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Espargaro looking to build momentum

07 October 2015 by Steve English

Espargaro looking to build momentum

Pol Espargaro has had a disappointing year on the Tech3 Yamaha but with three races over three weekends the momentum of his season could shift rapidly with some strong results on the Asian swing of...

Smith focused on another strong result

07 October 2015 by Steve English

Smith focused on another strong result

With four races remaining in 2015 Bradley Smith is keen to hold onto his place in the top five of the MotoGP world championship. The Tech3 rider heads to Japan excited at the prospect of returning to...

Ducati hopeful of strong weekend

07 October 2015 by Steve English

Ducati hopeful of strong weekend

Andrea Dovizioso has struggled in recent races with a lack of feeling under braking but the Italian is confident that he can improve his fortunes this weekend at Motegi. The GP15 started the season as...

Guy Martin to return to the Macau Grand Prix

07 October 2015 by Stephen Davison

Guy Martin to return to the Macau Grand Prix

Guy Martin is set to make a sensational return to road racing at the 2015 Macau Grand Prix in China. The Tyco BMW star has been out of action since breaking his back in a huge crash at the Ulster...

Video: Camping with Bradley Smith

07 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Video: Camping with Bradley Smith

What happens when you take one of the UK’s top motorbike racers (who also happens to currently lie fifth in the MotoGP title chase) up a Scottish mountain, away from home comforts, proper toilets, and...

William Dunlop splits with Tyco BMW

07 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

William Dunlop splits with Tyco BMW

The Tyco BMW team have confirmed that William Dunlop has split with the team for the 2016 road-racing season. Dunlop has been with the team since 2014, taking his first international superbike race...

Brookes puts one hand on the trophy with race two win

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes puts one hand on the trophy with race two win

Josh Brookes has put one hand on the 2015 MCE British Superbike title after taking a second dominant win of the day in the second race at Silverstone to extend his lead over Shane Byrne to 47...

Lorenzo sprains shoulder in training accident

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Lorenzo sprains shoulder in training accident

Spanish media are reporting that Jorge Lorenzo’s 2015 MotoGP title aspirations may have suffered a major blow, after the Movistar Yamaha rider sprained his left shoulder in a training accident ahead...

Brookes takes race one after hard fought battle

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes takes race one after hard fought battle

Josh Brookes has taken the win in the first of the day’s MCE British Superbike races at Silverstone – but the win didn’t come as easily as expected for the Milwaukee Yamaha rider despite his...

Rea doubles up in France

04 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rea doubles up in France

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) secured his second win of the day and his 14th of the season in a dry race two, winning by 2.848 seconds from Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati WSB). Tom Sykes...

Sofuoglu the champion for the fourth time

04 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Sofuoglu the champion for the fourth time

Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) won the 2015 Supersport World Championship after finishing second in a shortened 11-lap contest. Sofuoglu looked like he would win the race to win the crown...

Rea wins in the wet at Magny-Cours

04 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rea wins in the wet at Magny-Cours

Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) overhauled long-time race leader Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) to record the first race win, in a shortened 19-lap WorldSBK race at Magny-Cours. An oil spill on...

BSB launch new Honda Moto3 class

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB launch new Honda Moto3 class

2015 will see the addition of a new class of racing to the MCE British Superbike paddock, with the Honda Moto3 Standard class running as a race-within-a-race alongside the Motostar championship. Using...

Shakey stays with PBM for 2016

04 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Shakey stays with PBM for 2016

Defending MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne will remain with the Paul Bird Motorsport squad for the 2016 season, after signing a deal yesterday evening with the Cumbrian chicken...

Woffinden wraps up world speedway title

03 October 2015 by Tony Hoare

Woffinden wraps up world speedway title

Britain’s Tai Woffinden won his second world speedway championship in Poland tonight with a Grand Prix to spare. Woffinden missed the semi-finals in Torun, the first time he’s missed the cut this...

Brookes becomes fastest ever rider around Silverstone en route to pole

03 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Brookes becomes fastest ever rider around Silverstone en route to pole

Josh Brookes has obliterated the all-time superbike lap record at Silverstone en route to taking pole position for tomorrow’s MCE British Superbike races at the Northamptonshire circuit, dipping into...

Haslam takes wet Superpole win

03 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Haslam takes wet Superpole win

Leon Haslam (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils) took only his third career Superpole win after a dramatic wet session at Magny-Cours. He was in the process of trying to pass Chaz Davies (Aruba.it...

Speedway unites behind injured racer Ward

03 October 2015 by Tony Hoare

Speedway unites behind injured racer Ward

All 16 riders in tonight’s speedway world championship Grand Prix in Poland will be wearing near-identical blue, white and yellow race suits in a show of unity with injured fellow racer Darcy...

Laverty tops times with lap record pace at Silverstone

02 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Laverty tops times with lap record pace at Silverstone

Michael Laverty was a surprise fastest man at the end of the opening day of MCE British Superbike action at Silverstone, totally demolishing the lap record en route to holding off championship leader...

