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Picture story: The Soviet race team Putin would have been proud of... then had killed

28 July 2015 by MCN

This is a picture of Estonian racer Endel Kiisa of the so-called ‘Vostok’ team (actually the state-sponsored Soviet team – Vostok translates literally as ‘East’), at the Austrian Grand Prix of 1965.

Picture story: Honda's oval-pistoned 1979 '0X' NR500

28 July 2015 by MCN

This is Honda’s oval-pistoned 1979 ‘0X’ NR500 engine, with which they would re-enter GP racing after a twelve years hiatus. The oval piston was Honda’s solution to the problem of making a 500cc...

Moto3 recap: Round 4 - Spain

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Danny Kent won his third race on the bounce but whereas COTA and Argentina were dominant wins he had to claw for it in Jerez. The last lap came down to a classic Jerez fight and Kent came out on...

Jonas Folger claimed his second win of the year by dominating the latter stages of the Spanish Grand Prix. The German took advantage of the fight for second with Tito Rabat and Johann Zarco battling...

MotoGP recap: Round 4 - Spain

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Jorge Lorenzo got his title campaign back on track with the first of four consecutive wins. Lorenzo was dominant at Jerez and afterwards he took advantage of the opportunity to remind everyone that...

Forward to sit out Indy

27 July 2015 by Steve English

Forward Racing will miss the next round of the MotoGP world championship in Indianapolis. The team cited lost sponsorship as their primary reason but with financial authorities in Switzerland having...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Race winners!

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Is there a better way to round off our 2015 Suzuka 8 Hour coverage than with a final video diary with the man of the moment himself, Bradley Smith?

Moto3 recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Fresh from a dominant win at COTA Danny Kent stretched his legs even further in Argentina and won by an incredible ten seconds at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Kent started from the front row but dropped...

Moto2 recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Johann Zarco took the second win of his Grand Prix career in Argentina after a dominant weekend that saw him cruise to victory ahead of the impressive rookie Alex Rins with Sam Lowes rounding out the...

MotoGP recap: Round 3 - Argentina

26 July 2015 by Steve English

The Argentine Grand Prix will be remembered for the crash on the penultimate lap between Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi. Marquez had been in front but with Rossi on the charge the Italian was able...

First Yamaha win at Suzuka since 1996

26 July 2015 by Steve English

Bradley Smith, Pol Espargaro and Katsuyuki Nakasuga gave Yamaha their first Suzuka 8 Hours victory since 1996 after a superb race in Japan this morning. The Tech3 teammates partnered Yamaha factory...

Casey Stoner crashes out of Suzuka 8 Hour

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Casey Stoner’s return to competitive motorcycle racing has lasted less than fifteen minutes, after he ran wide and crashed out at Degnar just minutes into his first run on the MuSHASi RT Honda...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: On the grid

26 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The bikes and riders are on the grid for the start of the Suzuka 8 Hour – and we got the first of today’s video diaries with Bradley Smith recorded right there in the middle of it!

Woffinden retains speedway world title lead in Sweden

25 July 2015 by Tony Hoare

Britain’s Tai Woffinden finished second in tonight’s Swedish speedway Grand Prix in Malilla to retain his nine-point lead at the top of the world championship standings. Woffinden, 24, lost out in the...

Full Suzuka 8 Hour to be shown on British Eurosport

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

British Eurosport is set to show the entire Suzuka 8 Hour race live for the first time, allowing British fans to watch the progress of pole sitter Bradley Smith against former MCE British Superbike...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Time attack

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

After a rather incredible performance during this evening’s Time Attack from Pol Espargaró, Bradley decided it was only fair to recruit his teammate for today’s video diary – even if he didn’t give...

Moto3 recap: Round 2 - Americas

25 July 2015 by Steve English

You’re not supposed to win Moto3 races by a margin of seconds but nobody told Danny Kent in Texas with the Honda rider taking the flag with mammoth eight seconds victory margin. Kent started from pole...

Moto2 recap: Round 2 - Americas

25 July 2015 by Steve English

Sam Lowes took the first win of his Grand Prix career at COTA after seeing off the challenge from Johann Zarco. Lowes had suffered a huge crash on Friday and another during qualifying but when it...

