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World Superbikes: Max Biaggi: "That was my chance"

World Superbikes: Max Biaggi: "That was my chance"

Max Biaggi believes he lost the chance of taking an emphatic double race win and closing the points gap even further to series leader James Toseland when he nearly ran into the back of Troy Bayliss on...

Gary Pinchin's singles blog

Gary Pinchin's singles blog

The Americans are making a big noise about a brand new racing class they have ‘invented’. It’s called 450 Super Singles and the class has been embraced by the AMA (who run the national superbike...

MotoGP: Lucio Cecchinello praises Casey Stoner for incredible season

MotoGP: Lucio Cecchinello praises Casey Stoner for incredible season

Casey Stoner’s first ever Grand Prix team boss has described the Australian as one of the best riders of the last 10 years after the Aussie won his first world championship title in Japan last...

British Superbikes: Aussie star wants British Superbike ride

British Superbikes: Aussie star wants British Superbike ride

Leading Australian Superbike rider, Russell Holland is looking to make the move overseas and wants to race in British Superbikes.  The young Australian is adamant it is time for him to make the move...

World Supersport: Triumph confirm plans to take on the world

World Supersport: Triumph confirm plans to take on the world

Triumph and Scuderia SC Caracchi have confirmed they will partner up for the 2008 World Supersport championship. MCN revealed in the September 12, 2007 issue that Triumph would be joining the World...

CCM return to motocross

CCM return to motocross

CCM will be back in big-time motocross next year and they’ve signed Oliver Sandiford-Smith to ride for them in the British championship. Following the recent launch of their exciting new CMX450...

Bring home the title, JT

Bring home the title, JT

Come on JT, bring home the title! Skye says thank you for having photo with her. You made her day at Silverstone.

Stars of Darley

Stars of Darley

Stars Of Darley races on Sunday provided great racing, and there was great weather, too. Here’s a pic of John McGuinness.

MotoGP: Alberto Puig proud to have helped Casey Stoner

MotoGP: Alberto Puig proud to have helped Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner’s early mentor Alberto Puig has said he is proud to have played a part in helping launch the new MotoGP world champion’s international racing career.   Alberto Puig gave Casey Stoner his...

MotoGP: Chaz Davies aims to put himself in frame for 2008 MotoGP ride

MotoGP: Chaz Davies aims to put himself in frame for 2008 MotoGP ride

Chaz Davies is hoping he can put himself in the shop window for a full-time MotoGP ride in 2009 after he clinched a deal to join Alex Barros in the D’Antin Ducati team for the final three rounds in...

Vallelunga World Superbikes: James Toseland forced to wait for title as Troy Bayliss wins race two in Italy

Vallelunga World Superbikes: James Toseland forced to wait for title as Troy Bayliss wins race two in Italy

Britain’s James Toseland will have to wait until next weekend to try and claim the World Superbike crown after crashing in Vallelunga. The Sheffield rider was battling with Troy Corser for fourth...

Vallelunga World Supersport: Craig Jones second in shortened race in Italy

Vallelunga World Supersport: Craig Jones second in shortened race in Italy

Britain’s Craig Jones narrowly missed out on victory to finish second in a shortened World Supersport race in Vallelunga. The Cheshire rider had led the race for the first 17 laps before being...

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Italy's hero Max Biaggi wins thrilling home race

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Italy's hero Max Biaggi wins thrilling home race

Home hero Max Biaggi has won a thrilling first World Superbike race in Vallelunga in front of thousands of Italian fans. The race was a spectacle of overtaking manoeuvres which kept spectators on the...

Vallelunga World Supersport: Britain's Craig Jones secures first pole in Italy

Vallelunga World Supersport: Britain's Craig Jones secures first pole in Italy

Britain’s Craig Jones secured his first ever World Supersport pole position at Vallelunga today with a scintillating 1m39.322. Jones’ pole was his first since 2003 at Knockhill when he rode in...

Supermoto: Team GB to Supermoto of Nations

Supermoto: Team GB to Supermoto of Nations

The second annual Supermoto of Nations takes place at the impressive Franciacorta race complex near Brescia in Northern Italy this weekend. After the inaugural event held at Bishopscourt, Northern...

Huge interest in new R1 cup

Huge interest in new R1 cup

The new Yamaha R1 Cup scheduled to blast into action next year at British Superbike rounds is attracting huge interest. When the series was launched at Donington Park recently over 150 prospective...

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss on top, James Toseland bounces back

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss on top, James Toseland bounces back

Ducati’s Troy Bayliss shrugged off a slow speed crash to set the fastest lap time during this morning hour long second qualifying session. Troy Bayliss crashed out at the first gear hairpin after...

English WSB events are best

As a World Superbike fan, I would like to make a comment on the 3 race events that were conducted in England 2007 (Donington, Silverstone & Brands Hatch) Our tracks for spectators are the best all around! I’ve been to all the WSB races, except Qatar and Phillip Island, and the humour and atmosphere within our races are the best. In my opinion the worst has to be Lauzitsring.

World Superbikes: Carl Fogarty abandons racing project

World Superbikes: Carl Fogarty abandons racing project

Carl Fogarty has been forced to abandon plans to race in World Superbikes next season with MV Agusta after being unable to secure the sponsorship to run the team.   Foggy had been searching for a...

