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WSB Brno: Fabrizio from Biaggi in second qualifying

10 July 2010 by Michael Guy

WSB Brno: Fabrizio from Biaggi in second qualifying

The two Italian rivals Michel Fabrizio and Max Biaggi headed the second qualifying session in Brno this morning with the two men setting impressive 1m58s laps. Noriyuki Haga backed up his pace setting...

Brno WSB: Corser ruled out of Brno race after crash

10 July 2010 by Michael Guy

Brno WSB: Corser ruled out of Brno race after crash

Troy Corser will miss the ninth round of the World Superbike Championship in Brno this weekend following his crash in the final minutes of first qualifying on Fiday. Corser high sided his BMW S1000RR...

WSB Brno: Haga dominates day one for Ducati, Corser airlifted to hospital

09 July 2010 by Michael Guy

WSB Brno: Haga dominates day one for Ducati, Corser airlifted to hospital

Xerox Ducati rider Noriyuki Haga was the surprise fastest man at the end of the first qualifying session at Brno. Haga is not known for his pace in qualifying and during the 2010 season has often...

Honda confirm Casey Stoner signing

09 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Honda confirm Casey Stoner signing

The 2011 MotoGP world championship line-up is starting to take shape with Honda officially announcing the signing of Casey Stoner today. Shortly after Ducati confirmed the 2007 world champion was...

Casey Stoner grateful to Ducati

09 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner grateful to Ducati

Casey Stoner has thanked Ducati for helping transform him into a MotoGP world champion after it was confirmed today that he will quit the Bologna factory at the end of the season. Stoner arrived at...

Official: Casey Stoner to leave Ducati

09 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Official: Casey Stoner to leave Ducati

Ducati has confirmed that Casey Stoner will quit the Bologna factory at the end of the 2010 MotoGP world championship. Update: Casey Stoner grateful to Ducati In a move widely anticipated since the...

Action from knockhill

09 July 2010 by wayne vanhoeck

Action from knockhill

A selection of photos from a wet and windy knockhill. Hats off to the marshalls they really had there hands full with accidents and keeping the track safe, well done guys and girls and il see you all...

They are finally away!

08 July 2010 by wayne vanhoeck

They are finally away!

Well it was certainly a long sunday at knockhill, the weather did its best to wreck the whole meeting! Thankfully we got four races that where action packed. the photo is of the restart of the second...

Brookes escapes serious injury in Darley Moor crash

08 July 2010 by Laura Stevens

Brookes escapes serious injury in Darley Moor crash

HM Plant Honda’s Josh Brookes has crashed today (Thursday) during testing at Darley Moor but has sustained no serious injury and vows to fight on at Snetterton next weekend (16/17/18 July). Brookes...

WSB Brno blog: Is Biaggi unbeatable at Brno?

08 July 2010 by Michael Guy

WSB Brno blog: Is Biaggi unbeatable at Brno?

On paper it’s hard to see anyone beating Max Biaggi this weekend in Brno. His record around the dramatic and undulating Czech circuit is unprecedented. He started winning at the 3.35 mile circuit back...

Tech 3 Yamaha dismiss Randy de Puniet link

08 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 Yamaha dismiss Randy de Puniet link

The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha squad has rubbished rumours of an imminent swoop for Randy de Puniet.    Herve Poncharal dismissed launching a raid for the Frenchman, who has been the surprise package of...

Ducati would welcome back Loris Capirossi

08 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Ducati would welcome back Loris Capirossi

Ducati would welcome back Loris Capirossi for a shock return in 2011. The veteran Italian left Ducati’s factory team at the end of 2007 having been humbled by Aussie Casey Stoner in the first 800cc...

Graphics for Roger Lee Hayden's Moto2 bike revealed

08 July 2010 by James Sharpe

Graphics for Roger Lee Hayden's Moto2 bike revealed

This is the bike that Roger Lee Hayden will be riding in Moto2 at the Indianapolis GP. Hayden will be riding as a wildcard in a team headed by Kevin Schwantz, backed by both the AMA Erion Honda team...

BSB reschedules racing programme

08 July 2010 by MCN Sportsdesk

BSB reschedules racing programme

The BSB series organisers have issued this statement: Following the postponement of various British and National Championship races at Oulton Park and Knockhill, the following revisions and...

Brogan in fitness battle for Snetterton

08 July 2010 by MCN Sportsdesk

Brogan in fitness battle for Snetterton

Jentin BMW rider Steve Brogan is spending time in the lead up to Snetterton inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber on the Isle of Man. Brogan raced at Knockhill, despite discovering that he had broken...

Bautista to ride GSVR at Brands BSB

08 July 2010 by MCN Sportsdesk

Bautista to ride GSVR at Brands BSB

Álvaro Bautista will be giving some high-speed demonstration laps aboard his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R800 on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix during the eighth round of the MCE British Superbike round on August...

Guy Martin out of Southern 100

08 July 2010 by MCN Sportsdesk

Guy Martin out of Southern 100

Current Southern 100 Solo Champion, Guy Martin has withdrawn from the Steam Packet International Southern 100 Road Races, which commence next Monday 12th July and run through to Thursday 15th, on...

