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Michelin boss worried about China challenge

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Michelin tyre boss Jean-Philippe Weber has admitted he is ‘afraid’ ahead of the China GP in Shanghai following Valentino Rossi’s rear tyre disaster in the recent Istanbul race. Hard casing tyres will...

Engine lease deals way forward for MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

More projects like Kenny Roberts’ Honda deal could be a two-fold solution to some of the current financial problems hitting MotoGP teams. Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta believes other teams following...

Chaz Davies talks about AMA Supersport

03 May 2007 by Henny Ray Abrams

Brit Chaz Davies is in the States this year, racing for Celtic Racing in AMA Formula Xtreme and AMA Supersport. Here’s his story from the latest race at the California Speedway in California. Chaz...

Ecclestone: Rossi would have been mad to leave MotoGP

03 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Valentino Rossi would have been ‘stupid’ to have made a multi-million pound switch to Ferrari’s Formula One team for 2007. That’s the view of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone – the man who was desperate...

Biaggi searching for grip

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Max Biaggi claims a lack of traction is preventing him from running at the front in WSB and that his team has to focus more on electronics. So far this season Biaggi has won one race and holds second...

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 1

03 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing Round 1 SEMRC 30th / 31st March 2007 Fine but windy weather was the theme of the weekend with 150 competitors turning out for round 1 of the Southern Minimoto Racing...

WSB teams glue tyres in place

03 May 2007 by Michael Guy

WSB teams are having to take drastic measures to stop their rear tyres spinning on the rim and have even resorted to gluing them in place. So far this year both Troy Corser and James Toseland have...

Chicanery!

02 May 2007 by neiljt

Taken during the first Northern regions Superbike heat at Midvaal Raceway, south of Johannesburg on 28th April. From the back; entering the chicane, mid chicane, exiting the chicane.

Seeing the difference

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

In today’s print MCN (available from Wednesday, May 2, 2007) Kenny Roberts’ team has revealed just how different the new generation of 800s are to ride compared to the bigger 990s from last year. We...

Dorna chief: 'Teams too weak in finding sponsors'

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

MotoGP teams are currently too weak and not professional enough to secure big budget sponsorship deals that will safeguard their world championship future. In a brutally honest self assessment of the...

BSB blog: Oulton a refreshing chane

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Oulton Park and its changes of elevation in the glorious rolling Cheshire parkland will be a refreshing change after the flat, featureless and frankly tedious Silverstone. It may host the British F1...

Mladin vies with Spies at California Speedway

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Mat Mladin and team mate Ben Spies dominated the second leg of the AMA Superbike Championship double-header at California Speedway in Fontana, with Mladin taking the victory by...

Stewart secures AMA Supercross title

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Stewart won his 12th Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series race of the season riding a Monster Energy Kawasaki at Qwest Field in Seattle. This win saw him clinch the 2007 AMA supercross title with...

Melandri hoping early season nightmare is over

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Italian Marco Melandri is hoping his early season nightmare is behind him as he focuses on breaking his 2007 MotoGP world championship podium duck in Shanghai. Melandri has struggled so far on Honda’s...

Iddon takes first supermoto win

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Christian Iddon got his 2007 World Supermoto campaign off to the best possible start in the European round at Castelleto Di Branduzzo, Italy with his first world championship race win. The...

Edwards hopeful of Rossi engine for Shanghai

02 May 2007 by Matthew Birt

Colin Edwards is hoping that he will get his hands on Yamaha’s new factory YZR-M1 motor for the Shanghai GP in China. Fiat Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi used the upgraded in-line four-cylinder...

Haydon on Virgin leave

02 May 2007 by Gary Pinchin

James Haydon has been replaced in the Virgin Media Yamaha team due to an alleged shoulder injury. He is being replaced ‘for at least two races’ by South African Hudson Kennaugh, currently placed...

Video: Foggy talks MV WSB deal

01 May 2007 by Michael Guy

Carl Fogarty has revealed to MCN that he will be returning to WSB in 2008 with MV Agusta factory backing. Watch our exclusive interview with Foggy below and read more about his plans in the all new...

