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Positive MSS Kawasaki test in Spain

08 March 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

MSS Bathams Kawasaki boss Nick Morgan summed up their three day Alcarras test as “one of the most positive experiences we’ve had as a team.” The team took a full range of bikes, equipment and staff...

Michael Dunlop’s TT programme: Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki machines

07 March 2012 by MCN sportsdesk

Michael Dunlop has concluded his plans to race at the 2012 Isle of Man TT Races and the popular Northern Ireland based rider has announced will be competing in all of the solo classes at this year’s...

William Dunlop confirmed for Lightweight TT

07 March 2012 by MCN Sports Desk

William Dunlop is the latest TT star to commit to the new Twins race on the Island. He will be riding the ex-Wayne Hamilton Kawasaki ER6 in the newly introduced Lightweight TT, scheduled for Friday...

TAS Tyco Suzuki testing ended by rain

07 March 2012 by MCN

TAS Tyco Suzuki’s second day of testing at Kirkistown, County Down was hit by rain just after midday but all three riders clocked laps in the morning sunny, but cold conditions. Alastair Seeley tried...

WFR Honda and MSS Kawasaki Alcarras test

07 March 2012 by Laura Stevens

Pre-season testing continued yesterday (Tuesday) at Alcarras for the WFR Honda and MSS Bathams Kawasaki MCE BSB teams as the riders ended their penultimate day on track. The WFR Honda trio have now...

Swan Yamaha prepare for testing

07 March 2012 by MCN Sports Desk

Swan Yamaha get their 2012 MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship underway this week as the team travel to Spain to begin their pre-season testing campaign with a shakedown test at Cartagena.

Laverty makes track return alongside Marino

07 March 2012 by Laura Stevens

Splitlath Redmond Racing have completed their first pre-season test on track yesterday (Tuesday) at Oulton Park as John Laverty rode again for the first time since recovering from injury alongside his...

WFR Honda: Cartagena complete, on to Alcarras

07 March 2012 by Laura Stevens

WFR Honda completed three days on track at Cartagena as Alex Lowes, Graeme Gowland and James Westmoreland attempted to make up for time lost during the second day with the trio feeling positive at the...

Tyco TAS testing at Kirkistown

07 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

The Tyco TAS Suzuki team braved a cold windswept Kirkistown, County Down yesterday (Tuesday) for their first shakedown test of the 2012 season. Aussie Josh Brookes and local hero Alastair Seeley were...

Yamaha satisfied new 1000 is competitive

06 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha is confident its new factory YZR-M1 1000cc machine is competitive to challenge Casey Stoner and Honda for the 2012 MotoGP world championship crown. Stoner and Honda have dominated this year’s...

LCR Honda confident in Stefan Bradl’s MotoGP potential

06 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

LCR Honda boss Lucio Cecchinello believes Stefan Bradl is destined for a big future in MotoGP after the German impressed during the latest pre-season test in Sepang last week. The reigning Moto2 world...

McAdoo Racing join forces with Michael Dunlop

06 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

McAdoo Racing have issued a press release, announcing that they have signed up with Michael Dunlop for the new road racing season. The team are celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2012 and say that...

Rutter and Hickman testing in Spain

06 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

The newly renamed MSS Bathams Kawasaki squad are now in Spain undergoing three days of intensive training at the Alcarras circuit with all four of their Superbike and Superstock riders. With an all...

Honda’s first BSB test wiped out by rain

06 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

Honda Racing’s first shakedown test at Snetterton, today, was wiped out by freezing temperatures, gusting winds and rain. New signings Michael Laverty, Jon Kirkham and the rest of the crew spent most...

First round of Thundersports

05 March 2012 by rodderstrotter

Images from the Thundersports meeting at Brands Hatch, March 3. Great racing in variable conditions – misty and wet in the morning to dry and sunny in the afternoon. Organisation was fantastic,...

Yamaha denies switch to seamless shift gearbox in MotoGP

05 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has denied its new factory YZR-M1 1000cc machine is equipped with a seamless shift gearbox similar to the systems used by Honda and Ducati in MotoGP. Rumours emerged during last week’s rain-hit...

MotoGP weight increase angers Honda and Yamaha

05 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Honda and Yamaha have both condemned the late decision to increase the minimum weight limit for the new generation1000ccc MotoGP machines from 153kg to 157kg. Honda and Yamaha had both invested huge...

John McGuinness to ride Mugen in TT Zero

04 March 2012 by Gary Pinchin

John McGuinness has been chosen to race the new Mugen Shinden in the TT Zero Challenge race at this year’s TT. Mr Shin Nagaosa, President of M-TEC Company Ltd today, at Suzuka circuit, Japan, publicly...

Chatter fails to end Casey Stoner’s winter dominance

02 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

It is going to take a lot more than a persistent chatter issue to end Casey Stoner’s domination of the MotoGP world championship after he topped the timesheets in Sepang this week. The 2011 world...

Tyre wear concerns Andrea Dovizioso

02 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso said Bridgestone’s new soft construction tyres lose grip too quickly after he tried his first distance run on Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine in Sepang yesterday. The Italian completed...

Lee Johnston to make TT debut

02 March 2012 by MCN Sportsdesk

Northern Ireland rider Lee Johnston will make his Mountain circuit debut in June when he competes in the 2012 Isle of Man TT Races. The former National Superstock 600cc Champion will contest the...

Polita tests Panigale in Italy

01 March 2012 by Laura Stevens

Jentin Doodson Motorsport’s Alex Polita tested the Ducati Panigale at the Italian circuit of Vallelunga yesterday (Wednesday) as the preparation continues for their respective debuts in the...

Valentino Rossi deflated after Sepang test

01 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi struggled to hide his disappointment after he slipped to a bitterly disappointing 10th place on the timesheets at the conclusion of the second Sepang MotoGP test in Malaysia today. The...

Tyre management key in 2012, says Jorge Lorenzo

01 March 2012 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo believes the rider who can save his tyres the longest in the inaugural 1000cc campaign will have the best chance of success after he completed an eye-opening race simulation on Yamaha’s...

Stoner back on top at Sepang

01 March 2012 by Liam Marsden

Factory Honda rider Casey Stoner returned to the top of the timesheets on the third day of the Sepang MotoGP test after engine failure kept all Hondas off track yesterday. After all Honda riders –...

Valentino Rossi faces wait for Ducati improvements

29 February 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ducati has told Valentino Rossi a range of improvements for the radically revamped GP12 will not be ready in time for the start of the inaugural 1000cc MotoGP world championship in early April. The...

Ben Spies quickest at rain-soaked Sepang

29 February 2012 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies ended another rain-hit day of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia on top of the timesheets after Honda failed to complete a lap. An engine failure suffered by Dani Pedrosa in the final...

Jorge Lorenzo: “We’re closer to Honda”

29 February 2012 by Matthew Birt

Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo is confident that Yamaha’s new factory YZR-M1 1000cc machine will be a bigger threat to Honda and Casey Stoner in 2012. The Australian dominated the final 800cc world...

Engine failure sidelines Honda quartet in Sepang

29 February 2012 by Matthew Birt

An engine failure experienced by Dani Pedrosa on the opening day of MotoGP testing in Sepang yesterday forced HRC to prevent all four of its riders from participating on a rain-hit second day in...