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Stoner favourite for Shanghai glory

05 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has backed Casey Stoner as favourite for tomorrow’s China GP in Shanghai despite his brilliant pole position in final qualifying this afternoon. Rossi, who said his 1.58.424 lap was...

Rossi storms to Shanghai pole

05 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi will start tomorrow’s China GP from pole position after an awesome qualifying display this afternoon saw him smash the Shanghai pole record. The Italian clocked the only sub 1.59 lap...

Roadtester and racer: Michael Neeves MRO Powerbikes Cadwell Park

05 May 2007 by Michael Neeves

MRO Powerbike championship. Round 3 – Cadwell Park 28th/29th April 2007. Saturday Qualifying position: 9th Superpole race: 9th Sunday Race 1: 9th Race 2: 8th For the week leading up to the third round...

Sweep Travels

05 May 2007 by Chilly

Sweep has been travelling the world getting pictures from all around the globe with famous landmarks. And so Sweep wanted to see his favourite racer Leon at Silverstone. This pic was taken a short...

Clash of the titans at Albacete

04 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

A clash of the titans is set to take place at the Albacete Six Hour night-time endurance race this weekend. The Suzuki Endurance Racing Team, reigning World Champions and first and second place...

Hopkins praises Bridgestone

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins has praised Bridgestone’s new 800 tyres after he topped the timesheets in Shanghai today. The factory Suzuki rider topped an incredibly close second free practice session this...

Neevesy's MRO Powerbike Cadwell blog

04 May 2007 by Michael Neeves

MRO Powerbike championship. Round Three – Cadwell Park April, 28-29, 2007. Saturday Qualifying position: 9th Superpole race: 9th Sunday Race 1: 9th Race 2: 8th For the week leading up to the third...

Pasini sits on provisional pole for 125s

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Italian Mattia Pasini has put himself on provisional pole position for Sunday’s 125 race in Shanghai. The Polaris World man has failed to finish a race so far this year on his Aprilia but is hoping...

Hodgson ready if Kawasaki come calling

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Neil Hodgson has told MCN he is ready and willing to replace factory Kawasaki rider Olivier Jacque if the Frenchman is forced to miss forthcoming MotoGP races through injury. Jacque suffered a deep...

Lorenzo on provisional 250 pole

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Jorge Lorenzo has secured provisional pole this afternoon in Shanghai by going fastest in the first qualifying practice sessions. The Spaniard was second quickest this morning in free practice, but...

Talmacsi continues impressive form in 125s

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Current 125 championship leader Gabor Talmacsi continued his run of good form this morning in Shanghai by posting the fastest time. The Hungarian Aprilia rider recorded a time of 2:14.777 just a...

Barbera quickest for 250s in Shanghai

04 May 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Aprilia rider Hector Barbera recorded the fastest time of the first practice for the 250s in Shanghai. The Spaniard, whose best result so far this season was a third place at the opening race in...

Arm injury rules Jacque out of Shanghai clash

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Olivier Jacque’s nightmare return to the MotoGP world championship continued in Shanghai today when a crash in this afternoon’s second free practice session left him with a serious puncture wound in...

Hopper springs Shanghai surprise

04 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins topped the timesheets in this afternoon’s second free practice session in Shanghai to show top speed isn’t everything in the MotoGP world championship. The factory Suzuki rider...

No new Suzuki motor until Le Mans

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Factory Suzuki duo John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen will have to wait until the French GP at Le Mans before they can get their hands on Suzuki’s new GSV-R motor. As expected, this weekend’s Shanghai...

Edwards fit and ready with engine upgrade

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards reckons a painful right knee injury won’t be a severe hindrance in this weekend’s Shanghai GP. This is as he prepares to run the upgraded Yamaha YZR-M1 engine Valentino Rossi used last...

WSBK spectator with a difference

03 May 2007 by Peter Troutt

Imagine our surprise when we saw this Dutch WSBK spectator sitting in the stand!

