2009

Musquin takes second win of the year in British MX2 clash

01 June 2009 by Marc Abbott

It was just another day at the office for France’s Marvin Musquin in the British MX2 GP at Mallory Park this Sunday. He dominated warm-up, took pole position, led the first race from start to finish, and took the lead of the second MX2 race with seven laps remaining, to claim his second MX2 overall GP win of the season. Thousands of British fans got behind our own Stephen Sword. The Red Bull KTM...

Racing results round-up: May 30-31

01 June 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

MOTOGP, MUGELLO, ITALY, SUNDAY WORLD SUPERBIKES, UTAH, USA, SUNDAY BRITISH SUPERBIKES, THRUXTON, HANTS, SUNDAY WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP, OSCHERSLEBEN, GERMANY, SUNDAY ANGLESEY, WALES,...

WSB America: Spies takes race two win, Rea third

01 June 2009 by Michael Guy

Ben Spies secured his second race win of the day to move to within 53 points of series leader Noriyuki Haga. As in race one, Spies made another blistering start and set an unmatchable pace from the...

WSS America: Sofuoglu wins Supersport Thriller

31 May 2009 by MichaelGuy

Kenan Sofuoglu reignited his title hopes by winning a dramatic World Supersport race at the Miller Motorsports circuit in Utah, USA. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider started the final lap in third...

WSB America: Spies secures race one victory

31 May 2009 by Michael Guy

Ben Spies has dominated the opening two-part race at Miller Motorsports Park with an empathic eight second victory ahead of Spaniard Carlos Checa. Brit Jonathan Rea rode an impressive race to finish third on track, but on aggregate timing dropped to fifth place. Third spot went to a hard charging Michel Fabrizio who pushed his way past Max Biaggi and Ryuichi Kiyonari in the closing laps. Kiyonari...

Mugello MotoGP: Casey Stoner ends Valentino Rossi’s home domination

31 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner handed Ducati its first Italian MotoGP success in Mugello today with a victory that ended Valentino Rossi’s incredible winning streak on home soil. Undefeated in Mugello since the 2002...

Mugello MotoGP: Fortune favours Jorge Lorenzo

31 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

A huge slice of luck and some brilliant wet and dry riding from Jorge Lorenzo helped keep the in-form Spaniard in the early MotoGP world championship title hunt in Mugello. The double world 250...

Mugello MotoGP: Seventh for James Toseland after pit stop gamble

31 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

British rider James Toseland scored his best result of a tough 2009 MotoGP world championship in another rain-hit clash at the Mugello circuit in Italy. Just two weeks after experiencing his first...

Bradley Smith at Donington BSB

31 May 2009 by firebladebob

My daughter, Rebecca coley, first experience watching British Superbikes at Donnington with dad Robert. Thoroughly enjoyed especially photo with Bradley Smith. Looking forward to next venue and photo...

Mugello MotoGP: Bradley Smith talks successful Italian job

31 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

British rider Bradley Smith seized the lead in the 125GP world championship with a dominant performance in an enthralling Italian GP in Mugello. The 18-year-old’s second victory in the last three...

Thruxton BSB: Leon Camier claims double win

31 May 2009 by James Keen

Airwaves Yamaha rider Leon Camier claimed his second win of the day in British Superbike race 2 at Thruxton. In a repeat of race 1, Camier’s team mate James Ellison followed him across the line to...

Thruxton BSB: Camier takes victory in race 1

31 May 2009 by James Keen

Airwaves Yamaha duo Leon Camier and James Ellison took first and second respectively in BSB race 1 at Thruxton. Hydrex Honda rider Stuart Easton was third and Simon Andrews took 4th for the MSS...

Mugello GP: Casey Stoner takes the win in Italy

31 May 2009 by James Keen

Ducati Marlboro rider Casey Stoner took the win at Mugello to earn 25 points and a place at the top of the championship standings. Spaniard and Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo rallied after a crash on...

Mugello GP: Mattia Pasini claims home win

31 May 2009 by James Keen

Italian rider Mattia Pasini took the win in front of his home crowd at the Mugello 250 GP clash. On lap ten Mapfre Aspar rider Alvaro Bautista and Metis Gilera rider Marco Simoncelli bashed fairings...

Competitors get underway at the Isle of Man TT 2009

31 May 2009 by Phil Wain

Practice for the 2009 Isle of Man TT Races got underway yesterday evening after a 40-minute delay due to cattle on the Ballacrye section of the circuit but, just after 7pm, the first batch of...

Mugello GP: Brit Bradley Smith victorious in 125 GP

31 May 2009 by James Keen

British rider Bradley Smith held off a last lap challenge from Nico Terol to take victory in the 125 GP at Mugello. This gives the young Bancaja Aspar Team rider the points he needs to take the lead...

Michael Rutter Blog: “Front row is just brilliant”

31 May 2009 by Michael Rutter

It’s been another amazing day. From the start of the meeting here at Thruxton I was running the settings that the team and Guintoli had been using and the bike has been bloody good. All I’ve done...

Lascorz fastest, Laverty and Crutchlow on front row, Pitt not qualified

30 May 2009 by Michael Guy

Factory Kawasaki rider Joan Lascorz continued his early domination of the World Supersport class at Miller Motorsports park by qualifying in pole position for tomorrows 18 lap race. The Spanish rider...

WSB America Picture Exclusive Haga survives monster crash

30 May 2009 by Michael Guy

Championship leader Noriyuki Haga survived a huge crash in the final minutes of second qualifying at Miller Motorsports Park. The Japanese rider lost control of his Xerox Ducati exiting Toole turn and...

Mugello MotoGP: Valentino Rossi confident despite missing front row

30 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi remains confident that he can claim an incredible eighth successive MotoGP victory in Mugello, despite missing out on a front row start in qualifying this afternoon. The Fiat Yamaha...

Mugello MotoGP: Italy stunned as Jorge Lorenzo grabs pole position

30 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi and thousands of his loyal fans were stunned in Mugello today as Jorge Lorenzo romped to pole position for the 23-lap Italian MotoGP clash. While world championship leader Lorenzo was...

Mugello MotoGP: 91 entries for Moto2 600cc class

30 May 2009 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP bosses have confirmed massive interest in the new 600cc four-stroke Moto2 class, with applications for 91 riders to compete in the 250cc world championship replacement series. Interested teams had to submit applications for entry by yesterday (Friday) to the International Race Teams Association. And it has just been confirmed in Mugello the mass interest in the new class, which will...