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Kagayama's Brands crash

05 August 2007 by steve wales

Kagayama's Brands crash

Kagayama’s crash at Brands Hatch WSB.

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss - 'the championship's over'

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss - 'the championship's over'

Ducati’s Troy Bayliss has admitted his World Superbike Championship title hopes are all but over following a disappointing race day at Brands Hatch. The Australian was hoping to repeat his success of...

Video: Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Race two press conference

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Britain’s James Toseland recorded an  historic double victory today at Brands Hatch in the World Superbike Championship. Check out the video to see what James Toseland says about the first double victory of his World Superbike career.

Victorious Toseland

05 August 2007 by Darran Scott

Victorious Toseland

Here’s Toseland at Brands WSB this weekend.

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Sebastien Charpentier disqualified from results

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Sebastien Charpentier disqualified from results

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Sebastien Charpentier has been disqualified from the World Supersport race at Brands Hatch this afternoon for failing to go to parc ferme. The French rider was supposed to...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland takes first ever double

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland takes first ever double

Britain’s James Toseland recorded an historic double victory today and the first of his World Superbike career as he won race two by only 1.686secs ahead of a feisty Noriyuki Haga. The Hannspree Ten...

Brands Hatch World supersport: Kenan Sofuoglu crowned champion

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World supersport: Kenan Sofuoglu crowned champion

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s Kenan Sofuoglu was crowned World Supersport champion at Brands Hatch this afternoon after securing second place in the race. The Turkish rider is 80 points ahead of his...

Video: James Toseland wins Brands Hatch race one

05 August 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland has taken a fantastic victory in race one at Brands Hatch World Superbikes. Check out the video below to see his emotional podium appearance and the post race press conference.

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Toseland wins race 1

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Toseland wins race 1

An emotional James Toseland has won race one of the World Superbikes round at Brands Hatch. The Brit got a storming start in to third place and it only took him a few laps to make his way to the front...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland welcomes his fans

05 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland welcomes his fans

Britain’s James Toseland took a moment to take in the atmosphere at Brands Hatch this morning as thousands of fans cheered him around the circuit in warm up. He spent his first lap waving to the...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Superpole highlights video

04 August 2007 by World SBK

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Superpole highlights video

Check out the video highlights from superpole for the World Superbike round at Brands Hatch. Britain’s James Toseland was just beaten by last man out, Ducati’s Troy Bayliss in this exciting fight for...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Tommy Hill looking forward to dicing with top guys

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Tommy Hill looking forward to dicing with top guys

British Superbike rider Tommy Hill is looking forward to dicing with the big boys as he starts his first World Supersport race at Brands Hatch tomorrow.  The Yamaha rider, filling in for the injured...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland 'gutted' at second spot on grid

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland 'gutted' at second spot on grid

Britain’s James Toseland has admitted he was gutted at being beaten to pole position for tomorrow’s World Superbike races at Brands Hatch by Ducati’s Troy Bayliss.  The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss pips James Toseland in superpole battle

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss pips James Toseland in superpole battle

Xerox Ducati’s Troy Bayliss won the first of the battles at Brands Hatch as he pipped Britain’s James Toseland to pole position by just 0.028secs.  Thousands of spectators cheered as Hannspree Ten...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: One-two start for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda pair

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Supersport: One-two start for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda pair

Sebastien Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu recorded a one-two for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda for the World Supersport race at Brands Hatch tomorrow. Charpentier did not manage to improve on his best time...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss tops qualifying after practice two

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss tops qualifying after practice two

Troy Bayliss was the man of the moment in qualifying practice two at Brands Hatch this morning. The Australian Ducati rider shot to the top of the timesheets just after the half way point of the...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Craig Jones produces weekend best to go third in practice two

04 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Craig Jones produces weekend best to go third in practice two

Britain’s Craig Jones produced his best performance of the weekend so far to go third quickest in the second World Supersport free practice at Brands Hatch this morning. The Reve Ekerold Honda Racing...

Toseland's mistake

04 August 2007 by Stu

James Toseland, talented WSB racer making the usual MotoGP mistake. He won’t get to see the front of the grid, let alone the podium. Just ask Neil Hodgson and Troy Bayliss. I blame his manager – the package is crap!

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland fired up by Troy Bayliss' comments

04 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland fired up by Troy Bayliss' comments

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda’s James Toseland reckons Troy Bayliss’ comments in MCN saying that spoiling the party for James Toseland at Brands Hatch is his goal have only fired up the 26-year-old Brit to...

British Superbikes: James Haydon tests for Hawk Kawasaki

03 August 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British Superbikes: James Haydon tests for Hawk Kawasaki

James Haydon was back on a British Superbike this week when he tested the Hawk Kawasaki at Mallory. Although he was only eight tenths off the lap record after four 20-minute sessions, Haydon is still...

