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Qatar MotoGP: Valentino Rossi wins, Casey Stoner crashes

11 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi won the first race of the season for the first time since 2005 tonight after a gripping opening to the new MotoGP campaign in Qatar. The reigning world champion triumphed by just over...

Qatar MotoGP: Shoya Tomizawa wins historic first Moto2 race

11 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Shoya Tomizawa created a slice of history for himself in Qatar tonight after the Japanese rider dominated the inaugural Moto2 world championship clash. Riding a Suter MMX chassis for the Technomag-CIP...

Qatar MotoGP: Nicolas Terol wins 125GP clash

11 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicolas Terol drew first blood in the 125GP world championship in Qatar tonight, the Spaniard triumphing after a brilliant late attack in an enthralling season opener to register Aprila’s 275th Grand...

Valencia WSB: Haga wins race 2

11 April 2010 by James Keen

Ducati Xerox rider Noriyuki Haga claimed victory in the second World Superbike clash in Valencia, following a restart due to a huge accident between Andrews and Iannuzzo. Second place went to Althea...

Valencia WSB: Andrews and Iannuzzo escape serious injury - updated

11 April 2010 by Michael Guy

Following their horrific start/finish straight collision in race two, Simon Andrews and Vittorio Iannuzzo have escaped serious injury. Simon Andrews has a fractured left heal bone and a fractured...

Valencia WSS: Lascorz claims first, Davies third

11 April 2010 by James Keen

Spaniard Joan Lascorz took first place for the Kawasaki motocard.com team in the World Supersport clash at this weekend’s Valencia WSB round. Second place was claimed by Hannspree Ten Kate Honda...

Valencia WSB: Haslam takes race 1 victory, Toseland third

11 April 2010 by James Keen

Team Suzuki Alstare rider Leon Haslam has taken victory in the first World Superbike race at this weekend’s Valencia round. Fellow Brit and Yamaha Sterilgarda rider James Toseland placed third on the...

Karl Harris's amazing save

11 April 2010 by darrenstarr

Here’s a crude cut and paste job of Karl Harris aboard the GR Motorsport Aprilia saving this amazing slide at Paddock during the free practice at Brands Hatch. While watching another rider I heard...

Qatar MotoGP: Toni Elias claims historic Moto2 pole

11 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Spaniard Toni Elias created a slice of history last night as the first rider ever to claim a Moto2 pole position. Elias, who has been moving around the Losail International Circuit in Qatar on...

Qatar MotoGP: Casey Stoner claims first pole of 2010

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner stormed to the first pole position of 2010 in Qatar tonight and will start the opening race as a red-hot favourite for his 21st MotoGP victory. Fastest in free practice yesterday and...

Qatar MotoGP: Lowly ninth for Bradley Smith

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith will start his bid for the 2010 125GP world championship from a lowly ninth place on the grid in Qatar tomorrow night. The British teenager had a tough 45-minute qualifying session under...

Qatar MotoGP: Casey Stoner edges out Valentino Rossi

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner continued to lead the way in the build-up to tomorrow night’s MotoGP opener in Qatar after the factory Ducati rider finished fastest at the end of free practice this evening. Stoner’s...

Valencia WSS: Laverty sets the pace in 2nd qualifying

10 April 2010 by James Keen

Parkalgar Honda rider Eugene Laverty set the fastest time in the second World Supersport qualifying session in Valencia today. Spaniard Joan Lascorz placed second for the Motocard.com Kawasaki team,...

Valencia WSB: Crutchlow quickest in superpole, Haslam 4th

10 April 2010 by James Keen

Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow set the fastest time in today’s superpole session at the World Superbike round in Valencia. The Brit lapped the Ricardo Tormo track in 1’33.615 to claim...

Valencia WSB Qualifying two: Biaggi storms to pole, Byrne on front row

10 April 2010 by Michael Guy

Just 0.068 seconds separated the top five riders in second qualifying at Valencia today with Italian Max Biaggi securing provisional pole on his final flying lap of the session. In what was one of the...

Qatar MotoGP: Valentino Rossi chasing grip

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Reigning MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi’s hopes of ending Casey Stoner’s domination of the opening race of the season were hit by a lack of grip on the opening night of the season in Qatar. The...

Qatar MotoGP: Casey Stoner talks flying start

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Casey Stoner looked as unbeatable as ever on the Losail International Circuit in Qatar tonight after dominating the opening practice session of 2010. The 24-year-old has an incredible record at...

