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Engineer defection no concern to Valentino Rossi

28 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has brushed off the impact of two key Yamaha engineers defecting to Honda in 2010. Christian Battagglia and Andrea Zugna will move to HRC with intimate knowledge of the YZR-M1 that...

Valentino Rossi expects big threat from Ben Spies

28 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi has told MCN he expects new Yamaha recruit Ben Spies to pose a major threat in the 2010 MotoGP series. The Italian was impressed with Spies’ eye-catching...

Marco Melandri looking for stable future

28 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Marco Melandri is hoping he can impress in 2010 to secure a long-term future with the Gresini Honda squad. The Italian has endured a torrid time in MotoGP recently having been released from a factory...

Jorge Lorenzo satisfied with single tyre rule

28 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP runner-up Jorge Lorenzo reckons the single tyre rule was a big benefit for world championship racing in 2009. Lorenzo, who won four races on board the factory Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1 last season,...

Ben Spies looking forward to Colin Edwards partnership

28 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies reckons Yamaha team-mate Colin Edwards will be an invaluable ally in helping the reigning World Superbike champion be an instant success in MotoGP next season. Spies and Edwards will form an...

WSB 2010 UK VOTE

24 December 2009 by adysmith

WORLD SUPERBIKE 2010 IN THE UK If donnington is out of the picture for the 2010 BSB season this could mean there will be no uk race for the WSB next year,I think the fans should have a chance to post votes for a pole on which circuit they would like to see the WSB at next year. There are only two possibilties silverstone & brandshatch the later of which being the firm favourite of race fans even...

Hiroshi Aoyama beats Marco Simoncelli in Sepang

23 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Reigning 250GP world champion Hiroshi Aoyama has finished close to a second faster than highly-rated Italian Marco Simoncelli during a special rookies test in Sepang. Aoyama, who beat Simoncelli in a...

Young guns threaten Valentino Rossi’s record bid

23 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi believes the emergence of a new wave of hot young MotoGP talent will make it harder for him to beat Giacomo Agostini’s all-time winning record. Italian legend Agostini won 122 races in...

Red Bull Rookies top two clinch 125GP switch

23 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

The rivalry that blazed all the way to the final lap of the last Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup race of 2009 will be repeated in 2010 after Jakub Kornfeil and Sturla Fagerhaug signed 125GP deals. Kornfeil, the 16-year-old Czech rider who won the Rookies Cup by just 2 points, has signed for Racing Team Germany, cementing a relationship with team owner/manager Dirk Heidolf that started back in June. “I...

Jerry Burgess expects Casey Stoner backlash

22 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess says he is anticipating a backlash from Aussie Casey Stoner in 2010. Stoner, who won the first ever 800cc title in 2007, had a torrid last season and a major...

No more money to transform Honda’s fortunes

22 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Honda will not spend more money to try and claim a rare MotoGP world championship victory in 2010. Severely affected by the impact of the global economic crisis, Honda will have no budget increase to...

Wife of WSB boss Paul Bird in horrific attack

22 December 2009 by Phil West

The wife of Kawasaki WSB racing team boss Paul Bird has been burned with bleach during a horrific attack by intruders who broke into the Birds’ home. Lindsey Bird, 31, was at home near Penrith,...

Cal Crutchlow’s World Supersport boss to Fiat Yamaha?

21 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Wilco Zeelenberg, boss of Cal Crutchlow’s 2009 World Supersport championship-winning squad, is poised to run Jorge Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha MotoGP squad next season, MCN understands. Fiat Yamaha has...

Casey Stoner targets title challenge in 2010

21 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Free from the mystery illness that wrecked his 2009 MotoGP world title bid, Casey Stoner is determined to mount a stronger challenge for premier class glory next season. Stoner’s title challenge last...

Nicky Hayden opens new Ducati showroom in India

21 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden took time out from his winter training schedule and 2010 preparations last week to open Ducati’s second showroom in India. The Kentucky rider opened the new store in Guragon and is the...

Kiyonari back with HM Plant Honda in BSB

21 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Ryuichi Kiyonari is back with HM Plant Honda for the 2010 BSB season, alongside Australian Josh Brookes. Kiyo won back-to-back BSB titles in 2006 and 2007 but never enjoyed the same success in WSB,...

Brad Ray to new European pre GP125s in 2010

18 December 2009 by Tim Bourne

Multi British Champion, Bradley Ray from Lydd, Kent, has a new challenge in front of him for 2010. 12 year old Brad started racing at the age of 6 and has won 5 British Minimoto Championships and has...

Vermeulen: “Now it feels like my bike”

18 December 2009 by Michael Guy

After completing a two day test at Almeria this afternoon, Chris Vermeulen will leave the Spanish track happy and remains satisfied that he’s making good progress developing the factory Kawasaki...

Byrne relishing battle of the Brits in 2010

18 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Shane Byrne has revealed that he can’t wait for next years WSB championship to start and is intrigued as to how things will pan out between the Brits. In total there will be seven British riders all...

End of the road for title winning Yamaha World Supersport team?

18 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Cal Crutchlow’s World Supersport Championship winning Yamaha team are looking increasing likely that they will not be in a position to defend their title in 2010. The Yamaha Europe backed squad who...

Attention to detail key to Rea’s success

18 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Jonathan Rea believes that last weeks test in Valencia played a vital role in the teams winter development programme in preparation for the 2010 season. Although Rea was only fourth fastest he feels...

Yamaha confirm 2011 talks with Valentino Rossi

18 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha has confirmed talks have started to keep nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi beyond the 2010 MotoGP world championship. With endless speculation linking the 30-year-old with a big money...

Nicky Hayden excited about 1000cc MotoGP switch

18 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden is ecstatic that MotoGP will revert back to a 1000cc format from the start of the 2012 world championship campaign. The American believes the new rule, which will allow prototype 1000cc...

Kawasaki Superbike satisfied with day of testing in Almeria

18 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Kawasaki men Chris Vermeulen and Tom Sykes have begun their second day of testing at Almeria this morning. The two men spent the opening day evaluating a new gearbox, clutch and engine specification.

Kawasaki Superbike begin testing in Spain

17 December 2009 by Michael Guy

The Kawasaki World Superbike team of Chris Vermeulen and Tom Sykes kicked off it’s latest round of testing with two days of track time at Almeria today. The British run team elected not to attend last...

Pitt reignites WSB career with BMW

16 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Australian, Andrew Pitt will ride a BMW S1000RR in WSB in 2010. The double World Supersport champion has agreed terms with the Reitwagen Motorsport team and will line up alongside Austrian Roland...

TTXGP World Final at Albacete

16 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The grand final of the TTXGP 2010 series, in partnership with the European Motorcycle Union (UEM), will be held in October at Albacete, Spain. Azhar Hussain organised the first “real” race of electric...

TTXGP motorcycles to demo at Paris eGrand Prix

16 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

TTXGP electric motorcycles will feature in a demo lap at the inaugural zero carbon, celan emission car race on a 2.5 mile street circuit in the city centre of Levallois, Paris in June 2010. M. Patrick...

TTXGP announce final UK series schedule

16 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The fourth and final event in the TTXGP UK Championship 2010 will be held at Brands Hatch, 2-3 October. The 2010 TTXGP UK Championship is sanctioned by the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) and supported by the...

Westmoreland joins McConnell in new-look Yamaha team

16 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The new CAME Yamaha team, previously known as Raceways Yamaha, have announced that James Westmoreland will be joining Billy McConnell in the 2010 British Supersport series. Westmoreland strengthens...