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Catalunya MotoGP: James Toseland deflated after dismal 13th

14 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland cut a disconsolate figure in the Catalunya paddock today after he slumped to a bitterly disappointing 13th place in a red-hot Montmelo MotoGP race. Starting from his best grid position...

Catalunya MotoGP: Rossi takes win with last lap masterclass

14 June 2009 by Liam Marsden

Fiat Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo was denied a win at his home Grand Prix after Valentino Rossi showed why he his world champion with an amazing final lap battle. From the beginning of the race Rossi,...

Catalunya MotoGP: Alvaro Bautista wins, Simoncelli crashes out

14 June 2009 by Liam Marsden

Aspar Aprilia rider Alvaro Bautista has extended his championship lead with a comfortable win at the 250GP in Catalunya after reigning champion Marco Simoncelli crashed out just three laps in to the...

Catalunya MotoGP: Iannone takes victory in Barcelona

14 June 2009 by Liam Marsden

Ongetta team Aprilia rider Andrea Iannone has taken the win in Catalunya after Spaniard Julian Simon made a costly mistake. Julian Simon was in the lead on the penultimate lap, but when he crossed the...

Catalunya MotoGP: Fiat Yamaha duo predict tough battle

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi have spoken about their expected titanic tussle for glory in tomorrow’s Catalunya MotoGP race after the Fiat Yamaha pair dominated qualifying. Lorenzo will start from...

Catalunya MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa vows to fight on

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Brave Spaniard Dani Pedrosa has vowed to bounce back from his latest crash misery to race in tomorrow’s Catalunya MotoGP race in Barcelona. The 23-year-old suffered another painful and morale-crushing...

Catalunya MotoGP: Season best qualifying for James Toseland

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

British rider James Toseland scored his best qualifying result of 2009 with an impressive surge to the third row of the grid in Catalunya today. But the 28-year-old was still frustrated as he came...

Catalunya MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo secures home pole position

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo will start his home race at the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona from pole position after a stunning performance in this afternoon’s sun-drenched MotoGP qualifying session. The Fiat...

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradley Smith on 125GP second row

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

World 125GP championship leader Bradley Smith will start tomorrow’s Catalunya race in Spain from seventh on the grid. In a qualifying session running in baking hot conditions at the Montmelo circuit...

Catalunya MotoGP: Moto2 entry cut to 41 riders

13 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

The first round of the selection process for the new Moto2 600cc four-stroke world championship has taken place in Catalunya, with applications from 47 teams cut to 27. Delegates from the FIM, Dorna...

SHOVELHEAD CHOPPER AT IOM 2009TT

13 June 2009 by spike

Just back from the 2009 TT. I must be mad as the roads are terrible for these things and my riding buddies were on 916s, buells and Aprilias! I built this chop five years ago and have been using it...

Catalunya MotoGP: Nicky Hayden gets massive confidence boost

12 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

The beaming smile on Nicky Hayden’s face was the clearest sign that the American made a massive breakthrough in his quest to master Ducati’s factory GP9 machine in Spain today. Having struggled and...

Catalunya MotoGP: James Toseland savours fast start

12 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

British rider James Toseland admitted his 10th place on the timesheets at the end of the opening MotoGP practice session in Catalunya was his best start to a Grand Prix in 2009. The Monster Yamaha...

Who’s your TT hero of the week?

12 June 2009 by Guy Procter

We’ve just seen Steve Plater win an incident-filled Senior TT. John McGuinness won the Superbike TT and has decimated the outright lap record again today. Michael Dunlop took the first TT win of his...

TT rider dies on Mountain

12 June 2009 by Laura Kennerley

TT racer John Crellin has died after crashing in the 2009 Senior TT. The 58-year-old civil engineer from Douglas in the Isle of Man crashed on his 1000cc Suzuki on the Mountain Box of the course. He...

Catalunya MotoGP: Valentino Rossi strikes back in Spain

12 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi was in bullish mood in Catalunya tonight after he set the fastest time during the opening practice session with the fastest time. Chasing only his second victory of the 2009 campaign...

Rossi and Ago at Hailwood Heights

12 June 2009 by Anonymous

Agostini and Rossi at Hailwood Heights on their parade lap.

Plater wins dramatic Senior TT

12 June 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Steve Plater has just won today’s Senior TT but it could not have been a more dramatic race to close the 2009 TT races on the 37.73mile Mountain course. HM Plant Honda duo John McGuinness and Plater...

