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Valentino Rossi leads calls for Phillip Island date change

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi leads calls for Phillip Island date change

Valentino Rossi has made another plea to MotoGP bosses to get the Phillip Island race moved to an earlier slot in the calendar to avoid bad weather disrupting the Australian GP. For the third year in...

Valentino Rossi looking to improve in wet and dry

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi looking to improve in wet and dry

New world champion Valentino Rossi reckons he has plenty of room for improvement in wet and dry conditions after a day of mixed weather conditions at the spectacular Phillip Island circuit. Get the...

Nicky Hayden hoping for more rain in Australia

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden hoping for more rain in Australia

Nicky Hayden reluctantly admitted he would pray for a wet Australian GP on Sunday after he topped the timesheets in a rain-soaked second practice session at Phillip Island today. Get the latest...

James Toseland ‘shocking’ in rain conditions

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

James Toseland ‘shocking’ in rain conditions

British rider James Toseland admitted his performance in this afternoon’s wet practice session was ‘shocking’. Get the latest MotoGP news The Tech 3 Yamaha rider’s dwindling confidence in wet...

Barry Sheene honoured at Phillip Island

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Barry Sheene honoured at Phillip Island

British legend Barry Sheene has been honoured in a special awards ceremony at the Phillip Island circuit today. Get the latest MotoGP news with MCN As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations for...

Danny Webb claims impressive provisional front row

03 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Danny Webb claims impressive provisional front row

British teenager Danny Webb shrugged off the continuing discomfort of a broken right collarbone to claim second place on the provisional grid for Sunday’s Australian 125GP. Get the latest MotoGP...

Casey Stoner needs wrist op to ‘save career’

02 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Casey Stoner needs wrist op to ‘save career’

Former world champion Casey Stoner reckons he must undergo surgery on his troublesome left wrist injury or risk ending his career. Get the latest MotoGP news The Aussie is expected to have an...

Valentino Rossi looking to extend winning run

02 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi looking to extend winning run

Valentino Rossi is confident he can extend his brilliant current form and his incredible record at Phillip Island in this weekend’s Australian GP. Get the latest MotoGP news Rossi clinched his...

Tyre choice crucial admits Nicky Hayden

02 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Tyre choice crucial admits Nicky Hayden

American Nicky Hayden believes tyre choice will play an even more important factor in this weekend’s Australian GP at Phillip Island. Get the latest MotoGP news Hayden is hoping that Michelin...

Honda confirm factory bike for Toni Elias

02 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Honda confirm factory bike for Toni Elias

Honda management have confirmed that Toni Elias will receive a factory spec RC212V in 2009 after his deal to re-join the Gresini Honda squad in Australia today. Get all the latest MotoGP news HRC...

Toni Elias joins Gresini Honda

02 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Toni Elias joins Gresini Honda

Spaniard Toni Elias will make a return to the Gresini Honda squad for the 2009 MotoGP world championship. Having rejected the chance to stay with the Alice Ducati squad and also to ride a third...

Troy's replacement

01 October 2008 by phil hutchins

Troy's replacement

When I asked troy who he thought his replacement with team ducati would be when he hangs his boots up, he made this face and said ‘have a guess’.

BSB & MCN in Barbados

01 October 2008 by Kerry Green

BSB & MCN in Barbados

We couldn’t do without MCN whilst in Barbados, so Joseph and Laurence made sure we stashed a copy in the suitcase. We were delighted to discover that we were able to log onto the MCN website using...

Ben Spies signs with Yamaha WSB for 2009

01 October 2008 by James Keen

Ben Spies signs with Yamaha WSB for 2009

American rider Ben Spies has signed with the Yamaha factory WSB Team to partner 23 yr old British rider Tom Sykes for the 2009 season. The 24yr old American rider from Dallas is fresh from a record...

Suzuki deny considering Michelin switch

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Suzuki deny considering Michelin switch

Suzuki has denied wanting to be part of a mass exodus from Bridgestone as Japanese factory bosses shunned any possibility of switching to Michelin to avoid a one-make tyre rule being introduced next...

Kawasaki refute tyre claims

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Kawasaki refute tyre claims

Kawasaki management have expressed surprise at the Japanese factory being made a scapegoat in some quarters for the failure of last-minute talks to avert a one-make tyre rule being introduced in...

Andrea Dovizioso: ‘I seriously considered Suzuki and Kawasaki’

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Andrea Dovizioso: ‘I seriously considered Suzuki and Kawasaki’

Italian Andrea Dovizioso has told MCN he did seriously consider moves to Kawasaki and Suzuki’s factory MotoGP teams for 2009 before signing a deal to partner Dani Pedrosa in Honda’s official...

Sylvain Guintoli to sign for Rizla Suzuki

01 October 2008 by Rob Hull

Sylvain Guintoli to sign for Rizla Suzuki

French MotoGP rider Sylvain Guintoli will race in BSB next season with Rizla Suzuki. The French man, who has recently been ditched by his Alice Ducati team in MotoGP, will take two years of MotoGP...

Shinya Nakano to clinch shock Kawasaki deal?

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Shinya Nakano to clinch shock Kawasaki deal?

Kawasaki is desperately trying to formulate an 11th hour rescue package to save a third factory ZX-RR deal from collapse, with Shinya Nakano lined up for the ride. A deal which had looked certain to...

Sete Gibernau deal not under threat insist Ducati

01 October 2008 by Matthew Birt

Sete Gibernau deal not under threat insist Ducati

Ducati has denied Sete Gibernau’s persistent demands to be reunited with former crew chief Juan Martinez threaten to scupper his plans to return to the MotoGP world championship. Gibernau wants...

