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Shane Byrne-out

17 October 2008 by Rob Reynolds

Picture of Shane Byrne at Druids bend on the last race of the season, has to be one of the best pictures i took while i was there. What a race!

Kawasaki scrap third ZX-RR plan for 2009

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Kawasaki boss Michael Bartholemy has confirmed to MCN that the Japanese factory will not field a third ZX-RR machine in 2009. Get all the latest MotoGP news A proposed deal with current Aprilia 125...

Casey Stoner looking for big improvement

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Former world champion Casey Stoner had a troublesome start to the Malaysian GP in Sepang. Get the latest MotoGP news The Aussie, who celebrated his 23rd birthday yesterday, finished third on the...

Valentino Rossi content with second place

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said he was content with his second place at the end of the first day of action in Sepang today. The Fiat Yamaha rider set a best time of 2.02.693 to finish just...

James Toseland frustrated in 13th

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland’s return to the Sepang circuit where his MotoGP career began 11 months ago started in frustrating fashion today as the British rider ended the opening day of free practice for the...

Front-end change transforms Colin Edwards’ fortunes

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards credited a front-end setting change for transforming his fortunes in Sepang today with the American topping the timesheets at the end of the opening day’s free practice. Get all the...

No decision on Rizla’s MotoGP future

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Rizla has yet to decide whether it will continue to back Suzuki’s factory MotoGP squad in 2009. Having recently announced it would quit backing Suzuki’s British superbike team after a seven-year...

Provisional 125GP front row for injured Danny Webb

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

British teenager Danny Webb shrugged off the pain of a badly damaged left little finger injury to claim a place on the provisional front row of the grid for Sunday’s Malaysia 125GP. Get all the...

Freak accident ends Spanish rookie’s season

17 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Spanish rookie Marc Marquez has been ruled out for the final two races of the 2008 125GP campaign after he was involved in a freak accident during this morning’s opening free practice session in...

Team Stiggy signs Anthony West for 2009

16 October 2008 by James Keen

Team Stiggy Motorsport Honda have signed Australian rider Anthony West for 2009. The 27-year old will leave MotoGP at the end of the season to compete in the World Supersport Championship. Anthony is...

Nicky Hayden hits back at Alberto Puig attack

16 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden has hit back at fierce criticism from Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa’s manager Alberto Puig in Malaysia today. Outspoken Puig launched an incredible attack on Hayden last week,...

James Toseland made to wait for 2009 Yamaha debut

16 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland will have to wait until the end of November at the earliest before he gets his first chance to assess Yamaha’s 2009 factory MotoGP machine. Toseland and Tech 3 Yamaha team-mate will not...

Casey Stoner eager to begin preparations for 2009

16 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Former world champion Casey Stoner reckons he can’t wait to get the last two races out of the way to begin testing Ducati’s 2009 MotoGP contender in Valencia. The Aussie, who turned 23 today on the...

Storm worry for Valentino Rossi

16 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has expressed concern that heavy storms might seriously disrupt this weekend’s Malaysian clash at the Sepang circuit. Rossi was speaking after a typical...

KTM quit 250GP class

16 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Austrian manufacturer KTM has confirmed it will withdraw from the 250GP world championship at the end of the 2008 campaign. In a statement released on the eve of this weekend’s Malaysia GP in Sepang,...

A few snaps from Brands

16 October 2008 by steve dennis

Here’s a few snaps of brands. Good luck to shakey and the boys on the world stage next season. Great weekend, all the riders we met are so down to earth and always ready for a chat.

Skakey's celebration

15 October 2008 by Chris Dolman

Shakey’s celebratory burnout after taking the double at Brands Hatch

Where have all the chickens gone Rossi?

15 October 2008 by steve lynn

I see rossi is back on form again but dont you think he’s lost that sparkle he had, i used to love to see what he was going to get up to after each race win and if it wasnt a chicken on the back of his bike it was something just as entertaining. Iit was that sort of thing that made him different to everyone else and at the same time made moto gp so much fun to watch. So why has he become so...

Casey Stoner aware of wrist surgery risks

15 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Former world champion Casey Stoner has conceded the imminent surgery on his troublesome left wrist carries an element of risk for his career. Get all the latest MotoGP news The Aussie needs a bone...