MotoGP recap: Round 2 - Americas

25 July 2015 by Steve English

Marc Marquez overcame a technical failure on his bike in qualifying to take a dramatic pole position in Texas. The lap was arguably the best that we’ve ever seen from the Spaniard. He was fired up and...

Pol Espargaro smashes Suzuka record for 8 Hour pole

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Pol Espargaro has totally smashed the Suzuka lap record to give his Yamaha Factory Racing Team the pole position for tomorrow’s Suzuka * Hour. Lapping in 2:06 dead, the Spaniard beat last year’s lap...

William Dunlop takes Armoy clean sweep on opening night

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

William Dunlop has taken a clean sweep of pole positions and wins on the opening night of this year’s Armoy Race of Legends, with a win in the Supersport 600 race from pole position as well as taking...

Brookes to make German championship wildcard

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Milwaukee Yamaha rider Josh Brookes will gain a significant advantage over his MCE British Superbike championship rivals when the series makes its annual trip abroad for the Dutch round of the series...

Smith: ‘Qatar floodlights are nothing like this!’

25 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Factory Yamaha rider Bradley Smith says that all his previous experience of racing motorbikes at night – riding under the floodlights on his Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP bike – has gone out the window after...

TeamGreen Kawasaki top Suzuka qualifying at record pace

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The TeamGreen Kawasaki squad of Haji Yudhistira, Akira Yanagawa and Kazuki Watanabe have positioned themselves on the provisional pole position spot for Sunday’s Suzuka 8 Hour, after the fastest ever...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Night practice

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Another day done at Suzuka for Bradley Smith – and we reckon he might have been more than a little excited to make his nighttime debut!

Moto3 recap: Round 1 - Qatar

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Danny Kent’s dominance of Moto3 in 2015 wasn’t clearly apparent in qualifying at Qatar but having topped two practice sessions he was always confident of making a splash in the desert. Kent was never...

Moto2 recap: Round 1 - Qatar

24 July 2015 by Steve English

In the Moto2 season opener Sam Lowes and Johann Zarco were the fastest men on the grid but both failed to win the race after a mistake from Lowes and a mechancial issue for Zarco. Jonas Folger was the...

MotoGP recap: Round 1 - Qatar

24 July 2015 by Steve English

“I think that this battle is one of the best my career,” was what Valentino Rossi said after winning the Qatar Grand Prix. Over the course of the next eight rounds he’s been able to show that he’s...

Tight fight between Kawasaki riders in Laguna

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Laguna Seca saw a thrilling battle between the Kawasaki teammates, Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea, with the Englishman coming out on top in both races and clawing back eight points in the title standings.

Davies: This is the fruit of our labours

24 July 2015 by Steve English

A double win for Chaz Davies brought him within 20 points of Tom Sykes in the fight for second in the World Superbike standings. The Ducati rider was on fire all weekend and easily the class of the...

Guintoli and Lowes explain race two crash

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Sylvain Guintoli’s weekend in California was solid with a seventh place finish in race one, having ran in the top five at one point, but his outing in race two was short lived. A first lap crash with...

Difficult weekend yeilds top tens for van der Mark

24 July 2015 by Steve English

Laguna Seca is still one of the most challenging circuits for any rider to learn. Last weekend’s World Superbike round showed this for Michael van der Mark with the Dutchman having a difficult weekend...

Bradley Smith's Suzuka diary: Qualifying 1

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

The first of two qualifying sessions done for Bradley Smith at Suzuka, and we caught up with him at pit lane walk just before they head back out on track for the second one for an update on his day so...

Bridewell bemoans track temperature tyre woes

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

Tommy Bridewell has been left suffering in qualifying for this year’s Suzuka 8 Hour, as increasing track temperatures have left the Pirelli-shod Penz13.com BMW France bike at a further disadvantage...

Martin Jessopp to make Classic TT debut

24 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

MCE British Superbike regular Martin Jessopp will make his debut at this year’s Classic TT, after teaming up with a joint effort from Kevin Pearson’s Team York Suzuki and Craig Brookes’ CMB...

Hopkins to extend BSB return to Thruxton

23 July 2015 by Simon Patterson

John Hopkins will extend his BSB return until at least the next round of the series at Thruxton, as the Lloyds British Moto Rapido Ducati team’s full time rider Jakub Smrz continues to recover from...