Catalunya MotoGP: Bradley Smith 11th in opening 125GP practice

12 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

World 125GP championship leader Bradley Smith had a tough start to the Catalunya race weekend this afternoon, the British teenager only 11th on the timesheets in opening free practice. Smith, who goes...

Isle of Man TT: Guy Martin tests dramatic tweaks ahead of Senior

12 June 2009 by Frankie Lister

Yesterday saw a rest day for most of the island, with most people enjoying an ice cream or two. But Hydrex Honda’s Guy Martin – ever the hard worker – was down at Jurby Airfield, trying out some...

TTXGP: Rob Barber takes first ever TTXGP win

12 June 2009 by Gary Pinchin

TT history was created this morning when Rob Barber won the first-ever no emissions TT race. Barber led the TTX GP from the early stages and crossed the line at the end of the one lap race with a time...

Catalunya MotoGP: Gabor Talmacsi to make Honda MotoGP debut

12 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi will make a dramatic MotoGP debut this afternoon at the start of the Catalunya MotoGP weekend in Spain. As was first reported by MCN four weeks ago, the former world 125GP...

MCN’s Yamaha TZR250 club racer

12 June 2009 by Chris Newbigging

In April I started my first season of club racing at the Bemsee Centenary meeting at Brands Hatch racing in the Norfolkline Yamaha Past Masters series. It was the first time I’ve raced my own bike –...

Airwaves Yamaha’s Donington WSB wild cards

12 June 2009 by Gary Pinchin

Airwaves Yamaha riders Leon Camier and James Ellison have wild card entires for the Donington WSB round on June 28 Having won seven out of the eight BSB races so far this season, the team is currently...

Save up to £22 by booking Snetterton BSB tickets now

12 June 2009 by Guy Procter

BSB makes a brilliant family day out and if you book now for the 19/20/21 June round you could save up to £22. There’s no other round on the championship calendar where you can witness top speeds of...

TTXGP: Motoczysz E1PC "looking very good" for race

12 June 2009 by Guy Procter

They didn’t finish the first practice lap and limped across the line in the second, but MotoCzysz say they’re looking “very good” for today’s race, according to comments posted on PlugBike.com. The...

TTXGP: 'Lotus' bike unlikely to make race

12 June 2009 by Guy Procter

The ‘Lotus’ bike of Evo Designs (officially the Ev-0RR) looks unlikely to race in the inaugural TTXGP. The team worked through Wednesday night with the bike’s electronic control systems, but chassis...

Rendezvous Mugello 2009

12 June 2009 by jallori

Max (Italian Car Driver), Simon (British Biker-CBR), and Noureddine (United Nations Biker-Fazer) make the rendezvous at Mugello 2009. Max proves Italians dont always do it with style !

Catalunya MotoGP: Nicky Hayden to try radical new Ducati set-up

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Struggling factory Ducati rider Nicky Hayden will gamble on a radical new set-up on his GP9 machine in Catalunya tomorrow, the American desperate to try and find a big breakthrough in what has been a...

Catalunya MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo laughs off home pressure

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Jorge Lorenzo has laughed of suggestions he will be under severe pressure from his home fans during this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP race near Barcelona. The Fiat Yamaha rider, who has won two races...

Catalunya MotoGP: Valentino Rossi looking for confidence boost

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi has admitted solving a confidence issue with the front-end feeling of his factory Yamaha YZR-M1 is crucial to his hopes of challenging for victory in this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP...

Catalunya MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to try new Honda chassis

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Spaniard Dani Pedrosa will evaluate a new Honda RC212V chassis during tomorrow’s opening practice session for the Catalunya MotoGP race. Honda engineers have decided not to wait to rollout the new...

Valentino and Agostini at Bungalow

11 June 2009 by Anonymous

Just came back from the TT races. Fantastic atmosphere over on the Isle of Man and superb racing. Saw Valentino and Agostini on the mountain, just coming into the bungalow section. Got a good photo...

TT photos

11 June 2009 by Dan Carpenter

Few photos from the TT. Taken in Ramsey.

Catalunya MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo unveils special Barcelona livery

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

Still jubilant at Barcelona’s recent Champions League football success over Manchester United, Jorge Lorenzo will sport a special one-off helmet paintscheme for this weekend’s Catalunya MotoGP race.

Tech 3 gets Yamaha assurances for 2010

11 June 2009 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland’s Tech 3 Yamaha squad has denied it will have to surrender one of its factory spec YZR-M1 machines to a rival team in 2010. Strong rumours emerged recently suggested that Herve...

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