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Le Mans MotoGP: Tyre temperature issue leaves Casey Stoner third

21 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Le Mans MotoGP: Tyre temperature issue leaves Casey Stoner third

Casey Stoner lost the lead in the MotoGP world championship in Le Mans after temperature issues with his wet weather Bridgestone tyres left him in third position. The Aussie, who announced he will...

Le Mans MotoGP: James Ellison finishes top CRT

21 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Le Mans MotoGP: James Ellison finishes top CRT

James Ellison finished top CRT rider in Le Mans yesterday (Sunday), just two weeks after wondering whether he would even be starting the French Grand Prix. A tough start to 2012 caused by a chronic...

Le Mans MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso aims for consistent podium challenge

21 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Le Mans MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso aims for consistent podium challenge

Andrea Dovizioso is confident he will be a consistent podium threat for Yamaha in the future after he crashed out of top three contention in a rain-hit French Grand Prix at Le Mans yesterday. The...

Le Mans MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow baffled by speed issue

21 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Le Mans MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow baffled by speed issue

British rider Cal Crutchlow said he was baffled by a speed deficit with his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YZR-M1 machine before he crashed out of podium contention in a rain-affected French MotoGP...

Seeley dominates North West 200

21 May 2012 by Gary Pinchin

Seeley dominates North West 200

At one stage during Saturday’s North West 200 it looked like Alastair Seeley might have to be content with just his Thursday Superstock race win on the Tyco TAS Suzuki. In the first Supersport race...

Le Mans MotoGP: Lorenzo takes victory and championship lead

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Lorenzo takes victory and championship lead

2010 MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has won the wet race at Le Mans by 9.9 seconds and taken the lead in the championship by eight points. Lorenzo got an excellent start to lead from flag to flag,...

Le Mans MotoGP: Luthi dominates wet Moto2 race

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Luthi dominates wet Moto2 race

Swiss rider Thomas Luthi dominated the wet Moto2 race at Le Mans to comfortably take his second Moto2 victory. It was Pol Espargaro who lead in to the first corner, with Brit Scott Redding making a...

Le Mans MotoGP: Louis Rossi takes first Moto3 win in torrential rain

20 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Louis Rossi takes first Moto3 win in torrential rain

Frenchman Louis Rossi has taken his first Moto3 win at his home circuit of Le Mans in torrential rain after three other riders crashed out of the lead. Spaniard Maverick Vinales got a good start from...

Le Mans MotoGP: Marquez on pole despite crash

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Marquez on pole despite crash

Championship leader Marc Marquez has taken his third pole position in a row at Le Mans despite crashing with 25 minutes of the session remaining. The rain started to fall with five minutes of the...

Le Mans MotoGP: Pedrosa steals pole

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Pedrosa steals pole

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa will start tomorrow’s MotoGP race at Le Mans from pole position. Pedrosa stole pole position with only a few minutes remaining of the session. The session started in...

Le Mans MotoGP: Vinales takes first pole of 2012

19 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Vinales takes first pole of 2012

Spaniard Maverick Vinales has taken his first pole position of 2012 during a wet qualifying session at the Le Mans circuit today. Efren Vasquez qualified second, just under one second behind Vinales,...

Le Mans MotoGP: Stoner on top after FP2

18 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Le Mans MotoGP: Stoner on top after FP2

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has ended the first day at Le Mans at the top of the timesheets. The Aussie – who yesterday announced he is to retire at the end of the season – posted a best time of...

North West 200: Farquhar claims supertwins victory

18 May 2012 by Gary Pinchin

North West 200: Farquhar claims supertwins victory

Ryan Farquhar claimed an historic victory in the first ever North West 200 Supertwins race this evening (Thursday). Ireland’s top road racer led the four-lap race from start-to-finish in the...

North West 200: Seeley claims Superstock victory

18 May 2012 by Gary Pinchin

North West 200: Seeley claims Superstock victory

As many expected, Alastair Seeley was a class apart in the opening race of the 2012 Relentless International North West 200. The Tyco TAS Suzuki rider dominated the LiveWire Solutions Superstock...

Casey Stoner: “I've lost the passion for MotoGP”

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner: “I've lost the passion for MotoGP”

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner will retire at the end of 2012, the Australian saying he’s lost his passion and love for racing at a time when the Repsol Honda rider is arguably at the peak of...

Valentino Rossi vows to race on until end of 2014

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi vows to race on until end of 2014

Valentino Rossi will not be joining Casey Stoner in quitting the MotoGP world championship at the end of 2012. Double MotoGP world champion Stoner stunned the paddock in Le Mans tonight when he...

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shocked at Stoner’s retirement decision

17 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shocked at Stoner’s retirement decision

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo – two of the biggest rivals in Casey Stoner’s career – have spoken of their shock at the Australian’s decision to retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2012 world...

Casey Stoner announces retirement

17 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Casey Stoner announces retirement

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2012 season. The shock announcement was delivered to a packed press conference at Le Mans ahead of this weekend’s...

Joan Lascorz injury update from Kawasaki

17 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Joan Lascorz injury update from Kawasaki

After the last statement issued on April 27, Joan has been recovering respiratory capacity after post-traumatic complications after the accident. A few days ago the medical team at Hospital Vall...

