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Suzuki MotoGP wild card unlikely for John Hopkins

16 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki MotoGP wild card unlikely for John Hopkins

Suzuki is unlikely to offer John Hopkins a chance to run as a wild card in selected races during the 2011 MotoGP world championship. The American will be given the chance to return to MotoGP action...

Yamaha WSB to run in corporate colours - no title sponsor in 2011

16 February 2011 by Michael Guy

Yamaha WSB to run in corporate colours - no title sponsor in 2011

Yamaha have unveiled their official livery for the 2011 World Superbike Championship. Like the factory Yamaha MotoGP squad who are so far unable to secure a title sponsor, WSB men  Eugene Laverty and...

Colin Edwards happy to see Castrol Honda colours again

16 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards happy to see Castrol Honda colours again

Colin Edwards reckons the return of Castrol to the World Superbike championship brought good memories flooding back. The Texan enjoyed the biggest success of his long career while riding for the...

Randy de Puniet thrilled with Ducati support

16 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Randy de Puniet thrilled with Ducati support

Randy de Puniet has praised the technical support he is getting from Ducati as the Bologna factory seeks to win its first MotoGP title since 2007. Ducati has started the 2011 testing season with all...

Tunstall Switches To BSB Evo

16 February 2011 by MCN Sports Desk

Tunstall Switches To BSB Evo

Tom Tunstall is raring to take his place on the BSB grid in 2011 after adding his name to a growing list of Evo riders. Competing in “a race within a race” the Evo specification bikes run to the same...

Shorttrack UK on TV

15 February 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

Shorttrack UK on TV

British flattrack racing comes to Motors TV in February with full coverage of one of Shorttrack UK’s most prestigious events, the Indoor Shorttrack Championship. The year’s races from Braintree’s...

New era for Duke road race rankings

15 February 2011 by MCN Sportsdesk

New era for Duke road race rankings

The Duke Road Race Rankings enters a new era in 2011. Not only will the 10th winner of the annual series be crowned, there will also be a brand new trophy awarded. This year there will 26 events on...

Casey Stoner steps into Phillip Island date debate

15 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner steps into Phillip Island date debate

Casey Stoner has joined the debate raging about the future of the Australian MotoGP race at the Phillip Island circuit. The 2007 world champion, who has won every MotoGP race on home soil since 2007,...

Heavy rain disrupts Estoril Moto2 test

15 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Heavy rain disrupts Estoril Moto2 test

Heavy rain has already disrupted the start of the Moto2 and 125GP test at the Estoril track in Portugal this morning. The track was supposed to open at 9am this morning but the coastal circuit close...

Scott Redding launches new website

15 February 2011

Scott Redding launches new website

British Moto2 star Scott Redding has just launched a new website ahead of the 2011 world championship campaign. The new site – www.scottredding45.com – features all the latest news from the...

Yamaha developing Moto3 project

14 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha developing Moto3 project

Yamaha is making a surprise bid to enter the new four-stroke Moto3 class in 2012. The Japanese factory revealed to MCN in Sepang earlier this month it is developing a concept bike for the new 250cc...

Scott Redding makes fast start to 2011

14 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding makes fast start to 2011

Scott Redding made an impressively fast start to his preparations for the 2011 Moto2 world championship when he finished the Valencia test last weekend sharing the quickest time with Marc Marquez. The...

Video: Castrol Honda - "Past, Present, Future"

14 February 2011 by Dan Aspel

Video: Castrol Honda - "Past, Present, Future"

Castrol Honda has released the following video as the team gears up for the 2011 WSB season.   Celebrating the brand’s racing heritage and the possibilities for this year’s competition, the two minute...

Canard breaks SX duck

13 February 2011 by Paul Harris

Goodness me, if it wasn’t such a cliché, I’d think that scriptwriters were at work fashioning the 2011 AMA Supercross championships. It looked last week like James Stewart was finally getting into his stride, but things took an intriguing turn at the Houston Supercross – he was there on pace (second fastest, behind Davi Millsaps, would you believe), but he didn’t make the podium, wasn’t even...

Stewart in a class of his own at Anaheim II

12 February 2011 by Paul Harris

Anybody ever doubt James Stewart’s ability? The one guy to give Ricky Carmichael a hard time never really had a straight run without injury to show what he’s capable of, Chad Reed and Ryan Dungey popping along to give Stewart plenty to think about, with a charged Ryan Villopoto having plenty for Lil’ James to cope with so far this season. That all changed at Anaheim II this weekend. If you’ve got...

Stewart victorious as Supercross returns to the Coliseum

12 February 2011 by Paul Harris

The 2011 Supercross season continues the excellent form it showed in the first three rounds as for the first time, all the major protagonists managed to gate well in the main event. Heading into the final, Ryan Villopoto looked like the man in charge, the series leader in outstanding form during practice and the qualifying heats whilst runner-up James Stewart was super-quick but took some heavy...

Villopoto unbeatable in LA

12 February 2011 by Paul Harris

Well, well, well – look what we’ve got here. It’s round three of the AMA Supercross championship and all the contenders are still right in it – what’s more, although it’s still early days, it seems like no-one is able to establish a clear advantage. Rub your hands with glee, friends and neighbours, 2011 is showing every sign of being an epic. Aussie import Brett Metcalfe was quickest out of the...

