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Magny Cours WSB: Sykes takes pole and smashes lap record

06 October 2012 by Adam Child

Magny Cours WSB: Sykes takes pole and smashes lap record

Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes secured pole position, smashing the lap record with an outstanding Superpole lap, while championship rival Max Biaggi struggled finishing an unexpected 10th. Sykes took his ninth...

2013 WSB Calendar confirmed

06 October 2012 by Michael Guy

The 15 round World Superbike Calendar has been confirmed in Magny Cours today. The unconfirmed race on 23 June is expected to take place in Brno, Czech Republic. 24 February       Australia                        Phillip Island 10 March           India                             Buddh Circuit 7 April               Spain                             Aragon 28 April             The...

Magny Cours WSB: Marco on top in the last qualifying before Superpole

06 October 2012 by Adam Child

Magny Cours WSB: Marco on top in the last qualifying before Superpole

Marco Malandri, improved from yesterday’s third position to top the time sheets in second qualifying knocking Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes back to second. Sykes couldn’t improve on Friday’s time and had to...

Magny Cours WSB: Tom Sykes on top in first qualifying

06 October 2012 by Adam Child

Magny Cours WSB: Tom Sykes on top in first qualifying

In perfect sunny conditions Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes set the fastest time of the first 45 minute qualifying session, with a 1.38.200. Althea Ducati’s Carlos Checa joins him on the provisional front row...

Magny Cours WSB: Cluzel on provisional pole at home race

05 October 2012 by Michael Guy

Frenchman Jules Cluzel ended the opening day at Magny Cours by setting provisional pole position for Sunday’ 22 lap World Supersport race. The three time WSS race winner set a pole time of 1’41.886 – 0.406s clear of his closest rival. Ten Kate Honda rider Broc Parkes secured second spot ahead of Kawasaki Fabien Foret who made it two French riders on the front row. Britain’s Sam Lowes claimed...

Magny Cours WSB: Rea leads Brit charge at final round

05 October 2012 by Adam Child

Magny Cours WSB: Rea leads Brit charge at final round

Jonathan Rea topped the first free practice time sheets at Magny Cours, setting a 1.39.064 on a drying tack. PATA Ducati rider Sylvain Guintoli finished second with in form Brits Leon Camier and Tom...

Ducati boss not surprised Valentino Rossi rejected 2013 offer

05 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ducati boss not surprised Valentino Rossi rejected 2013 offer

Ducati boss Filippo Preziosi has admitted that he wasn’t surprised that Valentino Rossi rejected a multi-million pound offer to finish his MotoGP career with the Bologna factory. Not even the weight...

Tech 3 Yamaha crew unchanged for Bradley Smith in 2013

05 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 Yamaha crew unchanged for Bradley Smith in 2013

Bradley Smith’s challenge to become a competitive force in MotoGP next season will be masterminded by vastly experienced crew chief Guy Coulon. The 21-year-old had expressed interest in moving to Tech...

Magny Cours WSB: Lowes on top in damp free practice

05 October 2012 by Michael Guy

Magny Cours WSB: Lowes on top in damp free practice

PTR Honda rider Sam Lowes topped the opening free practice session at Magny Cours this morning. On a wet, but drying track, Lowes left it late to even venture out of his pitbox to allow the track...

My boys and Shane Byrne

04 October 2012 by Tracy Clack

My boys and Shane Byrne

Here’s a photo of my two youngest boys meeting shane Byrne at Brands Hatch. They were over the moon and he was such a nice guy. We also met other great riders including Haga, Chris Walker and Danny...

Honda powerless to influence MotoGP switch for Jonathan Rea

04 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Honda powerless to influence MotoGP switch for Jonathan Rea

HRC has admitted it was powerless to sway satellite team boss Fausto Gresini towards signing Jonathan Rea in 2013. Honda is consulted on rider selection for its satellite teams but has no right to...

America to host three races in 2013 as Texas gets green light

04 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

America to host three races in 2013 as Texas gets green light

Three MotoGP races will be held in America in 2013 after it was confirmed the Circuit of the Americas clash in Texas will definitely go ahead. The race will be staged on April 21 and is likely to be...

Bemsee Premier 1000 racing blog: A rollercoaster end to the season

04 October 2012 by Michael Neeves

Bemsee Premier 1000 racing blog: A rollercoaster end to the season

I thought it would be a nice easy end to the season, but the final round of Bemsee’s Respro Premier 1000 championship at Brands Hatch, turned out to be a real rollercoaster. Friday Just two sessions...

Dorna to run MotoGP and World Superbikes

03 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Dorna to run MotoGP and World Superbikes

A major reshuffle of the organisation of MotoGP and World Superbikes will see Dorna manage both championships in the future. Bridgepoint, the private equity firm that invested in Dorna in 2006 and...

Casey Stoner confirms Motegi return

03 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner confirms Motegi return

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner has confirmed he will be back in MotoGP action at next weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at the Twin Ring Motegi. The Australian has been out of action since he badly...

Poll: Are the British Superbike Championship rules too hard to understand?

01 October 2012 by MCN

Poll: Are the British Superbike Championship rules too hard to understand?

The BSB season is now in to the Showdown stage, which means only six riders are in with a shot at the 2012 title. Are the current rules too complicated?   pollcomment

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow misses podium on last lap

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow misses podium on last lap

Cal Crutchlow refused to be too downbeat after he narrowly missed scoring a second podium in the last three MotoGP races at the Motorland Aragon yesterday. The British rider had been locked in a race...

