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Rossi and Edwards claim Yamaha pole one-two

21 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Rossi and Edwards claim Yamaha pole one-two

Fiat Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards abruptly halted Ducati’s domination at the Istanbul Park by claiming the top two positions on the grid for tomorrow’s Turkish GP. Current world...

Thank you ACU

21 April 2007 by ashley jones

Thank you ACU

It was the first round of the ACU Motostar Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend. The sun was shining and the engines were roaring. I was racing in the 125 producton class and was there some...

Mystery rider gets podium at Thruxton

20 April 2007 by scottdb

Mystery rider gets podium at Thruxton

My mate Jon on his podium of the season!

BSB crashes galore

20 April 2007 by david willoughby

BSB crashes galore

Here is a sequence of three crashes from race day at Thruxton circuit for the BSB 2007 championship. Plus there is one of Walker after his bike blew up.

Worthy sicky

20 April 2007 by Michelle Hesketh

Worthy sicky

Today I pulled a sicky for the first time ever and went to see a friend who was working as a technician at Oulton Park on a BSB test day. It was a fantastic experience and I bumped into my favourite...

Bautista sets 250 pace

20 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Bautista sets 250 pace

Master MVA Aspar rider, Alvaro Bautista, is the provisional pole sitter for the 250 GP in Turkey after going fastest in the first qualifying practice. The Spaniard set the fastest lap of the session...

Stoner and Capirossi take charge in Istanbul

20 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Stoner and Capirossi take charge in Istanbul

Factory Ducati duo Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi dominated this afternoon’s second free practice session at the Istanbul Park circuit in Turkey. Stoner, who claimed his one and only rookie MotoGP...

Video: Racing the Triumph 675

20 April 2007 by Howard Boylan

Video: Racing the Triumph 675

Watch senior road tester, Michael Neeves, in the Triumph Triple Challenge. In this video he takes to the track at Snetterton for round one on the Triumph 675 Daytona. This is a one make series, which...

Craig Jones at Donington

20 April 2007 by LEE WILKINSON

Craig Jones at Donington

Our British World Supersport rider Craig Jones at Donington Park at the beginning of April.

Turkey GP future in the air

20 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Turkey GP future in the air

This weekend’s Turkish MotoGP race at the impressive Istanbul Park racetrack could be the last with no decision taken yet on whether it will be dumped off the 2008 world championship schedule. In a...

Pasini on provisional 125 pole

20 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Pasini on provisional 125 pole

Polaris World rider Mattia Pasini is on provisional pole for Sunday’s Turkish 125 GP after setting the quickest time in qualifying practice one. Pasini recorded a best time of 2:05.739 on his Aprilia...

Lorenzo leads 250s

20 April 2007 by Sarah Carnell

Lorenzo leads 250s

Jorge Lorenzo topped the timesheets for the first 250cc practice of the weekend in Turkey. The Fortuna Aprilia rider, championship leader and winner of the first two races, set a time of 1:59.483 at...

First track test for Ducati's 1200 version of 1098

20 April 2007 by Michael Guy

First track test for Ducati's 1200 version of 1098

The Ducati World Superbike squad have completed their first test on the 1200cc version of the 1098 they intend to race in 2008. Eighteen-year-old Domenico Colucci, who currently rides for the Xerox...

Edwards fastest in crash strewn Turkey first session

20 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Edwards fastest in crash strewn Turkey first session

American Colin Edwards took the spoils in an opening MotoGP session at Istanbul littered with mistakes and crashes. Fiat Yamaha rider Edwards clocked a best time of 1.57.422 in just an eight-lap...

Chris Walker's tank slapper

20 April 2007 by Lee Kendall

Today I was at Oulton Park watching a mate getting some test time in on his CBR6R for this weekend’s club racing.   There were four teams from the British Superbikes also, one being Chris Walker’s team.    Chris was out on track doing some testing, I was stood on the pit lane wall watching the start / finish straight when he came up the straight, he had the biggest tank slapper I have ever...

Brit smith tops first Turkey 125 practice

20 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Brit smith tops first Turkey 125 practice

Bradley Smith made a perfect start to the Turkish GP in Istanbul today (Friday) when he topped the 125 timesheets in the opening free practice session. The Repsol Honda rider clocked the best time of...

Roberts Jnr to get Istanbul upgrades

19 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Roberts Jnr to get Istanbul upgrades

Former world 500 champion Kenny Roberts Junior will run two modified swingarms at this weekend’s Turkish GP in Istanbul. This has been done in a bid to solve chronic rear grip issues that have...

F1 boss Ecclestone at Turkish GP

19 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

F1 boss Ecclestone at Turkish GP

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone made a surprise appearance in Istanbul today on the eve of the Turkish MotoGP weekend. It is not clear why Ecclestone is in Turkey or for how long he plans to...

