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British MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo hoping for Donington classic

British MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo hoping for Donington classic

Jorge Lorenzo is hoping to serve up another classic scrap with Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi in this weekend’s British MotoGP. The Spaniard though is also hoping to come out on top after close...

British MotoGP: Casey Stoner growing in confidence and strength

British MotoGP: Casey Stoner growing in confidence and strength

Casey Stoner believes he’s getting physically stronger and more confident as he chases a third successive victory in this weekend’s British MotoGP race at Donington Park. Stoner hasn’t finished on the...

British MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa sad to leave Donington Park

British MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa sad to leave Donington Park

Spaniard Dani Pedrosa is hoping to continue his recent run of good form in this weekend’s British MotoGP race, the Repsol Honda rider hoping to bow out at Donington Park on a high. Pedrosa, who...

Southern 100 2009 images

Southern 100 2009 images

Just a small selection of images from this years meeting and with some close up action, and close run races it proved to be a real treasure as always. The competition is seemingly getting tighter in...

GT Racing endure 3 hour Cadwell epic race for strong 4th

GT Racing endure 3 hour Cadwell epic race for strong 4th

The leafy Lincolnshire countryside provided the setting for round 4 of the Hottrax Junior TAG Endurance Championship at Cadwell Park over 3rd and 4th of July 2009. GT Racing as usual arrived at the...

Yamaha and Spies ready to take the fight to Ducati at Brno

Yamaha and Spies ready to take the fight to Ducati at Brno

The Yamaha World Superbike squad showed just how much they want to win their first ever WSB crown by bringing a host of new parts to last weeks Imola test. With Spies just 14 points behind the injured...

Betfair: test your MotoGP knowledge with a free £25 bet

Betfair: test your MotoGP knowledge with a free £25 bet

Online gambling site Betfair is offering MCN readers the chance to test their MotoGP knowledge with a free £25 bet on the British MotoGP. Click here to claim your free bet Place a bet on the...

'Reckless' Brookes banned for two BSB rounds

'Reckless' Brookes banned for two BSB rounds

HM Plant Honda rider Josh Brookes has been handed a two event (four race) ban after causing a massive pile-up at the Mallory Park Hairpin in Sunday’s first BSB race. Brookes lost control of his bike...

Buell build controversial 1125RR superbike racer

Buell build controversial 1125RR superbike racer

The £24,500 Buell 1125RR ignited a firestorm of controversy when it thundered into the Mid-Ohio round of the AMA Pro Road Racing championship last weekend. Based on the 1125R, the race-only RR was...

The BSB Race Director’s Guide to Red Flags

The BSB Race Director’s Guide to Red Flags

In the light of the confusion surrounding yesterday’s red flag incident at the Mallory BSB round MCN asked BSB Race Director Stuart Higgs for the precise rules regarding stopping a race prematurely...

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi jubilant with 101st win

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi jubilant with 101st win

Valentino Rossi was jubilant after he won the latest installment in his titanic fight with Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo at the Sachsenring yesterday. Rossi produced a brilliant last two laps...

Chaz Davies’ fighting fifth at Mid Ohio

Chaz Davies’ fighting fifth at Mid Ohio

Aprilia’s Chaz Davies finished a fighting fifth on Saturday, then seventh on Sunday once he lost touch with the leaders at Mid Ohio in the AMA Daytona Sportbike races on his Factory Aprilia Millennium...

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner digs deep for fourth

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner digs deep for fourth

Casey Stoner said he was happy to have put up such a strong fight in yesterday’s German MotoGP race, despite his physical problems returning in an exciting 30-lap clash. With the cause of Stoner’s...

Racing results round-up: July 18-19

Racing results round-up: July 18-19

MOTOGP, SACHSENRING, GERMANY, SUNDAY BRITISH SUPERBIKES, MALLORY PARK, LECIS, SUNDAY AMA ROAD RACES, SOUTHERN 100, BILLOWN, CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN, MONDAY- THURSDAY KIRKISTOWN, CO DOWN, TUESDAY JULY...

Corser tests BMW Sauber F1 car

Corser tests BMW Sauber F1 car

Double World Superbike Champion Troy Corser will test the BMW Sauber Formula One car at the Nurburgring today (Monday). Corser who currently races for BMW in WSB will get a full day of driving at the...

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo rues double mistake

German MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo rues double mistake

Jorge Lorenzo was left counting the cost of two mistakes that saw him lose out in another classic scrap with Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi at the Sachsenring. Lorenzo put up another heroic but...

German MotoGP: Early error costs Nicky Hayden

German MotoGP: Early error costs Nicky Hayden

A mistake at the first corner ruined Nicky Hayden’s hopes of scoring his best Ducati result in Germany. Boosted by his best qualifying performance that left him fourth on the grid, Hayden’s hopes of...

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa content with third

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa content with third

Dani Pedrosa was happy to continue his recent return to form with his fifth podium finish of the season in Germany yesterday. Second behind Valentino Rossi for the opening four laps after another...

