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Marquez on record pace in Moto2

09 November 2012 by MCN

Marquez on record pace in Moto2

Marc Marquez blitzed the Valencia Moto2 lap record to finish day one on top of the time sheets, at the end of the opening two free practice sessions. Pol Espargaro put in a flying lap to take the top...

McPhee fastest in Moto3

09 November 2012 by MCN

McPhee fastest in Moto3

Scottish rider John McPhee finished the first day of the final round of the season fastest, after a late-session swap to slicks on a drying track saw him shoot up the leaderboard. McPhee, who was a...

Valencia MotoGP: CRTs top free practice

09 November 2012 by MCN

Valencia MotoGP: CRTs top free practice

A wet first and drying second session at Valencia saw a surprise CRT one-two in MotoGP today, with Randy De Puniet the fastest of the day on his Aspar ART, with Michele Pirro second on the Gresini...

Casey Stoner braced for MotoGP farewell

08 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner braced for MotoGP farewell

Aussie Casey Stoner has played down hopes he can end his Grand Prix career on a high with a victory in Sunday’s season finale at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. The Repsol Honda rider arrives...

Cal Crutchlow warns Bradley Smith ahead of MotoGP debut

08 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow warns Bradley Smith ahead of MotoGP debut

Cal Crutchlow has warned new Monster Yamaha Tech 3 teammate Bradley Smith not to make the same mistake he did in 2011 by pushing too hard too soon in his rookie MotoGP campaign. Smith will make his...

Jorge Lorenzo vows to take more risks in Valencia

08 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo vows to take more risks in Valencia

Jorge Lorenzo has pledged to take more risks to sign off a triumphant 2012 world championship campaign in winning style in Sunday’s final race at Valencia. The Spaniard clinched his second MotoP world...

Valentino Rossi excited ahead of Yamaha return

08 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi excited ahead of Yamaha return

Sunday’s final MotoGP round in Valencia is almost a sideshow as the world awaits Valentino Rossi’s much anticipated return to Yamaha in next week’s traditional two-day test session. Rossi will end his...

Biaggi retires from racing

07 November 2012 by Michael Guy

Biaggi retires from racing

Six time world champion Max Biaggi has announced that he will retire from racing. The 41 year old Italian addressed a packed press conference in Vallelunga in his native city of Rome this morning...

Guy Martin and Dan Cooper confirmed for first Classic TT

07 November 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

Guy Martin and Dan Cooper confirmed for first Classic TT

Isle of Man TT and television star Guy Martini has confirmed his entry for the inagural Classic TT next August, alongside up and coming TT rider Dan Cooper. The two will take the line as teammates in...

Jerry Burgess talks Yamaha return

06 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess talks Yamaha return

Valentino Rossi will end his Ducati nightmare by jumping back on a factory Yamaha YZR-M1 machine during next week’s MotoGP test at the Valencia circuit in Spain. The Italian’s move back to Yamaha will...

John McPhee lands 2013 Moto3 ride

06 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

John McPhee lands 2013 Moto3 ride

British rider John McPhee has secured a permanent slot on the 2013 Moto3 world championship grid after signing a deal to ride for the Racing Team Germany squad. The 18-year-old will replace departing...

Poll: Will Rossi give Lorenzo something to worry about in 2013?

06 November 2012 by MCN

Poll: Will Rossi give Lorenzo something to worry about in 2013?

After a disappointing two years at Ducati, Valentino Rossi returns to Yamaha for 2013, but will he be able to rekindle the magic that saw him take four MotoGP world titles with the manufacturer? ...

No more CRT in MotoGP by 2014?

05 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

No more CRT in MotoGP by 2014?

A grid of full-blown prototypes could contest the 2014 MotoGP world championship, ending the headache of how to slash the gulf in performance between factory bikes and production-derived CRT...

Minimum weight limit being considered for Moto2

02 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Minimum weight limit being considered for Moto2

A minimum weight limit for the Moto2 world championship is currently under discussion in a move that could significantly reduce the disadvantage heavier riders like British star Scott Redding...

Ryuichi Kiyonari in line for shock MotoGP deal in 2013

02 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ryuichi Kiyonari in line for shock MotoGP deal in 2013

Triple British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari could be make a shock switch to MotoGP in 2013 to spearhead development of Honda’s new RC213V 1000cc production racer. HRC plans to sell production...

Suzuki warned on MotoGP return plans

01 November 2012 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki warned on MotoGP return plans

Suzuki has been told to forget plotting a MotoGP return unless it is willing to commit to running a new factory effort until the end of the 2016 world championship at least. The Japanese factory...

Anthony West fails drug test

31 October 2012

Anthony West fails drug test

Moto2 rider Anthony West has been stripped of his Le Mans seventh place from earlier in the season and banned from competition for one month after a drugs sample he gave after the French round was...

Melandri guilty of tax dodging

31 October 2012

Melandri guilty of tax dodging

BMW World Superbike rider Marco Melandri has received a nineteen month suspended sentance in his home town of Ravenna, after being convicted of tax evasion offences. In a case similar to Valentino...

Yamaha open to World Superbike return

31 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha open to World Superbike return

Yamaha could be tempted back to World Superbikes if new owners Dorna introduce radical technical changes that will reduce costs and make the bikes more closely linked to a Superstock level of...

