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Snetterton BSB picture

Snetterton BSB picture

Here’s a pic from the second race at Snetterton BSB

Andrea Dovizioso’s factory Honda future in doubt

Andrea Dovizioso’s factory Honda future in doubt

Andrea Dovizioso could be forced out of Honda’s factory MotoGP squad for 2011. The Japanese factory looks certain to abandon plans to form a star-studded ‘super team’ with Honda struggling to attract...

Ducati close to new Nicky Hayden deal

Ducati close to new Nicky Hayden deal

Ducati has admitted its big money pursuit of Valentino Rossi has delayed finalising a deal to extend Nicky Hayden’s contract. Hayden though is a certainty to re-sign with Ducati having significantly...

Casey Stoner: ‘I need to get the job done’

Casey Stoner: ‘I need to get the job done’

Casey Stoner has conceded that he must step up his game to try and compete closer for a first MotoGP victory since last October. The 24-year-old hasn’t won since the Sepang race in Malaysia nine...

Jorge Lorenzo ‘curious’ to see Casey Stoner at Honda

Jorge Lorenzo ‘curious’ to see Casey Stoner at Honda

MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo says he’s curious to see how Aussie rival Casey Stoner will gel with Honda’s factory RC212V machine in 2011. Stoner was the first of the big four to...

Ducati denies bike revamp for Valentino Rossi

Ducati denies bike revamp for Valentino Rossi

Ducati will not radically revamp its 2011 factory MotoGP contender for the arrival of Italian icon Valentino Rossi. The GP11 will only feature minor modifications to the current bike ridden by Casey...

Snetterton BSB in pics

Snetterton BSB in pics

A couple of photos I took at the Snetterton BSB round this weekend.

Harris back on track with Triumph

Harris back on track with Triumph

Former European Superstock and three times British Supersport Champion, Karl Harris has signed with the Oxford Tag Triumph team to ride the Daytona 675 in the British Supersport Championship for the...

Suzuki gets increased engine allocation

Suzuki gets increased engine allocation

Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista will have access to three new factory Suzuki GSV-R engines this season, MCN can reveal. MCN understands Suzuki has been given special dispensation to increase its...

Roger Lee Hayden relishing LCR Honda chance

Roger Lee Hayden relishing LCR Honda chance

Roger Lee Hayden reckons the chance to replace injured Randy de Puniet in Laguna Seca this weekend is a great opportunity to put himself in the shop window for 2011. The younger brother of 2006 world...

Honda closing in on new Dani Pedrosa deal

Honda closing in on new Dani Pedrosa deal

Honda held more talks with Dani Pedrosa in Germany last weekend as it looks to retain the Spaniard to partner Casey Stoner in 2011. HRC bosses discussed the Spaniard’s future with his long-term...

Petronas could back Yamaha’s MotoGP effort

Petronas could back Yamaha’s MotoGP effort

Yamaha will approach Far Eastern fuel giant Petronas to takeover as its title sponsor if Fiat quits with Valentino Rossi. As well as losing prized asset Rossi, the latest rumour is that cash-strapped...

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi surprised with fantastic fourth

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi surprised with fantastic fourth

Valentino Rossi came within 0.366s of a fairytale return to MotoGP in Germany as he lost out at the end of a monumental scrap with Ducati rival Casey Stoner. Rossi produced an all action display just...

German MotoGP: Ben Spies rues qualifying crash

German MotoGP: Ben Spies rues qualifying crash

Ben Spies is adamant he could have challenged for a top five result in yesterday’s German MotoGP race after he settled for a hard fought eighth in front of over 98,000 fans at the Sachsenring. The...

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo happy with safe second

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo happy with safe second

Jorge Lorenzo decided to play safe and settle for an easy second place at the Sachsenring as he suffered a rare defeat in 2010. The 23-year-old led the shortened 21-lap race until lap ten when Repsol...

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner snatches last gasp podium

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner snatches last gasp podium

Casey Stoner continued his recent MotoGP revival with a brilliant last ditch overtake to deny Valentino Rossi a heroic podium on his return to action in Germany. Stoner and Rossi were locked in an...

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa thrilled with vital win

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa thrilled with vital win

Dani Pedrosa put the brakes on Jorge Lorenzo’s relentless surge to the 2010 MotoGP world title with a deserved victory in Germany yesterday. Pedrosa lost the lead in the restarted race on the second...

Roger Lee Hayden gets LCR Honda chance

Roger Lee Hayden gets LCR Honda chance

Roger Lee Hayden, younger brother of factory Ducati rider Nicky Hayden, will replace injured Randy de Puniet in this weekend’s American MotoGP race at Laguna Seca. Hayden will substitute for French...

