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MotoGP: James Toseland looking for podium places

08 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

MotoGP: James Toseland looking for podium places

Britain’s James Toseland says he’s finally realising he can continue his World Superbike success in MotoGP. The Tech 3 Yamaha rider has so far enjoyed two top six finishes in Qatar and Jerez plus a...

Video: Snow action for R1 Cup at Brands Hatch

08 April 2008 by Angus Farquhar

Brands hatch should have seen the opening round of the R1 Cup supporting the British Superbike championship, but the whole day got snowed of. MCN man Michael Neeves will be racing in the R1 Cup this year, check out the video below to see how he got on at his first round and just how bad the snow was at Brands Hatch.

MotoGP: Tech 3 boss praises Michelin revival

08 April 2008 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP: Tech 3 boss praises Michelin revival

James Toseland and Colin Edwards’ Tech 3 Yamaha team boss has praised Michelin after a promising start to the 2008 MotoGP world championship. British rookie Toseland has claimed top six finishes in...

Video: World Superbikes: Carlos Checa talks Valencia last corner crash

08 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Carlos Checa had a seriously eventful home race at Valencia after wiping out German Max Neukirchner at the final corner in race one before climbing on to the podium in race two. The Spanish Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider now sits joint third alongside Troy Corser in the championship standings and clearly has the potential to take race wins now that his Honda CBR1000RR is fully developed. In the...

MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo flattered by world title backing

08 April 2008 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo flattered by world title backing

Spanish rookie Jorge Lorenzo says he is flattered to be considered an early contender for the 2008 MotoGP world championship. The Fiat Yamaha rider has made an instant impact in MotoGP, claiming two...

MotoGP: Suzuki nearing definitive 2008 GSV-R decision

08 April 2008 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP: Suzuki nearing definitive 2008 GSV-R decision

Suzuki is closing in on deciding what the final specification its 2008 factory GSV-R machine will be after a disappointing start to the new MotoGP season. Having made big strides during the first...

AMA Supercross: Chad Reed pulls away as Ryan Villopoto starts to apply the pressure

08 April 2008 by Paul Harris

AMA Supercross: Chad Reed pulls away as Ryan Villopoto starts to apply the pressure

Chad Reed consolidated his lead in the AMA Supercross championship with victory in Texas, the Australian doing just exactly as much as he needed to to take the win barely two seconds ahead of the...

MotoGP: Nicky Hayden completes first lap of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 1909 Indian

07 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

MotoGP: Nicky Hayden completes first lap of Indianapolis Motor Speedway on 1909 Indian

Repsol Honda’s Nicky Hayden has ridden the first lap of the newly-configured Indianapolis Motor Speedway today on a 1909 Indian Motorcycle. The Kentucky rider rode the circuit, which he will compete...

Snowed off at Brands Hatch

07 April 2008 by Gary Burman

Snowed off at Brands Hatch

After attending the test session at Snetterton I was really looking forward to some bike action at Brands. Sadly the snow stopped play again. I think MSV have handled the situation really well...

DEP Pipes 2 Stroke British Championship: Mark Eastwood and Jonathan Pettit win at Canada Heights

07 April 2008 by Paul Harris

DEP Pipes 2 Stroke British Championship: Mark Eastwood and Jonathan Pettit win at Canada Heights

The DEP Pipes 2 Stroke Championships kicked off at Canada Heights on Sunday. Like the Maxxis British Championships a fortnight ago, the perfectly-prepped track, right next door to Brands Hatch, was...

Juliet in the snow

07 April 2008 by mr ian hughes

Juliet in the snow

Die hard fan never been known before, all the way to Brands to get a photo in the snow, my wife HATES SNOW, it starts to snow and she hibernates till its gone. Don’t think this will happen again this...

Ken De Dycker and Tyla Rattray dominate in Motocross GPopener

07 April 2008 by Paul Harris

Ken De Dycker and Tyla Rattray dominate in Motocross GPopener

Ken De Dycker and Tyla Rattray came out swinging in the Grand Prix opener at Valkenswaard. De Dycker, was just peerless in his first MX1 GP as Suzuki team mate to reigning World Champion Steve Ramon,...

Glad we chose Valencia not Brands Hatch!!

07 April 2008 by Stuart Farrow

Glad we chose Valencia not Brands Hatch!!

Sitting in the stands with some other Brits at the World Superbike meeting in Valencia. We just had a video text from home Brands was cancelled and 4-6 inches of snow in the area where we live!!

Racing results round-up: April 5-6

07 April 2008 by MCN Sportsdesk

Racing results round-up: April 5-6

Each week we will have a full list of the racing results from the previous weekend. Click on the name of the championship you wish to see the results of. VALENCIA WORLD SUPERBIKES NATIONAL ROAD...

First taste of motorcycle racing

07 April 2008 by SueDyer

First taste of motorcycle racing

Husband Bill and I took our son Finlay to Brands Hatch for his first taste of BSB – and the chance to see some real racing (he was too young to enjoy the rainy spectacular of Donington two years...

A snowy Brands

06 April 2008 by lee.rudrum@btinternet.com

This is me at Brands. The only good thing to happen is I got to meet JT and see Randy Mamola.

Lovely day for racing!!!

06 April 2008 by Nikki

Lovely day for racing!!!

Pictures from first round of British Superbikes at Brands Hatch. They said it would only be a snow shower…don’t you just love the British weather! I don’t know if the people on bikes where mad or...