German MotoGP: James Toseland happy to be back in top ten

German MotoGP: James Toseland happy to be back in top ten

James Toseland scored his fifth top ten finish of 2009 to boost his hopes of an improved result at his home race at Donington Park this weekend. Boxed in at a chaotic first corner, Toseland dropped...

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith vows to bounce back

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith vows to bounce back

Bradley Smith has vowed to bounce back to form in his home race at Donington Park this weekend after two crashes in the Sachsenring 125GP dented his world title hopes. The 18-year-old managed crashed...

BSB Mallory Park: Race 2 results

BSB Mallory Park: Race 2 results

Leon Camier has won a rain hit second British Superbike race at Mallory Park this afternoon to maintain his Championship lead. The race was held in torrential rain and was ultimately red flagged...

BSB Mallory Park: Riders and team managers fuming after crash

BSB Mallory Park: Riders and team managers fuming after crash

Riders and team managers are still fuming after the incident in today’s opening British Superbike race at Mallory Park when Josh Brookes triggered a crash that saw six of the leading runners...

German MotoGP results: Rossi wins after clash with Lorenzo

German MotoGP results: Rossi wins after clash with Lorenzo

Valentino Rossi defended his world title successfully at the Sachsenring beating his team mate Jorge Lorenzo by just over a tenth of a second. Rossi and Lorenzo left the pack behind by the 13th...

BSB Mallory Park: Race 1 results

BSB Mallory Park: Race 1 results

James Ellison has taken a dramatic victory in today’s first British Superbike race at Mallory Park in one of the most controversial races in the premier class’ history. The red flag came out on the...

German MotoGP 125 & 250 results

German MotoGP 125 & 250 results

Julian Simon followed on from his strong practice and qualifying to take victory in the 125 class of the German Moto GP. Bradley Smith was unable to finish after two crashes, leaving Danny Webb to be...

BSB Mallory Park: Sunday Morning warm-up

BSB Mallory Park: Sunday Morning warm-up

Tommy Hill topped the times in a slightly damp warm-up session at Mallory Park this morning where, with spots of rain in the air, lap times were three seconds down initially from those set in...

Meeting Tommy Hill at Mallory Park

Meeting Tommy Hill at Mallory Park

Go Tommy! From Dazzler and fan club Bromwyn & Skye

German MotoGP: Nicky Hayden says thanks and sorry to Niccolo Canepa

German MotoGP: Nicky Hayden says thanks and sorry to Niccolo Canepa

Nicky Hayden apologised to rookie Niccolo Canepa after a bizarre incident during a rain-lashed Sachsenring MotoGP qualifying this afternoon. Pushing to try and claim his first Ducati front row start,...

BSB Mallory Park : Qualifying results

BSB Mallory Park : Qualifying results

Leon Camier extended his run of British Superbike pole positions to five when he again took first place in this afternoon’s qualifying session at Mallory Park. The 22-year old overcame engine problems...

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner saves strength for race

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner saves strength for race

Casey Stoner admitted he sacrificed the chance to claim a 17th MotoGP pole position to conserve energy ahead of tomorrow’s German GP at the Sachsenring. The factory Ducati rider settled for third...

German MotoGP: James Toseland ‘gutted’ with 14th

German MotoGP: James Toseland ‘gutted’ with 14th

James Toseland admitted he was ‘gutted’ to have qualified down in a lowly 14th place at a rain-lashed Sachsenring today. The British rider finishd just 0.4s off the top six a qualifying session for...

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi takes pole at soaked Sachsenring

German MotoGP: Valentino Rossi takes pole at soaked Sachsenring

Valentino Rossi produced a stunning last lap to snatch pole position in atrocious conditions for tomorrow’s German MotoGP race at the Sachsenring. The 30-year-old Italian, looking to extend his...

BSB: Walker - happy to be back at Mallory

BSB: Walker - happy to be back at Mallory

After a tough start to the 2009 British Superbike season, Chris Walker has enjoyed a resurgence in form of late and that shows no signs of slowing down at Mallory Park this weekend. The...

BSB Mallory : Brogan enjoying Superbike outing

BSB Mallory : Brogan enjoying Superbike outing

Reigning National Superstock champion Steve Brogan has been making steady progress so far this weekend at Mallory as he has his first Superbike outing since 2005. Brogan, deputising for the injured...

BSB Mallory Park: Free practice report

BSB Mallory Park: Free practice report

Tommy Hill again set the pace for Sunday’s British Superbike round at Mallory Park, topping the third and final free practice session just as he had done throughout the opening day. The 24-year old...

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith splashes to front row

German MotoGP: Bradley Smith splashes to front row

Bradley Smith will start the German 125GP from second on the grid after a rain-lashed qualifying session at the Sachsenring this afternoon. The Oxfordshire rider clocked a best lap of 1.39.686 to...