2007

Rea on pole at Brands BSB

08 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Jonathan Rea is on pole position for tomorrow’s opening round of the Bennett’s British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch. The HM Plant Honda rider was only fifth in the morning’s free practice...

Hopkins backs Rossi and Pedrosa for title scrap

08 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

American John Hopkins has backed MotoGP rivals Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa to be the two main contenders for the 2007 premier class world championship crown. The Yamaha and Honda rivals are the...

Rea still setting the pace

07 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Jonathan Rea continues to be the fastest man on track in free practice at Brands Hatch despite not going any faster in this afternoon’s session than he had this morning. Rea’s best time on the HM...

Rea continues lead in Brands first practice

07 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Jonathan Rea set the pace throughout pre-season testing and was fastest in the first free practice session of the new BSB season at Brands Hatch this morning. Rea clocked a 1:26.28, 0.45s quicker than...

Stoner laughs off Ducati speed advantage

07 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Qatar GP winner Casey Stoner reckons his factory Ducati will be a serious threat even at tight and twisty tracks where the Bologna factory’s new GP7 won’t be able to maximise its top speed...

New superbike format

06 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

The AMA has ditched its superstock support class at AMA Superbike nationals and says it plans to incorporate some of the regulations from the production-based class into superbike – without actually...

Four tracks give Rossi speed concern

06 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has expressed his concern about Ducati’s horsepower and top speed advantage at four tracks which remain on the 2007 MotoGP world championship calendar. The seven-times world champion...

Polita's crashed bike

06 April 2007 by ANDY FOWLER

This is Polita’s trashed bike being taken away at Donington earlier this month.

Gentlemen

05 April 2007 by Az

Toseland appeared to have some last minute nerves before qualifying on saturday! I also bumped into another gent coming out of the loo, the one and only JR I just hope they washed their hands before...

Thanks WSB

05 April 2007 by Mike Attwood

I just wanted to write in and say a huge thank you to the World Superbike guys who appeared at Donington last weekend. My fiance, Tracey, has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age...

Top weekend at WSB

05 April 2007 by Richard Mushet

I had an excellent weekend at Donington watching Toseland, Bayliss, Haga, Sofuoglu et al and just thought I’d share a few pictures. I was absolutley gutted for Toseland of course, and Bayliss. I...

Nieto off at Coppice

05 April 2007 by Kevin Langridge

Fonsi Nieto takes to the Kitty Litter at Coppice in race two at the Donington WSB round then bins it. He wasn’t happy and unfortunatly he was unable to get the bike re started, which resulted in...

Troy Corser at Donington

05 April 2007 by lee wilkinson

This is Troy Corser at Hollywood, Donington Park on April 1, 2007.

Stoner happy to be in early title hunt

05 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Casey Stoner is confident he will be able to maintain his brilliant start to the 2007 season and pose a genuine threat to ruining Valentino Rossi’s hopes of regaining the MotoGP world...

Rossi celebrates Jerez win

05 April 2007 by Andy Lawson

I travelled to the MotoGP in Jerez and managed to get this picture of Rossi celebrating his victory. Andy Lawson

Trying Bayliss's bike for size

05 April 2007 by Richard Priestley

My daughter Shelley wants one for Xmas! Here she is trying out Troy Bayliss’s championship winning Ducati for size

Toseland poses for a pic

05 April 2007

Barry and Martin have their picture taken with with James Toseland just before the second race at Donington last Sunday.

Changing my support from Max to JT

05 April 2007 by Az

I’ve been a huge Max Biaggi fan for years but didn’t have the time off work or the money to go see a live race. That is until last weekend at Donington. I jumped in the car and travelled hundreds of miles, spent hundreds of pounds on tickets, b&b, petrol etc and had the best weekend ever. I spent time with James Toseland, Noriyuki Haga, Troy Bayliss and Bussei Giovanni. I also met a few BSB guys...

Polita's spectacular crash at Donington

05 April 2007 by Arthur Patchett

Here are some pictures I managed to get of World Superbike rider, Alessandro Polita crashing at Donington Park.

More photos from WSB Donington 2007

04 April 2007 by John Charters

Here are a few more shots I took at Donington at the beginning of the month

My photos from Donington WSB 2007

04 April 2007 by John Charters

Here are some shots at I took Donington when the World Superbikes were there last weekend

BSB showcased in London

04 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

More than 250 people crammed into the Audi Forum near Piccadilly, London for the launch of the 2007 Bennetts British Superbike championship this morning (Wednesday, April 4, 2007). The championship...

Hodgson lands Ducati GP ride

04 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Neil Hodgson moved a step closer to full time top-level racing after landing the job of official Bridgestone test rider for the Ducati MotoGP team, and makes his debut on the firm’s 800cc GP7...

Cecchinello proud to help Stoner career

04 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Honda team boss Lucio Cecchinello has said he is proud to have played a part in helping Casey Stoner emerge from youthful prospect into one of the world’s top MotoGP riders. The 21-year-old Australian...

Win VIP treatment for WSB at Silverstone

04 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Race fans are being given the opportunity to win themselves a treat at this year’s World Superbike round at Silverstone. Classic Dreams is offering you the chance to win two tickets to spend the day...

Rossi waiting for rivals to fire

04 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has told MCN he doesn’t expect his battle to win back the MotoGP world championship crown to come down to a scrap with just Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner. A feature of the first two...

Xaus needs more power

04 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Hard charging Spaniard Ruben Xaus claimed his best result of the year with a fourth at Donington and reckons with more power he could go all the way. After crashing out of a safe fifth in race one,...

WSB dog fight for win

03 April 2007 by Alisdair Grant MacKenzie

This is a picture taken during race two at Donington on Sunday. The picture says it all – what a scrap. It’s just a pity James Toseland and Troy Bayliss weren’t in it too though!

Donington camping

03 April 2007 by Gary Marley

I attend every WSB round in England and some BSB at places such as Silverstone and Brands Hatch. When Donington was announced I just had to go. I had half a day off work on the Friday, loaded up my van with bed, food, clothes the usual stuff. I then had to endure a four-hour trip down the M1 (it’s gonna be worth it in the end I thought) I got to the camp site and to my amazement I was not allowed...