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Sylvain Guintoli to sign for Rizla Suzuki

01 October 2008 by Rob Hull

French MotoGP rider Sylvain Guintoli will race in BSB next season with Rizla Suzuki. The French man, who has recently been ditched by his Alice Ducati team in MotoGP, will take two years of MotoGP...

Shinya Nakano to clinch shock Kawasaki deal?

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Kawasaki is desperately trying to formulate an 11th hour rescue package to save a third factory ZX-RR deal from collapse, with Shinya Nakano lined up for the ride. A deal which had looked certain to...

Sete Gibernau deal not under threat insist Ducati

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Ducati has denied Sete Gibernau’s persistent demands to be reunited with former crew chief Juan Martinez threaten to scupper his plans to return to the MotoGP world championship. Gibernau wants...

Tom Sykes is off our christmas card list

01 October 2008 by Janet Proctor

On Saturday at BSB Silverstone my step son bought a picture of Tom Sykes and waited at the Rizla Suzuki stand as he was due to do a signing at 5pm. We arrived at 4.45 to be first in the queue. At 5.10 he hadn’t arrived and someone made a call and we were told he had got the time wrong, thought it was 5.30 but was on his way. To cut a long story short he eventually sauntered up at 6pm – the...

Meeting Shakey

30 September 2008 by pjvick

I took this on saturday, the other half was well chuffed to meet shakey. I have to say well done shakey on clinching the title, sorry you are leaving the british championship, but going to to wsb is...

Video: Jonathan Rea talks from Magny Cours test

30 September 2008 by Angus Farquhar, Michael Guy

Jonathan Rea put pressure on his Ten Kate Honda World Superport team-mate Andrew Pitt at last week’s Magny Cours test lapping at world record pace and you can see how he felt in our video. Check out the video below to see Rea in action and here what he had to say about the two day test and riding with F1 legend Michael Schumacher.

Jerry Burgess bemoans single tyre rule approval

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Legendary crew chief of Valentino Rossi, Jerry Burgess, has criticised the decision to introduce a single tyre rule for the 2009 MotoGP world championship. The Aussie believes multi-brand competition...

Loris Capirossi positive about new Suzuki motor

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Italian veteran Loris Capirossi reckons an early spec 2009 Suzuki engine he tested in Japan yesterday is another step in the right direction to help the Japanese factory get on par with rivals Yamaha...

Nicky Hayden impressed by Ducati technical boss

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Former world champion Nicky Hayden reckons he was ‘blown away’ at his first meeting with Ducati technical guru Filippo Preziosi. The American got the chance to discuss his future with Preziosi at...

Tech 3 Yamaha boss not worried by new tyre ruling

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland’s Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal is not concerned that the independent teams might find it harder to compete in MotoGP after the implementation of a single tyre rule for 2009. It is...

Spies to join Sykes at Yamaha in WSB

30 September 2008 by Michael Guy

Triple US Superbike Champion Ben Spies is set to ride alongside Britain’s Tom Sykes in the official Yamaha Italia World Superbike team in 2009. Spies has been linked with the Yamaha ride after being...

Video: Michael Schumacher tests Ten Kate World Superbike Fireblade

29 September 2008 by Angus Farquhar, Michael Guy

F1 superstar Michael Schumacher got to ride the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Fireblade alongside World Superbike racer Carlos Checa at Magny Cours last week and MCN got to see him in action. Check out the video below to see Schumacher in action and with the team in the pits, click here to read what he thought of the bike then grab a copy of the October 1 edition of MCN to get the full insight on his...

Shakey signs for Sterilgarda Ducati in WSB

29 September 2008 by Michael Guy

Newly crowned BSB Champion Shane Byrne will ride for the Sterilgarda Ducati squad in WSB in 2009. Shakey who clinched the 2008 BSB crown with a third place podium finish in race one at Silverstone has...

Racing results round-up: September 27-28

29 September 2008 by MCN Sports Desk

MOTO GP, MOTEGI, JAPAN, SUNDAY BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP, SILVERSTONE, NORTHANTS, SUNDAY AMA SUPERBIKES, LAGUNA SECA, USA, SATURDAY-SUNDAY BRANDS HATCH, KENT, SATURDAY-SUNDAY ELVINGTON, NORTH...