Snetterton and the MCN Girls

Snetterton and the MCN Girls

Ian Barker at the Snetterton BSB round with two of the beautiful MCN Girls.

German MotoGP: Randy de Puniet breaks left leg

German MotoGP: Randy de Puniet breaks left leg

A second big crash in less than 24 hours left luckless French rider Randy de Puniet with a double break in his left leg at the Sachsenring. Having escaped injury when he crashed at high speed on oil...

How many men does it take to fix a pothole?

How many men does it take to fix a pothole?

Here’s how many people it took to fix the pothole at Russel’s corner at Snetterton BSB at the weekend!

Snetterton BSB: Kiyonari wins third race

Snetterton BSB: Kiyonari wins third race

HM Plant Honda rider Ryuichi Kiyonari secured victory in the third race at Snetterton after team-mate Josh Brookes was forced to retire. Worx Suzuki rider Tommy Hill finished second ahead...

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa wins restarted Sachsenring clash

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa wins restarted Sachsenring clash

Dani Pedrosa stormed to only his second win of the 2010 campaign in a restarted German MotoGP race at the Sachsenring this afternoon. The 24-year-old cruised to a relatively comfortable win over...

Snetterton BSB: Brookes takes second win

Snetterton BSB: Brookes takes second win

HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes has taken his second victory of the weekend at Snetterton after winning the first race yesterday. Ducati rider Michael Rutter took the lead fro the start, and led for...

German MotoGP: Elias takes Moto2 win

German MotoGP: Elias takes Moto2 win

Toni Elias extended his Moto2 championship lead with victory at the Sachsenring today after battling from 11th position at the end of the first lap. Team-mates Andrea Iannone and Gabor Talmacsi pulled...

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith fifth, Marc Marquez wins again

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith fifth, Marc Marquez wins again

Bradley Smith had to settle for a disappointing fifth place in today’s German 125GP as Marc Marquez continued his unstoppable surge to the 2010 world title. Desperate to end Marquez’s golden run,...

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi doubts podium challenge

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi doubts podium challenge

Valentino Rossi has cast serious doubt on his podium hopes in tomorrow’s German MotoGP race, despite producing a heroic performance in qualifying this afternoon. Back in action just six weeks after...

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner disappointed to miss pole

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner disappointed to miss pole

Casey Stoner admitted he was disappointed having just been thwarted in his bid to secure a first MotoGP pole position since the opening race in Qatar today. The 24-year-old looked on course to deny...

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa lucky to avoid oil trouble

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa lucky to avoid oil trouble

Dani Pedrosa admitted he was lucky not to have been caught up in the oil crash carnage caused by Jorge Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha YZR-M1 in Germany today. Pedrosa, who finished third in today’s close...

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo sorry after oil chaos

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo sorry after oil chaos

Jorge Lorenzo apologised to Ben Spies and Randy de Puniet after a spectacular engine blow-up on his factory Yamaha resulted in heavy crashes for the American and Frenchman. Lorenzo was trying to...

German MotoGP: Ben Spies relieved after lucky escape

German MotoGP: Ben Spies relieved after lucky escape

Ben Spies was a relieved man in the Sachsenring paddock tonight after he escaped serious injury in a horror crash during today’s qualifying session. The Texan was an innocent victim when he lost...

German MotoGP: Randy de Puniet expects gruelling race

German MotoGP: Randy de Puniet expects gruelling race

Randy de Puniet faces the prospect of a physically gruelling German MotoGP race tomorrow after he was involved in a high-speed crash at the tight and twisty Sachsenring track today. The Frenchman has...

German MotoGP: Iannone takes Moto2 pole

German MotoGP: Iannone takes Moto2 pole

Fimmco Speedup rider Andrea Iannone has taken his fourth pole of the season and third in a row at the Sachsenring in Germany. Local star Arne Tode was a surprise second. The German rider is currently...

Snetterton BSB: Josh Brookes takes race one win

Snetterton BSB: Josh Brookes takes race one win

Josh Brookes extended his lead in the MCE British Superbike Championship to 13 points over Tommy Hill with a stunning win in today’s (Saturday) 18-lap race. Brookes made a bad start and had to work...

Snetterton BSB: Brookes on pole again

Snetterton BSB: Brookes on pole again

Josh Brookes will start Sunday’s first BSB race at Snetterton from pole position – his second successive pole position. The HM Plant Honda rider set the pace in the first two elements of qualifying...

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo claims pole in dramatic qualifying

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo claims pole in dramatic qualifying

MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo claimed his fourth successive pole position of the season in Germany today after a dramatic qualifying session at the Sachsenring circuit. Less than four...