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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi hails Yamaha improvement

20 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has praised Yamaha for the drastic improvements made to the factory YZR-M1 after the Italian headed an all-Yamaha podium in Le Mans last weekend for the first time since 2001. Rossi...

AMA Superbike: Mat Mladin blasts proposed 2009 rules

20 May 2008 by Henny Ray Abrams

Six-time AMA Superbike Champion Mat Mladin used the podium at Infineon Raceway as a pulpit to blast the proposed 2009 rules package for the AMA Superbike Championship. Just after getting beaten by...

Brands Hatch BSB pictures

19 May 2008 by Kevin Langridge

BSB Race action from Brands Hatch. The pictures include Malcolm Ashleys big off at Hawthorn.

Calan Contrino - A star in the making

19 May 2008 by Pat Contrino

Callan Contrino has been taking part in low capacity road racing since October of last year, starting on minimotos and progressing to the Jawa GP50 Auto road race bike, which is a smaller version of...

The Baron and I

19 May 2008 by Ashley Ball

JARNO SAARINEN Some readers will see the above name and say out loud….“Who?” … But, in my household this name is all too familiar, so much so that I have acquired the Christian name as my middle...

British Superbikes: Ducati pre-register 1098R’s to meet BSB homologation regulations

19 May 2008 by Rob Hull

Ducati UK has announced they will pre-register the remaining 1098R’s that do not have customer orders before June 1 to make them eligible to run as homologated models in British Superbikes. By the...

British Superbikes: Ducati to be hit with extra weight

19 May 2008 by Rob Hull

MCN understands there is set to be an official announcement today from BSB organisers to add extra weight to the 1200cc Ducati machines. The move will come as response to some of the four cylinder...

British Superbikes: Ex BSB Rizla Suzuki Team Boss joins engine spec debate

19 May 2008 by Rob Hull

Former Rizla Suzuki British Superbike Team Manager Simon Buckmaster has defended the current engine specification rules in BSB, calling for the teams to rev their bikes less to be more reliable. The...

Michael Rutter and the lucky duck

19 May 2008 by Denise Nesbitt

I told Michael Rutter the duck would bring him luck! Picture Taken at North West 200

First BSB meeting

19 May 2008 by ian lambert

Here is my daughter Shannon [right]with her cousin Abby at her first race meeting at Brands BSB,where Nial Mckenzie signed her Toseland t-shirt.she also met John Reynolds and Scott Smart.

French MotoGP: Valentino Rossi eases to 90th win

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi produced a dominant display at the Le Mans MotoGP today to claim his 90th Grand Prix victory to seize the lead in the 2008 world championship. Once the Italian surged by reigning world...

French MotoGP: Engine failure dents Casey Stoner’s title defence

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s hopes of defending his MotoGP world crown suffered another crushing blow today in France as he failed to score points for the first time in his factory Ducati career. An engine failure...

French MotoGP: Heroic Jorge Lorenzo in dreamland after second

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo reckoned he was in dreamland after he claimed a stunning second place finish in Le Mans today. Still severely hampered by the two fractured ankles he suffered in Shanghai just 16 days...

French MotoGP: Colin Edwards disappointed despite third

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards admitted he was disappointed with his French GP result today, even though the American helped Yamaha claim its first podium clean sweep since 2001. The Texan was third to claim his ninth...

French MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso unhappy with James Toseland

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Italian rookie Andrea Dovizioso reckons British rider James Toseland cost him the chance to fight for a podium finish in today’s French GP. Toseland crashed in an incident with the JIR Scot Honda...

French MotoGP: James Toseland suffers first race crash

18 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland’s hopes of protecting his 100 per cent point-scoring record in his rookie MotooGP record disappeared in Le Mans today when he crashed out of ninth place on lap three. The Tech 3 Yamaha...

Leon Haslam steals mountain bike

18 May 2008 by kev randall

Leon Haslam highside at Druids during qualifying for BSB race at Oulton Park 4th May.

French MotoGP: Valentino Rossi equals Angel Nieto's record on way to victory

18 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Valentino Rossi has equalled Angel Nieto’s 90 wins in a stunning performance at Le Mans today to take his second successive victory of the season. The Fiat Yamaha rider finished 4.997secs ahead of...