Having a ball at the WSB in Assen

01 May 2007 by splattercash

We went to the WSB in Assen at the weekend had a ace time, except the camp site wasn’t the same as the last few years. The spoil sports have been cutting down on the late night party’s and noisy...

Potential future champion

01 May 2007 by Kevin Langridge

BSB action from Silverstone on April 29th including possible future BSB champion, number 86!

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 2

01 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing SEMRC Championships – round 2 Lydd Raceway April 14-15, 2007 Once again, sunshine was the order of the day, not to mention nearly 180 competitors. The day promised much and didn’t...

Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 1

01 May 2007 by phoenix-racing

Minimoto Racing SEMRC Championships – round 1 Ellough Park, March 30-31, 2007 Fine but windy weather was the theme of the weekend, with 150 competitors turning out for round one. Junior A’s were...

Walker-rep birthday cake

30 April 2007 by Paul Barber

Here is a picture of my 30th birthday cake, compliments of my mother-in-law! Had to send it in, it’s brilliant. Even Chris Walker himself thought it was great I took the picture to Silverstone...

Ilmor to focus on engine development

30 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

As revealed in last week’s MCN, the British-based Ilmor MotoGP team will focus solely on engine development with a track return in 2007 still in major doubt. Ilmor boss Mario Illien announced this...

Vermeulen fearful of Ducati threat

30 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Aussie Chris Vermeulen is fearful that the Japanese factories will be humbled again by Ducati in this weekend’s Shanghai GP in China. The impressive Shanghai circuit has two huge straights, including...

Bayliss denies Toseland in Assen race two

29 April 2007 by MCN

Troy Bayliss denied James Toseland a double win at the Assen round of World Superbikes by just 0.009 of a second, with Max Biaggi on the final spot on the podium. Troy Corser recovered from a crash in...

Kiyo takes Silverstone double

29 April 2007 by MCN

Ryuichi Kiyonari took the double win in the second race at Silverstone, leading from the start until the race was red-flagged on lap 14. Behind Kiyonari the drama unfolded with Lavilla working his way...

Kiyonari wins first race at Silverstone

29 April 2007 by MCN

Ryuichi Kiyonari and Jonathan Rea took a HM Plant one-two in the first race at the Silverstone round of British Superbikes. Chris Walker took third, claiming his first podium since his return to the...

Toseland wins Assen race one

29 April 2007 by MCN

James Toseland has taken victory in the first World Superbike race at Assen, winning a hard fought battle with Noriyuki Haga, Ruben Xaus, Troy Bayliss, and Troy Corser, who crashed out of contention...

Corti demoted in Superstock 1000 results

29 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Claudio Corti took a classy race win in the Superstock 1000 Cup from his Yamaha team-mate Michele Pirro, but was then immediately relegated to second after he was judged to have passed Didier...

Toseland tops Superpole times

28 April 2007 by MCN

James Toseland recorded a new best lap at Assen in the Superbike class to claim pole for the World Superbike round on Sunday, with a time of 1:38.603. It’s Toseland’s first pole position of the year,...

ITV Presenter

28 April 2007 by biff600

Whilst at BSB qualifying at Silverstone on Saturday, I bumped into Jane Omorogbe, (ITV’s BSB Presenter), so a quick snap was had. You usually have pictures of the public with racers, so why not one...

Video: Assen Superpole highlights

28 April 2007 by Angus Farquhar

James Toseland took an incredible pole position for the Assen round of World Superbikes and you can watch the highlights here. Video provided by WorldSBK.tv

Kiyonari secures Silverstone pole

28 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

British Superbike Champion Ryuichi Kiyonari secured pole position for tomorrow’s third BSB round of the year at Silverstone with a 1:25.38 later in the session – inside his own lap record time of...

Kiyo tops Silverstone Saturday practice

28 April 2007 by Gary Pinchin

Ryuichi Kiyonari set the fast time in Saturday morning’s free practice session at Silverstone, in preparation for Sunday’s third round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Kiyo’s time of...

Sofuoglu ups Supersport pace

28 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Championship leader Keenan Sofuoglu dipped 2/10th under the official lap record to secure pole position for tomorrow’s Supersport race. The Turkish rider had to pull out all the stops to beat his...

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