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow misses podium on last lap

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow misses podium on last lap

Cal Crutchlow refused to be too downbeat after he narrowly missed scoring a second podium in the last three MotoGP races at the Motorland Aragon yesterday. The British rider had been locked in a race...

Aragon MotoGP: Jonathan Rea satisfied with seventh

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Jonathan Rea satisfied with seventh

Jonathan Rea declared himself satisfied to finish his second MotoGP appearance in seventh position at the Motorland Aragon yesterday, but admitted his inexperience with the level of sophisticated...

Aragon MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo content with safe second

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo content with safe second

Jorge Lorenzo settled for a safe second place in yesterday’s Motorland Aragon MotoGP clash to keep himself firmly in the driving seat to clinch a second premier class title in 2012. The Spaniard led...

Aragon MotoGP: Valentino Rossi rues first lap error

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Valentino Rossi rues first lap error

Valentino Rossi fought back from dead last to eighth place after a costly first lap error in yesterday’s Motorland Aragon MotoGP race. The Italian had to run off the track in the braking zone at the...

Aragon MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa not counting on Stoner support

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa not counting on Stoner support

Dani Pedrosa says he won’t be relying on the return of factory Honda teammate Casey Stoner to help him capture a maiden MotoGP world title in 2012. The Spaniard got his title tilt back on track with a...

Aragon MotoGP: Podium continues to elude Stefan Bradl

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Podium continues to elude Stefan Bradl

An early crash out of third place extended Stefan Bradl’s search for a maiden podium in his hugely impressive debut MotoGP campaign. The German had just grabbed third place from American Ben Spies on...

Aragon MotoGP: Ben Spies disappointed to miss podium

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Ben Spies disappointed to miss podium

Ben Spies is still waiting to score his first podium finish in 2012 after he was unable to match the pace of Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso in a battle for the top three at the Motorland Aragon...

Aragon MotoGP: Scott Redding digs deep for heroic podium

01 October 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Scott Redding digs deep for heroic podium

Scott Redding rode through the pain barrier in a pulsating Moto2 race at the Motorland Aragon track yesterday to claim a stunning podium finish on the last lap. Redding rode for more than half of the...

Silverstone BSB: Lowes does the double

30 September 2012 by Phil Wain

Silverstone BSB: Lowes does the double

Alex Lowes completed a sensational double in the second British Superbike Championship race on Sunday afternoon, in what was, arguably, one of the greatest BSB races ever. With less than a second...

Silverstone BSB: Lowes takes race one win

30 September 2012 by Phil Wain

Silverstone BSB: Lowes takes race one win

Alex Lowes has claimed victory in the opening British Superbike Championship race at Silverstone on Sunday, coming home ahead of Shane Byrne and Michael Laverty. Having qualified on pole position,...

Aragon MotoGP: Pedrosa eases to victory

30 September 2012 by Liam Marsden

Aragon MotoGP: Pedrosa eases to victory

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa dominated today’s MotoGP race at Aragon to win from Jorge Lorenzo by over six seconds. Lorenzo took the lead from the start, with Pedrosa close behind. Pedrosa passed...

Aragon MotoGP: Espargaro takes home win

30 September 2012 by Liam Marsden

Aragon MotoGP: Espargaro takes home win

Kalex rider Pol Espargaro won his home race at Motorland Aragon today after a race long battle with championship leader and fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez. Neither Spaniard wanted to concede the lead...

Aragon MotoGP: Salom takes Moto3 win

30 September 2012 by Liam Marsden

Aragon MotoGP: Salom takes Moto3 win

Spaniard Luis Salom has taken his second Moto3 victory of the season and moved in to second place in the championship after Maverick Vinales suffered a tehcnical problem on his out lap and was unable...

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow surprised with front row

29 September 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow surprised with front row

Cal Crutchlow admitted he didn’t expect to challenge for his third successive front row start after he qualified behind dominant Spanish duo Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa at the Motorland Aragon this...

Aragon MotoGP: Third row not a disaster, says Valentino Rossi

29 September 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Third row not a disaster, says Valentino Rossi

Valentino Rossi brushed off a crash that left him on the third row of the grid at the end of qualifying at a cool and cloudy Motorland Aragon this afternoon. Rossi lost the front-end of his factory...

Aragon MotoGP: Jonathan Rea seeks to slash gap to winner

29 September 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Jonathan Rea seeks to slash gap to winner

Jonathan Rea says he is more concerned about slashing the gap between himself and the race winner in Aragon tomorrow than he is about his final position at the end of the 23-lap clash. The British...

Silverstone BSB: Lowes sets pole

29 September 2012 by Liam Marsden

Silverstone BSB: Lowes sets pole

WFR Honda rider Alex Lowes will start tomorrow’s first BSB race from pole position after seeing off competition from reigning champion Tommy Hill in the final qualifying session. Current championship...

Aragon MotoGP: Ben Spies vows to attack for podium

29 September 2012 by Matthew Birt

Aragon MotoGP: Ben Spies vows to attack for podium

Ben Spies has vowed to throw more caution to the wind in tomorrow’s Motorland Aragon race in a bid to score his first podium in the 2012 MotoGP world championship. The Texan admitted taking a cautious...

Aragon MotoGP: Corsi secures Moto2 pole

29 September 2012 by Liam Marsden

Aragon MotoGP: Corsi secures Moto2 pole

Ioda Racing rider Simonce Corsi has secured the first Moto2 pole position of his career. Corsi stole pole position from Spanish rider Pol Espargaro in the dying moments of the session. Italian Andrea...