2007

2008 World Superbike technical rules and regulations announced

16 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Technical regulations for the 2008 World Superbike Championship have finally been anounced allowing 1200cc twins to compete in next year championship. As predicted in MCN three weeks ago the new rules...

Troy Bayliss leads Misano World Superbike final qualifying

16 June 2007 by MCN Sports Desk

Troy Bayliss posted the fastest time in the final qualifying session of the Misano round of World Superbikes, posting a time of 1:35.395 on the factory Xerox Ducati. He demoted Tory Corser, with whom...

HM Plant Honda duo Kiyonari and Rae top Mondello Park times

16 June 2007 by MCN Sports Desk

The HM Plant Honda team of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Jonathan Rae posted the fastest two times in the third practice session for the Mondello Park round of British Superbikes. The Honda duo took advantage...

Casey Stoner out in Montmelo?

16 June 2007 by Dave Hutchinson

I took this photo of my wife Nicola with ‘Casey’ in Montmelo, Barcelona, after his stunning victory over Rossi. (We were told after the photo that this was actually Casey’s brother). But thanks anyway...

Ryuichi Kiyonari the man to beat in British Superbikes at Mondello Park

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Ryuichi Kiyonari set the pace on his HM Plant Honda in a miserable wet practice day at Mondello Park in readiness for Sunday’s sixth British Superbike round of the season. Defending British...

Valentino Rossi: MotoGP qualifying tyre ban impossible to police

15 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

A ban on qualifying tyres in MotoGP would be impossible to police, according to MotoGP world title rivals Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi. Prohibiting soft qualifying tyres has been discussed in...

Billy McConnell goes fastest in British Supersport at Mondello

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Yamaha’s Billy McConnell knocked four seconds off his time from this morning to go fastest in the second free practice for British Supersport at Mondello Park. Billy McConnell recorded a 1:53.727...

Troy Bayliss switches places with Troy Corser on the World Superbike timesheets in Misano

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Australia’s Troy Bayliss was fastest in this afternoon’s first qualifying session for the World Superbikes at Misano in Italy. The Ducati rider recorded a best time of 1:36.479 and knocked 0.4secs...

MotoGP's Casey Stoner: 'Phillip Island test convinced me I could win'

15 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world championship leader Casey Stoner reckons a successful test session at his home track in February started to convince him he could win on Ducati’s new GP7. A three-day session on home soil...

Craig Jones second in World Supersport qualifying one in Misano

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

Craig Jones clicked instantly with the revised Misano circuit to finish the opening World Supersport qualifying session and just missed out on provisional pole by 0.001sec. Jones riding the...

Ryuichi Kiyonari fastest in British Superbike free practice at Mondello Park

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Honda’s Ryuichi Kiyonari was the fastest man in the British Superbikes Friday free practice at Mondello Park. The Japanese rider, who is currently leading the British Superbike championship, recorded...

Guy Sanders fastest for British Supersport practice at Mondello Park

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Kawasaki’s Guy Sanders was the fastest man at Mondello Park this morning in the first of the British Supersport practices. Guy Sanders, who is currently 10th in the British Supersport championship,...

Troy Corser sets the pace for World Superbikes in Misano

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

World Superbike’s Australian pair Troy Corser and Troy Bayliss put their knowledge of the revised Italian circuit of Misano to good use by finishing the opening free practice session in first and...

Gloomy Mondello Park for start of British Superbike round

15 June 2007 by Gary Pinchin

We’re half an hour away from starting of practice for the Mondello Park British Superbike round in Ireland and there’s a distinct feeling of déjà vu as far as the weather goes. Last year’s British...

Anthony West heads Supersport practice in Misano

15 June 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Australian Anthony West was the fastest Supersport rider in the first free practice session in Misano this morning (Friday). The Yamaha rider, who has been deputising for the injured Kevin Curtain and...

KRC Motorcycle Endurance Championship 2007 - Round One

15 June 2007 by Alfonso Lygo

KRC Motorcycle Endurance Championship 2007 – Round One @ Mallory Park 20 May 2007 With a small but quality field the first round of the KRC Endurance Championship got off to a fast and furious start...

Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club National + Junior TAG Endurance Motorcycle Championship Round 2

15 June 2007 by Alfonso Lygo

Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club National + Junior TAG Endurance Motorcycle Championship – Round 2 – Knockhill, Scotland 28th April 2007 HOTTRAX National Endurance Championship – 6 hours Series leaders...

Hottrax Motorsport Racing Club National + Junior TAG Endurance Motorcycle Championship

15 June 2007 by Alfonso Lygo

Following the establishment of the Hottrax Motorcycle Racing Club over the 2006/7 winter, much hard work by Dave Mabbut and the HMRC team came to successful fruition on the Easter weekend over the...

Misano resurfaced with hours to spare ahead of world Superbikes

15 June 2007 by Michael Guy

The Misano circuit had over 500 metres of tarmac replaced less than 48 hours before the World Superbike’s top men got out on track due to an excessive amount of bumps around the revised circuit. ...

JT and friends

14 June 2007 by spud1098

Two of my friends, Becky and her step-mum Nicky, finally meet James Toseland, after watching at Silverstone, and then playing with his band Crash.

IoM TT pictures

14 June 2007 by Nigel Megson

Pictures from the TT 2007.

MotoGP stars Rossi and Capirossi to make Misano plea

14 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi and Loris Capirossi will record a special video message which will be played on big screens to fans at the Misano MotoGP race in September, 2007. The Italian duo will make the video...

Video: Corser in flying stunt display

14 June 2007 by Angus Farquhar

The World Superbike paddock was treated to some amazing flying from the Blades stunt plane team and we’ve got some great video of Troy Corser, Steve Parrish and our own Michael Guy and they were thown around over Silverstone by the acrobatic pilots before the World Superbike race.

Hopkins: Bridgestone working hard on qualifying tyres

14 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins believes Bridgestone is making big strides with its soft qualifying tyres. The factory Suzuki rider tested five new qualifying tyres in a one-day test session at the Catalunya...

Stuart Easton to ride for MSS Kawasaki at Mondello

14 June 2007 by Dave Rawlings

Stuart Easton will be riding Michael Rutter’s MSS Kawasaki in the British Superbike Championship at Mondello Park in Ireland this weekend (June 15-17, 2007). Rutter, who broke a scapohoid bone in his...

Ducati target 2010 deal for MotoGP star Casey Stoner

14 June 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world championship leader and current Ducati rider Casey Stoner is poised to begin talks with Ducati bosses about a long-term contract which will keep him with the Bologna factory until the end...

Catalunya GP

13 June 2007 by Darren Goodwin

Darren Goodwin at Catalunya. What better way to spend a Friday?! MCN, sunshine and MotoGP all day.

Crackin’ Catalunya

13 June 2007 by Ann-Marie Tattersall

This year was our second trip to the Catalunya GP – could it better than last year? Course it could! The Spanish really know how to put an event together and it felt right to congratulate them through MCN. From the ease of booking the tickets online to the military precision of crowd control when leaving the venue on race day the organisers had everything planned to perfection. The stands offer...