2007
Hill on the pace at Croft
15 March 2007 by
Tommy Hill lapped Croft yesterday consistently quicker than his best-ever lap on race rubber around the 2.12-mile circuit. Hill was testing the all-new 16-valve Virgin Media Yamaha R1 alongside his...
Smart returns to Hawk
15 March 2007 by
Scott Smart will be on a ZX-10R in BSB again after completing his long-rumoured move back to the Hawk Kawasaki team today (Thursday, March 15, 2007). Smart, who rode for the team in 2004 before moving...
Richards takes Superstock ride
15 March 2007 by
Glen Richards took a 300-mile round trip from his home near Hinckley up to Croft to run in the new Yamaha R1 he’s racing in this year’s National Superstock series. This exercise was carried out after...
Breaking news: Ilmor out of MotoGP
15 March 2007 by
Ilmor dropped a bombshell today by announcing it has suspended its MotoGP team after just one round of the 2007 world championship. In a phone call to MCN this morning, Ilmor boss Mario Illien...
Are you (or your kid) the next Rossi?
14 March 2007 by
We have got 6 free minimotos to give away for racing in the forthcoming 2007 race season. The bikes are 910 Polini Italian minimotos. The Rookies are being sponsored by Alistair Corner from Snap On and the best rookie in our opinion gets to keep the bike at the end of the season. To be in with a chance you must be over six years and a novice. So what are you waiting for? Ring 01254 580177 and ask...
My Supermoto attempt
14 March 2007 by
This was taken at my second ever Supermoto race. It started ok, until I got to the jump then it all went Pete Tong! I got a good picture though even if I did end up face down in the mud at the feet...
Q&A with Bridgestone boss
14 March 2007
Bridgestone’s Manager of Motorcycle Sport Hiroshi Yamada spoke to MCN about his firm’s winning start to the MotoGP season in Qatar. Ducati’s Casey Stoner took the first win of 2007 on Bridgestone...
Revised results for Philip Island WSB
14 March 2007 by
A results for the Philip Island round of World Superbikes have been revised after the close finish for Michele Fabrizio and Max Neukirchner in eighth and ninth places. The official SBK time-keeper...
Ilmor - no regrets
14 March 2007 by
Ilmor MotoGP boss Mario Illien says he has got no regrets about embarking on the costly and difficult challenge of trying to be competitive in the MotoGP world championship arena. Despite a nightmare...
Stoner plays down title hopes
14 March 2007 by
Casey Stoner has played down his MotoGP world title aspirations despite his stunning debut premier class win in Qatar. Stoner became the first rider in history to win an 800cc MotoGP race when he...
Camier - elbow down
14 March 2007 by
Leon Camier started the steep learning curve to superbike racing with his first ride on the 2007-spec Honda Racing Fireblade last week in Gaudix. He spent every day methodically working through...
Harris confirms TT entry
13 March 2007 by
Former TT winner Shaun Harris has confirmed his entry for the 2007 Isle of Man TT, after a deal announced prior to Christmas fell through. The New Zealander last raced at the TT in 2004, and became a...
Video: Tommy Hill at the Virgin Yamaha launch
13 March 2007 by
New season. New livery. New bike. The Yamaha R1 to be raced by Tommy hill and James Haydon is the only all-new motorcycle in BSB this year and the team unveiled it along with their new Virgin Media...
Media makeover for Virgin Yamaha
13 March 2007 by
This is the first look at the new Virgin Media Yamaha which will race in BSB this year with Tommy Hill and James Haydon aboard. The team has continued its association with the iconic Virgin brand for...
MRO Powerbike Championship
12 March 2007 by
MRO Powerbike Championship: Round 1 – Brands Hatch March 10-11, 2007 Wow, what an eye-opener. The step up from Forza Extreme to MRO Powerbikes is a big one; the pace is electrifying and everyone on...
Massive lean on Aprilia SXV450
12 March 2007 by
Photos are of Scott Woodacre (17) – a rider with the RSM team rider at Kinsham raceway in Wales on March 9. This is absolutely as far as these bikes can be leaned over – the wheel bobbins are...
Faubel takes 125cc win
10 March 2007 by
The 125cc race at Qatar saw a one-two for the Bancaja Aspar team, as Hector Faubel grabbed 25 points from team-mate Gabor Talmacsi. The pair were on their own for much of the race after third...
