March

Roll on BSB 2012!

31 March 2012 by Kevin Langridge

Highlights from last year’s final BSB round at Brands Hatch. Roll on the new season!

West quits Supersonic BMW for QMMF in Moto2

31 March 2012 by MCN Sports Desk

A week before the first race of the BSB season, Anthony West has walked out on the Supersonic BMW team to join the QMMF Racing Team in Moto2. In a press release from QMMF, West is quoted: “It’s great...

Imola WSB: Sykes takes pole with fastest ever superbike lap

31 March 2012 by Liam Marsden

Yorkshireman Tom Sykes will start tomorrow’s WSB races from pole position at the Italian track of Imola after setting the fastest ever lap of the circuit on two wheels with a 1:46.748. It’s the second...

WSB Imola: Sykes takes provisional pole, Haslam third

31 March 2012 by Michael Guy

Tom Sykes continued to demonstrate his impressive pace by securing provisional pole position at the end of second qualifying at Imola this morning. The factory Kawasaki man cites Imola as one of his...

Imola WSB: Smrz steals provisional pole

30 March 2012 by Michael Guy

Effenbert Ducati rider Jakub Smrz secured provisional pole position right at the end of the opening qualifying session at Imola today edging out Kawasaki pairing Joan Lascorz and Tom Sykes. The Czech...

BMCRC Round 1 Report: Snetterton 24/25 March 2012

30 March 2012 by MCN

Minitwins Jones and Couzens share the spoils in Bemsee Minitwins Jesse Jones and 2011 champion Dan Couzens took two wins apiece in the opening round of the BMCRC Minitwin championship, as the popular...

Bemsee Premier 1000 racing blog: Snetterton 300

30 March 2012 by Michael Neeves

Pics by Bryan Lancaster. Well, that was a surprise. Three wins in Bemsee’s new Respro Premier 1000 class at Snetterton 300, a fastest lap and a pole position in the new BSB-style races – grid...

Ben Spies: “I have high expectations”

30 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will start the 2012 MotoGP world championship in Qatar next week with expectations of fighting for the title on Yamaha’s impressive new factory YZR-M1 1000cc machine. Spies has been backed...

Imola WSS: Second place Lowes positive after first qualifying

30 March 2012 by Michael Guy

Bogdanka Honda rider Sam Lowes ended the opening day at Imola with the second fastest time and remains optimistic about the remainder of the weekend. The 21-year-old set a best lap of 1.52.784...

Scott Redding expected to win in 2012

30 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding’s Marc VDS Racing Moto2 squad believe the British teenager must win races in 2012 to put himself in the shop window for a possible switch to MotoGP next year. The Gloucestershire rider...

Tech 3 halt work on new CRT machine

30 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s Tech 3 squad has suspended work on a proposed new CRT 1000cc MotoGP project. The French-based squad planned to have a new prototype chassis ready for track testing by the middle of...

Honda continue testing at Cadwell

30 March 2012 by Laura Stevens

The countdown continues to the Easter opener at Brands Hatch next weekend (6-9 April) and the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship teams have been making their final preparations as the...

Cal Crutchlow lauds special Jorge Lorenzo

29 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow has praised factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo’s silky smooth riding style having been able to observe the Spaniard at close quarters in MotoGP for the last 18 months. The 2010 world...

Colin Edwards: ‘Aprilia gives us hope’

29 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards says the performance of Aprilia’s new CRT MotoGP machine gives other new 1000cc projects hope for the future as he attempts to make the new Suter-BMW package more competitive in...

Casey Stoner: Hard to judge Ducati potential

29 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Reigning MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner says it is difficult to gauge the potential of Ducati’s new factory GP12 ahead of the start of the new 1000cc era in Qatar next week. Ducati has rolled out...

Bradley Smith training with one eye on MotoGP in 2013

29 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith might not have even started the 2012 Moto2 world championship but the British rider is already honing his training regime to be ready for a switch to a more powerful 1000cc MotoGP bike...

Jason Crump fired up for NZ Speedway GP

29 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

Triple world champion Jason Crump admits “I’ve been waiting for Saturday for about four months” as he prepares for the first ever FIM Buckley Systems New Zealand SGP in Auckland. The action gets...

Tyco Suzuki pair inside Kirkistown lap record

29 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

With Northern Ireland currently bathed in sunshine, choosing Kirkistown in County Down for a final pre-season shakedown test, prior to next weekend’s opening British Superbike races at Brands Hatch on...

