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Ben Spies to race number 11 in MotoGP

06 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will revert back to his favoured number 11 when he moves to the MotoGP world championship in 2010. Spies opted to run 19 in his rookie World Superbike campaign because factory BMW rider Troy...

Gino Rea leads Superstock 600 championship going into final race

05 October 2009 by Liam Marsden

Rising star Gino Rea another successful weekend at Magny Cours with a second palce finish in the Superstock 600, meaning Gino now leads the championship going in to the final round at Portimao. Gino...

Carl Fogarty gives James Toseland his backing for WSB

05 October 2009 by Andy Downes

Former World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty has given his full backing to James Toseland as he returns to the WSB series chasing Foggy’s record of four world titles. Toseland already has two world...

Estoril MotoGP: Astronaut Jorge Lorenzo ‘over the moon’

05 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Dressed in astronaut leathers and helmet, it was hardly surprising that Jorge Lorenzo declared himself over the moon after he dominated yesterday’s Portuguese MotoGP race at Estoril. A superb...

Aleix Espargaro to land permanent Ducati deal?

05 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Spaniard Aleix Espargaro looks certain to be rewarded with a permanent Ducati MotoGP deal for 2010 after impressing as a replacement rider in Indianapolis and Misano earlier this season. Espargaro is...

Estoril MotoGP: Traction issue blunts Valentino Rossi’s challenge

05 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Rear traction issues cost Valentino Rossi his hopes of inching closer to a seventh MotoGP world title after he could only finish in a distant fourth in Estoril. The Italian was never in contention in...

Estoril MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa looking for Honda consistency

05 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Dani Pedrosa believes Honda’s factory RC212V machine must find a more consistent level of performance to be regularly challenging for victories in MotoGP. The Spaniard claimed his eighth podium finish...

Estoril MotoGP: Bradley Smith breaks Portugal jinx

05 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith ended his Estoril jinx with a brilliant third place finish in a dramatic Portuguese 125GP yesterday. After crashing out of last year’s race and never coming close to a top six finish at...

Hiroshi Aoyama secures 2010 MotoGP switch

04 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Hiroshi Aoyama, current leader of the 250GP world championship, will move to MotoGP in a new Honda team in 2010. The Japanese rider, who heads into the final three races of 2009 with a commanding...

Estoril MotoGP results: Lorenzo wins, Stoner takes second

04 October 2009 by MCN

Team mates Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi started the race together but Lorenzo soon opened up a gap between the two riders. Rossi finished 23 seconds behind Lorenzo which left the Italian off the...

WSB Magny-Cours: Race 2 results - Haga wins

04 October 2009 by MCN

Noriyuki Haga again showed his mastery of the french track and took the chequered flag. Haga was strong for the entire race and was leading by at the end of the first lap. Tyre problems caused Spies...

Estoril MotoGP: 125 Results - Bradley Smith third

04 October 2009 by MCN

Championship leader Julián Simón crashed out of the race on the 16th lap leaving Pol Espargaró to take the race. Sandro Cortese took second place with Bradley Smith third. Results: 1 Pol ESPARGARO SPA...

WSB Magny-Cours: Supersport results - Crutchlow second, Lascorz first

04 October 2009 by MCN

Cal Crutchlow battled for the entire race but was unable to get ahead of Joan Lascorz. Both riders were far ahead of the pack with the next nearest rider, Kenan Sofuoglu, just shy of six seconds...

WSB Magny-Course: Race 1 results - Spies takes victory

04 October 2009 by MCN

Ben Spies was victorious after a fierce battle for first place with Noriyuki Haga. Spies finished only 0.181 of second ahead of the Japanese rider. Leon Haslam managed to take fifth place on his...

Estoril MotoGP: Moto2 entry list unveiled

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

The first Moto2 600cc world championship in 2010 could be contested by nearly 40 bikes after the final selection of teams invited into the new series was unveiled in Estoril today. Teams comprising a...

Estoril MotoGP: Valentino Rossi chasing grip

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Having solved braking stability issues that plagued Valentino Rossi in Estoril yesterday, the Italian blamed traction issues for costing him the chance of claiming his seventh pole position of the...

Estoril MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo to go for broke

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo has vowed to go for broke in tomorrow’s Estoril MotoGP race to try and reduce Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi’s title advantage. Lorenzo ended his six race quest for a pole position with a brilliant performance in today’s qualifying session, the Spaniard clocking a best lap of 1.36.214 to claim his fifth pole of the season. With Rossi one place further back on the grid,...