Valencia World Superbikes: Noriyuki Haga takes race two in Spain

06 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Valencia World Superbikes: Noriyuki Haga takes race two in Spain

Yamaha’s Noriyuki Haga has taken his first win of the 2008 season in the second World Superbike race in Valencia this afternoon. The Japanese rider claimed the lead after initial leader Carlos Checa...

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones claims second podium in Spain

06 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones claims second podium in Spain

Britain’s Craig Jones has claimed his second third of the season at the World Supersport race in Valencia. The Parkalgar Honda rider was always in contention for a place on the podium and he kept hia...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Race day abandoned due to heavy snow

06 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Race day abandoned due to heavy snow

Round one of British Superbikes at Brands Hatch has been abandoned due to heavy snow, and the race weekend rescheduled for May 10-11, 2008. At 11.15 this morning (Sunday, April 6, 2008) Chief...

Valencia World Superbikes: Lorenzo Lanzi wins race one in dramatic fashion

06 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Valencia World Superbikes: Lorenzo Lanzi wins race one in dramatic fashion

Lorenzo Lanzi has taken victory in the first World Superbike race in Valencia in the most dramatic of fashions. Alstare Suzuki’s Max Neukirchner looked like he would take his first World Superbike...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Snow storm hits opening round

06 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Snow storm hits opening round

What is it about British Superbikes and snow at the moment? After the disastrous three-day test at Snetterton was cut dramatically short by Baltic conditions, the season opener at Brands Hatch has...

A sample of Friday's Practice sessions

05 April 2008 by peter wilson

A sample of Friday's Practice sessions

A few pics from Friday’s (sunny) practice sessions at brands ready for Sunday’s (wet) race

Valencia World Superbikes: Max Neukirchner takes maiden pole position

05 April 2008 by Sarah Carnell

Valencia World Superbikes: Max Neukirchner takes maiden pole position

Max Neukirchner has taken his first superpole ahead of tomorrow’s World Superbike races in Valencia. The German just pipped his Alstare Suzuki team-mate Yukio Kagayama to the top spot with his lap of...

Brands Hatch British Supersport: Hudson Kennaugh to start from pole

05 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Supersport: Hudson Kennaugh to start from pole

After a less than emphatic first day on practice, Hudson Kennaugh appears to have found a winning setup up jumping from 17th in the first free practice session from yesterday up to the front in the...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Shane Byrne tops rain-hit qualifying

05 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Shane Byrne tops rain-hit qualifying

Shane Byrne will head-off from the first position on the grid tomorrow with a blisteringly fast pole lap that was some three tenths faster than anyone else in the field. Byrne set a best of 1:25.832...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Michael Laverty and Relentless Suzuki's electronic demons

05 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Michael Laverty and Relentless Suzuki's electronic demons

Relentless Suzuki’s Michael Laverty is finding it difficult to replicate his outstanding form in pre-season testing at the British Superbike season opener due to an electronics issue. The current...

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones stays on front row, Jonathan Rea takes sixth

05 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones stays on front row, Jonathan Rea takes sixth

Craig Jones remained on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s World Supersport race at Valencia after showing no ill effects of his high speed crash this morning. Like a number of other riders,...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Bradley Smith pays BSB a visit

05 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Bradley Smith pays BSB a visit

Looking like he was still dressed for the sunny Spanish conditions after returning from last weekend’s 125 GP race at Jerez, Bradley Smith took time out to visit Brands Hatch for this weekend’s...

Valencia World Superbikes: Carlos Checa takes top spot in second qualifying

05 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Valencia World Superbikes: Carlos Checa takes top spot in second qualifying

Carlos Checa dislodged the dominant Suzuki pairing of Max Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama to take provisional pole position in another fiercely contested qualifying session at Valencia this...

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Shane Byrne and Cal Crutchlow lead Saturday practice

05 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch British Superbikes: Shane Byrne and Cal Crutchlow lead Saturday practice

You wouldn’t have been able to separate HM Plant Honda’s Cal Crutchlow and Shane Byrne aboard the Airwaves Ducati with a fag paper in this morning’s third free practice session of the weekend. Both...

Valencia World Supersport: Joan Lascorz dominant in second free practice

05 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Valencia World Supersport: Joan Lascorz dominant in second free practice

Spaniard Joan Lascorz dipped under the Valencia track record on his way to setting the fastest time in this morning’s second Free Practice session. Lascorz has already impressed in 2008 by taking a...

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones suffers big crash in Saturday free practice

05 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Valencia World Supersport: Craig Jones suffers big crash in Saturday free practice

Top Brit Craig Jones walked away from a high speed crash just minutes into the second free practice session this morning. The 22-year-old tucked the front at the fast right kink before the hairpin...

Jerez just the best GP

04 April 2008 by Trevor

Jerez just the best GP

Just got back from a wicked week at the Jerez GP, if you’ve not been, get yourself there next year. Your seats are so close to the track you can take pics like these even on a poxy camera like mine.

Brands Hatch BSB: Airwaves Ducati wary of first weekend form

04 April 2008 by Rob Hull

Brands Hatch BSB: Airwaves Ducati wary of first weekend form

Airwaves Ducati Team Manager Colin Wright told MCN he’s happy with how things have gone so far in testing and the first day of the opening race weekend at Brands Hatch, but he isn’t confident for the...

Suzuki dominate fiercely contested first qualifying

04 April 2008 by Michael Guy

Suzuki dominate fiercely contested first qualifying

Less than one second separated the top 15 riders in Friday first qualifying with the Suzuki pairing of Max Neukirchner and Yukio Kagayama securing the top two spots on the provisional front row.