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MotoGP Donington Qualifying – Valentino Rossi takes Pole

7 April, 2020

Valentino Rossi took his fourth pole postion in today’s last ever MotoGP qualifying session at Donington Park setting a best lap of 1.28.116 set in the final three minutes and couldn’t be bettered by Dani Pedrosa who took second, just…

Leon Haslam, Van der Mark and Takahashi win the 2013 Sukuza 8 hours

7 April, 2020

Endurance races are already grueling per se, but add the heat and humidity in Japan at the end of July, and you’ve got the most iconic race of the world, the Suzuka 8 Hours. This year’s 36th edition of the…

Moto2: Rabat takes Indianapolis win as Redding extends lead

7 April, 2020

Spaniard Esteve Rabat (Kalex Tuenti HP 40) has won the Moto2 race in Indinapolis to clinch is second victory of the season after the one he earned in Jerez earlier this year. Rabat was the first to cross the famous…

Jorge Lorenzo vs Juan Olive: the power of YouTube (w/video)

7 April, 2020

Jorge Lorenzo changed his aggressive riding tatics when he was disqualifed from the Malaysian GP in 2005 after what he did to Alex De Angelis during the 250cc GP round at Motegi.The injuries he sustained in his rookie year in…

Scott Nicholls vs Emil Sayfutdinov in Speedway Spat

7 April, 2020

Take a look at Scott Nicholls and Russian teenager Emil Sayfutdinov brawling at the British Speedway Grand Prix at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.Sayfutdinov was not happy when Nicholls ran him wide for third place in heat five and began pushing at…

Jules Cluzel confirmed with PTR Honda

7 April, 2020

The rumors launched by our French colleagues last week regarding Jules Cluzel having found a Supersport ride with PTR Honda have now been confirmed.Cluzel, after being dumped by WTR Tent 10 Racing Team when they merged with Bike Service Team,…

Jonathan Rea to Race in both the Suzuka 8 Hours and the 300km Suzuka

7 April, 2020

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team has announced that Jonathan Rea will be competing in the iconic 2010 Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race in Japan on July 25th and before that will also contest the 300km Suzuka race on June 13th.Rea’s…

WSBK: the paddock girls from the Monza round

7 April, 2020

Thanks to our mates from twin-site motoblog.it, here is a little photo gallery dedicated to some of the most fascinating ladies who were spotted here and there in the paddock of the latest World Superbike round, the Italian GP, which…

KTM and Kalex partner in Moto3 in 2012

7 April, 2020

KTM has confirmed that it is returning to GP racing in the new Moto3 class with its own motorycle racer (which saw the first prototype testing at Cartagena at the beginning of January) and team in 2012, and will also…

Magnificent Marc Marquez wins red flagged 125cc race

7 April, 2020

If anyone doubts that Marc Marquez doesn’t deserve to win this year’s 125cc championship title, should have seen the Spaniard in today’s red flagged race at Estoril.While Moto2 and MotoGP were lucky enough to escape the torrential rain that has…

Jake Zemke to replace injured John Hopkins at Monza

7 April, 2020

Stiggy Racing Honda has confirmed that Jake Zemke will replace injured John Hopkins for the Monza round of the WSBK Championship. Zemke at the present rides for the Erion Honda in 2009 Pro Daytona SportBike class.Jake Zemke:” I am extremely…

CEV Moto3 race continues with ambulance on track

7 April, 2020

Sometimes you’re left wondering how a Race Direction comes up with certain decisions in regards to rider safety, as in the case of last Sunday’s third round of CEV Moto3 championship at the Motorland Aragon circuit, in Spain, following a…

Jonas Folger to ride for Ioda Racing in Moto3

7 April, 2020

Jonas Folger was to ride for MZ Racing this season, but since the German ended up with budget troubles due to the bankruptcy of a parts suppliers and he was relegated to the role of test and substitute rider.Over the…

Video: 2011 Daytona 200 – last lap thriller

6 April, 2020

This year’s Daytona 200 was won by Jason DiSalvo and Team Latus Motors Racing with the new Ducati 848 EVO, however the exciting (just check out the video) and shortened race was fraught with such overwhelming controversy and criticism, that…

1982 Suzuki 500 XR400 Championship Bike to be Auctioned

6 April, 2020

Former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion Franco Uncini will join Coys auction house in Monaco on May 18th when his Suzuki 500 XR40, on which he won the 1982 World Championship goes up for auction:This lucky number 13…

Casey Stoner Rumors Confirmed

6 April, 2020

The rumors regarding Casey Stoner pulling out of Brno has been confirmed by Italian website Corriere dello Sport that has Ducati’s team manager Livio Suppo stating that “Stoner was very sorry and that this decision was very painful, but necessary…

QMFF's All female endurance team (w/video)

6 April, 2020

When we announced that Elena Rosell would be riding the 2012 Moto2 championship with QMFF, we also mentioned that the Qatari Motorcycle Federation has promoted an all female team during the 2011 Losail round of the QTEL FIM Endurance championship,…

WSBK Qatar Superpole Highlights

6 April, 2020

If you missed yesterday’s WSBK Superpole session, you can check out the best laps on this video.

WSBK Silverstone: Cal Crutchlow Takes First Win of the Season

6 April, 2020

Sterilgarda Yamaha’s Cal Crutchlow took his first win of the season in Race 1 at Silverstone. Crutchlow battled it out in a entertaining one on one duel with Jonathan Rea, but Crutchlow at the beginning of the twelfth lap of…

Sete Gibernau's Team pulls out of MotoGP

6 April, 2020

With an official press release MotoGP team, Grupo Francisco Hernando have announced that they are pulling out of MotoGP without finishing the 2009 season due to economic problems, prefering to concentrate their finances on their core business, development and real…