World Supersport Wildcard for Lowes

08 July 2010 by MCN Sportsdesk

World Supersport Wildcard for Lowes

British Supersport championship leader Sam Lowes has secured a prestigious wild card entry for the forthcoming World Supersport Championship round to be held at Silverstone on August 1. Following a...

Valentino Rossi undecided on shock Germany return

08 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi undecided on shock Germany return

Valentino Rossi is undecided about whether to make a shock return from injury at next weekend’s German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring. The Italian icon made a surprise return to action in Misano...

Aussie star to ride HM Plant superstocker

08 July 2010 by Gary Pinchin

Aussie star to ride HM Plant superstocker

Australian Bryan Staring is to make a one-off appearance on injured Steve Plater’s HM Plant Honda superstock bike in the next round at Snetterton on July 18. Staring, 23 years old from Melbourne...

First pics: Rossi looking good on R1 at Misano test

07 July 2010 by Guy Procter

First pics: Rossi looking good on R1 at Misano test

MCN’s Michael Neeves has managed to talk his way into a heavily-secured Misano circuit this afternoon where Rossi is due to take the track for the first time since his shin-breaking Mugello crash.

Valentino Rossi testing R1 WSB machine in Misano

07 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi testing R1 WSB machine in Misano

Valentino Rossi will be back on two wheels today just 32 days after breaking his right leg at Mugello last month.  The nine-times world champion will test a Yamaha R1 World Superbike machine at the...

Me at the MotoGP Silverstone

05 July 2010 by abbey99

Me at the MotoGP Silverstone

me at Aintree corner on thursday watching the riders go round the circuit on peds Abbey99

Scott Smart Off Knockhill

05 July 2010 by Nicola

Scott Smart Off Knockhill

Scott Smart off a knockhill, handled great and got right back on again, Fantastic

My girlfriend Emma with Ian Hutchinson

05 July 2010 by neiltaylor72

My girlfriend Emma with Ian Hutchinson

My girlfriend Emma, pictured with Ian Hutchinson 5mins before his race. Top bloke. myself,pictured with ian huchinson,legend!

Catalunya MotoGP: Faultless Jorge Lorenzo stretches title lead

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Faultless Jorge Lorenzo stretches title lead

Jorge Lorenzo looks virtually unstoppable in his quest for a maiden MotoGP crown after he cruised to yet another convincing victory in his home race at the Catalunya circuit. Lorenzo extended his...

Catalunya MotoGP: Casey Stoner rues early braking mistake

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Casey Stoner rues early braking mistake

Casey Stoner was left to rue an early braking mistake as his winless run in MotoGP continued in Catalunya. The Aussie had to settle for third place as his victory hopes were dashed by a mistake at the...

Catalunya MotoGP: First corner blunder costs Dani Pedrosa

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: First corner blunder costs Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa’s hopes of claiming the bragging rights in Spain over Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo were effectively ended at the first corner of the Catalunya MotoGP race.    The triple world champion...

Catalunya MotoGP: Brake issue costs Andrea Dovizioso

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Brake issue costs Andrea Dovizioso

A rear brake problem cost Andrea Dovizioso his hopes of denying Jorge Lorenzo a fifth victory in 2010 at a sun-drenched Catalunya track in Spain. The former world 125GP champion was mounting a...

Catalunya MotoGP: Ben Spies frustrated despite top six

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Ben Spies frustrated despite top six

Ben Spies certainly wasn’t celebrating despite extending his recent impressive run in MotoGP with a hard fought top six in Catalunya. The 25-year-old was cursing a lack of rear grip in the opening...

Catalunya MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista jubilant with top five

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista jubilant with top five

Alvaro Bautista produced the big shock of the Catalunya MotoGP race after he claimed a career best fifth in front of his home crowd. Dogged by lingering shoulder injury and a struggling factory Suzuki...

Catalunya MotoGP: Randy de Puniet delighted with fourth

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Randy de Puniet delighted with fourth

Randy de Puniet’s fantastic 2010 MotoGP campaign continued in brilliant fashion at the Catalunya circuit. The French rider scored his best result of the season with a deserved but lonely fourth place...

Catalunya MotoGP: Scott Redding retires with crash damage

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Scott Redding retires with crash damage

Scott Redding blamed damage sustained in a multi-rider first corner pile-up for his early exit from the Catalunya Moto2 race. The British teenager was not one of nine riders to crash in the carnage...

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradley Smith thrilled with second

05 July 2010 by Matthew Birt

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradley Smith thrilled with second

Bradley Smith was thrilled with his best result of the 2010 125GP world championship campaign after an epic last lap in Catalunya yesterday. The Oxfordshire rider’s podium hopes looked to have been...

Knockhill BSB: Race 2 abandoned due to bad weather

04 July 2010 by James Keen

Knockhill BSB: Race 2 abandoned due to bad weather

The second British Superbike race at Knockhill has been abandoned today due to adverse weather conditions. The race was started but red flagged after MSS Colchester Kawasaki rider Simon Andrews came...

Knockhill BSB: Rutter victorious in race 1

04 July 2010 by James Keen

Knockhill BSB: Rutter victorious in race 1

Ridersmotorcycles.com Ducati rider Michael Rutter claimed victory in the first race at today’s Knockhill British Superbike clash. The race was delayed by two red flags – the first due to the heavy...