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Chris Vermeulen keen to stay at Suzuki

Chris Vermeulen keen to stay at Suzuki

Aussie Chris Vermeulen will try and extend his deal with Suzuki’s factory squad in MotoGP next season. Vermeulen has been linked with Kawasaki’s factory team again and his representatives have also...

Ducati rule out racing GP9 this season

Ducati rule out racing GP9 this season

Ducati has denied it plans to race its new carbon fibre chassis GP9 machine later this season. Factory boss Livio Suppo said the new bike, which reigning world champion Casey Stoner completed a...

Yamaha hail Valentino Rossi’s double century

Yamaha hail Valentino Rossi’s double century

Yamaha bosses have hailed Italian Valentino Rossi after he made his 200th world championship appearance in last weekend’s British GP. Valentino Rossi heads into this weekend’s Dutch GP at Assen...

Scott Redding still shocked by British GP success

Scott Redding still shocked by British GP success

Scott Redding reckons the full impact of his stunning debut world championship win in last weekend’s British GP has still not sunk in. The 15-year-old became the youngest rider in history on Sunday...

Donington Park- International Level Facilities?!

Have the Donington managers/owners ever used the facilities they have allegedly put money in to bring up to international standards? The toilet facilities are a total disgrace. The gents toilets at Starkeys consist of a wall with a trough to pee in and 1 toilet cubicle with no light, no cover from anyone who happens to wander near and no hand washing facilities at all. Nice! The toilet at the...

Dani pedrosa's crash at Redgate

Dani pedrosa's crash at Redgate

Dani Pedrosa’s friday crash at redgate!

Thanks Ken, it would of been a long walk!

I would like to use this forum to publically thank “Ken” from Northampton, who gave me a lift to a filling station in Leicester and back to my bike on Sunday When i ran out of fuel on my firestorm (ooop’s). I will never take the p out of Harley riders again, cheers! it would have been a long lonely walk!

Sean Emmett to ride for SMT Honda at Mallory Park

Sean Emmett to ride for SMT Honda at Mallory Park

SMT Honda has found their third replacement rider of the year to ride for them at Mallory Park this weekend, Sean Emmett. The 38-year-old has landed his second British Superbike ride of the season...

Norasport National Supermoto from Blyton

Norasport National Supermoto from Blyton

Round four of the Gimoto National Supermoto series took place this weekend, and the weather as usual tested the rider’s skills. A damp Saturday left many riders having to repeatedly change tyres,...

My photo's of the GP

My photo's of the GP

I would love a job in photography – are my pictures good enough? Photo’s taken saturday in the wet.

SC Caracchi Triumph back, Garry McCoy injured

SC Caracchi Triumph back, Garry McCoy injured

The Italian SC Caracchi Triumph World Supersport team will be back in action this weekend at Misano after missing the Nurburgring race in Germany two weeks ago. The team were forced out of the German...

Henderson R1 Cup: What a brilliant weekend at Donington Park's MotoGP

Henderson R1 Cup: What a brilliant weekend at Donington Park's MotoGP

Wow, what a weekend that was! Scott Redding gave us something to cheer about, winning the 125cc Grand Prix and the Yamaha R1 Cup got to follow the still-warm tyre tracks of Valentino Rossi, as the...

British F2 Sidecar Championship: Roy Hanks and Dave Wells top points scorers at Snetterton

After a weekend of contrasting weather and two very different races, Roy Hanks and Dave Wells emerged as the top points scorers having won Saturday’s opening British F2 Sidecar race at Snetterton. A rain-disrupted qualifying session saw Ian and Carl Bell (Ian Bell M/cs LCR Yamaha) take pole and alongside them were John Holden and Andy Winkle (D&A Walmsley LCR Suzuki) and Tony Elmer and Darren...

Team Ducati, Or Team Stoner?

I dont know if anyone else noticed but it seems again that Ducati are more interested in helping Stoner out than helping other team members out! Melandri, Elias and Gunitoli have all had an incredibly torrid time on the GP8 machine no podiums in 8 races. Stoner on the other hand has moaned about the bike he was incredibly fast on the whole way through winter testing! Melandri even said at one...

Troy Bayliss confident for Misano Race

Troy Bayliss confident for Misano Race

Following his three day test at Mugello last week, World Superbike series leader Troy Bayliss heads to this weekend’s Misano race in confident mood after finding some improvements on his Xerox Ducati...

shame of british crowd

Ive just read an article about booing of casey stoner and gesticulations aimed towards him on his warm down lap. Now I’m not a fan of stoner but feel that this behaviour is unacceptable and can only show the motorcycle sporting world that Britain is a place to steer clear of in the future. The abuse by some of the crowd coupled with a dangerous track invasion (I believe track invasions are ok,...

Pictures from Donington MotoGP

Pictures from Donington MotoGP

Some pictures I took at the MotoGP round at Donington Park, 20th – 22nd June 2008. I decided to take a couple of pictures of the race and the riders on the podium; I also took pictures of the concert...

Casey Stoner being booed

I feel that the way the crowd at Donington Park booed Casey Stoner was disgusting. I am not a huge fan of Stoner, mainly because of his arrogence, but I feel that he is a great rider and the only one who can ride that Ducati. He is world champion and rightly so. He deserved to win the Donington MotoGP as he was fastest all weekend and frankly I am disappointed with the British public for booeing...

