Personalities

Randy de Puniet to undergo surgery before Estoril

9 April, 2020

With almost a month off between the Spanish GP and the upcoming Estoril round, several MotoGP riders have gone into the health maintence mode.Dani Pedrosa is recovering from his shoulder operation, Cal Crutchlow from arm pump surgery, Loris Capirossi is…

FIM awards Jorge Lorenzo Personality of the Year

9 April, 2020

More than five hundred guests packed into the prestigious ‘Salle des Etoiles’ room of the Sporting Monte-Carlo to enjoy a very special evening that rewarded the exploits of the World’s best motorcycle riders. Broadcast live on TV in several different…

SBK boss Alonso responds to criticism on Moscow round

9 April, 2020

Dorna’s World Superbike boss Javier Alonso wasn’t quite happy with the harsh comments made by Marco Melandri following the difficult Superbike round in Moscow, especially after the tragic death of Andrea Antonelli.In a previous interview, Alonso was reported as having…

Design Andrea Iannone's AGV helmet for the Indianapolis GP

9 April, 2020

Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will be debuting a special helmet design for the Indianapolis GP (August 16-18) and fans of the Italian MotoGP rider can partecipate in a design contest that AGV has prepared so you can design his helmetThe contest…

Chaz Davies World Superbikes 2012 Rookie of the Year

9 April, 2020

Chaz Davies debuted in World Superbikes in 2012 and with his 164,5 points and 9th place in the overall standings is this year’s WSBK Rookie of the Year.The ParkinGO rider made an almost seamless transition into the Superbike class after…

No handbags, Casey Stoner clarifies Rossi Estoril test incident

9 April, 2020

The Italian media was just waiting for today’s press conference at Le Mans to hear from Casey Stoner his side of the story of what exactly happened between him and Valentino Rossi during the Estoril MotoGP test, when Rossi reported…

Video: Jay Leno custom V-Max

9 April, 2020

Jay Leno’s customised Yamaha V-Max sold at auction for 75,000 pounds, with proceeds going to charity. Above is the video of the bike, which was custom designed by Jeff Palhegyi in just two weeks. The V-Max is equipped with a…

Bar Refaeli, Sexy biker for GQ Germany (w/video)

9 April, 2020

Bar Refaeli looks like she’s gunning for Marisa Miller’s supermodel place as a sexy biker chick.The hot Israeli model is featured on the cover of the June issue of GQ Germany and there’s also a backstage video of the sexy…

John Hopkins undergoes more surgery

9 April, 2020

John Hopkins hand injury that he sustained during the Brno GP is still giving him some big problems. The American rider tweeted that he had to undergo emergency surgery yesterday on his finger after a severe infection set in causing…

Toni Elias and Nicol Terol in Mapfre commercial

8 April, 2020

Mapfre is the leading insurance company in Spain and they are the title sponsor’s of Aspar’s Moto2 racing team that fields the last 125cc World Champion Nico Terol and 2010 Moto2 World Champion Toni Elias.You can check out the company’s…

Giacomo Agostini tips Lorenzo to win 2013 title

8 April, 2020

When you’re a 15 time World Champion like Giacomo Agostini, people ask your opinion on the current racers and the racing legend was recently interviewd by the Gazzetta dello Sport to find out his take on what will happen between…

Loris Baz video: 'Going for glory'

8 April, 2020

Loris Baz is in his second season riding for Kawasaki in World Superbikes and is currently 6th in the standings.The 20-year French rider is heading to the iconic Silverstone circuit (August 4th) to try to repeat his first ever victory…

Mike Hailwood helmet auction at MotoGP Silverstone

8 April, 2020

Next month’s Silverstone MotoGP round on June 11 will see the auction of a rare historic race helmet. The helmet from Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is part of an auction of prestigious motorcycle memorabilia, of which this Hailwood helmet is…

Tom Sykes Lascorz tribute helmet to be auctioned

8 April, 2020

Tom Sykes was wearing this special Lascorz tribute helmet (based on the Lascorz support sticker) during the last Superbike round at Magny-Cours to honour of his former team-mate Joan Lascorz.Sykes won the final race of 2012 season and just missed…

MotoGP – Jorge Lorenzo confirms he'll be in Qatar

8 April, 2020

Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed via his Twitter and Facebook pages that he’s been given the green light by his doctor to take part in this week’s final pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar.The Spaniard has been doubtful that he would be…

WSBK, Brno: massive photo gallery from the pits

8 April, 2020

We close the chapter dedicated to the Czech GP with our usual photo gallery picturing the best moments of the weekend away from the track. The latest round of the World Superbike Championship saw Marco Melandri taking two wins to…

Jorge Lorenzo at the Vairano Circuit with the Yamaha R1

8 April, 2020

MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo was on hand yesterday at the Vairano di Vidigulfo circuit in Italy, where Nolan was presenting their new 2010 Nolan X-Lite range to the press.Lorenzo took to the track with the Yamaha YZF-R1, but with the…

Hector Barbera arrested for DUI

8 April, 2020

Pramac Ducati’s new rider Hector Barbera was reportedly arrested early Saturday morning for driving under the influence of alcohol. Barbera, according to the Spanish press was stopped by the Valencia police while driving a friend’s Opel Astra at high speed…