Stewart fights back

12 February 2011 by Paul Harris

Rightly or wrongly, James Stewart has taken an outrageous amount of flak in his career for being inconsistent and crash-happy, but the Floridian gave notice that those days are over on Saturday with maybe the smartest win of his career thus far. Last weekend’s opener at Anaheim saw the 25-year-old take third overall as the quickest man on the track, as he so often has been in the past – this...

Ben Spies can improve Yamaha

11 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies can improve Yamaha

Ben Spies has the technical and development skills to maintain Yamaha’s status as the dominant force in MotoGP, according to former team boss Herve Poncharal. Spies has moved to Yamaha’s factory squad...

Casey Stoner: Honda and Ducati difference is extreme

11 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner: Honda and Ducati difference is extreme

Casey Stoner reckons it is impossible to make a direct comparison between the Ducati he rode last season and the factory Honda RC212V he will campaign in 2011 because the differences are so...

Scott Redding ninth as Moto2 pre-season kicks off

11 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Scott Redding ninth as Moto2 pre-season kicks off

British rider Scott Redding kicked off his 2011 Moto2 preparations in Valencia yesterday by posting the ninth best lap in sunny but cool conditions. The Marc VDS Racing rider logged an unofficial best...

Motorpoint Yamaha British Superbike team needs you!

10 February 2011

Motorpoint Yamaha British Superbike team needs you!

The Motorpoint Yamaha British Superbike team is looking for volunteers to help out behind the scenes during the 2011 season. So if you fancy spending your Sunday at Brands Hatch, Oulton Park,...

Motorpoint BSB team launches grid girl search

10 February 2011

Motorpoint BSB team launches grid girl search

The Motorpoint Yamaha team is looking to recruit volunteer grid girls for the 2011 British Superbike Championship. The team, launched by the car supermarket giant, has made a big impression since it...

MCN Fantasy Road Race 2011 is go!

09 February 2011 by MCN

MCN Fantasy Road Race 2011 is go!

The racing season kicks off in a couple of weeks time, and that can only mean one thing – it’s time to pick your Fantasy Road Race team! 2011 promises to be an unforgettable season with Rossi on a red...

Pramac Ducati unveils 2011 livery

09 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Pramac Ducati unveils 2011 livery

The most experienced squad in MotoGP was officially unveiled this afternoon when Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet took part in the launch of the 2011 Pramac Ducati team. Launched on the MSC...

Jerry Burgess: Consistency key for Casey Stoner

09 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess: Consistency key for Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner will have to make fewer mistakes in 2011 if he is to have any chance of ending Honda’s barren run in the MotoGP world championship. That’s the view of Valentino Rossi’s experienced crew...

Ben Spies looks to pose bigger podium threat

09 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies looks to pose bigger podium threat

Ben Spies is confident the new 2011 factory Yamaha YZR-M1 will help his bid to become a more consistent podium challenger in this year’s MotoGP series. The Texan had a stellar debut season in 2010...

Eugene Laverty launches IPhone app

09 February 2011 by Michael Guy

Eugene Laverty launches IPhone app

Yamaha World Superbike rider Eugene Laverty has become the first rider to launch his very own Iphone app. The all new app will give fans the opportunity to keep up to date with all his results, blogs,...

John Hopkins to make shock Suzuki MotoGP return

08 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

John Hopkins to make shock Suzuki MotoGP return

John Hopkins will make a shock return to MotoGP action with Suzuki, MCN can reveal. The American will test a factory GSV-R at next month’s Qatar test at the Losail International Circuit having been...

Casey Stoner: Rossi's potential hard to understand

08 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner: Rossi's potential hard to understand

Casey Stoner reckons it is too difficult to understand Valentino Rossi’s true potential at Ducati while the Italian is still recovering from winter surgery on his right shoulder. Stoner, who will ride...

Video: John Laverty - Building Confidence

07 February 2011 by XSVideo

Team Hawk Racing’s senior rider John Laverty gives XSVpro a small look inside Buildbase Kawasaki (now Buildbase BMW). Showing that bullying and sport do not go hand in hand and that through building confidence in the world of sport anyone can achieve anything. This is one of many videos to come from John this year, stay tuned for more insider views from the British Superbike Championship when the...

Ducati wanted to keep Casey Stoner for 2011

07 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Ducati wanted to keep Casey Stoner for 2011

If Ducati had got its way, Valentino Rossi would never have had the chance to join the iconic Italian manufacturer for the 2011 MotoGP world championship. Pictures of Rossi riding in Ducati red for...

Colin Edwards: Valentino wasn't pushing

07 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards: Valentino wasn't pushing

Colin Edwards reckons it is way too early to draw any conclusions into Valentino Rossi’s performance in last week’s Sepang test in Malaysia. Rossi was thrilled with his first ride on the Ducati GP11...

Nicky Hayden: Ducati playing catch-up

07 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden: Ducati playing catch-up

Nicky Hayden has conceded that Ducati is currently playing catch-up to rivals Honda and Yamaha following the first 2011 pre-season test in Malaysia last week. No Ducati rider was able to break into...

Front confidence restored for Casey Stoner

07 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Front confidence restored for Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner is confident he won’t be tormented by the same front-end problems at Honda that badly hindered his 2010 title tilt with Ducati. Stoner struggled with front-end feeling at Ducati for most...

Cal Crutchlow shortens steep learning curve

04 February 2011 by Matthew Birt

Cal Crutchlow shortens steep learning curve

Cal Crutchlow is confident he is making big progress with learning how to master Yamaha’s YZR-M1 machine after he ended only his second MotoGP test with the 17th quickest time. The British rider, who...