery at the begining of March, Pedrosa has now personally confirmed on his blog on the official Repsol website, that he…

It's official: Audi TT TDI Quattro

20 March, 2020

Rumours about a diesel TT from Audi have been doing the rounds for a while, but now it’s official: the 2008 Geneva Auto Show will see the debut of the Audi TT TDI Quattro.The small coupe from Ingolstadt will get…

Triumph "Speed Web" custom built Speed Triple

20 March, 2020

This lovely special edition Triumph Speed Triple has been custom built by some of the guys on the “Triumph che passione” Italian forum. They’ve named it “Speed Web” and it has been entirely constructed from parts and accessories purchased via…

WSBK Monza Superpole quotes

20 March, 2020

Saturday at Monza the talk was all about Max Biaggi and his Aprilia RSV4. The 334.8 km/h record breaking highest top speed during free practice 2, the record breaking lap of 1’41.745 during Superpole, and it seems that everything is…

WSBK Test Imola: Leon Haslam Fastest on Day 1

20 March, 2020

The first day of World Superbike testing at Imola took off with a bang when Leon Haslam posted a hot lap of 1′47.966 on the Santerno of Imola circuit, using the new Pirelli tires that the Italian manufacturer brought in…

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…

Videos: Ducati endurance in Spain

20 March, 2020

“Ducati and Italy”? No, this time it’s “Ducati and Spain”.The Spanish ducatisti are riding on the Albacete racetrack, enjoying the “3 Horas Desmo-Resistencia Nocturna”. Organised by the guys from radicalducati.

Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz talk about Kawasaki Sepang test

20 March, 2020

The four day Kawasaki Cup ehm .. test at Sepang has come to an end and the 2011 Ninja has apparently made big strides forward for the 2o11 season. The Kawasaki team worked on suspensions, geometry settings, and tried out…

Official images and videos of the Ducati GP12

20 March, 2020

Here are the official pics and videos following today’s unveiling of the Ducati GP12 which has much more white than before and the Tricolore is evidenced and the livery design is identical to that of Ducati 1199 Panigale Tricolore only…

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…

Scoota, The Electric Scooter

20 March, 2020

Designed by Stuart Emmerson, this is the latest concept of a light weight, urban and compact electric scooter, aptly named Scoota.Scoota can be opened or closed in five easy steps and it’s easy handling and ultra compact size makes it…

WSBK Brno: Max Biaggi Runs Away with Race 2 – Ducati's to Shed Another 3 kilos

20 March, 2020

Max Biaggi decided to dominate and win Race 2 at Brno to celebrate the announcement that his girlfriend Eleonora is expecting their second child. The Roman Emperor with this race, took his 9th victory of the season and a massive…

Jorge Lorenzo wins car endurance race (w/video)

20 March, 2020

While Valentino Rossi was fooling around with his girlfriend Marwa and friends at the Aquafan park in Riccione, and Nicky Hayden was at Monza for the Formula 1 race, reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo with his free time and…

Video: Julian Simon – our Le Mans Moto2 hero

20 March, 2020

Thomas Luthi may have took a splendid victory in yesterday’s wet Moto2 race at Le Mans, but our personal hero (kudos to everyone who managed to stay upright) has to be Julian Simon.The Blusens Avintia rider was 9th on the…

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…

Marco Melandri confirmed to WSBK with Yamaha Sterilgarda

20 March, 2020

As we reported yesterday, Marco Melandri has joined the World Superbike championship and will be riding for the Yamaha Sterilgarda team next season. The announcement came after Team Honda Gresini’s press release announcing that Melandri and the team were parting…

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…

Video: Casey Stoner takes TeamVodafone V8 Supercar for a spin

20 March, 2020

While several of his European MotoGP collegues were having some off season fun in motocross charity races and taking part in rallies, reigning World Champion Casey Stoner got his wish granted to drive a V8 Supercar after attending the Sydney…

WSBK Valencia: Carlos Checa leads in FP1

20 March, 2020

Carlos Checa got off to an excellent start in the first session of free practice at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. The Spanish rider on his AltheaDucati hit the top of timesheets with a best lap of 1′35.154 and…

Honda redubbs Moto3 racer NSF250R

20 March, 2020

Honda has finally released the first real clear photo of its already hyped 250cc four-strokeMoto3 racer, which has been given a new name, NSF250R.Previously called the NRS250 (NRS for “Next Racing Standard”) the Honda NSF250R inherits elements from the Honda…