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Supercross: James Stewart onboard footage from Phoenix (video)

14 April, 2020
Here is some pretty interesting footage shot by his majesty James “Bubba” Stewart himself during the second round of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross series in Phoenix, Arizona, which took place last weekend. The whole video was shot with a…

Sete Gibernau injured and out of Le Mans GP

14 April, 2020
With less that 20 minutes to go in this morning’s MotoGP free practice at Le Mans, Sete Gibernau of Team Grupo Francisco Hernando highsided and unfortunately fractured his left collarbone in two places.Gibernau who returned to racing after two years…

2013 WSS, Imola: Sam Lowes gets his 6th pole of the season

14 April, 2020
Lapping the Imola circuit in 1′50.404, Englishman Sam Lowes (Yakhnich Motosport Yamaha), current leader of the World Supersport Championship, earned himself today his sixth pole start of the season, the eleventh of his career in this class. The Lincoln-born rider…

MotoGP Brno – Jorge Lorenzo leads FP1

14 April, 2020
It was Jorge Lorenzo who dominated the first MotoGP practice session in Brno this afternoon. Lorenzo stopped the clock at 1.56.595 and shattered the exsisting lap record while team mate and championship points leader Valentino Rossi was second at 1.56.994.…

John McGuinness wins 2009 TT

14 April, 2020
John McGuinness won a record breaking 2009 Dainese Superbike TT yesterday and celebrated his 15th career TT win on the Isle of Man.McGuiness did three laps of the six, averaging more than 130mph, setting a new lap record of 130.442mph…

MotoGP Estoril – Jorge Lorenzo Rockets to Pole Position

14 April, 2020
It was Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo wearing a NASA themed helmet who rocketed to his 5th pole position of the season in today’s qualifying practice at Estoril. Lorenzo hit the top of the charts with a 1’36.214, while team mate…

Maverick Vinales dominates Moto3 race at Catalunya

14 April, 2020
After dicing for the lead of today’s Moto3 race at Catalunya for a few laps with Louis Rossi and Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Maverick Vinales decided that he had enough of overtakes and broke away on the tenth lap thanks to a…

MotoGP Sachsenring – Stoner tops in wet/dry FP1

14 April, 2020
The first free practice at Sachsenring started on a wet track, where Nicky Hayden and Marco Melandri were the fastest and when the track started drying out and riders began putting on slicks and laps times began to tumble.It was…

MotoGP Brno – Valentino Rossi wins, Lorenzo crashes

14 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi put his mark on the 2009 World Championship, took his 102th win and a 50th point lead at Brno on his direct and closest rival and teammate Jorge Lorenzo.Rossi led the race almost unchallenged from the begining until…

Martinez wants a Yamaha for Bautista

14 April, 2020
Jorge “Aspar” Martinez is going to try again to break into the MotoGP top class in 2010 and this time with rider 250cc rider Alvaro Bautista.Martinez has previously tried with Suzuki and Kawasaki. The deal with Kawasaki fell through when…

MotoGP, Sepang: the paddock girls

14 April, 2020
The latest MotoGP round in Sepnag has left a sort of bitter taste in the mouth: with Dani Pedrosa sailing away alone towards his third win in arow, it looked like Jorge Lorenzo was going to pay for his bad…

WSBK, Moscow: here are the paddock girls

14 April, 2020
As if you did not get enough lovely smiles from the paddock girls photo gallery we published just a a couple of hours ago, here is a nice collection of pics starring some of the most attractive ladies seen hanging…

Marc Marquez to debut with Monlau team

13 April, 2020
This year’s 125cc World champion Marc Marquez will be making the jump to the Moto2 series and will get his first test with the Monlau Competicion team tomorrow at Jerez.The 17-year-old has decided to stay with his mentor Emilio Alzamora…

MotoGP Donington -Dani Pedrosa leads the way in FP1

13 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa set the fastest lap time in the dying seconds of the session to clock a best time of 1.38.627 in Friday’s practice at Donington Park. A heavy rain shower during the 125cc session left the track wet for…

Bridgestone Tires in MotoGP (w/videos)

13 April, 2020
Check out these two videos from Bridgestone, the Japanese tire manufacturer who is the sole supplier to MotoGP. The first is more or less an explanation for newbies who watch MotoGP racing, describing the the number and type of tires…

47 Teams and 91 Entries for Moto2

13 April, 2020
When FIM, Dorna and IRTA announced that they were changing the 250cc class to 600cc Moto 2, most fans turned up their noses and declared that it was the end of an excellent championship and that it would be an…

Haga Crash Video and Injury Update

13 April, 2020
Xerox Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi has confirmed this morning from that Noriyuki Haga will not need to undergo surgery on his vertebrae.The fractures that they saw on the first scan were from a previous injury on his T8 and…

As if We didn't Know It: Ben Spies to MotoGP in 2010

13 April, 2020
The Spies story if finally over. After a couple of weeks of speculation regarding in which Championship series Ben Spies would be really racing for in 2010. Yamaha has officially announced today that Ben Spies will be moving to MotoGP…

Ben Spies to Wildcard at Valencia GP?

13 April, 2020
Yamaha announced today that Ben Spies will be contesting in MotoGP next year. During tonight’s television show Griglia di Partenza, speaking to Ducati’s team manager Livio Suppo and Filippo Preziosi from Estoril, Suppo let out a Yamaha secret regarding Spies,…

Moto2 Qatar: Toni Elias Takes first ever Moto2 Pole

13 April, 2020
Arriving in Qatar on crutches after undergoing surgery on his ankle and hand just three weeks ago, powerhouse Toni Elias took the pole position for the first ever Moto2 race at the Losail International Circuit last night.The Spaniard put in…

Video: Ducati Diavel drag race at the 2012 WDW

13 April, 2020
The Ducati Diavel isn’t a very popular bike here in Italy, it was designed more with the bigger American market in mind, but maybe watching this video footage by Motociclismo.it of the Diavel Drag Race during the 2012 World Ducati…

Repsol presents Moto3 GP and CEV teams

13 April, 2020
Repsol presented their MotoGP and Moto2 backed teams in Madrid on March 3rd at the Palacio de Deportes, and today it was the turn of their 2012 Moto3 GP and CEV squads at El Matadero de Madrid, the Spanish capital’s…

Official 2011 Entry lists for MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc

13 April, 2020
The FIM and the MotoGP official website have revealed the 2011 entry list for all three classes. MotoGP will see a penurious 17 riders on the grid, and we keep asking ourselves whatever happened to the minimum 18 rider grid…