Injured Hopkins set to race at Miller Motorsports Park

17 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Injured Hopkins set to race at Miller Motorsports Park

Following his crash at Monza and subsequent hip and foot injury, John Hopkins is set to make a return to the World Superbike Championship at Miller Motorsports Park in America on 26th to 28th May. The...

Chris Vermeulen excited ahead of MotoGP return

16 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Chris Vermeulen excited ahead of MotoGP return

Chris Vermeulen is hoping to show the racing world that he is over his two-year injury nightmare when he makes a return to action in this weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Australian will...

Seeley fastest in NW200 qualifying

15 May 2012 by Gary Pinchin

Seeley fastest in NW200 qualifying

Alastair Seeley topped Superbike and Supersport qualifying on his Tyco TAS Suzuki on the first day of qualifying for the 2012 Relentless International North West 200. The ‘Wee Wizard’ was also second...

Colin Edwards won’t rush injury return

15 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards won’t rush injury return

Colin Edwards has pledged not to rush back to MotoGP action from the broken left collarbone he suffered in Estoril earlier this month, but is still optimistic of a comeback in the forthcoming...

Poll: What should Rossi do?

14 May 2012 by MCN

Poll: What should Rossi do?

It’s not going well for the Italian legend this year. Seventh at the Portuguese MotoGP is his best result so far and rumours of retirement persist in the media. If you were Rossi, what would you do...

Hickman dropped by MSS Kawasaki

14 May 2012 by Gary Pinchin

Hickman dropped by MSS Kawasaki

Peter Hickman has lost his full-time ride with the MSS Bathams Kawasaki team in BSB. Following his decision to ride a rival manufacturer’s machine at the weekend’s Donington Park WSB round, Hickman...

Donington Park WSB: Rea takes controversial race win

13 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Donington Park WSB: Rea takes controversial race win

Honda rider Jonathan Rea has won an eventful second race at Donington Park in a race which saw plenty of aggresive overtaking from all the front runners. Rea was fourth at the start of the final lap,...

Donington Park WSB: Sam Lowes takes first WSS win

13 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Donington Park WSB: Sam Lowes takes first WSS win

Brit Sam Lowes has taken his first World Supersport victory in front of his home crowd at Donington Park today. Lowes didn’t get the best start from second on the grid, dropping back to fifth place,...

Donington Park WSB: Melandri takes race one win

13 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Donington Park WSB: Melandri takes race one win

Italian Marco Melandri has won race one at Donington Park and taken BMW’s first WSB victory. It was a one-two for BMW as Brit Leon Haslam claimed second place ahead of pole sitter Tom Sykes. Haslam...

Donington Park WSB: Sykes takes home pole

12 May 2012 by MCN

Donington Park WSB: Sykes takes home pole

Kawasaki rider Tom Sykes will start from pole position at Donington Park tomorrow for the fourth time this season. Sykes set a fastest time of 1’27.716, beating the previous track best by 0.3 seconds.

Paddock pass debacle at Donington

12 May 2012 by Anonymous

Charging £30 for a paddock pass, Donington officials failed to man the paddock gate on Saturday. Indeed there was no paddock gate. Spectators walked without sign or hindrance through the paddock and through the paddock tunnel to find themselves later trapped on the infield or faced with a very long walk back to their point of origin. Eventually an angry standoff led to officials being pushed aside...

Donington Park WSB: Smrz ends first qualifying on top

11 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Donington Park WSB: Smrz ends first qualifying on top

Team Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider Jakub Smrz has taken provisional pole after setting the fastest lap during the weekend’s opening qualifying session. The rain flags came out for a short while at...

Donington Park WSB: Sykes heads FP1

11 May 2012 by Liam Marsden

Donington Park WSB: Sykes heads FP1

Tom Sykes finished the first session of the Donington Park WSB weekend on top after setting a fastest time of 1’30.756 in dry but windy conditions. Fellow Brit Leon Camier finished FP1 in second...

James Ellison keeps Paul Bird ride for Le Mans

11 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

James Ellison keeps Paul Bird ride for Le Mans

James Ellison will be on board the Paul Bird Motorsport Aprilia ART machine at next weekend’s French MotoGP round, despite threats to replace him with BSB title contender Shane Byrne. Bird had...

Gary Mason and Peter Hickman to race at Donington WSB

10 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Gary Mason and Peter Hickman to race at Donington WSB

British Superbike contenders Gary Mason and Peter Hickman will compete in the fifth round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park this weekend. Current Quattro Plant Kawasaki rider Mason...

Dramatic U-turn sees Liberty Racing commit to WSB future

10 May 2012 by Michael Guy

Dramatic U-turn sees Liberty Racing commit to WSB future

Following the Effenbert Liberty Racing’s un-compromising statement at Monza last weekend, which brought into question the teams future participation in the World Superbike championship, the team have...

Colin Edwards: “My two big choices were Vermeulen or Haslam”

09 May 2012 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards: “My two big choices were Vermeulen or Haslam”

Colin Edwards advised his Forward Racing MotoGP squad that Chris Vermeulen and Leon Haslam were his preferred options to replace him during next weekend’s French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The Texan will...