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Moto3 won’t be single engine, says race boss

04 August 2010 by Matthew Birt

Moto3 won’t be single engine, says race boss

MotoGP bosses have categorically denied plans to make the new Moto3 four-stroke class a single engine series to save costs. The current 125cc two-strokes will be banished and replaced by a 250cc...

Silverstone WSB pics

04 August 2010 by neil dethridge

Silverstone WSB pics

It was my first time with mey new camera at Silverstone, but I got a couple of photos. Looking foward to getting the hang of it so I can get some better photos next time.

Laverty at Silverstone

04 August 2010 by neil dethridge

Laverty at Silverstone

Here’s a couple of pictures I took of Eugene Laverty on his way to victory at Silverstone.

Silverstone memorabilia

04 August 2010 by neil dethridge

Silverstone memorabilia

Leon Camier crashing during Saturday morning warm up at Silverstone WSB. One of the marshals let me have a piece of the front fairing, so later on I queued up and got it signed by Leon. It’s now in my...

Tommy Bridewell at Silverstone WSB

03 August 2010 by adysmith

Tommy Bridewell at Silverstone WSB

Tommy ‘Rocket’ Bridewell showing his back wheel to seasoned riders Ryuichi Kiyonari and co at Sivlerstone WSB.

Silverstone WSB - Ruined by thieves

03 August 2010 by Colino28

Silverstone WSB - Ruined by thieves

Had a fantastic weekend with my son Martin at Silverstone. Excellent facilities including hot water at the campsite, but with eight Brits for the feature race I have to ask myself where was the party...

Jerry Burgess unsure of Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha future

03 August 2010 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess unsure of Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha future

Valentino Rossi’s legendary crew chief Jerry Burgess has admitted for the first time that he’s no longer convinced that the Italian will remain at Yamaha in 2011. The Australian, who has been the...

How do you solve a problem like Andrea Dovizioso?

03 August 2010 by Matthew Birt

How do you solve a problem like Andrea Dovizioso?

Honda is unlikely to entertain a deal where it pays Andrea Dovizioso to ride for a rival manufacturer in 2011. Unable so far to attract new investment that would allow HRC to run a planned factory...

Elena Myers to test factory Suzuki MotoGP bike

03 August 2010 by Dan Aspel

Elena Myers to test factory Suzuki MotoGP bike

Up and coming American racer Elena Myers has been invited to test ride Rizla Suzuki’s factory GSV-R racebike at the end of the Moto GP season. Myers, 16, was offered the chance after touring the Rizla...

Aberdare Park Road Races 2010

03 August 2010 by simon charity

Aberdare Park Road Races 2010

The annual Aberdare Park road races took place last weekend at the unique Welsh parkland circuit. In past years the likes of Mike Hailwood and Phil Read and more recently Carl Fogarty and John...

Brilliant weekend at Silverstone

03 August 2010 by Anonymous

I’d just like to give Silverstone some well deserved praise. I went to WSB for the weekend and I’m full of praise for how everything was organised. Security staff were friendly and helpful, campsite clean and tidy, toilets cleanish, speakers all round that actually worked, enough seating for everyone wherever you were around the track. Only down points for the weekend – rubbish band Saturday night...

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow leads an all-Brit top 5 in race 2

01 August 2010 by James Keen

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow leads an all-Brit top 5 in race 2

Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow claimed victory in the second race at this weekend’s Silverstone WSB clash.  The Coventry rider – who also took the win in race 1 earlier today – lead a Brit...

Silverstone WSB: Brits dominate race 1, Crutchlow victorious

01 August 2010 by James Keen

Silverstone WSB: Brits dominate race 1, Crutchlow victorious

Yamaha Sterilgarda rider Cal Crutchlow claimed his first ever WSB victory in front of his home crowd in race 1 at this weekend’s Silverstone clash. Joining Cal in all all-Brit top three are Hannspree...

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow on pole

31 July 2010 by Pierre Galpin

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow on pole

Cal Crutchlow dominated Superpole this afternoon with an impressive 2’04.091 fastest lap in preparation for tomorrow’s WSB race – the time would have placed him fifth on the grid of the MotoGP...

Silverstone WSB: Gino Rea shines on his soil, Sufuoglu third

31 July 2010 by Pierre Galpin

Silverstone WSB: Gino Rea shines on his soil, Sufuoglu third

British rider Gino Rea dominated the second Supersport 600 free practice today during WSB’s tenth round at Silverstone. The Honda Intermoto rider, currently seventh in the general standing, eased to...

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow blitzes first qualifying to take provisional pole

30 July 2010 by Michael Guy

Silverstone WSB: Crutchlow blitzes first qualifying to take provisional pole

Factory Yamaha man Cal Crutchlow made his intentions for the weekend clear by posting a stunning 2’05.664 lap – 0.342s faster than his closet rival Jonathan Rea. Crutchlow has made a habit of setting...

Silverstone WSB: Rea leads Brit charge in practice

30 July 2010 by Michael Guy

Silverstone WSB: Rea leads Brit charge in practice

Jonathan Rea led an all British charge at the end of the opening Free Practice session at Silverstone today. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider was the only man to set a sub 2.07s lap time to finish...

Colin Edwards keen on Ducati WSB deal

30 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards keen on Ducati WSB deal

Colin Edwards is in talks about a deal to spearhead Ducati’s factory World Superbike effort in 2011. The popular Texan is seriously contemplating a return to World Superbikes for the first time since...