Lorenzo starts 250cc defence with a win
10 March 2007 by
Jorge Lorenzo has begun his 250cc championship defence with a comfortable win in Qatar, from Alex de Angelis and Hector Barbera Barbera had a hard duel with Thomas Luthi, who finished fourth after...
Stoner takes the win in Qatar
10 March 2007 by
Casey Stoner has won the first MotoGP race of the season after a spectacular battle with Valentino Rossi. The two riders completely outpaced the rest of the field at the Qatar circuit but it was...
McWilliams out for Qatar
10 March 2007 by
With just 40 minutes to go before the opening race of the season, it has been announced that Jeremy McWilliams will not race. Due to the injuries he has sustained, he sat out the morning warm-up...
Pedrosa heads morning warm-up
10 March 2007 by
Dani Pedrosa has gone fastest in the morning warm-up session for the opening MotoGP of the season in Qatar. The Spanish Honda rider is first of three young riders heading the morning times, with John Hopkins second quickest on the Suzuki, and Casey Stoner third fastest for Ducati. There was a crash for Pedrosa following his fastest lap, along with controversy as he made a practice start. 1.
McWilliams plans to race
10 March 2007 by
Jeremy McWilliams is still planning to race in this afternoon’s Qatar GP despite missing the 20-minute warm-up session. The British rider suffered a massive crash at the end of yesterday’s qualifying...
Tailgating Rossi
10 March 2007 by
Carlos Checa tries following Rossi in Donington Park GP practice last year in an attempt to set a better qualifying time.
Video: Rizla's Cal Crutchlow
09 March 2007 by
We caught up with Rizla Suzuki new boy Cal Crutchlow at the recent BSB pre-season test in Guadix, Spain. Watch the video on the right to see Crutchlow in action on track and see his interview with MCN...
Rea heads BSB in Spain
09 March 2007 by
Jonathan Rea has taken the first day’s glory – unofficially anyway – in the major three-day BSB test ongoing in Almeria, Spain. No official timings are available from the test, but with every team...
Jezza aims to ride despite crash
09 March 2007 by
Jeremy McWilliams will undergo precautionary X-rays on his left leg in a Doha hospital later on today, but is confident he will be fit for the first MotoGP world championship race of 2007 tomorrow...
Rossi on pole in Qatar
09 March 2007 by
Valentino Rossi has taken the first pole of the 800 MotoGP era, by the smallest imaginable margin in Qatar. Yamaha’s Rossi snatched pole from Ducati’s Casey Stoner in the closing stages of the...
Rossi's hairy back
09 March 2007 by
Valentino Rossi has just headed out on track (Friday, March 9, 2007) in Qatar in these leathers with a furry number 46! The custom leather choice with yellow cavallino leather numbers follows his use...
Pitt readies for race
09 March 2007 by
Aussie Andrew Pitt says he is ready for the new MotoGP world championship season despite agreeing that the new Ilmor 800cc machine needed to complete more winter testing miles. Pitt was 19th in free...
Rossi: Speed no issue
09 March 2007 by
Former world champion Valentino Rossi has denied he is concerned that Yamaha’s new 800 is lacking in top speed compared to some of its MotoGP rivals. The speed deficit is hardly going to concern the...
Hayden and Rossi: 990s forgotten
08 March 2007 by
Defending MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden reckons he’s not looking over his shoulder anymore and wishing he could still ride Honda’s brutal RCV 990cc machine in MotoGP. The switch to the new...
Video: Shakey turns up the heat in Spain
08 March 2007 by
Shane Byrne wasn’t the fastest rider in testing at Almeria or Guadix last week but the Stobart Honda rider gave every indication that he’s going to right in the thick of this year’s BSB title fight...
Yamaha fastest in the desert
08 March 2007 by
Yamaha have set the pace throughout the first day of the 2007 MotoGP season, with Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi alternately heading the morning and afternoon practice session in Qatar today...
Hayden eyes Rossi and Pedrosa threat
08 March 2007 by
Reigning world champion Nicky Hayden has backed factory Honda team- mate Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha rival Valentino Rossi to pose the biggest threat to his hopes of mounting a successful defence of his...
Edwards fastest in Qatar
08 March 2007 by
Colin Edwards is determined not to let Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa assume complete control in the 2007 MotoGP world championship – and backed up his ambition by going fastest in first free...
Dorna makes cash pledge
08 March 2007 by
MotoGP bosses have pledged to invest a massive £25m in 2007 to help ease some of the sponsorship worries currently casting a cloud of world championship racing. The money will be split between teams...