Corona’s exit – what it means

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Corona’s exit – what it means

Corona’s announcement that they will withdraw their backing of the Alstare Suzuki squad at the end of the year leaves the biggest team in the paddock without a title sponsor. The factory Suzuki team...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland battles it out to go fastest in qualifying one

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: James Toseland battles it out to go fastest in qualifying one

Britain’s James Toseland was back on the pace for the first qualifying practice session this afternoon following a scintillating battle with Ducati Xerox rider Troy Bayliss at Brands Hatch. Hannspree...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Sebastien Charpentier secures provisional pole

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Sebastien Charpentier secures provisional pole

Sebastien Charpentier secured himself provisional pole position for Sunday’s World supersport race at Brands hatch following the first qualifying practice session.  The French Hanspree Ten Kate rider...

Neil Hodgson's Brands Hatch interactive video guide map

03 August 2007 by Angus Farquhar

Neil Hodgson's Brands Hatch interactive video guide map

With Brands Hatch World Superbikes this weekend we’ve put together a special interactive video map of the track to give you a guide to the best places to watch. Click on the icons on the map below to...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss' party spoiling plans on track

03 August 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss' party spoiling plans on track

Troy Bayliss’ plans to spoil James Toseland’s party at brands Hatch are on course so far after the Ducati Xerox rider pipped Toseland to top the times in the first free practice at Brands Hatch.  The...

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Yamaha's Tommy Hill impresses despite crash

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Brands Hatch World Supersport: Yamaha's Tommy Hill impresses despite crash

Tommy Hill made an impressive World Supersport debut onboard the Yamaha World SSP Racing R6 to finish the first session in fourth place.   Tommy Hill was on the pace straight away and topped the time...

Corona end Suzuki and WSB sponsorship

03 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Corona end Suzuki and WSB sponsorship

Corona Extra has announced that their long term sponsorship of the Alstare Suzuki squad will finish at the end of the season. Corona have been a sponsor of Alstare for ten years, which is far longer...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss out to spoil the party

02 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Troy Bayliss out to spoil the party

Ducati rider Troy Bayliss is out to spoil the British party at the Brands Hatch World Superbikes round this weekend by beating Ten Kate Honda’s James Toseland. Here the Australian talks to MCN’s World...

Toseland's decision

02 August 2007 by zenon thomas

JT, are you mental? Surely racing is all about winning. You’re not going to do that on a second-string MotoGP bike like the Tech 3 Yamaha. Honda offer you a lot of money to stay on their new Fireblade for next season and your turn it down? You must be mad!

Video exclusive: Toseland confirms move to Yamaha MotoGP

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Here’s the world’s first video interview of James Toseland after he confirmed exclusively to MCN that he is leaving the World Superbike championship to race for Yamaha in MotoGP next season. In the video you’ll see James say that the deal is done, that the past couple of days mulling the offer from Tech 3 Yamaha have been the worst ever and that winning the World Superbike championship he is...

British MiniGP Round 5

01 August 2007 by Marci

British MiniGP Round 5

Rowrah, 28th/29th July 2007: Ray and Rogers have an eye for the title… Bradley Ray and Fraser Rogers extended their respective championship leads in the MiniGP50 and 70 classes. Ray won all three...

British Minimoto, round 5

01 August 2007 by Marci

British Minimoto, round 5

Karren Hadden made the trip across the Irish Sea worthwhile as she claimed overall victory in the Junior Production B class. Two seconds, a fourth and a fifth were enough to ease out championship...

James Toseland confirms Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP signing to MCN

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

James Toseland confirms Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP signing to MCN

James Toseland has just confirmed to MCN that he has signed with the Tech 3 Yamaha MotoGP squad for next year. Speaking exclusively to MCN, James Toseland said: “It is very difficult for me to say...

Breaking motorcycle news: James Toseland's MotoGP future - decision imminent

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Breaking motorcycle news: James Toseland's MotoGP future - decision imminent

Rumours are breaking out all over the racing world right now that World Superbike rider James Toseland has just signed for Tech 3, to ride their machine in MotoGP next year.  Although nobody will...

Rossi checks lap time

01 August 2007 by Andy Deeley

Rossi checks lap time

A shot taken during the practice session at the Donington MotoGP. Rossi checking his lap times on the board directly behind me! Almost felt like giving him a wave! The second shot was taken on the...

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Max Biaggi uses a car to learn Brands Hatch circuit

01 August 2007 by Michael Guy

Brands Hatch World Superbikes: Max Biaggi uses a car to learn Brands Hatch circuit

Max Biaggi has attempted to learn the Brands Hatch circuit in preparation for this weekend’s World Superbike race by completing laps of the short circuit in a car. The Italian Alstare Suzuki rider...