Tom Sykes is off our christmas card list

01 October 2008 by Janet Proctor

On Saturday at BSB Silverstone my step son bought a picture of Tom Sykes and waited at the Rizla Suzuki stand as he was due to do a signing at 5pm. We arrived at 4.45 to be first in the queue. At 5.10 he hadn’t arrived and someone made a call and we were told he had got the time wrong, thought it was 5.30 but was on his way. To cut a long story short he eventually sauntered up at 6pm – the...

Meeting Shakey

30 September 2008 by pjvick

Meeting Shakey

I took this on saturday, the other half was well chuffed to meet shakey. I have to say well done shakey on clinching the title, sorry you are leaving the british championship, but going to to wsb is...

Video: Jonathan Rea talks from Magny Cours test

30 September 2008 by Angus Farquhar, Michael Guy

Jonathan Rea put pressure on his Ten Kate Honda World Superport team-mate Andrew Pitt at last week’s Magny Cours test lapping at world record pace and you can see how he felt in our video. Check out the video below to see Rea in action and here what he had to say about the two day test and riding with F1 legend Michael Schumacher.

Jerry Burgess bemoans single tyre rule approval

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Jerry Burgess bemoans single tyre rule approval

Legendary crew chief of Valentino Rossi, Jerry Burgess, has criticised the decision to introduce a single tyre rule for the 2009 MotoGP world championship. The Aussie believes multi-brand competition...

Loris Capirossi positive about new Suzuki motor

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Loris Capirossi positive about new Suzuki motor

Italian veteran Loris Capirossi reckons an early spec 2009 Suzuki engine he tested in Japan yesterday is another step in the right direction to help the Japanese factory get on par with rivals Yamaha...

Nicky Hayden impressed by Ducati technical boss

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Nicky Hayden impressed by Ducati technical boss

Former world champion Nicky Hayden reckons he was ‘blown away’ at his first meeting with Ducati technical guru Filippo Preziosi. The American got the chance to discuss his future with Preziosi at...

Tech 3 Yamaha boss not worried by new tyre ruling

30 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Tech 3 Yamaha boss not worried by new tyre ruling

James Toseland’s Tech 3 Yamaha boss Herve Poncharal is not concerned that the independent teams might find it harder to compete in MotoGP after the implementation of a single tyre rule for 2009. It is...

Spies to join Sykes at Yamaha in WSB

30 September 2008 by Michael Guy

Spies to join Sykes at Yamaha in WSB

Triple US Superbike Champion Ben Spies is set to ride alongside Britain’s Tom Sykes in the official Yamaha Italia World Superbike team in 2009. Spies has been linked with the Yamaha ride after being...

Video: Michael Schumacher tests Ten Kate World Superbike Fireblade

29 September 2008 by Angus Farquhar, Michael Guy

F1 superstar Michael Schumacher got to ride the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Fireblade alongside World Superbike racer Carlos Checa at Magny Cours last week and MCN got to see him in action. Check out the video below to see Schumacher in action and with the team in the pits, click here to read what he thought of the bike then grab a copy of the October 1 edition of MCN to get the full insight on his...

Shakey signs for Sterilgarda Ducati in WSB

29 September 2008 by Michael Guy

Shakey signs for Sterilgarda Ducati in WSB

Newly crowned BSB Champion Shane Byrne will ride for the Sterilgarda Ducati squad in WSB in 2009. Shakey who clinched the 2008 BSB crown with a third place podium finish in race one at Silverstone has...

Racing results round-up: September 27-28

29 September 2008 by MCN Sports Desk

Racing results round-up: September 27-28

MOTO GP, MOTEGI, JAPAN, SUNDAY BRITISH SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP, SILVERSTONE, NORTHANTS, SUNDAY AMA SUPERBIKES, LAGUNA SECA, USA, SATURDAY-SUNDAY BRANDS HATCH, KENT, SATURDAY-SUNDAY ELVINGTON, NORTH...

Valentino Rossi dedicates title success to Norick Abe

29 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi dedicates title success to Norick Abe

Valentino Rossi dedicated his sixth MotoGP crown to late Yamaha star Norick Abe at the Twin Ring Motegi yesterday. Rossi was a huge fan of Abe and when he started his world championship career in 1996...

Rain halts Valentino Rossi’s 2009 Yamaha debut

29 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Rain halts Valentino Rossi’s 2009 Yamaha debut

Torrential rain forced Valentino Rossi to abandon plans to get his first impressions of Yamaha’s early 2009 prototype YZR-M1 at the Twin Ring Motegi today. Looking surprisingly perky despite huge...

Nobuatsu Aoki suffers massive test crash

29 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Nobuatsu Aoki suffers massive test crash

Suzuki test rider Nobuatsu Aoki was lucky to suffer just a badly swollen and bruised left ankle after he crashed out during a brief test session this morning at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit. Aoki was...

Team effort fundamental to Valentino Rossi’s title success

29 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Team effort fundamental to Valentino Rossi’s title success

Yamaha Racing Managing Director Lin Jarvis praised the huge team effort involved in Valentino Rossi winning his first MotoGP title since 2005 at the Twin Ring Motegi yesterday. Rossi’s victory gave...

Yamaha proud to bounce back from 2007 humiliation

29 September 2008 by Matthew Birt

Yamaha proud to bounce back from 2007 humiliation

Yamaha senior boss Masao Furusawa has spoken of his pride at seeing Yamaha and Valentino Rossi return to winning ways after a torrid two-year spell. Get all the latest MotoGP news Furusawa was a...