Bad day for Rizla Suzuki

19 April 2007 by Dave

Bad day for Rizla Suzuki

Here are some pictures I got of Chris Walker and Cal Crutchlow’s retirements at Thruxton. Stalker looks fairly cross after his engine blew while Cal crashed out.

Thruxton supersport crash

19 April 2007 by Kerry Green

Thruxton supersport crash

Adam Jenkinson (11), James Rose (28) and Kieran Murphy (98) came together at Thruxton in the Supersport race and this was the result. This is whilst John Laverty and Kieran Clarke of the Buildbase...

Paul gets friendly with the Yamaha team

19 April 2007 by Linda Shaw

Paul gets friendly with the Yamaha team

Here are some pictures of my chap, Paul Weston, with Colin Edwards and Jerry Burgess. They were taken at Donington Park last year (2006).

Cadwell lap times set to tumble

19 April 2007 by Michael Guy

Cadwell lap times set to tumble

Lap times at this year’s August Bank Holiday British Superbike race at Cadwell Park are set to tumble thanks to resurfacing work at the Lincolnshire circuit. The majority of work has been carried out...

McCoy still looking for a ride

19 April 2007 by Michael Guy

McCoy still looking for a ride

Former 500GP and WSB race winner Garry McCoy hasn’t given up on making a return to top flight racing. McCoy has been on the sidelines since being dropped by the Illmor MotoGP squad at the start of...

Edwards eyeing Rossi and Pedrosa threat

19 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Edwards eyeing Rossi and Pedrosa threat

Fiat Yamaha rider Colin Edwards has targeted team-mate Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa as the big threats in the 2007 MotoGP world championship, despite Casey Stoner’s promising start to the new...

WSB Valencia pictures

19 April 2007 by Mark Smith

WSB Valencia pictures

Thought I would send in some pictures of the Valencia round of world superbikes. Xaus won the first race with Toseland winning the second after a brilliant battle with Haga. I am lucky as my...

Bennets Babes at Thruxton

19 April 2007 by Kerry Green

Bennets Babes at Thruxton

The Bennetts babes were kind enough to pose for pictures with Joseph and Laurence Green at Thruxton BSB. Dont they look fantastic. The girls look great too eh! Have a great 2007 BSB Kerry Green

Hopkins ready to take Suzuki engine gamble

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Hopkins ready to take Suzuki engine gamble

American John Hopkins is willing to gamble on running a new Suzuki V4 800cc motor on the opening day of this weekend’s Turkish GP in Istanbul. Suzuki rolled out a new motor for Hopkins and Rizla...

Gibernau ties the knot

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Gibernau ties the knot

Retired Spanish MotoGP racer Sete Gibernau continued to build his life away from racing recently when he married supermodel girlfriend Esther Canadas. The pair wed at a ceremony in Girona, just...

Stoner talks Turkey

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Stoner talks Turkey

Casey Stoner is confident he can repeat his 2006 podium finish in Istanbul this weekend to keep the pressure on early MotoGP world championship leader Valentino Rossi. Istanbul was the venue of...

Rossi to erase '06 Istanbul disaster

18 April 2007 by Matthew Birt

Rossi to erase '06 Istanbul disaster

Former world champion Valentino Rossi will look to continue his brilliant start to the 2007 MotoGP world championship in Istanbul this weekend on a track where he is still to register a victory. The...

Brands behind the scenes

18 April 2007 by Peter Bladen

Brands behind the scenes

We won the Chris Jones auction and are getting a special year at all BSB rounds including pit access, safety car laps and helicopter flights. Here are a few behind the scenes pictures from BSB...

Thruxton Photos

18 April 2007 by Steve Guest

Thruxton Photos

Ron Haslam and Michael Rutter have seen my son has an ice cream. MEanwhile, Chris Walker has a word with his mechanics after the second race at Thruxton.  And I do not care if you are leading the...

Fantastic day at Brands

18 April 2007 by rideout-sw

Fantastic day at Brands

Here are a couple of shots from the BSB round at Thruxton. There is one of Chris Walker and another of Shane Byrne. What a fantastic day’s racing.

Thruxton picture gallery

18 April 2007 by Kevin Langridge

Thruxton picture gallery

Here are some pictures I took at Thruxton last weekend at the British Superbikes. They include Cal Crutchlow, Scott Smart and Gregorio Lavilla.

I now like racing

17 April 2007 by Marta

I now like racing

I don’t know much about motorcycles, and wasn’t particularly interested in it in the past. But then my boyfriend took me to the Bennetts British Superbikes at Brands Hatch. To be honest I found it...

HMRC Endurance at Snetterton

17 April 2007 by Gary Bransgrove

HMRC Endurance at Snetterton

The weekend of April 7 and 8 saw the first round of the HMRC two-hour junior tag endurance race at Snetterton and this is how my weekend went. Not everything went to plan. In the morning practice my...