Stoner: Ducati start a dream come true

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world championship leader Casey Stoner has admitted the start to his Ducati career has been like a ‘dream come true’ as he goes in search of a third win in four races in this weekend’s China...

Michelin boss worried about China challenge

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Michelin tyre boss Jean-Philippe Weber has admitted he is ‘afraid’ ahead of the China GP in Shanghai following Valentino Rossi’s rear tyre disaster in the recent Istanbul race. Hard casing tyres will...

Engine lease deals way forward for MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

More projects like Kenny Roberts’ Honda deal could be a two-fold solution to some of the current financial problems hitting MotoGP teams. Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta believes other teams following...

Chaz Davies talks about AMA Supersport

03 May 2007 by Henny Ray Abrams

Brit Chaz Davies is in the States this year, racing for Celtic Racing in AMA Formula Xtreme and AMA Supersport. Here’s his story from the latest race at the California Speedway in California. Chaz...

Ecclestone: Rossi would have been mad to leave MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi would have been ‘stupid’ to have made a multi-million pound switch to Ferrari’s Formula One team for 2007. That’s the view of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone – the man who was desperate...

Biaggi searching for grip

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi claims a lack of traction is preventing him from running at the front in WSB and that his team has to focus more on electronics. So far this season Biaggi has won one race and holds second...

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 1

03 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing Round 1 SEMRC 30th / 31st March 2007 Fine but windy weather was the theme of the weekend with 150 competitors turning out for round 1 of the Southern Minimoto Racing...

WSB teams glue tyres in place

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

WSB teams are having to take drastic measures to stop their rear tyres spinning on the rim and have even resorted to gluing them in place. So far this year both Troy Corser and James Toseland have...

Chicanery!

02 May 2007 by neiljt

Taken during the first Northern regions Superbike heat at Midvaal Raceway, south of Johannesburg on 28th April. From the back; entering the chicane, mid chicane, exiting the chicane.

Seeing the difference

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

In today’s print MCN (available from Wednesday, May 2, 2007) Kenny Roberts’ team has revealed just how different the new generation of 800s are to ride compared to the bigger 990s from last year. We...

Dorna chief: 'Teams too weak in finding sponsors'

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP teams are currently too weak and not professional enough to secure big budget sponsorship deals that will safeguard their world championship future. In a brutally honest self assessment of the...

BSB blog: Oulton a refreshing chane

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Oulton Park and its changes of elevation in the glorious rolling Cheshire parkland will be a refreshing change after the flat, featureless and frankly tedious Silverstone. It may host the British F1...

Mladin vies with Spies at California Speedway

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin and team mate Ben Spies dominated the second leg of the AMA Superbike Championship double-header at California Speedway in Fontana, with Mladin taking the victory by...

Stewart secures AMA Supercross title

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Stewart won his 12th Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series race of the season riding a Monster Energy Kawasaki at Qwest Field in Seattle. This win saw him clinch the 2007 AMA supercross title with...

Melandri hoping early season nightmare is over

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Italian Marco Melandri is hoping his early season nightmare is behind him as he focuses on breaking his 2007 MotoGP world championship podium duck in Shanghai. Melandri has struggled so far on Honda’s...

Iddon takes first supermoto win

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Christian Iddon got his 2007 World Supermoto campaign off to the best possible start in the European round at Castelleto Di Branduzzo, Italy with his first world championship race win. The...

Edwards hopeful of Rossi engine for Shanghai

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards is hoping that he will get his hands on Yamaha’s new factory YZR-M1 motor for the Shanghai GP in China. Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi used the upgraded in-line four-cylinder...

Haydon on Virgin leave

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Haydon has been replaced in the Virgin Media Yamaha team due to an alleged shoulder injury. He is being replaced ‘for at least two races’ by South African Hudson Kennaugh, currently placed...

Video: Foggy talks MV WSB deal

01 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Carl Fogarty has revealed to MCN that he will be returning to WSB in 2008 with MV Agusta factory backing. Watch our exclusive interview with Foggy below and read more about his plans in the all new...