Qatar MotoGP: Scott Redding ecstatic with second

10 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding could barely contain his delight after the British rider stormed to second place in the opening Moto2 practice session in Qatar. The 17-year-old produced a stunning performance on the...

Brands Hatch BSB pictures

09 April 2010 by kevinlangridge

Action shots from the first round of the BSB at Brands Hatch.

Ian Lowry tests Motorpoint Yamaha at Oulton Park

09 April 2010 by Stuart Jewkes

Ian Lowry sitting in for the injured Neil Hodgson on the Motorpoint Yamaha R1 at the ACU Test Day at Oulton Park.

Qatar MotoGP: Casey Stoner lights up first practice

09 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner’s quest for a fourth straight victory in the Qatar MotoGP race started in dominant fashion tonight when the Australian topped the timesheets in the opening practice session of 2010. ...

Qatar MotoGP: Scott Redding second in Moto2 opener

09 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

British rider Scott Redding came close to creating a slice of history for himself in Qatar tonight when he finished second fastest in the first ever official Moto2 practice session. The Marc VDS...

Qatar MotoGP: Bradley Smith misses top ten

09 April 2010 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith made a somewhat disappointing start to the 2010 125GP world championship in Qatar tonight. The pre-season title favourite was only 11th on the timesheets at the end of the first...

WSS First Qualifying: Kawasaki’s dominate in Valencia

09 April 2010 by Michael Guy

The Kawasaki pairing of Katsuaki Fujiwara and Joan Lascorz topped the time sheets in first qualifying today onboard their factory ZX-6R’s. The two riders who tested at the track last week headed Ten...

WSB Valencia first Qualifying: Checa in control, Ducati’s set the pace

09 April 2010 by Michael Guy

Carlos Checa illustrated once again his affinity with the Valencia race track by dominating the opening qualifying session this afternoon. The 37 year old Spaniard ended the day 0.282 seconds...

Rutter’s positive start to BSB

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Rutter goes to Thruxton next weekend confident that the Dcuati V-twin has a good record on the ultra fast, bumpy course. Rutter enjoyed a positive start to his season, finishing sixth in the...

Luke Jones: BSB rider to watch

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Luke Jones scored his first-ever superbike points in his BSB debut at Brands Hatch last week when he finished 12th in race two – virtually first time out on the PR Racing Yamaha R1. PR Racing won the...

Wood to ride Redline KTM at Thruxton

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Last year’s KTM RC8 Super Cup champion Dave Wood will replace injured James Edmeades on the Redline KTM RC8R V-twin in BSB Evo at Thruxton on April 18. Edmeades suffered a highside at Brands Hatch.

Harris has fuelling issues with RSV4

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Karl Harris finished a lowly 13th in the first Superstock race of the year after some serious fuelling issues with his GR Aprilia RSV4 at Brands. With no way to adjust the fuelling for the racetrack,...

BSB Blog: Is BSB Evo the future – or just it’s control ecu?

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

If you are a purist racing fan then anything that restricts performance has to be bad. But a realist would argue that 200bhp bikes are enough. And that the more electronic riders aids bikes get, the...

Tommy Bridewell: BSB Revelation

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Bridewell was the revelation at Brands. On the strictly unofficial timing during BSB testing at Guadix he’d been a couple of seconds off the pace on the Quay Garage Honda but at Brands was...

BSB’s suspension wars

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Ohlins had a big presence at Brands with Harris Performance working directly with HM Plant Honda, Kais working directly with Worx Suzuki and Kevin Harris of FTR also in the paddock. Arch rivals...

Splitlath Aprilia hoping for more power

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Chris Burns was the third Evo rider home in both of the BSB races at Brands on the sweetest sounding bike on the BSB grid! The music from Burn’s Splitlath Aprilia RSV4 was thanks to an all-new system...

Shorttrack UK series kicks off at Kings Lynn

09 April 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

The Shorttack UK series kicks off at the Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn this Sunday (April 11) and looks like being one of the most exciting seasons so far, with four motorcycle manufacturers fielding...

Ivanov to race FTR in Spanish Moto2

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Russian youngster Alexey Ivanov will race an FTR in the 2010 CEV Buckler Spanish Moto2 Championship with the support of last year’s Supersport title-winning Joe Darcey Team. The 18-year-old is...

Johnson rides on despite injuries

09 April 2010 by Gary Pinchin

AIM Suzuki’s Gary Johnson struggled through the first BSB Evo round despite injuries sustained in testing at Cartagena that had still not healed. Johnson broke his left ankle but that’s well on its...