Mason and Foray test Quattro Plant Kawasakis

28 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

The Quattro Plant Kawasaki team completed their first shakedown test at Donington Park yesterday (Tuesday). Gary Mason rode one of the team’s Kawasaki superbikes, Freddy Foray spent most of the day on...

Scott Redding picks out 2012 Moto2 title rivals

28 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding believes four riders, including Spanish sensation Marc Marquez, stand between him and capturing the 2012 Moto2 world championship. The Marc VDS Racing rider has impressed during...

BBC to show MotoGP in HD in 2012

28 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

The BBC’s extensive coverage of all 18 rounds of the 2012 MotoGP world championship will be shown in HD for the first time. The BBC today also confirmed its coverage plans for all 18 races, with the...

Casey Stoner: Tight tracks frustrating on new 1000s

27 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Reigning MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner says the extra horsepower on his new 1000cc Honda RC213V machine makes riding short and tight tracks like Jerez a frustrating experience. Many people...

Dorna not at war with factories over radical rule changes

27 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP rights owners Dorna is not at war with Honda, Yamaha and Ducati over a range of cost-cutting rule changes under discussion to ensure the long-term future of the premier class world...

Ben Spies: 1000s easier to ride in rain than 800s

27 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

The new generation 1000cc MotoGP bikes might have a lot more horsepower and are more of a physically demanding challenge to ride in the dry, but factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies says the new YZR-M1 is...

James Ellison searching for Bridgestone confidence

27 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

James Ellison believes learning to get maximum performance out of Bridgestone’s new tyres will be his biggest challenge in the 2012 MotoGP world championship. The Paul Bird Motorsport rider is...

Poll: Will Rossi win again with Ducati?

26 March 2012 by MCN

Ducati’s yoyo fortunes continue, with a disappointing sixth fastest for Rossi at the latest Jerez test, but trust in the Desmosedici’s front end on the grow, according to Rossi. So if you had to bet a...

‘Cheeky’ Casey Stoner boosted by Jerez speed

26 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner denied his late attack to reach the summit of the timesheets in yesterday’s Jerez test was a ploy to score one last psychological blow before he commences the defence of his MotoGP world...

Andrea Dovizioso seeking smoother Yamaha acceleration

26 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso believes the key to being a consistent podium challenger at Yamaha in 2012 will depend on how much he can improve acceleration and rear stability on the new YZR-M1 1000cc...

Qatar podium unlikely admits Valentino Rossi

26 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has conceded his chances of starting the new 1000cc MotoGP era with a rostrum in Qatar next month are remote after he ended pre-season testing in sixth place on the timesheets in...

Ben Spies: Yamaha is ready to race for wins

26 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies is confident Yamaha’s impressive new factory YZR-M1 machine is capable of winning the season’s opening race in Qatar next month after he completed his 2012 preparations by setting the fourth...

Cal Crutchlow ends pre-season in style with fantastic fifth

26 March 2012

Cal Crutchlow will head to the first race of the new 1000cc MotoGP era in Qatar next month brimming with confidence after he ended the pre-season testing schedule with the fifth fastest time in...

Jerez test: Casey Stoner ends pre-season testing on top

25 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner’s domination of winter testing was complete today when he topped the timesheets at the end of the final pre-season session in Jerez A lap of 1.38.780 in the final...

Jerez test: Nicky Hayden quickest during rain-hit second day

24 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden took advantage of the best conditions on a rain-hit second day of MotoGP testing at Jerez to set the fastest time on board the new factory Ducati GP12. After heavy rain and gusting winds...

Cal Crutchlow continues dazzling winter form

23 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow’s brilliant winter testing campaign continued today (Friday) when the British rider clocked the fifth quickest time at the start of the final pre-season test in Jerez. The Monster Yamaha...

Front-end woes continue to haunt Valentino Rossi

23 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

The front-end problems that turned Valentino Rossi’s debut season with Ducati into a disaster show no sign of improving after the Italian finished the opening day of testing in Jerez in a lowly ninth...

James Ellison’s 2012 MotoGP livery revealed

23 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

The Paul Bird Motorsport squad, which will run James Ellison in the 2012 MotoGP world championship, has shown off a patriotic red, white and blue livery in Jerez. Bird is determined to make his new...