Rea and Davies lead British rider rout on day one

02 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Rea and Davies lead British rider rout on day one

Five British riders, on four different types of machinery, led the first day charge at the 12th round of the FIM Superbike World Championship at Magny-Cours in France. New world champion Jonathan Rea...

Bendsneyder to join Ajo-KTM in 2016

02 October 2015 by Steve English

Bendsneyder to join Ajo-KTM in 2016

Red Bull Rookies champion Bo Bendsneyder has been confirmed with Ajo-KTM for next year. The team also announced that Brad Binder will continue with the Finnish squad for a second year. For Bendneyder...

Sofuoglu leads early in Magny-Cours

02 October 2015 by Gordon Ritchie

Sofuoglu leads early in Magny-Cours

At the start of what could be a pivotal weekend for long-time WSS championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) he took the fastest practice time after two track sessions, with a...

BSB moves to Silverstone for 2016 season opener

02 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

BSB moves to Silverstone for 2016 season opener

The 2016 MCE British Superbike calendar has been announced, and brings a major rejigging to the season as the opening round moves from Donington Park to Silverstone. Silverstone leaves the Showdown...

Pirelli to remain as BSB tyre suppliers until 2020

02 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

Pirelli to remain as BSB tyre suppliers until 2020

MCE British Superbike organisers MSV have confirmed that Pirelli will remain the exclusive supplier of tyres to the championship until at least 2020, after extending their deal with the series. The...

PBM takes on Be Wiser colours

02 October 2015 by Simon Patterson

PBM takes on Be Wiser colours

The PBM Kawasakis of defending MCE British Superbike champion Shane Byrne and Be Wiser Kawasaki refugee Danny Buchan will this weekend sport the colours of the insurance company, after the withdrawal...

MotoGP switch confirmed for Rabat

01 October 2015 by Steve English

MotoGP switch confirmed for Rabat

One of the paddock’s worst kept secrets was confirmed today by Marc VDS with the team announcing that Tito Rabat will move into the premier class to ride a Honda RC213v. Rabat tested the bike on...

Watch, read, decide: the most controversial last-corner clash ever

01 October 2015 by MCN

Watch, read, decide: the most controversial last-corner clash ever

The race for the 1998 250 title was a three-way, in-house battle between Aprilia factory riders Loris Capirossi and Tetsuya Harada, with rookie Valentino Rossi looming like the future. Then came the...

Passion verses perfection

30 September 2015 by MCN

Passion verses perfection

Perfection versus passion. Exactitude versus adaptability. Lorenzo versus Rossi. What a surprising season this last of (almost) full factory bikes has turned out to be.  ast Sunday’s Aragon GP brought...

Marquez undergoes operation for fractured hand

30 September 2015 by James Archibald

Marquez undergoes operation for fractured hand

Marc Marquez has undergone an operation this morning to treat a fracture to the fifth metacarpal of his left hand. The reigning MotoGP World Champion fractured his hand yesterday while training on his...

Danny Buchan to finish 2015 at PBM Kawasaki

29 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Danny Buchan to finish 2015 at PBM Kawasaki

Reigning National Superstock 1000 champion Danny Buchan has been thrown a lifeline by Paul Bird’s PBM Kawasaki team, with the Essex rider set to join them for the remainder of 2015. Buchan was left...

Redding: Tough race caps a difficult weekend

29 September 2015 by Steve English

Redding: Tough race caps a difficult weekend

A lack of feel from the rear high tyre temperatures left Scott Redding off the pace at Aragon and only able to finish 12th. The Marc VDS rider had battled with the Pramac Ducati of Yonny Hernandez in...

Miller: I was happy with about 90% of our race

29 September 2015 by Steve English

Miller: I was happy with about 90% of our race

Jack Miller finished outside the points at Aragon with the Australian finishing 19th after falling off the back of the scrap for the final points scoring positions in the closing stages of the...

Terry Windle: 12 October 1938 - 22 September 2015

29 September 2015 by Michael Guy

Terry Windle: 12 October 1938 - 22 September 2015

World Championship winning sidecar chassis builder Terry Windle has passed away after a long battle with cancer. A machinist by trade, Windle started racing solos in 1961, with his first race being at...

Mistake leads to frustrating day for Smith at Aragon

29 September 2015 by Steve English

Mistake leads to frustrating day for Smith at Aragon

A mistake under braking cost Bradley Smith one second in the middle of the race and ultimately cost him any chance of finishing fifth at Aragon. Falling to the back of the second group Smith had to...

Gearbox woes cost Espargaro dearly in Aragon

29 September 2015 by Steve English

Gearbox woes cost Espargaro dearly in Aragon

Pol Espargaro may have finished ninth on Sunday but his Aragon Grand Prix was a positive step in the right direction. The Spaniard, who had a strong qualifying session and ran in at the front of the...

Melandri to return to WSB with Ducati?

29 September 2015 by Simon Patterson

Melandri to return to WSB with Ducati?

Italian media are speculating that MotoGP refugee Marco Melandri is set to return to the World Superbike paddock in 2016, after linking up with the Althea squad that took Carlos Checa to title glory...