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Stiggy Honda out of WSB

15 December 2009 by Michael Guy

The Stiggy Honda team that ran Leon Haslam and John Hopkins in World Superbike in 2009 has been forced out of racing due to the ongoing economical crisis and budget shortfall. The Johan Stigefelt run...

Alex de Angelis signs Moto2 deal

14 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Alex de Angelis may not have been able to clinch a MotoGP deal with the Scot squad for 2010, but the San Marino rider has signed for the Italian team to ride in the new Moto2 600cc four-stroke...

Honours shared in first-ever Eco Enduro

14 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Honours were shared in the world’s first-ever Eco Enduro for electric-powered motorcycles, held in Svanemoellen kaserne, Copenhagen French Enduro champion, Fabien Planet was the top rider in the...

MotoGP goes 1000cc from 2012

11 December 2009 by MCN

FIM President Vito Ippolito and Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta confirm today that MotoGP will run to a new 1000cc engine capacity for the 2012 season. Following talks between MotoGP’s governing...

Video: Hodgson successful Almeria test

11 December 2009 by MCN

Neil Hodgson and Dan Linfoot were both upbeat after their three-day test on the Motorpoint Yamaha R1 at Almeria. For Hodgson is was his first time back on a bike after recent remedial surgery to...

North West race date confirmed

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The 2010 North West 200 race day will take place on Saturday, May 15. During the past few months NW200 Race Director Mervyn Whyte has been consulting with BSB organisers MSVR, to ensure that North...

Mat Mladin linked to WSB ride with BMW

11 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Seven times AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin could be poised for a sensational switch to WSB in 2010. The 37 year old Australian who retired at the end of the 2009 season has been linked with a...

World class Sheffield Indoor Trial

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The world’s top trials riders will be taking part in the 15th International Indoor Motorcycle Trial at the Sheffield Indoor Arena prepares on Saturday January 9. The World’s top three riders Toni Bou,...

Eco Enduro line-up

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The World First environmental friendly Enduro race for electrical competition motorbikes takes place in Denmark on December 11-13. The races, which start at the Feddet area south of Faxe in Denmark...

North West 200 ditches 250s

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The Coleraine & District Motor Club Ltd will next year promote a six-race North West 200 programme following a decision to remove the 250cc race category. The revised programme will comprise two ...

Lowes signs British Supersport deal

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

2009 British Supersport Cup Champion, Sam Lowes has signed to ride for Gary Stubbington’s Southampton-based GNS Honda Racing in British Supersport alongside Paul Jordan from Magherafelt. Lowes, 19...

Ducati Challenge dates announced

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The dates and venues have now been announced for the inaugural Ducati 848 Challenge race series which will be held over eight rounds including two televised BSB rounds and two overseas rounds at...

Maria Costello gets her mojo working

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Female bike racer Maria Costello says she cannot wait for the start of the 2010 season after recovering her racing ‘mojo’. Costello, the first woman to achieve a podium finish at the Isle of Man, says...

Grant and Marshall at North Yorks chat show

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Eighties racing legends Mick Grant & Roger Marshall are the stars of a North Yorks Road Racing Supporters Club chat show hosted by another former race hero Andy McGalddery on Tuesday, December 15 at The Golden Lion Hotel, Mowbray Suite, High Street, Northallerton DL7 8PP. Doors open 7.30pm. Show starts 8.15pm. Admission Price: £5 for all as includes buffet/nibbles. There’s also a bar, raffle and...

Chris Burns returns to National Superstock

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Chris Burns returns to National Superstock 1000 in 2010 riding with the Splitlath Motorsport squad. The former WCM MotoGP rider will partner younger brother Joe to lead the Welsh outfit’s two-pronged...

Billown loses TT races

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

The Southern 100 Club have publicly expressed their feelings that the Department of Tourism and Leisure will no longer fund the 125 and 250 TT races that have been run on the Billown course for the past two years. A tersely-worded press statement from the club said: “We are very disappointed that the Department of Tourism and Leisure have decided that they would not fund the 125cc and 250cc...

Donington out. Second Cadwell BSB race in 2010

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

There will be a second Cadwell Park BSB championship round next year, replacing Donington Park, according to the revised 2010 calendar released today by MSVR. Donington Park has not been included in...

Moto2 bikes humbled by World Supersport at Valencia test

11 December 2009 by Michael Guy

After two days of testing in Valencia alongside Ten Kate Honda’s world Supersport team, it appears that the current Moto2 teams are not yet going as fast as expected. Despite running prototype...

Plater and McGuinness at Braintree Indoor Shorttrack

11 December 2009 by MCN Sports desk

TT heroes John McGuinness, Steve Plater and Gary Johnson line up against 24 of the best shorttrack riders in Europe on Sunday, December 27 at the Towerlands Centre, Braintree in Essex. Their...

Biaggi ends 2009 on top at Valencia test

10 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Aprilia Racing’s Max Biaggi stormed to the fastest lap time of the two day test at Valencia with an impressive 1m 33.8 second best set on race tyres. Biaggi was in impressive form throughout the two...

MotoGP poised to confirm 1000cc switch

10 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP bosses are expected to approve a switch to a 1000cc capacity limit at crunch meetings in Switzerland tomorrow (Friday). Facing mounting pressure to slash costs and stop plummeting grid numbers,...

Toseland heads day two of Valencia test

10 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Factory Yamaha rider James Toseland is currently the fastest man on track at mid way through day two of the Valencia WSB test. Using the new specification Pirelli tyre, Toseland lapped the Spanish...

Ex-Kawasaki MotoGP boss unveils Moto2 plan

10 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Former factory Kawasaki MotoGP boss Michael Bartholemy has confirmed he will run a team in the new Moto2 world championship as part of an ambitious Belgian motorsport project. As was first reported by...

First blood to Haslam in Valencia

09 December 2009 by Michael Guy

Alstare Suzuki man Leon Haslam secured the fastest lap time on day one of the two day WSB test at Valencia. The 26 year old Brit used the latest specification rear tyre from Pirelli to post an...

Irish Roadrace Calendar 2010

09 December 2009 by suzukimad

For the eighth year in a row top road racing photographer Stephen Davison has produced his Road Racers calendar for 2010. Following the popular format of the previous years there are 12 A3 sized pictures, all of which can be kept and framed after use. The full colour calendar includes stunning images of top racers Cameron Donald, Michael Dunlop, Conor Cummins, Michael Rutter, Keith Amor, William...