2007

Schwantz and Rossi hail 'rain wizard' Vermeulen

23 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki legend Kevin Schwantz hailed Chris Vermeulen’s stunning rain-lashed Le Mans victory as ‘amazing.’ American Schwantz, who won the world 500 title for Suzuki in 1993, was raving as Vermeulen gave...

Leon my hero

23 May 2007 by Dave

Sent by Scotch Dave from Scunthorpe. This is me and Leon at Cadwell in August 2006. A mint picture of my hero.

North West 200 - Must concentrate harder

23 May 2007 by Steve Ebbrell

I have a couple of shots of the NW200 superbike race startline incident. One is Anstey daydreaming as his fellow frontline riders spot his boiling radiator. The second is an action shot of the...

BSB blog: new rules under discussion

23 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

So the BSB organisers have upstaged WSB promoters FG Sport yet again after confirming their 2008 British superbike regulations in May to give everyone involved in the British series plenty of time to...

Tech 3 close to new Yamaha deal

23 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha is close confirming the French-based Tech 3 squad will continue to operate its two-rider satellite team in 2008. MCN understands lengthy negotiations between Yamaha management and Tech 3 bosses...

Thomas parks Ducati

23 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Dean Thomas will race the Samsung Ducati in Superstock as well as his BSB Samsung Suzuki in the future after Jon Kirkham quit the team to race a Yamaha. Thomas said: “Kirkham quit the team because he...

BSB riders - best for fans

22 May 2007 by Dean Gray

The riders in BSB are the best in the world – they have plenty of time for the fans to have pictures taken and just a chat. Chris Walker, Leon Haslam and Gregorio Lavilla all had time to have photos...

Burgess praises Kawasaki 800

22 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Kawasaki is a top rider away from mounting a consistent podium threat in the MotoGP world championship. That’s the view of Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess, who has been impressed by the...

Elias and Stoner clear the air

22 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Toni Elias has held clear the air talks with Casey Stoner after the pair got involved in an on-track skirmish for the third race in a row. Having incurred the wrath of Stoner, Valentino Rossi, Alex...

England win short track team race

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

England came out on top in the first-ever Short Track of Nations – a team race of America dirt track-style racing on the Peterborough speedway track at the East of England Showground. Short track UK...

Impressive KTM Super Dukes

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

The KTM 990 Super Duke Battle made a big impression on BSB fans at Snetterton with some bar-to-bar racing deciding Sunday’s thriller. Darren Fry came out on top of a thrilling nine-bike,...

Virgin and Haydon part company

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Virgin Yamaha have announced they have parted company with James Haydon. Haydon was alleged to have injured his shoulder, which is why he missed the past two BSB rounds. But he had struggled to adapt...

Hayden admits title dreams slipping away

22 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Nicky Hayden has conceded his hopes of retaining the MotoGP crown are slipping away just five races into the 2007 season. Hayden’s tough title defence continued in Le Mans on...

Lowry rides to victory at Snetterton

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Ian Lowry won his first British Supersport race at Snetterton, making the most of his Relentless Suzuki horsepower, to fend off a determined challenged from Dennis Hobbs on the Padgett Honda. Lowry,...

No wildcards for Silverstone

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Even if WSB don’t follow BSB’s rules package for 2008, it seems unlikley to make any different regarding potential wild card entries in World rounds. For the first time ever, there will be no British...

Schwantz: Rossi still title favourite

22 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki legend Kevin Schwantz reckons Valentino Rossi is still hot favourite to reclaim the MotoGP world title despite Casey Stoner’s impressive start to the new campaign. Stoner’s third place in a...

Laverty secures first 1098 superstock podium

22 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

John Laverty put the Buildbase Ducati 1098 on the podium for the first time this year in the Superstock race when he finished a fighting third at Snetterton last weekend. Racing the all-new 1098s at...

NW200 awesome day out

22 May 2007 by skanner30

Here’s a few pics I took at the NW200 recently at the Port Triangle section. Bruce Almighty rules!

Monza Superstock crash aftermath

21 May 2007 by pitcrewman

Managed to get a picture of the damaged bike from the big Superstock crash at Monza SBK. See “related news” below for previous pics of the crash from anonymous sender. I wouldn’t want the bill for...

Smoking in public!

21 May 2007 by MARK GILLINGS

Will Jonathan Howorth – seen here celebrating at Snetterton at the weekend – still be allowed to do this after the smoking ban in public comes into force in July?

Rutter's Snetterton crash

21 May 2007 by shaun gee

Wanted to share my pics of Michael Rutter’s crash at Snetterton at the weekend. Ouch!

Yanagawa wins Tsukuba

21 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Team Green Kawasaki rider Akira Yanagawa won the third round of the All Japan Superbike series at Tsukuba at the weekend but Honda’s Tatsuya Yamaguchi continues to the lead the series after finishing...

Mladin double at Infineon

21 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin picked up his 55th and 56th career AMA Superbike victories as he dominated the double-header AMA Superbike weekend at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Mladin was...

Sad death of Jack Findley

21 May 2007 by Anonymous

Saddened to hear the news that former 750 champion Jack Findley has died. The news was mentioned yesterday on BBC2 by Steve Parrish and Keith Huewen during the showing of the NW200. Please forward our sympathies to all his family and friends from the bike racing world.