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Get £10 off Donington Park WSB tickets!

23 April 2012 by MCN

Get £10 off Donington Park WSB tickets!

MCN and Donington Park have teamed up to offer you a fantastic £10 discount on Donington Park World Superbike weekend and race day tickets. The 2012 season is shaping up to be the best in years – with...

2012 Master of Midshires

22 April 2012 by Midshires Grasstrack Club

2012 Master of Midshires

2012 Master of Midshires Motorcycle Grasstrack Racing will be held on Sunday 13th May at Victory Field, Ashorne, Nr Leamington, Warwickshire. Practice is at 11:00am. First Race 1:00pm. Free camping is...

Assen WSB: Rea takes first win of 2012

22 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Assen WSB: Rea takes first win of 2012

Ten Kate Honda rider Jonathan Rea has taken his first race win of 2012 in drying conditions during the second superbike race at Assen. The drying conditions meant tyre choice would be critical, with...

Assen WSB: Lanzi takes maiden supersport win

22 April 2012

Assen WSB: Lanzi takes maiden supersport win

Former factory Ducati WSB rider Lorenzo Lanzi has taken his first supersport win for the Prorace Honda team in wet conditions at Assen today. Despite starting on the front row, Lanzi got a poor start...

Assen WSB: Guintoli takes first win in two part wet race

22 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Assen WSB: Guintoli takes first win in two part wet race

Effenbert Liberty Ducati rider Sylvain Guintoli has taken his first ever WSB win in a two part race one, with the restart run in torrential conditions. Guintoli started from second on the grid for the...

Assen WSB: Sykes takes third pole in a row

21 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Assen WSB: Sykes takes third pole in a row

Brit Tom Sykes has made it three pole positions from three, setting the fastest time in tricky conditions during superpole at Assen today. Superpole was run under wet conditions, meaning there were...

Assen WSB: Rain stops play in first qualifying

20 April 2012 by Michael Guy

Assen WSB: Rain stops play in first qualifying

Within minutes of the opening qualifying session at Assen today rain hit the Dutch track bringing a premature end to any riders attempt to improve their lap time. The big winner was Frenchman Sylvan...

Assen WSB: Lowes heads first WSS qualifying

20 April 2012 by Michael Guy

Assen WSB: Lowes heads first WSS qualifying

British rider Sam Lowes finished the opening qualifying session in provisional pole position with a lap time of 1.38.900s. The Bogdanka Honda rider set his best time on his seventh lap, mid way...

Marcus Phelps ready for British Youth Cup

20 April 2012 by Anonymous

Marcus Phelps ready for British Youth Cup

Marcus Phelps, South African junior motocross front runner has arrived in the UK for the first round of the Red Bull Youth Cup national championship due to take place 28/29th April at Landrake in...

Joan Lascorz remains in intensive care

19 April 2012 by Michael Guy

Joan Lascorz remains in intensive care

Following his serious crash in testing at Imola 17 days ago Joan Lascorz remains in intensive care in Barcelona. The 27 year old Spaniard crashed his Kawasaki ZX-10R at the end of the first session on...

Bemsee Premier 1000 racing blog: Brands Hatch

19 April 2012 by Michael Neeves

Bemsee Premier 1000 racing blog: Brands Hatch

I’ve never talked to myself so much during a race – I’ve never needed to. I’m telling myself to sit forward on the tank to keep the weight over the front wheel into the corners, shouting to let go of...

Poll: Will new Norton V4 race bike finish the TT?

18 April 2012 by MCN

Poll: Will new Norton V4 race bike finish the TT?

The new Norton V4 race bike hss been unveiled this morning on the Isle of Man and the latest issue of MCN has the full story of its development – Norton started building the bike around an Aprilia V4...

Factory Honda or Yamaha return unlikely for Valentino Rossi

18 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Factory Honda or Yamaha return unlikely for Valentino Rossi

Honda has joined Yamaha in distancing themselves from the possibility of signing Valentino Rossi in a shock deal for the 2013 MotoGP world championship. The Italian’s future is already the subject of...

Casey Stoner urges rules stability in MotoGP

18 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner urges rules stability in MotoGP

Reigning world champion Casey Stoner has urged MotoGP bosses to stop meddling with rules and regulations to have a period of stability to help the premier class prosper in the future. The Australian...

Ducati make taming aggressive power delivery priority

17 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ducati make taming aggressive power delivery priority

Ducati will focus on taming the aggressive power delivery with its factory GP12 machine in a bid to make the new 1000cc Desmosedici a more competitive force in MotoGP. Reeling after witnessing Nicky...

New Honda parts imminent to help cure chatter issue

17 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

New Honda parts imminent to help cure chatter issue

Honda will introduce new parts at the forthcoming post race test in Estoril early next month in a bid to ease the chatter issues currently hindering reigning world champion Casey Stoner and Repsol...

Yamaha still working hard to find new title backer

17 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha still working hard to find new title backer

Yamaha is leaving no stone unturned in its bid to replace Fiat as title sponsor of its factory MotoGP squad. This season is the second in succession that Yamaha is self-funding the majority of its...

Freddie Foray at Thruxton

17 April 2012 by A Craig

Freddie Foray at Thruxton

Please find attached a sequence of photos of Freddie Foray crashing out in race two of BSB at Thruxton on Sunday. He kindly fell off right in front of me!

