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Valentino Rossi fears engine restrictions will hurt MotoGP

04 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi fears engine restrictions will hurt MotoGP

Valentino Rossi fears cost-cutting engine restrictions in 2010 will further damage MotoGP as a spectacle. Rossi and his MotoGP rivals will only be able to use six engines for the entire 18-race world...

Honda boss eyes Andrea Dovizioso improvement

04 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Honda boss eyes Andrea Dovizioso improvement

Honda has warned Andrea Dovizioso his performances must improve in 2010. Aside from a brilliant wet weather victory at Donington Park, Dovizioso’s factory Honda debut campaign was largely...

Wantanabe to race speedway

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Wantanabe to race speedway

Former Suzuka Eight Hour race winner and ex-BSB racer Atsushi Watanabe is training for a new career – as a racer in Auto Race, Japan’s municipally-managed, gambling-led, speedway-style...

Tailor-made TT travel packages

04 December 2009 by MCN sports desk

Tailor-made TT travel packages

Isle of Man-based travel company Regency Travel has been appointed as the official Travel Agency of the TT Races following a tender process.  The company will market a wide range of packages,...

TT schedule announced

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

TT schedule announced

TT Mountain Course race schedule reverts to core programme. Billown Lightweight and Ultra Lightweight TT Races no longer part of schedule. Classic parade laps return on Senior Race Day. Those are the...

TT Day of Champions

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

TT Day of Champions

Next year’s TT entertainment programme kicks off on Thursday, June 3 with the TT ‘Day of Champions’. Former motorcycling champions and TT legends will be interviewed on the main stage at the TT...

More to come from McAdoo Kawasaki

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

More to come from McAdoo Kawasaki

Jason McAdoo has admitted that development of the team’s Kawasaki ZX-10R superbike that Conor Cummins broke the Ulster lap record with was held up until the rider had agreed terms for 2010. “We...

Yukio Kagayama says hello British race fans

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Yukio Kagayama was back in front of the British public last week at the NEC, his first major public engagement since signing for the Worx Suzuki team to race in BSB next year. And he’s promising some of his typical no holds barred,  ‘dramatic action.’ Kagayama’s outgoing personality and aggressive riding style won him the hearts of BSB fans when he rode for the Rizla Suzuki team in 2003/2004 and,...

Tommy Hill’s testing frenzy

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill’s testing frenzy

Tommy Hill met up with his new team-mate Yukio Kagayama on Thursday at the NEC Show and said he’s looking forward to race in the same team as the Japanese star next year. “I’m hoping we can push each...

Gowland wants to stay in Britain next year

04 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Gowland wants to stay in Britain next year

Graeme Gowland is hoping to remain racing in Britain for a second season – despite an impressive two races on the British-built FTR Moto2 in the final two Spanish championships rounds of the...

Exclusive pics: Tech 3 Moto2 bike on track

02 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Exclusive pics: Tech 3 Moto2 bike on track

The Tech 3 team has given its new Moto2 bike its eagerly awaited track debut in France, as these MCN exclusive pictures show. Designed by Colin Edwards’ crew chief Guy Coulon and James Toseland’s...

Ben Spies cautious on 2010 prospects

02 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies cautious on 2010 prospects

Ben Spies insists he won’t get carried away after the reigning World Superbike champion made an encouraging start to his Yamaha MotoGP career last month. Spies finished seventh on his YZR-M1 debut in...

Rizla poised to sign new Suzuki MotoGP deal

02 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Rizla poised to sign new Suzuki MotoGP deal

Rizla is poised to sign a new two-year deal to stay as title sponsor of Suzuki’s factory MotoGP effort. MCN understands a new deal has already been agreed for 2010 and 2011 in what is a massive boost...

Future not good for GSE Racing

02 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Future not good for GSE Racing

The future is not looking at all good for GSE Racing. Despite dominating this year’s British Superbikes season, with Leon Camier and James Ellison finishing one-two in the points on their factory...

Casey Stoner impressed with Ben Spies

02 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner impressed with Ben Spies

Casey Stoner believes Ben Spies can make a big impact in his rookie MotoGP campaign in 2010. The Texan has already impressed ahead of his first full season in MotoGP next year after he claimed seventh...

Kevin Schwantz unsure of future Suzuki tie-up

02 December 2009 by Matthew Birt

Kevin Schwantz unsure of future Suzuki tie-up

Suzuki’s woeful year might dissuade American legend Kevin Schwantz from spearheading a new satellite team in 2011. The Texan has been locked in talks with JiR boss Gianluca Montiron about managing a...

Farquhar joins forces with MSS Colchester Kawasaki for 2010

01 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Farquhar joins forces with MSS Colchester Kawasaki for 2010

Dungannon’s Ryan Farquhar will again spearhead Kawasaki’s assault on the International and National road races in 2010, with the 33-year old joining forces with MSS Colchester Kawasaki for his...

Conor Cummins stays with McAdoo

01 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Conor Cummins stays with McAdoo

Conor Cummins stays with McAdoo Kawasaki for the big three international superbike road races next year. Cummins said: “The McAdoo Kawasaki ZX-10R is tried and tested. We know where we are with it...

