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Valentino Rossi at Maranello

16 March, 2020

They say nothing can stop Valentino Rossi when he sets his mind to something and despite having spent Thursday in a Pesaro ER for an inflamed appendix, on Friday the Italian champion was back on track at Ferrari’s private Fiorano…

Paddock and Grid Frauleins from Nurburgring

16 March, 2020

To close the World Superbike weekend at Nurburgring we have a very nice gallery of pics of the paddock and grid girls for you to enjoy on this Thursday morning.Some photos courtesy of Delfo.

Actress Hilary Swank on her love affair with Italy

16 March, 2020

In a long interview granted to Italian magazine Grazia, American actress Hilary Swank talked at length about her love for Italy and its language. The first time she visited the country , she was 16 and fell immediately in love…

Christmas markets in Modena for Christmas in Italy

16 March, 2020

For the month of December in Modena in Italy, you can find Christmas markets to suit all tastes. For example this year, a feature is the stalls dedicated to typical German products in Italy that will run until December 14.In…

BMW Motorrad's biggest showroom in the world opens in Rome

16 March, 2020

The largest BMW Motorrad dealership in the world has just opened in Rome. With 3,700 square meters of show floor (800 of which will be dedicated to subsidiary Husqvarna), the new showroom is bound to become the biggest reference point…

Ferrari theme park and logo from Abu Dhabi

16 March, 2020

This is the official logo of the Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi, which was presented by Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa at the Sakhir circuit.The theme park is being constructed on the isle of Yas, and while it was…

MotoGP Mugello rider quotes from the rest of the best

16 March, 2020

Here’s what the rest of the field had to say after the Mugello race, where we expected Marco Simoncelli to be higher up on the finishing grid, Valentino Rossi lower down after qualifying 12th and Dani Pedrosa shouldn’t say he’s…

Citroen DS3 2010 debut and pricing

16 March, 2020

The new Citroen DS3 pricing has been released for the French market, with the car debuting in January next year at 15,400 euros. The DS3 is appearing a few months after the C3, and will have five engine options available:…

Hyundai i40 wagon: road test results, technical specifications and picture gallery

16 March, 2020

After celebrating the sale of more than 5m vehicles since 1997, and after the remarkable success of ix35 and i20, Hyundai is now seriously challenging competitors with the new i40 Wagon, a vehicle boasting an innovative style, a good engine,…

Italian post office robbed with a coconut

16 March, 2020

There are plenty of theatre gags around in which a thief holds up a bank, not with a revolver but a banana, or slapstick jokes of a similar theme. This time in Italy though, we’re not in a theatre but…

Eskil Suter: Colin Edwards isn't a tornado, he's a gentle breeze

16 March, 2020

Colin Edwards statement at at the pre-event press conference at Laguna Seca last August caused a lot of laughter and flurry when he described his woes with the BMW-Suter with his usual candor: “My bike is a piece of shit,…

Picture of the Day – Unforgettable

16 March, 2020

You’ve got to have a certain attitude to ride around decked out this way.

Kia K9

16 March, 2020

The brand new flagship K9 is the last Kia saloon car to be added to the K family. The letter K, shared by the words Kia and Korea, identifies the concepts of Kratos (power, dominion and kingdom) and Kinetic (dynamism,…

Sheridan Morais to replace Makoto Tamada

16 March, 2020

Kawasaki’s World Superbike Team team has announced that Sheridan Morais will replace injured Makoto Tamada during the World Superbike Championship at Kyalami.The team had originally announced Broc Parkes would be the sole rider, but have engaged Morais who won the…

Ducati MotoGP Team testing again with Sete!

16 March, 2020

Another test for the Ducati MotoGP Team, with Sete Gibernau, Vittoriano Guareschi and Niccola Canepa finishing their latest test session on the Italian Mugello. The Spanish Sete Gibernau was for the third time testing with the Ducati Desmosedici at this…

Vintage Vespa with sidecar Volkswagen badge

16 March, 2020

If you love vintage objects and you want the real deal, you have to do things the right way. There are no short cuts to real vintage style. The 60’s era gave the world plenty of two wheel and four…

Last winter snow in Italy: sleddog in Valtellina

16 March, 2020

While not normally an Italian tradition, winter sports and skiing in Italy are joined by the possibility of a sled dog ride in the Valdidentro, in the Valtellina region of northern Lombardy. The Valdidentro is in the province of Sondrio…

MotoGP 2013, Silverstone: here come the paddock girls

16 March, 2020

The MotoGP race that took place in Silverstone last Sunday was arguably the most intense round of the season so far, with Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha Factory Racing) returning to winning ways after a spectacular fight with championship leader Marc Marquez…

Marc VDS Moto2 and Moto3 2013 team presentation

16 March, 2020

The Marc VDS team officially unveiled its Moto2 and Moto3 bikes during an official launch at the team’s headquarters in Gosselies, Belgium and presented this season’s 2013 championship contenders, Scott Redding and Mika Kallio in Moto2 and Moto3 rookie Livio…