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Troy Corser on form in Italy

Vallelunga World Superbikes: Troy Corser on form in Italy

Yamaha’s Troy Corser was once again the fastest man on track at Vallelunga for the first timed practice of the weekend in the penultimate World Superbike round.  The Australian recorded a best time...

Vallelunga World Superbikes: First blood to Troy Corser

Vallelunga World Superbikes: First blood to Troy Corser

Troy Corser set the fastest time in the opening free practice session for the penultimate round of the World Superbike Championship at Vallelunga, Italy.   Riding the Yamaha Italia R1 Troy Corser...

MotoGP: Casey Stoner’s biggest test still to come

MotoGP: Casey Stoner’s biggest test still to come

Valentino Rossi’s crew chief Jerry Burgess believes Casey Stoner’s biggest test is still to come as he paid tribute to the Australian’s brilliant 2007 MotoGP world championship-winning campaign. Casey...

Supermoto: Christian Iddon is double supermoto champion

Supermoto: Christian Iddon is double supermoto champion

Christian Iddon only needed a single 10th position in any of the three races at Silverstone in the final round of the British Supermoto Championship to take the crown. But he did it in superb style by...

MotoGP: Eugene Laverty looking to bounce back in Australia

MotoGP: Eugene Laverty looking to bounce back in Australia

Eugene Laverty is confident he can return to form in next month’s Phillip Island 250 MotoGP in Australia after he endured a nightmare in Japan last weekend. Laverty pulled no punches after his hopes...

British Supersport: Raceways and Hudson Kennaugh in 2008 Supersport

British Supersport: Raceways and Hudson Kennaugh in 2008 Supersport

Yamaha will have an even stronger presence in British Supersport next year with the Raceways Yamaha team stepping up from Superstock alongside the existing Virgin Media team. Superstock star, South...

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi threatens legal action over Ryanair advert

MotoGP: Valentino Rossi threatens legal action over Ryanair advert

Valentino Rossi has instructed lawyers to look at taking legal action against budget airline Ryanair after a new advertising campaign featured a reference to the Italian’s current multi-million pound...

MotoGP: Danny Webb looking to build on first points finish

MotoGP: Danny Webb looking to build on first points finish

Danny Webb has set his sights on three top 20 finishes in the last three 125 GP races after breaking his world championship points duck with a brilliant 13th place finish in Japan last weekend. In...

Hudson Kennaugh double

Hudson Kennaugh double

Leon Haslam and BJ Toal were not the only ones to record a double win at the Donington Park British Superbikes. Hudson Kennaugh of Raceways Yamaha from Fleetwood also scored a double. We met Hudson...

MotoGP: Carlos Checa closes in on Ten Kate Honda deal

MotoGP: Carlos Checa closes in on Ten Kate Honda deal

Carlos Checa will fly to Holland this week to finally clinch a deal to replace James Toseland in the 2008 World Superbike championship. The veteran Spaniard has been frozen out of MotoGP with no...

Voice of Isle of Man TT Geoff Cannell dies suddenly

Voice of Isle of Man TT Geoff Cannell dies suddenly

Former Isle of Man TT commentator and press officer Geoff Cannell has died very suddenly at the age of 65. Geoff and his former friend and colleague, the late Peter Kneale, were for many years the...

World Superbikes: Suzuki’s Racing Group Leader talks Superbikes

World Superbikes: Suzuki’s Racing Group Leader talks Superbikes

It’s not often senior personnel from the Japanese manufacturers visit World Superbike races, but at the previous round of the championship Suzuki’s Racing Group Leader Mr Fumihiro Ohnishi attended the...

Speedway Grand Prix: Nick Pedersen talks about world title

Speedway Grand Prix: Nick Pedersen talks about world title

Denmark’s Nicki Pedersen clinched his second World Championship in Krsko, Slovenia on Saturday with another stunning display. Nicki Pedersen, who has been leading the championship all season, entered...

Moto GP: British stars pay tribute to Casey Stoner

Moto GP: British stars pay tribute to Casey Stoner

British riders who raced newly crowned MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner early in his career paid tribute to the Aussie who kick-started his career on UK tracks. Cal Crutchlow “I raced against him...

British Superbikes: One-make tyre rule expected

British Superbikes: One-make tyre rule expected

British Superbike bosses are about to follow World Superbike’s lead and introduce a single-supplier tyre rule for British Superbike and British Supersport for the 2008 season. British Superbike Race...

Video Exclusive: Valentino Rossi tests 2008 MotoGP Yamaha

Video Exclusive: Valentino Rossi tests 2008 MotoGP Yamaha

This exclusive video shot in the Twin Ring Motegi in Japan on Monday captured Valentino Rossi completing his first laps on a prototype version of Yamaha’s 2008 YZR-M1 machine. Featuring new bodyork...

Video: MotoGP: MCN Exclusive Video Suzuki unveil 2008 MotoGP protoype

Video: MotoGP: MCN Exclusive Video Suzuki unveil 2008 MotoGP protoype

Suzuki rolled out its new 2008 prototype GSV-R V4 MotoGP machine at a test session in the Twin Ring Motegi earlier this week. The bike, which was tested by development rider Nobuatsu Aoki, featured a...