Motorcycle Sport & Racing News

Classic club festival at Brands

The CRMC arrives at historic Brands Hatch on 11/12 July for a weekend of top quality track action featuring the best of classic and post-classic racing machinery and competitors from the UK and abroad.   The programme of 43 races and 4 parades features machinery from the 1950’s to the 1980’s and includes everything from 125/250/350cc two-stroke GP machines to Triumph/BSA triples, Manx Nortons and...

Sword dominates Lyng British Motocross

Sword dominates Lyng British Motocross

KTM rider Stephen Sword picked up his fourth and fifth wins of the year, at round five of the ACU Maxxis British MX2 Motocross Championship, when he completed the double at Lyng.  During race one...

Knighter extends British Enduro series lead

Knighter extends British Enduro series lead

David Knight overcame the elements as well as the opposition to extend his lead in the British Enduro Championship following the second round and a busy weekend at Knighton in Powys. Debuting the...

Rutter to SMT Honda? The facts

Rutter to SMT Honda? The facts

Michael Rutter has had talks with the SMT Honda team about racing at Mallory Park this weekend but, as yet, no decision has been reached and the most experienced man in BSB may just prefer to sit...

Interview: Camier says he's ready for Mallory

Interview: Camier says he's ready for Mallory

BSB series leader Leon Camier is hoping to shake off his Mallory blues and extend his BSB six-race winning streak this Sunday on the Airwaves Yamaha. MCN spoke to him about the forthcoming weekend: I...

BSB Blog: Hey, give Tommy Hill a break

BSB Blog: Hey, give Tommy Hill a break

I’ve got to say I’m a bit surprised at the amount of negativity around the web forums towards Tommy Hill getting the Worx Suzuki for Mallory BSB this weekend. I don’t really understand it.   On one...

Rossi buys $1.15m boat

Rossi buys $1.15m boat

Valentino Rossi has splashed out on a new $1.15m (£7,130,000) yacht. The Pershing 56 luxury yacht, named Titilla II, is 56 feet long, has six beds, can take up to 14 people and is powered by two...

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner treated for anaemia

German MotoGP: Casey Stoner treated for anaemia

Rigorous medical checks conducted on Casey Stoner after the recent American MotoGP race have revealed the 2007 world champion is suffering from gastritis and mild anaemia. Stoner has been dogged by...

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa eyes more success

German MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa eyes more success

Rejuvenated Dani Pedrosa believes he can challenge for another victory in Germany this weekend following his shock return to form in America earlier this month. The Spaniard shocked title hopefuls...

Racing results round-up: July 11-12

Racing results round-up: July 11-12

AINTREE, MERSEYSIDE, SATURDAY BRANDS HATCH, KENT, SATURDAY-SUNDAY SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KNOCKHILL, FIFE, SATURDAY-SUNDAY DARLEY MOOR, DERBYS, SUNDAY BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP MOTOCROSS,...

Sete Gibernau stunned by team withdrawal

Sete Gibernau stunned by team withdrawal

Veteran Spaniard Sete Gibernau has spoken of his shock at the sudden withdrawal of his Grupo Francisco Hernando MotoGP squad. The Spanish team has quit with immediate effect, citing the impact of the...

Sete Gibernau’s Ducati squad quits MotoGP

Sete Gibernau’s Ducati squad quits MotoGP

Sete Gibernau’s Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati squad has withdrawn from the MotoGP world championship with immediate effect. The Spanish squad, run by former 125GP racer Pablo Nieto, is the latest...

Supporting JT at Laguna Seca

Supporting JT at Laguna Seca

Me and my mate Chris supporting JT at Laguna Seca. Great place, great race.

Byrne upbeat about current run of results

Byrne upbeat about current run of results

Shane Byrne aims to continue his strong run of form into next weeks official SBK test at Imola and onto the tenth round of the Championship at Brno a week after. In the last three rounds Shakey has...

WSB men ready for two day Imola test

WSB men ready for two day Imola test

WSB’s big guns head to Italy next week for an official two day test at the revised Imola circuit, which was last used by SBK back in 2006. Championship leader Noriyuki Haga will sit out of the test...

MCN on the way to Laguna Seca

MCN on the way to Laguna Seca

Rachael Brooke on her way to Laguna Seca, 3am Birmingham Airport

Rea: “I know Imola from watching the Edwards and Bayliss battle”

Rea: “I know Imola from watching the Edwards and Bayliss battle”

Jonathan Rea has revealed he can’t wait to test at Imola next week as he feels like he already knows the track from watching Troy Bayliss’ and Colin Edwards’ epic title battle back in 2002 at the...

Me with Mckenzie and McGuinness

Me with Mckenzie and McGuinness

What can I say? Me with the legends that are Nial McKenzie & John McGuinness at Knockhill. Absolutely awesome.

Honda deny dumping Yuki Takahashi

Honda deny dumping Yuki Takahashi

Honda has vigorously denied throwing rookie Yuki Takahashi – its only Japanese MotoGP rider – on the scrapheap. Claims by the Scot Honda team that it had reluctantly released Yuki Takahashi because...

