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Wilson stays supersport with Gearlink for 2010

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Gearlink Kawasaki has announced that Ben Wilson has signed for the 2010 season to challenge for the British Supersport championship on the Kawasaki ZX-6R. The Lincolnshire rider is currently fourth...

‘I’ll help Ben Spies’, vows Colin Edwards

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards has vowed to do all he can to help fellow Texan Ben Spies become an instant success in the MotoGP world championship in 2010. Both hailing from Texas, Edwards and Spies are good friends...

Suzuki deny engine crisis

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki has denied it will be the first factory to fall foul of new engine reliability rules in the MotoGP world championship. Factory boss Paul Denning denied rumours that both Loris Capirossi and...

Honda boss angry at new engine penalty

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Honda boss Shuhei Nakamoto has spoken of his ‘disappointment’ at recent changes to MotoGP engine durability rules. Cost-cutting rules introduced for the final seven races of 2009 meant riders could...

Suzuki delay Chris Vermeulen’s Kawasaki WSB debut

09 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki will not give special permission for Aussie rider Chris Vermeulen to make his Kawasaki World Superbike debut before the end of the MotoGP season. Kawasaki will test immediately after the final...

Plater and McConnell shape up for Oulton scrap

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Everything hangs on the final race of the British Supersport series at Oulton Park this weekend with Steve Plater leading Billy McConnell by just 11 points. At Silverstone two weeks ago the pair...

Team Green road race

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Kawasaki’s ‘Team Green’ has been in existence in the UK for well over 25 years but in recent years has primarily been focussed on off-road racing. But, from next year, Team Green will re-enter the...

Camier aims for 20 race wins at Oulton Park

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Leon Camier might have wrapped up the BSB title at Silverstone two weeks ago but now his target is taking his season tally of race wins to 20 – in the season ending triple header at Oulton Park in...

Simpson headlines Weston Beach Race

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Factory KTM star Shaun Simpson and former World Motocross Champion Stefan Everts headline this weekend’s Weston Beach Race. Everts won last year’s race from Simpson and the pair of them line up...

Kymco back British 125 race team

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Danny Kent will be riding the Aztec GP125 bike with new backing from Kymco UK in this weekend’s 125cc British Championship round at Oulton Park. Kymco UK and Aztec are working on a plan 2010 to...

Guintoli to race at Thruxton

09 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Worx Suzuki star Sylvain Guintoli will line-up for the MRO Powerbike club race at Thruxton on October 17. Ironically a year ago on the corresponding weekend, the Frenchman was finishing 14th in the...

Plater: Oulton BSB is business as usual

08 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

The British Supersport title is on the line but experience campaigner Steve Plater aims to go about business as usual this weekend at Oulton Park in the final round of the series. He’s 11 points ahead...

Finnegan book launched in Lusk

08 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

In his new book, Flying Finn, Stephen Davison charts the spectacular career of the late Martin Finnegan, one of Ireland’s most colourful and successful road racers. Called simply ‘Flying Finn’, the...

Cooper wins Stars at Darley

08 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Co-ordit Performance’s Richard Cooper made the perfect preparations for the final round of this weekend’s National Superstock championship at Oulton by his Stars at Darley title last Sunday. Cooper...

Airwaves aim to sign off in style at Oulton BSB

08 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

The MCE British Superbike Championship heads to Oulton Park this weekend and championship winning team for a record fifth time, GSE Racing aim to end the season, and their five-year relationship with...

Tommy Hill aims for Oulton podium

08 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Tommy Hill goes to the final MCE British Superbike round at Oulton Park this weekend, still aiming to achieve his goal of at least one podium finish this year. He said: “At Silverstone we improved the...

Another member of the Rossi fanclub

08 October 2009 by sean13

My 3 month old daughter Natalia already gearing up for next year’s Silverstone MotoGP

Alstare Suzuki v Dr Brux - who’s suing who?

08 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Further to the Alstare Suzuki squad announcing that it has terminated it’s title sponsorship deal with Italian mouth guard manufacturer Dr Brux on 28th September, Dr Brux have issued their own press...

Colin Edwards: 'Electronics have extended my career’

08 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards reckons the huge advances in electronic rider aids have helped extend his career after the popular American signed a new MotoGP deal for 2010. The double World Superbike champion has...