Laguna Seca to stage Moto2 and 125 class in 2011?

30 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Laguna Seca to stage Moto2 and 125 class in 2011?

Laguna Seca could soon play host to the full MotoGP schedule with plans under discussion to run the Moto2 and 125GP races in California next year. Ever since Laguna Seca returned to the Grand Prix...

Suzuki results damaging for future recruitment

30 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki results damaging for future recruitment

Suzuki’s dismal form in 2010 is seriously weakening its bid to attract top talent to its factory effort. Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista have scored just six top ten finishes between them in the...

It’s motorcycle racing. But not as we know it

30 July 2010 by Gary Pinchin

It’s motorcycle racing. But not as we know it

Out in that big wide world of motorcycle racing, some of the biggest events of the year were kicking off. At Laguna Seca Jorge Lorenzo was trouncing his rivals again and Rossi was writing another...

Eddie Lawson: Jorge Lorenzo a worthy champion

29 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Eddie Lawson: Jorge Lorenzo a worthy champion

MotoGP legend Eddie Lawson reckons Jorge Lorenzo will be a worthy new world champion at the end of the 2010 world championship campaign. Even Fiat Yamaha rider Lorenzo has admitted fearing that his...

Andrea Dovizioso eager to see Casey Stoner at Honda

29 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso eager to see Casey Stoner at Honda

Andrea Dovizioso says he’s fascinated to see how new Honda recruit Casey Stoner will gel with a factory RC212V machine in 2011. The Italian said it would be intriguing to see how the Aussie morphs his...

Monster plan MotoGP expansion

29 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Monster plan MotoGP expansion

American energy drink giant Monster is planning to expand its involvement in the MotoGP paddock next season. Monster is close to agreeing a new deal with Herve Poncharal’s Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP squad,...

Are your Silverstone tickets lost in the post?

28 July 2010 by Guy Procter

Are your Silverstone tickets lost in the post?

MCN would like to hear from you if you’ve bought tickets for this weekend’s WSB round at Silverstone and they haven’t arrived. If you’re still awaiting tickets in the post, please email...

Tech 3 play down Cal Crutchlow approach

28 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 play down Cal Crutchlow approach

Tech 3 Yamaha has denied being at an advanced stage in talks with British rider Cal Crutchlow over a MotoGP switch in 2011. With Ben Spies taking Valentino Rossi’s place in the factory Yamaha squad...

Ducati good enough to win, says Nicky Hayden

28 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati good enough to win, says Nicky Hayden

Former world champion Nicky Hayden believes Ducati’s factory GP10 is good enough to win races even though it has yet to triumph in 2010. Aussie Casey Stoner told MCN after last weekend’s US MotoGP...

Nicky Hayden hails Jorge Lorenzo’s form

28 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden hails Jorge Lorenzo’s form

American Nicky Hayden reckons it is almost impossible to find a weakness in current MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo. The Spaniard has obliterated the field in 2010 with six wins in the...

Casey Stoner to make Honda debut at Valencia test

28 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner to make Honda debut at Valencia test

Casey Stoner will make his factory Honda debut immediately after the final race of the season in Valencia. Ducati has agreed to release the Australian to begin testing a factory RC212V machine after...

Ducati expands MotoGP entry for 2011

28 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati expands MotoGP entry for 2011

Ducati will expand its involvement in MotoGP to six bikes in 2011. The extra Desmosedici GP11 will be campaigned by Czech Republic rider Karel Abraham. The shock move follows an impressive test...

Pingley's thoughts: Engines

28 July 2010 by Peter Ingley

There has been much discussed in the public domain, behind closed doors and in the media about the ever increasingly sensitive subject of engines in the MotoGP class recently. Regulations were introduced in 2009 at the Czech Grand Prix governing the number of engines for the rest of the season allowing five engines for the final seven Grands Prix and this was further reduced to six engines for the...

Snetterton pics

27 July 2010 by adysmith

Snetterton pics

Here’s a few pictures I took at Snetteron BSB.

Shorttrack reaches the Peaks

26 July 2010 by MCN Sports Desk

Shorttrack reaches the Peaks

The Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship climbs up to the Buxton Speedway track in the breathtaking surroundings of the Peak District for round five of the national championship. Local hero and...

Suzuka 8 Hours – hour by hour

26 July 2010 by Tracy Hagen

Suzuka 8 Hours – hour by hour

Hour 1 Yoshimura’s Sakai converts pole into a healthy lead, helped by three slower teams getting off the line sooner than the fastest Hondas.  Musashi Honda’s Takahashi and F.C.C. TSR Honda’s...

Kiyonari and Takahashi Perfect at Suzuka

26 July 2010 by Tracy Hagen

Musashi RT Harc-Pro Honda riders Ryuichi Kiyonari and Takumi Takahashi rode a flawless race to the checkered flag in the Suzuka 8 Hours, the third round in the FIM world endurance championship. The pair completed 215 laps in temperatures that reached 95 °F, but they beat the heat as easily as they did the other bikes, lapping second place at the six hour mark.  The win was Honda’s 22nd in 33...

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi overjoyed with third

26 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

US MotoGP: Valentino Rossi overjoyed with third

Valentino Rossi could barely contain his delight after he claimed a stunning third place in yesterday’s American MotoGP race. Just 50 days after suffering a compound break of his right tibia, the...