Marc Marquez gets crew boost at HRC

31 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez gets crew boost at HRC

New Moto2 world champion Marc Marquez has been given a major boost after it was confirmed all but one of Casey Stoner’s current factory Honda crew will oversee his much anticipated move to MotoGP in...

Argentina MotoGP remains in doubt

31 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Argentina MotoGP remains in doubt

A political storm involving Repsol – one of the most high profile sponsors in the MotoGP paddock – continues to seriously threaten Argentina’s bid to be back on the calendar next season for the first...

Karl Harris signs for PR Racing for 2013

29 October 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

Karl Harris signs for PR Racing for 2013

Following his step in as a mid-season replacement for Gary Mason, Yorkshireman Karl Harris has signed to ride PR Racing’s Kawasaki ZX-10 in the 2013 BSB Championship.  He continued to improve at each...

Two-man MV Agusta team in BSB next year

29 October 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

Two-man MV Agusta team in BSB next year

Rochdale MV Agusta dealer Robinsons is planning to a run a two man MV Agusta team in BSB next year. Robinsons say they have full backing from the Varese-based manufacturer and UK importer MotoGB and...

Ducati discontinue Althea link

29 October 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

Ducati discontinue Althea link

Ducati has issued a press statement finalising its plans for the 2013 World Superbike Championship, both in the development of the 1199 Panigale and how it will participate in the series. Ducati say...

Jules Cluzel joins FIXI Crescent Suzuki

29 October 2012 by Michael Guy

Jules Cluzel joins FIXI Crescent Suzuki

World Supersport sensation Jules Cluzel has signed for the British Fixi Crescent Suzuki team to race in WSB in 2013. Cluzel arrived in the WSB paddock riding the PTR Honda in WSS in 2012, finishing...

Casey Stoner makes it super six at Phillip Island

29 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner makes it super six at Phillip Island

Casey Stoner’s love affair with the spectacular Phillip Island track continued yesterday when he romped to a stunning sixth successive victory on home soil. The Repsol Honda rider could not have...

Cal Crutchlow thrilled with podium return in Australia

29 October 2012

Cal Crutchlow thrilled with podium return in Australia

Cal Crutchlow ended a nightmare run on the end of season MotoGP world tour yesterday to score his second premier class podium with a brilliant display in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip...

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates ‘tough’ second MotoGP world title

29 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo celebrates ‘tough’ second MotoGP world title

Jorge Lorenzo said his battle to win a second MotoGP world title in 2012 was ‘tougher than anyone can imagine’ after a second place in yesterday’s Australian Grand Prix secured him the championship...

Valentino Rossi outpaced in Phillip Island

29 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi outpaced in Phillip Island

The forthcoming Valencia MotoGP test can’t come soon enough for Valentino Rossi after his penultimate appearance for Ducati in Australia yesterday proved to be another humbling experience. The Italian...

Early mistake ends Dani Pedrosa’s title bid

29 October 2012 by Matthew.birt

Early mistake ends Dani Pedrosa’s title bid

Early mistake ends Dani Pedrosa’s title bid in Phillip Island Dani Pedrosa will start an eighth season as a factory Honda rider in 2013 still seeking to capture an elusive first MotoGP world title...

Cal Crutchlow third as Jorge Lorenzo lifts MotoGP crown

28 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow third as Jorge Lorenzo lifts MotoGP crown

Cal Crutchlow gave himself an early 27th birthday present in Phillip Island this afternoon to claim his second premier class podium in an Australian Grand Prix that saw Jorge Lorenzo clinch a second...

Marc Marquez claims Moto2 title with Phillip Island podium

28 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Marc Marquez claims Moto2 title with Phillip Island podium

British rider Scott Redding came tantalisingly close to a fifth podium of the season at Phillip Island this afternoon as Marc Marquez wrapped up the 2012 Moto2 world title with third place. Marquez...

Danny Kent misses Phillip Island podium by just 0.076s

28 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Danny Kent missed out on a third Moto3 podium of 2012 by the narrowest of margins at the fast and flowing Phillip Island track in Australia today. The British rider just lost out in a drag race to the finish line as Aussie teenager and Red Bull KTM teammate Arthur Sissis snatched his first Grand Prix rostrum in a nail-biting finish. With new Moto3 world champion Sandro Cortese streaking away to a...

Jorge Lorenzo surprised by Casey Stoner’s home race pace

27 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo surprised by Casey Stoner’s home race pace

Jorge Lorenzo might be standing on the brink of his second MotoGP world title, but his hopes of capturing the crown from the top step of the podium seem extremely remote, despite qualifying in second...

Scott Redding on front row in Phillip Island

27 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding on front row in Phillip Island

British rider Scott Redding will start tomorrow’s Australian Moto2 Grand Prix from the front row of the grid after he qualified his Marc VDS Racing Kalex machine in second place. The Gloucestershire...

Casey Stoner rebounds to secure Phillip Island pole

27 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner rebounds to secure Phillip Island pole

Casey Stoner bounced back from an early crash to claim pole position for his final home race at the spectacular Phillip Island track in Australia earlier today. After dominating all three practice...