Wayne Gardner tips Casey Stoner to bounce back in 2009

15 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Former world 500cc champion Wayne Gardner believes Casey Stoner has what it takes to bounce back from his convincing defeat to Valentino Rossi next season. Get all the latest MotoGP news Gardner,...

Nicky Hayden desperate to give Michelin successful farewell

15 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden is hoping he can help Michelin bow out of the MotoGP world championship on a high with just two races of the campaign remaining. Michelin will quit MotoGP after the Malaysia and Valencia...

James Toseland determined to finish 2008 strongly

15 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland is confident he can finish his rookie MotoGP campaign in positive fashion as the British rider prepares to return to the circuit where his premier class career began almost a year...

British Supersport: Billy McConnell signs for Raceways Yamaha

15 October 2008 by Rob Hull

Billy McConnell will make a step down back into the British Supersport Championship in 2009 with Raceways Yamaha after a season in BSB with MSS Discovery Kawasaki. The Aussie finished the season in...

British Superbikes: James Ellison signs for GSE Racing

15 October 2008 by Rob Hull

James Ellison has landed what he called his ‘dream move’ to the four-time British Superbike Championship winning team, GSE Racing. The former MotoGP and AMA Superbike ace penned a deal with the...

Guy Martin looks like Wolverine

14 October 2008 by Kim Fisher

I got to meet with Guy Martin another rider who you dont seem to see much of around the pits. He also reminds me of Wolverine from the X-Men, no offence Guy! a lovely man.

Finding James Ellison

14 October 2008 by Kim Fisher

Myself and James Ellison.. a hard man to find, but I found him in the end, it may of taken me a whole weekend but got him in the end!

Pics from the BSB finale

14 October 2008 by Kevin Langridge

Shots from the the BSB finale at Brands Hatch.

UFO's trying to keep up with Rossi

14 October 2008 by chris roberts

Having watched the last round at phillip island for the third time… sad I know, but I just love watching Rossi carving his way through the field again, but i noticed in the opening 1st lap I saw in the sky a UFO- NO JOKE! Check it out… it’s 1min 10seconds into the 1st lap, it moves in from the right from behined eurosport symbol to the left at high speed… go check it out, try 2 view it on HD if...

Brands Hatch BSB

14 October 2008 by assenaid

Here are a few pictures from the British Superbikes at Brands Hatch. My son Kelland was invited to have his picture taken on Peter Hasler’s KTM Superduke with the AOR brolly babes. Kelland and his...

JT's #1 fan

14 October 2008 by Sean Lane

Thanks to JT & Roger Burnett for spooling my daughter Shannon at this weekends BSB round at Brands. Roger spotted her in the queue & took her to the front for a chat with JT who immediately obliged &...

Rizla part company with BSB Crescent Suzuki Team

14 October 2008 by matto3227

The Crescent Suzuki British Superbike team has announced that next season they will not be carrying the familiar Rizla livery. The team released the following statement: Rizla has decided to exit the...

Brands Hatch: Man seen holding up bike singlehandedly!

14 October 2008 by 1000TT

This is a photo I took at Brands on Sunday. A fantastic display of strength. Firstly a bike jumps off a ramp 40 feet into the air and this bloke catches it by the front wheel with one hand. Amazing!

Rizla officially out of BSB

14 October 2008 by Rob Hull

Crescent Suzuki has released a statement this morning confirming the departure of title sponsor Rizla. Rizla has become an iconic part of BSB, sponsoring the factory team for the last seven years. But...

Sykes at Brands

14 October 2008 by Trevor Webb

Tom Sykes is a top bloke, signed my jacket, had pic with my kids, then in last race of season breaks down and get best seat in the place!!

Cal Crutchlow - top bloke!

13 October 2008 by Rob Reynolds

On the TV you see Cal Crutchlow as a pretty sound, down-to-earth guy. But after being in his presence for the past 3 days I can safely say he is the single funniest guy out there.

Good day at the BSB

13 October 2008 by nitro dan

I took my kids to the final round of the british superbikes at the weekend. A good day had by all. My only disappointment was no extra lap at the end of final race as mentioned. I’d just like to say- loyal fans are all around the track, not just at the grandstand.

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