Valentino Rossi impressed with Ben Spies

08 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has told MCN how impressed he has been with World Superbike sensation Ben Spies in 2009. The 30-year-old Italian, who is chasing a seventh MotoGP world title in 2009 as the paqddock...

Haslam joins factory Alstare Suzuki team in 2010

08 October 2009 by Michael Guy

As exclusively revealed by MCN on Wednesday, Leon Haslam will sign a deal later this week to ride for the factory Alstare Suzuki squad in 2010. During 2009 Haslam has defied the odds by running at the...

Chris Vermeulen admits Ducati concern

08 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Chris Vermeulen has admitted he was worried about joining Ducati in MotoGP next season because of the difficulty in matching compatriot Casey Stoner’s results. Confident he would not be another...

Hayate eye Moto2 move

08 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Hayate’s hopes of retaining its MotoGP status in 2010 appear doomed. A frantic fund-raising mission to find a £5m budget to lease Yamaha YZR-M1 engines and build and develop a new chassis has...

Toseland: “I want the WSB title back”

08 October 2009 by Michael Guy

The story so far Since joining the French Tech 3 Yamaha satellite squad at the end of 2007, Toseland has enjoyed a mixture of success and disappointment, but ultimately hasn’t done enough to keep his...

FTR Moto unveil Moto2 race bike

07 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

These are the first pictures of the new Moto2 machine built by FTR Moto, unveiled today at the Sports Bar and Grill, Marylebone Station in London. The bike is known as FTR Moto M209 and has been built...

Toseland: “I want to win more titles than Fogarty”

07 October 2009 by Michael Guy

James Toseland has vowed to win more WSB crowns than Carl Fogarty when he returns to Superbike series in 2010. Following months of speculation, Toseland will trade places with American sensation Ben...

Title race still in Valentino Rossi’s hands, says Jerry Burgess

07 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi’s quest for a seventh MotoGP crown is still firmly in the Italian’s hands, despite the setback of last weekend’s Estoril clash in Portugal. That’s the belief of Rossi’s legendary...

Toseland: “Ben and Colin deserve the ride”

07 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Despite the obvious disappointment of losing his Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP ride, James Toseland has given his backing to Ben Spies and Colin Edwards for next years championship. Toseland accepts that his...

Spies: “I’m not going to Valencia to race Toseland”

07 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Ben Spies maintains that he is going to the Valencia MotoGP race in November to test – not to go toe to toe with James Toseland. The 25 year old American finally confirmed that he will switch to the...

Toni Elias heads Tech 3 Moto2 wish list

07 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP winner Toni Elias tops a Tech 3 wish list for the French team’s new Moto2 600cc world championship project. The Spaniard has lost his MotoGP ride after being axed by the Gresini Honda squad,...

2010 WSB Calendar confirmed

07 October 2009 by Michael Guy

The 2010 World Superbike calendar will feature a total of 13 rounds with the series no longer travelling to the Losail circuit in Qatar. Other noticeable changes include the Portugal round of the...

Aleix Espargaro seals Ducati MotoGP switch

07 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Aleix Espargaro has secured the second Pramac Ducati GP9 ride after his recent impressive performances in the Indianapolis and Misano. The Spaniard’s dramatic upturn in fortunes mean he will partner...

Suzi Perry: James Toseland's MotoGP exit 'hugely disappointing'

06 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Suzi Perry reckons James Toseland’s MotoGP departure is ‘hugely disappointing’ for British race fans. The 28-year-old will make a swift return to WSB to try and reclaim the title he last won in 2007...

Cal Crutchlow’s WSB move sets back Gresini Moto2 project

06 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Italian race boss Fausto Gresini reckons Cal Crutchlow’s decision to partner James Toseland in Yamaha’s factory World Superbike team has set his Moto2 rider search back by two months. Crutchlow held...

Jorge Lorenzo: "I can win the title"

06 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo has told MCN his hopes of inflicting a shock MotoGP title defeat on Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi are back on track after a tedious but precious win in Estoril last...

Valentino Rossi curious to see Ben Spies race in Valencia

06 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Reigning world champion Valentino Rossi says he’s curious at seeing the level of performance from Ben Spies when the American make his Yamaha MotoGP debut in Valencia next month. The Texan, who will...

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