2011

Suzuki: John Hopkins not considered for Estoril

26 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

John Hopkins was never considered as possible injury cover for Alvaro Bautista at this weekend’s Portuguese MotoGP race in Estoril. Bautista plans to race his factory Suzuki GSV-R machine in Estoril...

Up and down Brands for Laverty

26 April 2011 by Austin Lindberg

Michael Laverty settled for a fourth place in yesterday’s second British Superbike race after a spectacular highside ended his first race. Laverty’s massive highside came while leading the race and...

Highside knocks Brookes out of both BSB races

26 April 2011 by Austin Lindberg

Josh Brookes endured a spectacular highside in the first of yesterday’s British Superbike races, leaving doctors to rule him out of the second. Brookes said: “I’m surprised after the accident I had...

Mixed results for Hopkins’ BSB debut

26 April 2011 by Austin Lindberg

John Hopkins had a relatively quiet start to his British Superbikes career with a 17th and a fifth in yesterday’s races from Brands Hatch. Hopkins crashed in the first race while attempting to pass...

Brands Hatch BSB: Tommy Hill takes race two win

25 April 2011 by Liam Marsden

Swan Yamaha rider Tommy Hill has taken victory in the second race of the 2011 championship at Brands Hatch today to go to the top of the championship standings. It looked as though race one winner...

Brands Hatch BSB: Shane Byrne takes race one win

25 April 2011 by Liam Marsden

HM Plant Honda rider Shane Byrne has continued his dominance of the first race weekend of 2011 at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit with victory in the first race. Byrne got the holeshot from the start...

Faulty front tyre hampers Brookes’ qualifying

25 April 2011 by Austin Lindberg

Josh Brookes rebounded from a forgettable qualifying session to score the second fastest time of morning warm up with a 45.586. Brookes missed out on the final knockout session of qualifying yesterday...

Brands Hatch BSB: Shane Byrne takes round one pole

24 April 2011 by MCN

HM Plant Honda new boy Shane Byrne will start the first British Superbike race of 2011 from pole position at Brands Hatch tomorrow (Monday) after smashing the lap record during qualifying. It looked...

Casey Stoner supports Dani Pedrosa in weight debate

21 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner has thrown his support behind Dani Pedrosa in the combined bike and rider weight debate currently raging in MotoGP. Pedrosa has strongly opposed plans to introduce a combined bike and...

Ducati GP11 won’t become a Yamaha M1, vows Valentino Rossi

21 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has denied that imminent changes to his factory Ducati GP11 machine suggest he’s trying to make the Desmosedici more like the Yamaha YZR-M1 he rode last season. Rossi will try a...

Guy Martin to race Cookstown

21 April 2011 by MCN Sports Desk

Guy Martin will make his debut on the roads in Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing livery at the Cookstown 100, Northern Ireland’s opening road race of the season on April 29 & 30. The event will be used...

TT Monster party on the prom

21 April 2011 by MCN Sports Desk

One of the great sights of the Isle of Man TT Races is a packed Douglas promenade with spectacular stunt shows, flashing lights, gravity defying rides, colour, music, noise, bikes, food stalls and...

Alvaro Bautista back in training for Estoril return

21 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Alvaro Bautista has resumed training and told Suzuki he intends to ride in next weekend’s Estoril clash in Portugal. The Spanish rider has been able to cycle and swim as part of his recovery from the...

Triumph Young Guns gets backing from Frankie Chili

20 April 2011 by Ped Baker

Triumph Young Guns, the talent scout scheme, launched earlier this month, has confirmed racing legend Pierfrancesco ‘Frankie’ Chili as one of its judges and mentors. Chili made 276 World Superbike...

Burgess says Honda must win in 2011

20 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Honda will never have a better chance of winning the MotoGP world championship than in 2011, according to Valentino Rossi’s legendary crew chief Jerry Burgess. The winter addition of Aussie Casey...

Cal Crutchlow targets big step after mid-season

20 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow has tipped himself to be much more competitive in the second half of his rookie MotoGP world championship campaign in 2011. The British rider was an impressive 11th on his Monster Yamaha...

Bradley Smith relishing Tech 3 challenge

20 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith reckons he’s loving the challenge of trying to make the Tech 3 Racing Moto2 project a consistent top six contender in 2011. The Oxfordshire rider has been one of the revelations of the...

Hutchinson confirmed for TT start

20 April 2011 by Gary Pinchin

Ian Hutchinson’s Yamaha team boss Shaun Muir confirmed at last night’s TT 2011 party at the Vila Marina, Douglas that the team is going ahead with plans for their rider to make a brief test at...

Yamaha won’t expand MotoGP effort in 2012

19 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha will not increase its involvement beyond four bikes when the new 1000cc four-stroke MotoGP class is introduced in 2012. The Japanese factory has no plans to increase its entry beyond its...

2011 results no influence on Suzuki's MotoGP future

19 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki’s decision whether to quit MotoGP completely or return with a fully-fledged two-rider factory effort in 2012 won’t rely heavily on early season results this year. The Japanese factory blamed...

Leon Haslam won’t test BMW-powered MotoGP bike

19 April 2011 by Matthew Birt

Leon Haslam will not be called upon to help develop a new BMW-powered MotoGP bike being readied for the 2012 MotoGP world championship campaign by Scott Redding’s Marc VDS Racing squad. The factory...

Super seven for Ryan Farquhar at Oliver's Mount

18 April 2011 by Phil Wain

Ryan Farquhar got his 2011 road racing season underway in perfect style on Sunday when he dominated the Ian Watson Trophy races at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough. The KMR Kawasaki rider was again in...

Honda TT Legends fifth in Bol d’Or

18 April 2011 by MCN Sports Desk

The Honda TT Legends team finished its debut Bol d’Or in an impressive fifth place after a gruelling 24-hour race that saw John McGuinness, Steve Plater and Keith Amor complete 796 laps of the...

Ian Watson Spring Cup, Olivers Mount pictures

18 April 2011 by simon charity

Spring Cup, Olivers Mount Scarborough The UK road racing season got under way at the ever popular seaside public roads circuit, Olivers Mount in Scarborough, North Yorkshire on Sunday. A perfect day...

Then there were four… Stewart wins in Seattle as Supercross heats up.

17 April 2011 by Paul Harris

Alas, alas, the Fabulous Five have become the Furious Four – after fourteen rounds of intense racing, the AMA Supercross series had been ridiculously close, with five riders in genuine contention with just three rounds left to run, but one of the five, rookie Trey Canard, has become the first to fall out of the title race. The factory Honda rider fell in testing on Wednesday and broke his femur –...