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More Bradley Smith please

11 November 2009 by hyabusa47

Bradley Smith in MCN this week. Hi all first of all well done on the MCN being reading it weekly for years so keep up the good work. My only issue was that reading the sports section this week I see no mention of Bradley Smith at all. Come on whats going on? The guy has rode exceptional well this year and has produced some excellent viewing and sometimes the 125 racing has been better viewing...

TT and Silverstone will continue to work together

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

TT boss Paul Phillips says that he hopes to continue to work closely with the Silverstone management – even though the date clash between the 2010 TT and the Northants MotoGP race has now been...

New £9million motorsport park to host British MX GP

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

The British Motocross GP has a new home, just across the Severn Bridge, on the outskirts of Newport. The new GP-class motocross track will be part of a brand new £9million facility on a 140-acre site...

NW200 course improvement

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Twelve times North West 200 race winner Michael Rutter has welcomed major improvements carried out by the Department of Regional Development (DRD) Roads Service at Mathers Cross on the 8.9mile...

Neil Hodgson signs for Motorpoint Yamaha!

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Neil Hodgson has signed to ride for Motorpoint Yamaha to race in BSB next year. The deal was finalised last week and Hodgson jetted in from his home on the Isle of Man to sign the contract at...

Scot Honda quit MotoGP

11 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Only 17 bikes will contest the 2010 MotoGP world championship after the cash-strapped Scot Honda squad confirmed it has abandoned plans to race in the premier class next season. The Italian team had...

Tommy with Worx Suzuki

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill lines up with Yukio Kagayama in the Worx Suzuki BSB team next year. Hill was at Crescent Suzuki in Verwood last Thursday to sign his 2010 contract with the team and told MCN: “I had a lot...

Motorpoint Yamaha - back from the brink

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

What a turnaround. One minute Rob McElnea is ready to close down his race shop after their most disappointing season ever. The next he’s arguably bagged the biggest coup in BSB by signing former WSB...

Linfoot is Hodgson's Motorpoint team-mate

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Dan Linfoot will be Neil Hodgson’s team-mate in next year’s Motorpoint Yamaha team, leaving the team’s 2009 rider Chris Walker and Graeme Gowland both looking for pastures new. Linfoot was bowled over...

BMW for National Superstock?

11 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

BMW Motorrad UK plans to run a two-man team in next year’s National Superstock championship but is looking to form a partnership with a well-established outfit in the BSB paddock, rather than run the...

Blog: Thanks, JT

11 November 2009 by Mike Nicks

Thanks, James Toseland, for everything you’ve done for British motorcycling in the past two years. If you hadn’t had the guts to risk the move from a safe home in WSB to leap into the raging MotoGP...

Manx Tattoo

11 November 2009 by gareth keep

I passengered at the TT for derek rumble jnr. 1987 to 1991. I had this done earlier in this year, so there will always a part of the island in my heart.

Jorge Lorenzo fastest in Valencia

10 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo ended his 2009 MotoGP campaign on a high when the Spaniard topped the timesheets on the second day of testing in Valencia today. Continuing to assess a new chassis on his Fiat Yamaha...

Wanneroo success story

10 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Last weekend saw the second running of the Kings of Wanneroo event in Australia and with stars of World and British Superbikes in attendance, the hard-working Western Australia motorcycle club had certainly assembled a grid packed with racing talent. From start to finish the UK riders were treated like ‘Kings’ and whilst the meeting certainly has the classic end of year feel to it, where there’s...

Rutter aims for seventh Macau GP win

10 November 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Michael Rutter is gunning for a record seventh victory at Macau next month, riding in the colours of Team of Paris AXA Racing on an MSS Kawasaki ZX-10, alongside MSS’ regular BSB star Simon...

Bradley Smith signs new 125GP deal

10 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

British teenager Bradley Smith will stay in the 125GP world championship in 2010. The Oxfordshire rider has signed a new deal with the Aspar Aprilia squad having been unable to secure a switch to the...

Tech 3 confirm Moto2 line-up

10 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

Raffaele de Rosa and former Scot Honda MotoGP rider Yuki Takahashi will ride for the new Tech 3 Moto2 squad in 2010. Italian de Rosa finished sixth in this year’s 250cc world championship and a...

Tech 3 sign Jorge Lorenzo’s former boss

10 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

The French-based Tech 3 squad has pulled off a big coup by confirming that Jorge Lorenzo’s former Fiat Yamaha team boss will join its Moto2 effort in 2010. Italian Daniele Romagnoli will work as...

British MotoGP date changed in calendar reshuffle

10 November 2009 by Matthew Birt

The 2010 British MotoGP race at Silverstone will now take place on June 20, as was revealed by MCN yesterday. The Silverstone date has been pushed back two weeks from June 6, with five dates changing...