Seeley confirmed for Relentless

01 December 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Seeley confirmed for Relentless

Superstock champion Alasitair Seeley has been confirmed as a Relentless by TAS Suzuki rider for 2010 – but what’s now clear yet is whether he’ll race a full BSB bike or ride an Evo-spec bike as the...

Yoshimura confirm 2010 WSB wildcard rides

30 November 2009 by Michael Guy

Yoshimura confirm 2010 WSB wildcard rides

Yoshimura Suzuki have confirmed that they will participate in selected World Superbike races in 2010 before making an expected full time move to the championship in 2010. MCN understands that the...

Superpole format tweaked for 2010

30 November 2009 by Michael Guy

Superpole format tweaked for 2010

The all new WSB Superpole format introduced at the beginning of 2009 has been revised for 2010. Following consultation with teams and riders, Superpole one, which sees the fastest 20 riders after...

Dakota Mamola claims maiden win

30 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Dakota Mamola claims maiden win

Dakota Mamola, the son of former MotoGP winner Randy, won his first road race in Valencia yesterday. The 15-year-old kept his cool in treacherous conditions to win the final round of the Metrakit...

Aprilia confirm Guandalini/Borciani interest

30 November 2009 by Michael Guy

Aprilia confirm Guandalini/Borciani interest

Aprilia have confirmed that they are speaking with a number of teams about the option of supplying them RSV4’s to race in WSB in 2010. Current Ducati teams Guandalini and the Marco Borciani’s run...

Ex-Kawasaki MotoGP boss eyes Moto2 bid

30 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Ex-Kawasaki MotoGP boss eyes Moto2 bid

Former factory Kawasaki boss Michael Bartholemy is planning to run a new team in the Moto2 600cc four-stroke world championship in 2010. MCN understands the Belgian will run a two-rider effort in the...

Loris Capirossi urges Suzuki improvement

30 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Loris Capirossi urges Suzuki improvement

Loris Capirossi reckons Suzuki’s struggling factory GSV-R machine needs a radical revamp or risk a dismal 2010 MotoGP campaign. The Japanese factory endured a torrid 2009 with Capirossi and Chris...

Haslam enjoying life in factory team

27 November 2009 by Michael Guy

Haslam enjoying life in factory team

Following his three day test at Phillip Island in Australia, Leon Haslam remains 100% convinced he’s made the best decision of his career to join the factory Suzuki Alstare squad. Having ridden for...

Camier talks about his new Aprilia WSB ride

27 November 2009 by Michael Guy

Camier talks about his new Aprilia WSB ride

Following months of speculation, Leon Camier has spoken about his new deal that will see him ride for the Factory Aprilia squad in World Superbike alongside Max Biaggi in 2010. After riding the...

Leon Camier signs for Factory Aprilia WSB squad

26 November 2009 by Liam Marsden

Leon Camier signs for Factory Aprilia WSB squad

British Superbike champion Leon Camier has officially signed for the Factory Aprilia WSB team to ride alongside Max Biaggi in 2010. Camier made his debut on the RSV4 superbike at Magny Cours towards...

Adam Jenkinson – BSB second time around

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Adam Jenkinson – BSB second time around

Adam Jenkinson gets a second crack at BSB, having signed to ride for Buildbase Kawasaki. His first crack at the top level with SMT Honda in 2008 didn’t last long. A monster crash – thanks to a locked...

John Laverty: “We’ll be pushing for podiums”

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

John Laverty: “We’ll be pushing for podiums”

For the first time in his career John Laverty gets a chance to do two successive seasons with the same team. And in a sport where confience in your bike and crew is everything – that’s an important...

Martyn Jessop: “Ducati suits my style”

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Martyn Jessop: “Ducati suits my style”

Martyn Jessop will team up with Michael Rutter in an all-new BSB Ducati team backed by Riders (owned by Jessop’s father, Phil), Bathams Brewery and Black Horse Finance. The bikes will be up-rated...

Jason O’Halloran to race TAG Triumph

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Former Australian Supersport Champion and Superbike runner-up Jason O’Halloran is spearheading the TAG Triumph British Supersport title bid in 2010. Making it an all-Australian line-up in the south Derbyshire-based team, O’Halloran will be partnered by Triumph factory test rider and seasoned Daytona 675 racer will remain Paul Young. O’Halloran said “I am totally stoked to have secured a ride with...

British Grand Prix 125 trio at NEC Show

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

British Grand Prix 125 trio at NEC Show

Britain’s most successful GP racer Bradley Smith heads the talented trio of British 125 cc stars at the International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at the NEC Birmingham. Get all the latest NEC Show...

2010 Triumph series at five BSB rounds

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

2010 Triumph series at five BSB rounds

The 2010 Triumph Triple Challenge will increase its association with BSB with five out of nine rounds of this unique and challenging series hosted on the national stage.  The series features all...

Gowland with Moto2 FTR at NEC Show

25 November 2009 by MCN Sports Desk

Gowland with Moto2 FTR at NEC Show

British star Graeme Gowland and the FTR Moto M209 he took to second place in the final Spanish championship round at Valencia recently, will be at the NEC Show. Get all the latest NEC Show news The...

The roads – who goes where

25 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

The roads – who goes where

There are still a lot of unanswered questions about who goes where on the roads next year. Here’s the latest list of confirmed entries – plus those still looking for rides and teams looking for...