Estoril MotoGP: Casey Stoner exceeds expectations

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner admitted his stunning front row start for tomorrow’s Estoril MotoGP race exceeded his expectations after he missed pole position by just 0.3s. The Aussie, who has missed the last three...

Estoril MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo takes Portugal pole

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo romped to his fifth pole position of the season in Estoril today. The Spaniard, who won his first ever MotoGP race at the Estoril circuit in 2008, produced a brilliant qualifying...

Crutchlow on pole, Laverty fourth

03 October 2009 by Michael Guy

World Supersport title rivals Cal Crutchlow and Eugene Laverty will line up on the front row of the grid for tomorrows penultimate round show down at Magny Cours. In a thrilling qualifying session...

Estoril MotoGP: Bradley Smith storms to front row

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

British teenager Bradley Smith shrugged off a massive practice yesterday to surge to a brilliant front row start for the Portuguese 125GP. In bright and sunny conditions for this afternoon’s...

Fabrizio takes control in second qualifying

03 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Inform Italian Michel Fabrizio stamped his authority on the second qualifying session at Magny Cours by finishing a convincing 0.377 seconds faster than his closest rival Ben Spies. Onboard his Xerox...

Ben Spies to race Valentino Rossi and James Toseland in Valencia

03 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Ben Spies will make a shock Yamaha MotoGP debut in the season’s final race in Valencia next month. MCN learned that Yamaha has submitted an entry application to Dorna and the International Race Teams...

Fabrizio secures provisional pole from Rea

02 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Imola race two winner Michel Fabrizio stormed to an impressive provisional pole position in first qualifying at Imola today. Onboard the Xerox Ducati, the 25 year old Italian snatched the position by...

Estoril MotoGP: Casey Stoner faster and fitter than expected

02 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner admitted he was faster and fitter than he expected as he ended his self-imposed exile in impressive fashion in Estoril today. Back on board his factory Ducati GP9 for the first time...

Chris Vermeulen signs Kawasaki World Superbike deal

02 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Chris Vermeulen has signed a two-year deal to ride for Kawasaki in the 2010 World Superbike championship. As was widely expected, the current factory Suzuki rider penned his deal in Estoril...

Estoril MotoGP: James Toseland satisfied with eighth

02 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland kicked off the last part of his MotoGP career with the eighth quickest time in Estoril this afternoon. Shrugging off the bitter disappointment at losing his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 ride...

Estoril MotoGP: Bradley Smith escapes injury after heavy practice spill

02 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Bradley Smith has been given a clean bill of health after a big high-side crash in opening practice for Sunday’s Estoril 125GP. Just under 15 minutes of the session remained when the 18-year-old was...

Estoril MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo tops MotoGP practice

02 October 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo’s love affair with the Estoril circuit continued today after the Spaniard returned from the summer break with the fastest time in opening MotoGP practice. Lorenzo, who won his first...

Slow start for Laverty and Crutchlow

02 October 2009 by Michael Guy

Championship rivals Eugene Laverty and Cal Crutchlow, riding at Magny Cours for the first time, both made slow starts in this afternoons opening free practice session finishing down in seventh and...

Sword tops at Landrake British MX2

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Newly-crowned British MX2 Champion Stephen Sword picked up the overall win at the final round of the series at Landrake in Cornwall. He was joined on the podium by overall runner-up Billy MacKenzie...

Knight wins Natterjack Enduro

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Kawasaki rider David Knight brought his participation in the 2009 British Enduro Championship to a winning close by topping the final day of the REME-organised Natterjack Enduro. The fastest rider on...

Kagayama adds fuel to BSB return rumour

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Rumours that Yukio Kagayama could return to BSB have gained some creedence after Worx Suzuki boss Jack Valentine agreed at Silverstone the Japanese rider’s name had been linked to Suzuki’s choice of a...

Hydrex develop new engine braking system

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Hydrex Honda ran a new airbleed system at Silverstone to try and overcome the Honda’s tendency to back into corners. The team’s technical guru Mick Shanley said: “We’ve more hardware on the bike –...

Valentine says keep FIM superbike rules

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Worx Suzuki team boss Jack Valentine is not convinced that the new Evo rules that call fro superstock engines and control ECUs are the way forward for BSB. He told MCN: “The FIM superbike rules (which...

Harris’ tough debut on SMT Honda

02 October 2009 by Gary Pinchin

After a weekend of troubles, Karl Harris salvaged a distant 14th place in the second BSB race at Silverstone in his debut on the SMT Honda. It was scant reward for early in the weekend, it looked...

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