French MotoGP: Alex Debon storms to maiden 250 win

18 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Alex Debon has taken his first ever victory in the battle of the tyres in the 250GP race in Le Mans. The Aprilia rider was well in control from almost the beginning of the race after opting for slick...

French MotoGP: Bradley Smith takes fantastic second in five-lap dash 125GP

18 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Bradley Smith has finished a fantastic and emotional second in a five-lap dash 125GP race in Le Mans today to take the best finish of his career. And there was more emotion from French rider Mike Di...

French MotoGP: 125GP red flagged

18 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

The French 125GP has been red flagged and will now run over five laps after rain began to pour down on the Le Mans circuit. Sergio Gadea took the lead into the first corner, whilst Bradley Smith...

Scott Nicholls diary: Poland Speeway GP

18 May 2008 by Mark Thursfield

Last Saturday was the Speedway European Grand Prix in Poland, and for me it was an absolute f***ing disaster. The engines were just way off the pace, I’ve been having a few problems with the engines...

Go Shakey Go

17 May 2008 by mbimson@tiscali.co.uk

My son luke at his first BSB race (as seen on TV)

North West 200: Steve Plater secures hat-trick whilst Dunlop brothers race in memory of father Robert

17 May 2008 by Phil Wain

Steve Plater scored a scintillating hat trick in Saturday’s North West 200, taking the feature Superbike race for the third year in a row, in a day which saw some of the finest racing ever witnessed...

French MotoGP: Casey Stoner happy at Ducati resurgence

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner reckons Ducati is back on course after he claimed his second successive front row start in the 2008 campaign in Le Mans today. Without a win since his dominant success in the season’s...

French MotoGP: Tough and painful day for Jorge Lorenzo

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo did little to ease the pain of his battered body after another crash in Le Mans today, yet the gritty Spaniard still qualified fifth on the grid for tomorrow’s 28-lap French MotoGP. The...

French MotoGP: Valentino Rossi confident despite missing front row

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Seven-times world champion Valentino Rossi is confident he can fight for victory in tomorrow’s French MotoGP after he narrowly missed qualifying on the front row of the grid this afternoon. The Fiat...

French MotoGP: Colin Edwards angry at missing out on pole

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards was upset with Italian Marco Melandri after the factory Ducati rider wrecked his hopes of claiming a home pole position for the Tech 3 Yamaha team in Le Mans this afternoon. The American...

French MotoGP: New tactic helps James Toseland to seventh

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland opted to run four Michelin qualifying tyres for the first time today as he claimed seventh on the grid for tomorrow’s 28-lap French MotoGP in Le Mans. Normally the British rider would...

French MotoGP Exclusive: 250GP class to be replaced by 625/650cc four-strokes

17 May 2008 by Matthew Birt

Four-stroke bikes between 625 and 650cc will replace the current world 250GP championship in 2011, MCN can exclusively reveal. Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta submitted a proposal for the new format at a...

French MotoGP: Alex Debon snatches pole for 250GP

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Alex Debon has snatched pole position from Alvaro Bautista in Le Mans this afternoon. It has looked as if Bautista’s time from yesterday would be enough, but in the final few seconds of the session,...

French MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa secures first pole of the season

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Dani Pedrosa continued his amazing French form to claim his first pole position of the season in Le Mans this afternoon. The Spaniard snatched the pole position and also a new lap record from Texan...

French MotoGP: Bradley Smith to start 125 race from second

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s Bradley Smith will begin tomorrow’s French 125GP from second on the grid. The rider from Oxfordshire did manage to improve on his Friday time by 0.07secs but it wasn’t enough to know Sergio...

French MotoGP: Julian Simon fastest in second 250 free practice

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Julian Simon has recorded the fastest lap in the second 250 practice session in Le Mans this morning. The Repsol KTM rider knocked half a second off his best qualifying lap from yesterday and was just...

French MotoGP: Colin Edwards set fastest time of the weekend in third free practice

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Shanghai pole man Colin Edwards has set the fastest time of the weekend so far in Le Mans this morning in the final MotoGP practice session ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying for tomorrow’s French...

French MotoGP: Mike di Meglio on the pace in second 125 free practice

17 May 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Mike di Meglio has put himself on the top of the timesheets from this morning’s second 125 free practice session in France. The Derbi rider was not one of the early contenders in the session for the...