Adam Child at Scarborough

16 April 2012 by Graham Stephenson

Adam Child at Scarborough

Adam Child at the Ian Watson Spring Cup at Scarborough. How cold was that day? 6 degrees maximum all day.

Grassin' in 2012

16 April 2012 by Stewart Hall

It is a dismal, overcast, damp morning in a hilltop field, a few miles from the A1 near Peterborough The smell of bacon mixed, the unmistakable odour of the contents of motorhome portable loos being emptied into a communal plastic tank, next to the row of Portaloos standing to attention, and ready for action. There are a collection of assorted persons in the field on my arrival, and on chatting to...

Thruxton BSB: Brookes battles to race two win

15 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Thruxton BSB: Brookes battles to race two win

Tyco Suzuki rider Josh Brookes battled from 13th place at the end of the first lap to record his first victory of 2012 during the second BSB race at Thruxton. Brookes worked his way through the pack,...

Thruxton BSB: Lowry takes maiden win

15 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Thruxton BSB: Lowry takes maiden win

Padgett’s Honda rider Ian Lowry has taken his first race win in the superbike class in the first race at Thruxton. Lowry and pole setter Tommy Hill both got a great start and pulled away from the rest...

Thruxton BSB: Tommy Hill takes pole

14 April 2012 by MCN

Thruxton BSB: Tommy Hill takes pole

Reigning BSB champion Tommy Hill will start from pole tomorrow after setting the fstest time during a drying qualifying session. The first qualifying session – held in wet conditions – was extended to...

TV coverage for road racing

14 April 2012 by Anonymous

How come we have road races on and we never get much info about them? This weekend is the Scarborough event at which I will be working with a team. These people entertain the public, put their lives on the line, all of which they are happy to do in order to race. However, it is very rarely on TV unless it is local TV or the TT. Please get a campaign going to put this type of racing on TV. There’s...

Loris Capirossi certain Valentino Rossi still fast enough to win

13 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Loris Capirossi certain Valentino Rossi still fast enough to win

Valentino Rossi is still fast enough to challenge Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo’s recent domination of the MotoGP world championship. That’s the view of Rossi’s fellow Italian Loris Capirossi, who...

Qatar fourth confirms huge step by Cal Crutchlow

13 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Qatar fourth confirms huge step by Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow’s fantastic fourth place in last weekend’s season opening MotoGP race in Qatar was confirmation of the huge leap made by the British rider for the 2012 world championship. The Monster...

MotoGP budget cap impossible to police, say HRC and Yamaha

13 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP budget cap impossible to police, say HRC and Yamaha

Yamaha and Honda have said plans for a £12.5m budget cap on what factories can spend on their 1000cc MotoGP projects each season is impossible to police. Dorna is keen to implement a budget...

Yamaha: Jorge Lorenzo’s Qatar win vital early boost

12 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha: Jorge Lorenzo’s Qatar win vital early boost

Jorge Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha boss Wilco Zeelenberg said it was vital that the Spaniard pounced on Casey Stoner’s arm pump issue to claim a historic first 1000cc win in Qatar last weekend. Aussie...

Rev limit best way to cut cost and performance of MotoGP prototypes

12 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Rev limit best way to cut cost and performance of MotoGP prototypes

A rev limit is the most effective way of reducing costs and cutting the gulf in performance between the factory prototypes and new 1000cc production-based CRT machines in MotoGP. That’s the view of...

Poll: Should MotoGP and WSB be merged?

11 April 2012 by MCN

Poll: Should MotoGP and WSB be merged?

MotoGP and WSB are now owned by the same company, and althought WSB is a production-based class historically cheaper that MotoGP, Biaggi used 28 engines throughout 2011. Some of the top factory WSB...

Poll: Will Cal Crutchlow get on the podium this year?

11 April 2012

Poll: Will Cal Crutchlow get on the podium this year?

Tech 3 Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow equalled his best ever MotoGP result at Qatar last weekend with a fourth placed finish behind Casey Stoner. The Coventry rider impressed during winter testing and...

John Laverty at Brands Hatch

10 April 2012 by guineapigs

John Laverty at Brands Hatch

I took this shot at Brands Hatch on April 9 of John Laverty coming a cropper.

Brands Hatch BSB: Second superbike race cancelled

09 April 2012 by Liam Marsden

Brands Hatch BSB: Second superbike race cancelled

The second superbike race of the 2012 BSB season opener at Brands Hatch has been cancelled after fuel was spilled during the British Supersport race. Pauli Pekkanen crashed during the second...

Jerry Burgess: “We’re nowhere near fast enough.”

09 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess: “We’re nowhere near fast enough.”

Valentino Rossi and Ducati endured a dark night in Qatar after the Italian slumped to a dismal 10th place finish to start the new 1000cc MotoGP world championship. The nine-times world champion was a...

Qatar MotoGP: Yamaha thrilled with Cal Crutchlow form

09 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Qatar MotoGP: Yamaha thrilled with Cal Crutchlow form

Cal Crutchlow’s fantastic fourth place in last night’s opening MotoGP clash in Qatar drew praise from Yamaha management thrilled with his stunning form in 2012. The British rider continued his...

Qatar MotoGP: Ben Spies vows to bounce back quickly

09 April 2012 by Matthew Birt

Qatar MotoGP: Ben Spies vows to bounce back quickly

Ben Spies is aiming to bounce back quickly from a torrid start to the new 1000cc MotoGP era after the Texan slumped to a bitterly disappointing 11th place in Qatar last night. Two heavy crashes...