Kenny Roberts looks to Britain for Moto2 chassis project

Kenny Roberts looks to Britain for Moto2 chassis project

American legend Kenny Roberts will turn to British expertise to help his plans for a shock return to racing in the new 600cc four-stroke Moto2 class. The Californian wants to run a two-rider effort in...

Valentino Rossi: Jorge Lorenzo facing massive decision on future

Valentino Rossi: Jorge Lorenzo facing massive decision on future

Valentino Rossi reckons it would be a massive decision for Jorge Lorenzo to turn his back on Yamaha and make a shock switch to rivals Honda. Lorenzo has been linked with a move to Honda’s factory...

Yamaha boss ecstatic at Valentino Rossi future pledge

Yamaha boss ecstatic at Valentino Rossi future pledge

Yamaha boss Masao Furusawa has spoken of his delight at Valentino Rossi’s recent pledge to continue racing until the end of 2013 at least. When the 30-year-old notched his 100th Grand Prix victory in...

Meeting my heroes at Donington WSB

Meeting my heroes at Donington WSB

I went to the World Superbike at Donington Park and met two of my heroes. The legend Kevin Schwantz and Ben Spies the legend to be! Also James Toseland who I went to High School with in Kiverton.

Title still on for Laverty says team boss Buckmaster

Title still on for Laverty says team boss Buckmaster

Parkalgar Honda team boss Simon Buckmaster believes that Eugene Laverty still has a chance of winning the World Supersport title despite being 28 points adrift of Yamaha man Cal Crutchlow. Buckmaster...

Bayliss tips Spies for WSB title

Bayliss tips Spies for WSB title

Reigning World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss believes that Ben Spies and the factory Yamaha team are on target to secure the prestigious WSB crown in 2009. Following on from Spies’ emphatic double...

Haslam satisfied with Brno test

Haslam satisfied with Brno test

Stiggy Honda men Leon Haslam and John Hopkins have completed a two day test at Brno in preparation for the next round of the championship which takes place at the Czech track on 24th to 26th...

Manx Radio to broadcast Southern ‘100’

Even if you can’t make it to the Southern 100 you can listen to the race commentary live on Manx Radio via the internet. The Steam Packet Southern 100 international road races  commence next week on Monday 13th July 13 and continue through until Thursday evening July 16, all covered by Manx Radio. Race fans off the Island will be able to pick up the commentaries via the web on...

Guy Martin to race at Scarborough

Guy Martin to race at Scarborough

Six time International Oliver’s Mount Gold Cup Cup winner, Guy Martin is to race his Hydrex Honda at this weekend’s Cock o’the North Road Races to attempt to regain his title he has previously won on...

Tommy Bridewell to race at Mallory BSB

Tommy Bridewell to race at Mallory BSB

Tommy Bridewell has announced he will race in the next BSB round at Mallory Park on July 19. Aboard the Team NB Suzuki GSX-R1000K6, the 20-year-old from Etchilhampton near Devizes has won the last...

Tommy Hill gets Worx Suzuki ride at Mallory

Tommy Hill gets Worx Suzuki ride at Mallory

Tommy Hill is back in BSB, riding for the Worx Suzuki team at Mallory Park on July 19. The 24 year-old completed a successful test on-board Sylvain Guintoli’s 2009 GSX-R1000 and was offered a one-race...

Valentino Rossi: Great mistake to dismiss Casey Stoner threat

Valentino Rossi: Great mistake to dismiss Casey Stoner threat

Valentino Rossi has told MCN it would be a great mistake to dismiss Casey Stoner’s MotoGP title hopes as the Aussie struggles to overcome health problems. Stoner has surrendered crucial ground in the...

Casey Stoner thrilled at Nicky Hayden progress

Casey Stoner thrilled at Nicky Hayden progress

Casey Stoner has spoken of his delight at Nicky Hayden’s recent drastic improvement on Ducati’s factory GP9 machine. After a torrid start to 2009, Kentucky rider Hayden has started to make...

Honda in talks with Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso

Honda in talks with Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso

Dani Pedrosa’s first win in 13 months last weekend in Laguna Seca couldn’t have come at a better time as he started negotiations over a new factory Honda contract. HRC is desperate to retain the...

Yamaha not worried about Ferrari swoop for Valentino Rossi

Yamaha not worried about Ferrari swoop for Valentino Rossi

Yamaha is not anticipating a Ferrari swoop for Valentino Rossi to make a sensational move to Formula One next year. The Italian was linked with a big-money move to F1 for the umpteenth time late last...

Brogan to ride injured Richards’ BSB Honda

Brogan to ride injured Richards’ BSB Honda

HM Plant Honda have nominated reigning British Superstock Champion Steve Brogan to stand in for injured Glen Richards at the next round of the British Superbike Championship at Mallory Pak on 17-19...

Knighter switches for Kawasaki

Knighter switches for Kawasaki

The world’s top enduro rider, David Knight has moved to Kawasaki machinery for the remainder of the 2009 season. The Manxman quit BMW recently after a disappointing first half of the season and has...