Wayne Smith and Shaun Simpson take the spoils at Desertmartin

Wayne Smith and Shaun Simpson take the spoils at Desertmartin

The British Championships went to Ireland on Sunday for round five and although CAS Honda’s Billy MacKenzie may have been utterly dominant thus far, but an injury to his shoulder at the last round of...

Tom Wheatcroft should be ashamed

A few years ago i visited donnington for the moto gp, watched valentino rossi win in convincing style and left with the feeling the place was very run down.So this year after having heard how much the circuit had been improved,i thought id go again taking advantage of the mcn cheap advance ticket deals.We decided to camp,which probably wasnt a good idea and certainly wasnt cheap as we were charged...

Stoner the Moaner

Well we had a fantastic weekend again at Donington, great friendly atmosphere campsite was great had warm showers (big thanks to the lad that shared the communal showers with his girlfriend)!! individual ones were available. Toilets were great whoever moans about them should cross their legs till they get cleaned daily! Great racing well done Scott, shame for JT but he’ll be back, good...

Donington farce

I have recently started taking my nephew to see both WSB and BSB rounds and he has enjoyed every one. I personally have been going racing for years and have seen the improvement and the effort to turn the sport into a family event with all the circuits improving facilities. With JT racing myself and a five friends decided to give the British GP one last go after previous disastrous visits. What a...

Praise for Donington

I’d like to give some credit to donington. they couldnt help the weather on saturday but other than that i had a cracking weekend. as i was on crutches following knee surgery i wasnt overly looking forward to it. The food area on the infield was a improvement and good to see the large picnic tables to sit and eat at. yes the food was expensive but its expected so no point complaining about it,...

Gutsy James Toseland

Gutsy James Toseland

A couple of photos I got of James Toseland getting back on his motorcycle at redgate having just dropped it.

The quick get away

We attended our first MotoGP yesterday at Donington Park and thoroughly enjoyed the day except for James Toselands crash out of course. I do have to say that the detour for the traffic was bloody hilarious as we were diverted half way around the country. The food prices were ridiculous – you needed a second mortgage for a burger and chips and the toilets were really bad. It took us just over an...

Doningtons road network

Just like to say for the first time in nine years of going to the MotoGP at Donington Park – Congratulations for finaly getting the road network sorted. The only thing that I would say is that putting cones down in the middle of the road to mark out lanes was a bad idea. The only thing the cones managed to do was stop the motorcycles filtering down the centre of the road between the cars and that...

Iannone dejected and general mayhem

Iannone dejected and general mayhem

Attached is a picture of Iannone getting a lift back up to the pits from Craner Curves. I don’t know which toilets Larry Carter uses but I was flabbergasted to hear him praising Donington for there...

Donington Traffic Chaos

Donington Traffic Chaos

We had a great couple of days at Donington. Having only ever been to GPs at Jerez, I was dubious about a visit after the horror stories from previous years. It was nowhere near the levels of...

British MotoGP 2008

British MotoGP 2008

What a weekend! The smell of burnt racing oil, the immaculately prepared bikes and the noise the GP motorcycles make is unbelievable. That alone is worth the entry fee! It was great to watch Scott...

Good racing - shame about the traffic

What a great weekend we all had at Donington! The racing was fantastic and to see Scott Redding win the 125GP was amazing. It was a real shame James Toseland was not at the front with the big boys, but we still love him. Now the but. The toilets were awful, £5 for a burger was unbelievable and getting out of the field they call a car park, took an hour and a half. We then sat in traffic all the...

Disappointment at Casey Stoner

I was upset to hear Casey Stoner was angry with British supporters for the booing he received on Sunday after his win. I was there for the whole three days of MotoGP and was really disappointed in Stoners behaviour towards Marco Melandri. Marco may not be doing well but I think Stoner should start behaving like Melandris team mate instead of shaking his head in anger towards him. After all, it’s...

James Haydon to replace injured Stuart Easton

James Haydon to replace injured Stuart Easton

James Haydon has been drafted in by the MSS Kawasaki British Superbike team to replace the injured Stuart Easton. Easton crashed in qualifying at Snetterton in a horror 181mph spill. As a result the...

Donington has improved in some areas

We have been attending the Donington Park MotoGP round for quite a few years as a family. On arriving Sunday morning at our usual time , it took over an hour to get from the A42 junction and into the track, with traffic hardly moving. There didn’t seem to be as many exhibitors as usual in the covered area. Can’t really complain too much about the racing (poor old James Toseland aside)and the...

Tommy Hill out of hospital following successful surgery

Tommy Hill out of hospital following successful surgery

Tommy Hill has left hospital today (Monday) after a successful operation to repair his broken right femur sustained at the Nurburgring World Supersport race eight days ago. Racing for the first time...

Valentino Rossi at Donington Park

Valentino Rossi at Donington Park

Just a quick photo of Valentino Rossi at Donington Park on saturday.

Meeting the stars at the Day of Champions

Meeting the stars at the Day of Champions

Here are some photos of my daughter, Louise with various people at the Day of Champions at Donington Park.